I’m Rob, an engineer from Melbourne, Australia.
I'm a graduate of Monash University where I studied Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics. While studying I was involved with the IT society wired, where I held the title of President in 2017.
Previously I worked as a Cloud Architect for Amazon Web Services, where I built solutions for customers in the public sector, our clients included universities, government departments, and non-for-profits.
Before that I worked as a Software Engineer at Localz who are providing last mile solutions for people around the world.
Right now I'm a committee member of Young Engineers Australia National Committee. Previously I was co-chair of the Victorian Committee where we ran events to connect and engage young engineers who are beginning their careers in Australia.
Currently I am a Software Engineer at Redactive AI where we're solving AI enablement with out semantic security service.
I also helped run the UNIHACK organisation in Melbourne, where we ran hackathons for students around Australia.
I'm an avid runner and enjoy bouldering all around Melbourne and beyond.
Apart from that, I love gaming, karate, bike riding, and electronics and try to do at least one of these things every day. I’m always looking for something new and interesting to do, so feel free to browse my portfolio or view my resume if you want to see some of the cool things I’ve done.
Awards
Recent Work
MetaFixer
MetaFixer is a powerful tool designed to add missing metadata to photos exported from Facebook, ensuring they appear in the correct date and location when imported into photo apps.
Touch Typer
Touch Typer is your tutor that helps you improve your typing skills. Open source and free to use it's available on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Contact Tracing
A technology demonstration website to showcase a proof of concept contact tracing application using the AWS Cloud Development Kit.
Space
A small webapp that follows the mouse.
Particlez
A real time n-body particle simulator for the web.
Optimising Neural Networks for Embedded Systems
My final year project - focusing on modifying the activation layers of convolutional neural networks to work better on embedded devices.
Stonks
A trading platform for crypto-currencies.
benchtop-js
A benchmarking tool for JavaScript projects.
My Talks
Our company built an AI product and released it to customers! That was an immense undertaking and we learnt a lot about building software and some of the pros and cons that occur when taking an idea into the real world. We'll discuss some of the technical and business challenges we faced and how we solved them.
With generative AI tools rapidly integrating into every corner of the enterprise, security risks are evolving faster than ever. As developers, you’re on the frontlines of this revolution—tasked with safeguarding sprawling, unstructured data that traditional security methods can’t handle.
Join us to reveal the hidden vulnerabilities that GenAI exposes, from accidental data leaks to misconfigured permissions lurking in knowledge bases. We’ll dive into real-world examples, share cutting-edge security strategies, and introduce tools that can fortify your data defenses, letting you harness AI’s power without compromising security. Prepare to rethink what it means to protect enterprise data in the AI era!