Hi! I'm Dan, a consulting software developer specializing in Python and (mostly front-end) Javascript. I've been working in software for a little over a decade, including five years as a full time professional software developer.
As someone that has worked across product sales, management and development, I understand the big picture, and that good software is about more than just technology.
Want to know more about what I'm like to work with? Check my User Manual.
Consulting and software development for clients and projects, including:
Challenging role working across both Product and Development teams in a relatively small startup-type environment:
Hired and led a team of five pre-sales and post-sales engineers in Asia-Pacific:
Hired on as first technical resource in Asia-Pacific, to help build the region:
Built software to help automate aspects of IT Networks and Client Services department operations:
Systems Thinking | I have experience analysing and considering development within the context of the bigger picture, both from an interdependency perspective as well as how business processes will interact with the new software. |
Communication | Having worked in product sales, management, and development, I can relate particularly well when working with people across all of these areas of the business. |
Attention to Detail | My personality type tends towards attention to detail, and this helps me to be excellent at scoping requirements for projects more precisely. |
Professional Pride | I have a strong sense of professional pride and responsibility towards the work I deliver for my clients, and this is reflected in how important it is to me to make sure that my work delivers the goals that we set out to achieve. |
Programming and Markup Languages
Libraries, Frameworks and Tools
I'm a self-confessed geek, and as such I spend at least a portion of my personal time still in front of a computer, working on personal projects. When time and circumstance allows, I'm an avid sailor, and I try to get away for at least a week of sailing every year.
Art and history from cultures other than my own fascinate me. I've spent many a day exploring museums and galleries in cities around the world as I travel.
I'm also a keen reader, particularly science fiction and fantasy. For every non-fiction book I read, I'll probably read at least twenty or thirty fiction novels.