Luke Welling

Current

• Web Architect at OmniTI
• Author at Sams Publishing

Past

• Senior Software Engineer at Hitwise.com
• Senior Web Developer at MySQL AB
• Lecturer at RMIT University - School of Computer Science

• Web Developer at Tangled Web Design

see less...

1 more...

Education

• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Connections

110 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog

Luke Welling’s Summary

Originally from Australia, Luke brings OmniTI more than ten years of experience and thought leadership in Web development, IT consulting and research. He is an author of the best-selling PHP and MySQL Web Development (Sams Publishing) and MySQL Tutorial (MySQL Press).

Luke has extensive experience as a consultant and trainer in Web technologies and Open Source, and regularly speaks on these topics at worldwide conferences including OSCON, ZendCon, MySQLUC, PHPCon, OSDC and LinuxTag. He has acted as a technical editor and reviewer for books and book proposals on various topics including PHP, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Prior to joining OmniTI, Luke worked for Web analytics company, Hitwise.com; database vendor, MySQL AB; and as an independent consultant.

Luke is a past winner of the CCH Emerging Technology Award for developing online legal services and was a nominee for a Jolt Productivity Award for his book on PHP. He earned his Computer Science degree from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and has certifications from MySQL and Zend.

Luke is a keen eventer, so when he’s not working, he can often be found on horseback. One of his horses, Tinker, came with him to the U.S. from Australia.

Luke Welling’s Experience

• Web Architect

  OmniTI

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

• Author

  Sams Publishing

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Writing and Editing industry)

  June 1999 — Present (9 years 7 months)

  Co-author of PHP & MySQL Web Development. Now in its 3rd Edition, this is the best selling open source programming book in the world.
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672326728/
  
  Co-author of MySQL Tutorial.
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672325845

• Senior Software Engineer

  Hitwise.com

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 1 month)

• Senior Web Developer

  MySQL AB

  (Internet industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years)

• Lecturer

  RMIT University - School of Computer Science

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years)

• Web Developer

  Tangled Web Design

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  1996 — 2003 (7 years)

Luke Welling’s Education

• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

  1992 — 1996

Additional Information

Luke Welling’s Websites:

• My Blog

Luke Welling’s Groups:

•    RMIT Alumni

Luke Welling’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• reference requests
• getting back in touch