James Price

I'm

About

With 23 years experience in commercial product design and development, ranging from banking and insurance, to Government and education, to TV and Film production, I've gained a broad range of exciting skills and experiences that have led to a fulfilling career building software for the masses.

Software/UI/UX designer, engineer & developer

Specialising in DotNet, Angular/React/React Native, SQL Server, MongoDB, I've built a career on designing and building large scale businsess systems around the full web/server/cloud application stack for all ranges of clients from Government to Airlines.

  • Website: yesJames.com
  • City: Melbourne, Australia

My first role on the industry was converting IBM Mainframe systems to modernize the platform to run on local Windows servers. Simplifying the data migration and user interface of the insurance products of thousands of bank and credit union policy terminals across the country for VACC and Fortis Insurance.

Experience

40

And growing, clients delivered quality projects

23

Years in the industry learning every day

14

Languages learned, and some forgotten

7

Data platforms mastered and delivered

Primary Skills

Over the last 23 years, I've been in and out of various industries, and each time brings new challenges and learning experiences. Currently, my primary skill base is centered around full stack online application evelopment.

Windows / Mac / Android / iOS 100%
DevOps - Infrastructure / CI/CD / Docker / Kubernetes / Incedent Response85%
Web - html/css / Angular / React / Vue100%
Mobile - MAUI / Uno / React Native / Flutter / Ionic75%
C# .Net - Freamework / Core 95%
PHP / Python / Go95%
MySQL / SQL Server 80%
MongoDB / Cosmos 90%

Resume

Summary

James Price

  • Baseline & NV1 Security Clearance
  • Enterprise Systems Architecture
  • Product Design
  • Problem solving
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Adaptability
  • Creativity
  • Attention to detail
  • Communication

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

1992 - 1996

Monash University - Victoria

The Peninsula School

1986 - 1991

Mount Eliza, Victoria

Training

DotNet Web API DI expert — 2023

DotNet XUnit tester — 2023

AspNetZero developer — 2020

Complete React developer — 2020

Complete Kotlin developer — 2018

iOS 11 / Swift 4 developer — 2017

Certified MongoDB DBA — 2016

Certified MongoDB Developer — 2016

Certified Laravel Developer (2013)

Certified Zend Developer (2012)

PHP Certified Developer (2010)

Memberships

auDA Associate Member 2018 — Current

Delphi JEDI — Borland/Embacadero 1995 - 2008

Professional Experience

Technical Product Lead

2011 - Present

DWS Limited, Melbourne, Australia

Over the last decade I've lead the creation and development of three iterations of the iApply online data management platform for some of Australian largest tier 1 clients, including the South Australian Government, ASIC, JetStar maintenance division, several major banks, and many others.

In 2023, I lead the team to re-build the entire platform on a new technology stack using the latest cutting edge technologies.

  • Manage a local and remote development team across several countries.
  • Lead the development of the iApply data management and processing platform.
  • Lead product designer, developer, and team lead.
  • Full-Stack development environment integrating Angular, DotNet, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Hangfire and many other technologies.

Director / Technical Lead

2001 - Present

Neurotechnics, Melbourne, Australia

Neurotechnics is my personal company through which I have had many adventures over the years, including the development of several security products, created web server frameworks, managed client server infrastructure, and contracted and consulted to many clients for widely varied requirements, including conducting feasibility studies, user requirements analysis, business technology strategy, and product design and development.

  • Designed and developed the Xuhiki PHP application framework.
  • Product research, design, and development.
  • User requirements analysis.
  • Business technology strategy.
  • Several home-grown product releases.

Technical lead

2004 - 2011

Taten, Melbourne, Australia

Before taking over the role as temporary CIO, I spent many yearstaking the lead in design and development on many front-line products of the company, I was fortunate to be part of an ongoing continuous improvement program within the company ensuring each iteration of the product suite lead the way with new technologies and methodologies.

  • R&D developer on various products and platforms, including:
    • iPublish, content management system
    • iApply data capture platform
    • My2ic financial management and investment portfolio platform
  • SQL Server specialist / DBA.
  • Infrastructure designer and manager.
  • Performance and QA engineering.

Founder / CTO / Tech Lead

1998 - 2002

Captive8 Technologies, Melbourne, Australia

As a Founding Partner of Captive8 Technologies, we were continually pushing the boundaries of the early 2000's technology industry with several ground-breaking products designed for the Film and TV industry.

Working with clients such as Animal Logic, Fox Studios, Publicis Mojo and others, we quickly garnered a name for our progressive start-up.

  • Created the Captive8 Animation Studio.
  • Delphi / OpenGL / 3D Studio Max