Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Melbourne.
Developer at @bugherd
Co-founder, @adioso. Product-designer, recruiter, hacker, writer, traveller.
http://tomhoward.co
Co-Founder of @openlabel • iOS/Android Dev at @tomtom-international • ASIC Design Engineer at @canon.
Co-founded @goodfilms, former Dev Manager responsible for all @envato marketplaces.
Venture Hacker @angellist. @princeton-university CS. Interned @facebook, @microsoft, Google Summer of Code.
Front-end engineer @kinnek • Former tech attorney @fenwick-and-west with a penchant for coding • Studied at @yale-university, @university-of-california-berkeley
Developer at @lexim.
Co-founder of Good Call • Engineering at @wpp-group, @buzznumbers, and MLC (NAB) • Studied CompSci at @university-of-technology-sydney
http://danieltreacy.com
Founder of @goodfilms. Data-crunching, high-scaling background. Film-lover.
Co-founder, thinker, & hacker at Setkick. Previously tech lead at @portable, speaker & judge at Hong Kong mobile film festival 2011.
http://debugging.me
Founder and CEO of @lexim.
Founder/CEO of Tablo, writer, designer, front end developer.
http://ashdavies.net
Founder & CEO @app-io. Always creating awesome products and teams that are never boring and always exciting.
Rails & BizNiz. Currently API guy @xero
Professional software engineer, artist and musician. Strong experience in game design, development and enterprise software. B.IT(Games & Graphics Programming)
http://www.comicorpworlds.com
CTO and co-founder of Tweaky.com; former Consultant Developer at ThoughtWorks
Co-founder of CoinJar. Founder of NameTerrific. Casual investor.
http://www.zhoutong.com
Founder @121cast | Experienced Software and Web Developer (mobile, front/back-end, servers), different, passionate, driven | Studied at @university-of-melbourne
Co-founder & architect of @adioso. Hacker. Traveler.
http://fennb.com/
UI Developer @promisepay. Builds exciting products with strong outcomes. Start-up skill-set covering design, development & business. Bachelor of IT.
CTO @app-io. Founded @crashlog & @testpilot • Worked at @orionvm
http://ivanvanderbyl.github.com
Founder @wirestorm, @hood, @emit • Worked at @sensis, @australia-post, @smesh, @heyday • Studied at @university-college-london, @open-university-london
http://rayh.com.au
Tech Lead at realestate.com.au, iOS Developer @beanhunter and Sessional Lecturer at RMIT University
Digital product leader and strategist. Currently helping @promisepay build their first product.
Co-founder Hello Code, freelance developer, built blaster.fm. • Studied at @rmit-university
http://joshsharp.com.au/blog/
Passionate about sports and technology. Founder of @c8apps-1.
CTO and co-founder Bigcolors • Worked at @eds, @capgemini-consulting
Co-founder of FlashCast. Founder member of the *iHub_ Robotics Initiative, worked in Banking, studied at Strathmore University and Monash University
Founder of @giftless, Co-founder of @indexmedia. Worked at @iris-data-services. 1st Class Honours in Comp Sci from UWA.
http://noizwaves.tumblr.com
Development team lead at @locomote - Ruby, Rails, PHP, strong focus on UI and UX. A developer & designer hybrid.
http://fredwu.me/
Founder noWorriesHire; Started first Civil Construction Company 3 years ago. B.E. Civil Engineer. Strong industry background, 15 years plus.
Lead engineer at @the-fetch and web developer experienced in search, virtual currencies, gaming, languages, travel and disruptive technologies. BEng (Software).
Director at @beanhunter; 1st employee at TinyMe.com; Developer.
Lead iOS | Web Developer @TheMediaArchitects, @UOW bInternet Science & Technology 2004, @CSU Master of Management, 2013, Gadget lover
http://doronkatz.com
Research Physicist / Applied Physicist
Excellent mathematical modeling skills and physics knowledge, working on advanced research projects in research centers and institutions. Major projects include the design and modeling of novel nanoscale devices and
Strong technical background, having built and supported many large projects. Great product mind and business background working with small, growing companies.
Founder, Buildbox • Worked at @pin-payments, @the-frontier-group @desks-near-me-1
Web technologist, CTO of @99designs, San Francisco.
Founder & CTO @outtrippin. Previously Tech-Lead at schooools.com and Project Manager / Information Architect at doist.io. Bridging the gap between computers and people.
http://joaovalente.com/blog
Founder of @innerloop • Ex low latency algorithmic trading engineer (@deutsche-bank, @morgan-stanley, etc.) • Software Engineer (@university-of-melbourne-1)
Co-founder at @venuemob and Lead Organiser at the @android-australia-user-group
http://www.jamesgiang.com
I edit text files to make computers do what I want
Wroclaw University of Technology CS. Moved to Melbourne 2 years ago. Working as a software engineer at @papercloud.
Founder of MathsPathway. Background in software entrepreneurship, IT and management consulting (LiTMUS Group), joined teaching via Teach for Australia.
Co-Founder @whogotstuff. Developer (Elec Engineering, Comp Sci, Systems Engineering, Cyber Security). Street photography, Taichi, cooking.
http://blog.whogotstuff.com
Cofounder and CTO of @coinjar
http://twicetwice.net
PHP + CodeIgniter Developer. Lead Dev and part owner of Geotoko which was acquired by Hootsuite in 2011. Currently at InOutPut in Melbourne Australia.
http://setupguides.blogspot.com
Founder InfinityList – primary web designer and developer.
tech junkie. @melbourne
Founder DiscoverMe - your episodes of talent
Founder @redgum-technologies
Founder @advanced-publishing-systems
Venture Developer, BAppSci(CSSE)
Founder On The Door • Studied at @university-of-melbourne
Cofounder and Developer of StomachSmart; Studied at @swinburne-university Uni though still learning everyday.
Founder @small-epic. Believes in idealism, entrepreneurship, user experience, Ruby, and the ‘Greater Fool’.
http://nonprofiteer.com.au/
CTO@CloudSpark, founder of BipIO, distributed system specialist with an e-commerce background. I love complex systems and building product.
recruitment technology & online classifieds
Partner of Appdorable; Product at Pop Mimic; Business Graduate Student at AGSM.
Founder @zaq, @Mobileroo, @Delux, @gtext
Zoop Founder; former Web Team Lead and Web Strategist at Nitro PDF (Melb and San Francisco); Founded and built killyourstereo.com whilst in University
http://crimsonronin.tumblr.com/
10+ years software dev experience. Successfully delivered more than 20 software products. Deep understanding of wide range of languages and technologies.
Studies at @university-of-melbourne
https://www.quora.com/Anirudh-Joshi
Founder of ImpactbyDesign.co, heading to http://www.appacademy.io/ in May and looking for some awesome Ruby workplaces to join
Founder TULIP Research Lab • Worked at @mibt & @deakin-university • PhD candidate @ @deakin-university
Ruby On Rails Developer
http://johnkolovos.blogspot.com
Studied at RMIT, Full-stack jack of all trades, JS, Python, PHP, Java.
Computer Vision Software Engineer, worked on Medical Device and UAVs development
Postdoc at RMIT, focus on nanotech-biosensors; Strong research and development background.
CTO and Founder at Yellloh. Science and Aerospace Engineering, programmer, nerd.
http://adoado.dx.am/
Web Design expert with a history of producing high quality digital products for large organisations in Australia.
Technologist, product creator, ex-BSkyB mobile and interactive
Software engineer currently working with the .NET (C#) and monotouch on a variety of applications large and small. Loves Web/Mobile.
See LinkedIn below.
Founder MComms TV • Worked at @ericsson, @telstra
Co-founder @tiip. Software developer with diverse background - games, optimisation, mobile, BCS (Hons), M. Comp. Sci. (Melb).
#webdeveloper
Monash BEng / BSci with a interest in business, robotics and software.
I build things. Sometimes they don't break.
Studied at @monash-university
http://blog.namis.me
UI Developer, AngularJS, RoR. Into startups & innovation. Worked for Accenture.
http://seogrady.com
Full stack developer and aspiring designer
http://jaischeema.com
Back-end builder
Web developer. http://lynnagara.com, http://fanfuel.co, http://fatrobotstudio.com
Developer with previous experience in java, ruby and now focussing primarily on iOS. 4 years corporate Agile experience, never worked at a startup.
Founder @localz • Worked at @kpmg, @national-australia-bank
Phantom Web Developers for Businesses.
Master in Computer sciences, worked at IBM, developed code in TSQL, VB.NET, ASP.NET, HTML, Javascript etc
Perl Developer at FastMail.FM
Senior Java Developer in Australia
Developed php css html and mysql website for my final project using Object Oriented Technique
Founder @kouio
Worked at @tangentlabs, @university-of-koblenz-1 • Studied at @university-of-koblenz
Highly experienced strategist, thinker, innovator and developer specializing in higher education technology.
http://www.masmithers.com
MSc Software Engineering @university of york, founder of tech startup, front-end developer, won 2nd place in HCI competition
Mixes computers with science. A focus on mobile platforms.
Full Stack Engineer. Former Artificial Intelligence Patent Examiner. Currency Trader. Computer Science and Mathematics BS.
Passionate developer add designer; Building mobile and web apps for 2 years now, co-founder of Grout.
Ruby on Rails developer, love startups. Currently travelling Australia. Worked at @loggable, @green-gorilla-apps
Worked at @moodswing • Studied at @la-trobe-university
High Performance Computing specialist (Software Engineer), top scholar, M.Sc in Computer Science, work at IBM Research Australia
Worked at a Google Company - Motorola Mobility. Expert in IT system support for business separation and acquisition.
launched 2 android play store apps, made successful java applets for companies, some experience with matlab, quick learner, master of IT student at uni of melb
enthusiastic developer with many contributions to to OSS
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/MemberArticles.aspx?amid=3411232
16 year old internet entrepreneur.
Frontend Dev, currently freelance + contract. Worked with AusPost, IBM, Tweaky, Adioso
Developer, Operations guy, grumpy when code doesn't pass automated tests.
Founder of @hatchvid. Entrepreneur, programmer, realist, industry veteran, MIS.
http://www.nilkanth.com
Experienced Project and Construction consultant specialist in supporting Financiers. Aid for any cost, risk and business case advisory work.
Technology focused recruitment consultant - working with innovation teams in large corporates, startups and product oriented agencies.
I'm a front-end/product Designer & Developer that works closely with WordPress. I also do Branding, graphic & identity design.
CEO at @bestla
IIT Guwahati - ECE, expert embedded software engineer
Developer specializing in C#, VB.NET, WCF, Android, Azure and just about everything else Microsoft related. Currently working in my secret bunker on my own startup.
http://maxgershkovich.wordpress.com/
I am an experienced web developer. Thanks to a web application developer degree and some great experiences, I developed a wide range of technical skills.
General IT Specialst, BA & Product Manager. Competent in everything from coding complex regex to writing new customer engagement methodologies.
Founder @grout-2. Experience building web & mobile applications.
Co-founder of Box Royale Melbourne; IT Master Degree; Ruby on Rails Developer.
I'm a designer, coder and maker.
I combine a deep knowledge of the digital platforms I work on with multiple visual design disciplines.
Analyst at @accenture and Co-founder of TGT Studios
Senior Developer at Yellloh
http://stevepapa.com
Freelance Ruby on rails developer.
worked at Domikado, Kiranatama
http://rifkifauzi.wordpress.com
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