Experience
Beryl (contract)
June 2020 - June 2022
Beryl is a bike-share company in the UK and US with a focus on sustainability.
After my plans to move from London to Australia were interrupted by COVID. I was asked if I'd like to return to Beryl to help launch a few key projects.
A year and a half later, COVID is still a thing and I'm still with beryl changing the way cities move.
Beryl (full-time)
February 2018 - February 2020
Beryl is a bike-share company in the UK and US with a focus on sustainability.
I joined beryl as a frontend Engineer. But quickly migrated to the backend and then to team lead.
I steered engineering efforts with help from our CTO and helped take the product from 0 to over a million journeys.
balena.io (full-time)
November 2014 - November 2017
Balena.io is a PAAS that enables developers update and manage embedded Linux devices.
I joined Balena early and wore many hats through my time there.
Mostly I was involved in developer relations. Building out documentation, example projects and advocating for the product at meetups & tradeshows.
I also contributed to the frontend stack. Helping to maintain most of the websites and the component library.
Firing Squad (full-time)
November 2013 - November 2014
Firing Squad was a digital agency building WordPress sites for some of South Africa's largest companies including dimension data, Condé Nast and PWC.
I got my start at Firing Squad, converting PSDs to custom WordPress themes and maintaining some big custom WordPress installs.
Please don't ever make me use WordPress again. 😂