Corin Lawson

Current

• Owner at Phiware

Past

• Head Software Engineer at Australian Style Pty Ltd
• Tutor at La Trobe University, Bendigo
• Consultant at Desktop Systems Support Group, La Trobe University, Bendigo.

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Education

• La Trobe University
• Bendigo Senior Secondary College
• Bendigo Senior Secondary College

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Industry

Computer Software

Corin Lawson’s Summary

• A strong problem solver.
Able to abstract the big picture and then pay close attention to the small details.

• A high technical aptitude.
Able to achieve a deep understanding from a verbose technical document.

• A keen self educator.
Emphasis on obtaining an exhaustive viewpoint.

• Innovative.
Able to think outside the box.

• Diligent.
Works hard to get the job done.

• Mathstrong.
Interests in discrete math, combinatorics, graph theory, algebra, information and coding theory, probability, numerical analysis, calculus, problem complexity, game theory, chaos theory, and more.

• Strong understanding of procedural, structured and ob ject oriented principles.
An interest towards emerging methodologies such as agent technologies and aspect programming.

• Deep understanding of machines.
Practical and abstract knowledge of very low level to very high level.

Corin Lawson’s Specialties:

Domain name registry/registrar system: EPP, XRP, domain name policy, DNS admin

Languages: UML 1-2, Java 1.2-1.5, PHP 4-5, XML, Schema, WSDL, HTML 4, XHTML 1.1, CSS 1-3, ECMAScript, DOM Level 1-3, SQL, ANSI C, Perl, Awk, Bash

Frameworks and APIs: WebObjects 5.2-3, Hibernate 2.6-3.3, MySQL 5, Prototype 1.6, SOAP 1.2-3, XSL-FO/XSLT 1.0, XPath, Apache Commons, J2EE, Log4J/Log4php, etc.

Methodologies: Agile development, timeboxing, Unified Process, Test driven dev, Use case driven dev

Corin Lawson’s Experience

• Owner

  Phiware

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 2009 — Present (2 months)

  Phiware provides iPhone Application Development

• Head Software Engineer

  Australian Style Pty Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  February 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 9 months)

  • Elicit and specify requirements.
  • Digest and model business specific concepts.
  • Select and apply appropriate design patterns.
  • Code to company standards and conventions.
  • Build and execute test cases and plans.
  • Manage source code changes.
  • Create and maintain test and production environments.
  • Data integrity.
  • Software maintenance and stability.
  • System administration (Linux, MacOS X).
  • Database administration (MySQL).
  • Train and advise developers (Java, .Net, XML, etc.)
  • End of line technical support.

• Tutor

  La Trobe University, Bendigo

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2004 — October 2004 (9 months)

  Discrete Math:
  • Supervise and coordinate 4 weekly classes of 20 students each.
  • Prepare learning material to present to each class.
  
  IT Fundamentals:
  • Supervise and present material to 2 twice weekly classes of 25+ stud.
  • Assess and mark student assignments.

• Consultant

  Desktop Systems Support Group, La Trobe University, Bendigo.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2003 — June 2003 (3 months)

  • Provided competent relief action during a major flood emergency.
  • Provide technical advice to non-technical customers.
  • Rebuild out-dated machine hardware and update software.

Corin Lawson’s Education

• La Trobe University

  BComp (Hons) , Computing, Electronics, Mathematics, Physics , 2001 — 2004

  Thesis Title: "Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Artificial Societies: Fuzzy Brains in the Sugarscape."
  • La Trobe University ICT Centre IT Honours Year Scholarship.
  • Learning City Bendigo/Telstra Countrywide, Lifelong Learning Scholarship for the most outstanding full-time undergraduate student who has successfully completed the first year of their degree.
  • Third prize in Victoria in the Association of Computing Machinery, International Collegiate Programming Contest.
  • Ionix Computer Security and Forensics Award for a student who has developed the best solution to a set challenge.
  • Mathematics Prize for the best overall result in their third year-level mathematics major.
  • Butterworth Book Prize for the highest mark in Programming Concepts.
  • Information Technology Staff Award for academic merit in the Undergraduate double Degree.

• Bendigo Senior Secondary College

  VCE , 1999 — 2000

  • ENTER Score of 92.25

  Activities and Societies:

  Australian Mathematics Competition, Australian Informatics Competition

• Bendigo Senior Secondary College

  Cisco Networking Academy Program 1999 — 2000

Additional Information

Corin Lawson’s Interests:

Good Software Design, Software, Design, Agile, Unified Process, UP, RUP, Aspect Oriented Programming, AOP, Service Oriented Architecture, SOA, Service Component Architecture, SCA, Agent, DNS, iPhone

Corin Lawson’s Groups:

ACM, Golden Key

•    TimeXchange

Corin Lawson’s Honors:

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Domain Central, Winner Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Australia 2007. Ranked 2nd in the Internet company and 6th place overall.

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/Deloitte_Technology_Fast_50_Awards_Media_Release(2).pdf

Domain Central, Winner Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Asia Pacific 2007. Ranked 6th in the Internet company and 41st place overall.

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