Developer at Automattic
Sydney Area, Australia
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- Developer at Automattic
- Director at WOPR Pty. Ltd.
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- Technical Director and Lead Programmer at The University of New South Wales - College of Fine Arts - Omnium Research Group
- Web Coordinator at The University of New South Wales - College of Fine Arts
- Web Developer at Pinpoint Pty. Ltd.
- Education
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- University of New South Wales
- University of New South Wales
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Sam Bauers’s Summary
Web designer and developer.
Possesses a range of skills associated with web services delivery, from systems administration through programming and markup to design. Actively involved in the broader open source community in various capacities.
Sam Bauers’s Specialties:
XHTML and CSS compliant markup, Javascript, PHP programming and Mac OS X and Gentoo Linux administration.
Sam Bauers’s Experience
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Developer
Automattic
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
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Director
WOPR Pty. Ltd.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
I direct and own this technology consultancy company.
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Technical Director and Lead Programmer
The University of New South Wales - College of Fine Arts - Omnium Research Group
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)
February 2004 — October 2007 (3 years 9 months)
At Omnium, I was responsible for all technical direction for the group, this involved applying appropriate technology solutions to the unique pedagogical issues of online design and art education.
I oversaw the transition of Omnium Software to open source in March 2007. The first major release (4.0.0) of the open source version of Omnium Software was in October 2007. I was also the lead developer of Omnium Software, which involved advanced web application development using Object Oriented PHP and Javascript.
In tandem with the development of Omnium Software, I managed the technical production of many smaller web projects within the group, consulted on user-interface design and administered most of the production systems. -
Web Coordinator
The University of New South Wales - College of Fine Arts
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)
July 2002 — May 2005 (2 years 11 months)
My main responsibility as web-coordinator was the maintenance and development of the college's enterprise web services. This included their public website and various internal systems.
During this time I transitioned my skill set from proprietary technologies (Microsoft based) to open source technologies running on Mac OS X. -
Web Developer
Pinpoint Pty. Ltd.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
April 2000 — June 2002 (2 years 3 months)
At Pinpoint my initial responsibility was the implementation of the presentation layer on multiple eCommerce sites run by the organisation. Before long I had gotten my hands dirty in all levels of web service delivery - from system administration through payment gateways, databases, server-side scripting and back to the front-end again.
Sam Bauers’s Education
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University of New South Wales
B.Des , Design , 1997 — 1997
I spent a short 7 months trying to extract some value out of my second attempt at a degree. After a few offers to freelance in graphics I left University again.
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University of New South Wales
B.Arch , Architecture , 1995 — 1996
I spent my first years of University getting too involved in extra-curricular activities for various on-campus organisations. The result was a new found passion for graphic design which lead me to defer my architecture studies. I did gain some of my most valuable friends during this short time however.
