About

Born in '95 on the edge of the world (Donegal, Irelandirish flag)

I'm a generalist/polymath who loves making things work. With a degree in Mathemathics and specializations in Software Engineering, Frontend Development & UX design from HKUST, IBM and Google, I'm happy coding fullstack apps, AI agents, frontends or business logic. My main foundations are NextJS, Angular, Spring Boot, NodeJS, Python, Java, Typescript, Postgres, Mongo & Git, and I love getting excited about new projects or stacks.

From my developer specializations, I bring real world developer know-how. From my maths degree, logical thinking. From my logistical work, attention to detail and pragmatic focus on deliverables, and from my music career, consumer-centric creation and plenty of soft skills.

Exper

ience

  1. 2024 -

    Lead Developer

    WACMN

    Western Australian Coastal and Marine Management Network

    Currently working on an Angular/Spring Boot platform that functions as a membership hub, workspace and stakeholder network. Previously built a React/Next.js app for a dynamic Stakeholder map across Australia.

  2. 2022 -

    Developer •

    Freelance

    Frontend & web development

    Web apps and frontends. Daily usage of React, Next.js, Typescript, Node.js, HTML5, SCSS & Figma. Design, coding, backend set-up and deployment. Special emphasis on accessibility and reliability. See Projects below for some examples.

  3. 2021 - 2022

    MBA/EMBA Programme Coordinator •

    Freelance / AUSTRAL TRAVEL

    Programme coordination and delivery.

    Being the person on the ground who has to bring all the threads of a programme together, and deliver it. With some universities, I'm essentially a glorified tour guide. For others, an active member of sessions with organisations like DIHK, Silicon Allee, Google & Bayer. I've been lucky enough to work with some great schools like the Cambridge Judge Business School, the Jones Graduate School at Rice and London Business School.

  4. 2020 - 2022

    Digital Audio Engineer •

    Petersburg Art Space

    Concert & Exhibition Spaces

    Live audio and mix engineer in a bustling Berlin art space and event venue. The only constant here is the expectation that the work is at a high enough level to represent the venue. Shows vary from single night touring intl artists to government funded installation art.

  5. 2016 - 2019

    Vice-Chair/Prod Manager/Co-Founder •

    Common Grounds Collective

    Artists' collective

    Founder and vice-chair of a successful Artists' collective. Creative and Technical director for core events, including slots at all major Irish festivals & flying 8200km to put on a festival in Parkfield, California.

  6. 2013 - present

    Musical director, composer & performer

    Freelance

    Piano, drums, electronics & guitar

    I've been lucky enough to tour internationally with some original projects as well as commercial productions. I also occasionally compose for radio/indie-films.

Some recent work

WACMN Map

WACMN Map

Interactive Stakeholder Map for the Western Australian Coastal and Marine Network

Web app designed to help those working in the sector conveniently search, filter and contact relevant organisations. Funded by the Australian Government, I designed and built all parts of the site. Auto-updates to include new Stakeholders

www.wacmnstewards.info
react
html
css
typescript
airtable
tailwind

Phasmic

Creative & professional landing page for a Neustart Kultur application

Bold but functional. Slick and grungy homepage for an contemporary art production house

Worth a mention:

  • • Custom randomiser to select from fontArray for the Header element.
  • • Constant design balance between quirky and respectable
  • • Nodemailer implementation
UX
Nodemailer
Node
html
css
typescript
tailwind
figma
Project Lowding

Project Lowding

Neat little design thesis project advocating for lower impact design choices.

A fun challenge to reinforce the theme/brand of the website with web development choices. As well as building the site I refined the UX.

Worth a mention:

  • • Pixel-perfect fidelity with the designer's mock-up, achieved with Figma and silky communication.
  • • Performant/efficient development choices were a must, at the risk of hypocrisy! Achieved both with general best practices and framework specific resources.
figma
html
css
typescript
prisma
tailwind
Portfolio Site

Portfolio Site

Every detail counts on this sleek portfolio homepage.

Built with NextJS. Site skeleton inspired by Brittany Chiang's beautiful site.

Some details you might have missed:

  • • Integration with RESTful APIs to populate the Haiku generation with user info (no user information is saved).
  • • sessionStorage used to persist contact form drafts, with state and storage being reset upon completion/deletion.
  • • Intersection Observers and complex state-management enable a confident and smooth UX.
ChatGPT
nextjs
APIs
html
css
typescript
tailwind
figma

(questionable)Bonus GPT haiku: