Experience
2026 — Now
Sydney, NSW
Quasar Satellite Technologies (QSAT) is a space communications startup focused on making space more accessible, secure, and sustainable. Behind the scenes, QSAT is commercialising phased array antenna hardware originally developed at the CSIRO.
Collaboratively leading the software/hardware deployment of our ground station systems to our sites across Australia, from traditional dishes to phased array antennas, for both satellite communications (SATCOM) and space domain awareness (SDA) applications.
Designing, developing, and maintaining our Kubernetes clusters across Azure-hosted and on-premesis server infrastructure, including our backend services.
Wrangling DevOps tools to monitor datapoints from across our physical hardware/software stack using Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and our own internally-developed tooling.
Sydney, NSW
My role is still largely the same, had to officially rename it to properly encompass the broad scope of stuff I usually tackle on a day-to-day basis.
First product-focused software engineering hire, established our early design system and software products for interfacing with our hardware (including our portals, APIs, and SDKs).
Led the design and development of our marketing efforts. This includes our rebrand from QuasarSat to QSAT, designed entirely in-house in consultation with the team.
Sydney, NSW
Okendo is a tech startup specialising in SaaS consumer marketing software (particularly reviews) for ecommerce stores built on the Shopify platform. Okendo is used by Netflix, Nomad, Crunchyroll, and others.
Hired some of our very first in-house designers, and established early branding guidelines and design operations.
Coordinated the design of the Partner Portal as part of the first Okendo Partner Program, also contributed to development in tandem with other developers.
Architected internal systems and portals to support our support staff, and wrangled with DevOps tools to improve the efficacy of our monitoring and reporting.
Led the design and development of the early Okendo website together with marketers, content aficionados, and other wonderful people across multiple timezones (AU/US).
Education
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Pennant Hills High School