Andy

hi there, I'm andy 👋

I'm a curious designer & developer, with a passion for discovering how design affect us and our planet. I have over 10 years experience working at small to medium size startups.

I enjoy everything creative, including film photography, pottery, food and travel.

Always looking for opportunity to work on Software Dev and UX projects that can have a positive impact on our future.


work experience

Resume 

2024 - now

Australia

Senior Front End Developer at Heidi Health

Leading the Front End Development of Heidi's integrations to bring Heidi to more and more health professionals. Check out the Heidi Health website to learn more about the groundbreaking solutions we're working on.

Gomoku Studio - Freelancer

Working on UX and Front End projects as a freelancer. Most of my work is currently focused on digital products. Most of the design research and prototyping is done in Figma, and the products are developed using Next.js and React. Some of my latest projects are:

Perth Children's Hospital: rare diseases discovery tool

Tech: Next.js, React, Typescript, APIs

Octfolio: design system & prototypes

Design: UX Research, Customer Workshop

Lewi Software

Design: UI Design, Prototyping
Tech: React, Tailwind

2021 - 2023

Brisbane, Australia

Co-Founder & COO at Uuvipak

Co-founded Uuvipak with the mission to eradicate single use plastic packaging by upcycling clean organic food manufacturing byproducts.

Uuvipak was selected to participate in the prestigious Techstars Farm 2 Fork accelerator and won numerous awards, including the Nespresso StartCup challenge award and nominated Australian Top Innovators of 2023.

2019 - 2021

Brisbane, Australia
Pittsburgh, USA

Senior UX Developer at Clarivate

Led one of Clarivate's UX and Front End Development teams, working on IP protection and examination platforms. I was responsible for the design and front end development of Wine Australia Export Label Search System and some of IP Australia's internal examination tools for patents and trade marks.

Wine Australia Export Label Search System

Design: UX Research, UI Design, Accessibility WCAG 2.1
Tech: VueJS, Typescript, APIs integration, AI

IP Australia's examination tools

Design: UX Research, UI Design, User Testing, Accessibility WCAG 2.1
Tech: VueJS, Typescript, Micro Front Ends, APIs integration

Freelance Flutter developer

Designed and developed two mobile apps using Flutter, Firebase and Google Cloud Platform. The apps were developed as personal projects, and are now being used by over 100 users weekly.

Sugo: your personal flight diary

Tech: Flutter, Dart, Kotlin, Postgres

Libro: neighbourhood book sharing

Tech: Flutter, Dart, Kotlin, Postgres

2015 - 2019

Brisbane, Australia
Pittsburgh, USA

Senior Front End and UX Developer at TrademarkVision

Led TrademarkVision's Front End and UX team, working on the design and development of TrademarkVision's AI powered visual search engine for trademarks as well as IP Australia's Trade Mark and Design Search tools and Trade Mark Assist.

TrademarkVision: AI powered visual search for trademarks

Design: UX & UI Design
Tech: VueJS, Typescript, APIs integration, AI, Cypress, Jest

IP Australia Goods and Services Classification

Design: UX & UI Design, UX Research, Accessibility WCAG 2.1
Tech: VueJS, Typescript, APIs integration, AI, Cypress

IP Australia Trade Mark Assist

Design: UX Research, UI Design, Accessibility WCAG 2.1, Storybook
Tech: VueJS, Typescript, APIs integration, AI, Cypress, Jest

IP Australia Trade Mark and Design Search

Design: UX & UI Design, UX Research, User Testing Workshops, Accessibility WCAG 2.1,
Tech: VueJS, AngularJS, Typescript, APIs integration, AI, Cypress, Jest Storybook

Front End Developer at University of Queensland

Developed an internal tool for students to discover their career paths. The tool was developed in collaboration with the school of ITEE and Engineering. The tool gathered data from all faculties to create potential study paths that aligned with the university requirements. It was built using Bootstrap and AngularJS.

2008 - 2015

Brisbane, Australia
Shanghai, China
Turin, Italy
Derry, UK

Freelance Developer & Designer

Worked on a variety of small local businesses websites mostly built in Wordpress for clients in Italy, the UK, China, and Australia. I continued freelancing throughout my university studies and early career.

During this time I also collaborated on the design and development of a museum showcase for a local gallery, and was contributing my IT skills to local schools and organisations that needed support with their infrastrcture.