Awards

ICT Apprentice of the Year — Finalist Nominee and finalist for Australian Government ICT Apprentice of the Year
Secretary's Award for Excellence Awarded by the Australian Government DoF for successful mitigation of large scale, high profile DDoS attacks against australia.gov.au
ACT Region Winner + National Competitor Winner of WorldSkills Australia's Web Design/Development Regional competition + competed at National level

Praises

We've used three different design firms, but I'm happier with the work Tim has done.
Branch Manager, regarding a website redesign.

It's fresh, exciting and the site is FAST!
Company Director, reflecting on website launch for a project I led.

I really enjoy working with you and the project; it's a fun codebase where cleanliness matters – refreshingly 🙌
Developer, working on a project I led.

It's the little things that show you: 1. Care, and 2. Have an eye for it!
Designer, working on a project where I was tech lead.

Thank you for always being willing to share your knowledge and for your patience.
Junior developer I mentored.

You've always brought such good energy to the team.
Frontend developer I worked closely with.

Achievements

Replaced a high-traffic site's managed hosting with a self-hosted setup, reducing costs while improving performance, security and reliability. The result was a 90% reduction in downtime and 75% faster response times.
Replaced existing third-party services with serverless functions, lowering recurring costs with near instant loads through edge caching.
Built accessible, standards-compliant star-rating functionality from scratch, fully functional without JS.
Ran numerous freelance projects independently from requirements gathering through launch and post-launch support.
Developed an easy-to-use web interface for managing employee and guest network access, integrating PHP and SQLite with Unix network-management tools.
Designed the Govspace logo and branding, then created the site IA, imagery and interface design.
As technical lead for Govspace, worked with third-party maintainers to patch numerous security issues affecting the platform, including two publicly credited XSS fixes.
Designed the branding, UI, IA and UX for Govdex beta, then worked with a small team to implement and iterate from feedback.
…probably my overall favourite project to date!
Coordinated the successful defence of high-profile government websites during multiple, large-scale, coordinated DDoS attacks.
Represented federal and ACT governments at career and ICT expos — including Canberra CareersXpo and CeBIT Australia.