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[ readme.md ]

Jack Gillespie
Development Leader focused on building strong teams and solving interesting problems.

I’ve worn a few hats over the years: founder, CEO, Director of Creative Technology, and senior game programmer. My career spans technology, consulting, and games, built on a left/right-brain mix that started with a Music Technology degree and a youth spent in bands and video games.

I enjoy systems design and performance optimisation, building financial models, improving processes, and helping people grow in environments built on trust and respect.

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[ contact.ini ]

Email: jack at jackg.me
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/etjack

[ career.log ]

Oct 2023 – Present: Development Manager @ Auto & General Australia // Platform and enablement. The deep layers.
2022 – 2023: Senior Unity Developer @ Alta // Engineering ways of working and automated builds.
2021 – 2022: Senior Unity Developer @ Kolibri Games // Performance specialist. Load time −40%, error rate −75%.
2017 – 2021: Director of Emerging Technologies @ Deloitte Digital // Built and led Digital Reality. Hit $1.7m sales target three years running.
2011 – 2018: CEO & Co-Founder @ Well Placed Cactus // Grew to 12 people. Negotiated acquisition by Deloitte.
2009 – 2011: Bachelor of Music Technology @ Griffith University // The origin story.

[ competencies.list ]

Leadership & Strategy: Development Management, Inclusive Team Leadership, Coaching & Mentoring, Culture Building, Strategic Planning, Business Development & Sales, Stakeholder Management, Financial Modelling, Hiring & Performance, Negotiation.

// Mostly people problems.

Project & Process: Project & Product Management, Process Optimisation, Business Analysis, Governance & Risk, Engineering Ways of Working, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Google Workspace.

// Tools to reduce entropy.

Technical: C#, Unity, Java (via team leadership), Frontend (via team leadership), PowerShell, Systems & Technical Design, Code Quality, Performance Optimisation.

// Still reads code. Just less often.

DevOps & Environments: CI/CD, Automated Build Pipelines, Jenkins, Bamboo, Git / GitLab, Environment & Deployment Management.

// Not magic. Just automation.

Creative & Emerging Tech: AI, VR & AR, Creative Technology, Data-Driven Decision Making, Music Production & Sound Design.

// The fun stuff.

[ qualifications.cert ]

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Kepner-Tregoe
ITIL 4 Foundation

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[ ethics.sh ]

I’m aligned with Effective Altruism and pledge to give 10% of my earnings to organisations that most effectively improve the lives of others.

More details at givingwhatwecan.org/pledge .

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