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Informatics Team
Paul Brunckhorst
Engineering Team Leader
Paul is an experienced Java developer having spent nine years in the industry in Australia and The Netherlands. He has a strong focus on sustainable software development through agile methodologies and continuous tool refinement without losing sight of project goals. Located in Brisbane, Paul works on open source projects in the stolen moments he calls "spare time" and has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Peter Chappell
Graphic & Web Designer
Peter has joined Cambia as a graphic and website designer. He has recently returned to Brisbane after spending several years living and working in the UK. Peter has a strong focus on website usability and interaction design with 10 years commercial experience as a website designer. He graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Multimedia and also completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Queensland.
John Harpour
Senior Software Engineer
John has a background in large scale Enterprise Software Engineering with a strong mix of hands on technical skills and in-depth Management experience across large business units at the Director level through to small agile geographically distributed development teams. With a career focus on delivering innovation through the application of software engineering ethics and methodologies, John has managed multiple highly complex projects throughout the end-to-end SDLC always with a strong focus on direct stakeholder engagement to successfully deliver critical business outcomes.
Tim Helmstedt
Senior Software Engineer
Tim joined Cambia in June as a Senior Software Engineer. He graduated from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and has been working on a successful travel holiday website for the past few years. He has a good and broad understanding of web technologies - from complex back-end systems right through to user interface design and development.
Deniz Koellhofer
Analyst Programmer
Deniz hails from Heidelberg in Germany. He recently joined Cambia as an Analyst Programmer. Previous roles in Australia and Germany have given him extensive experience in systems engineering, software development and applied bioinformatics in both academic and commercial environments. He holds a double degree in Computer Science and Bioinformatics from the University of Bonn, Germany with a strong focus on distributed computing and bioinformatics.
Andrae Muys
Senior Software Engineer
Andrae is an experienced Software Engineer with an extensive background in the engineering aspects of Information Management. He has worked on metadata management for such diverse fields as Oil and Gas Exploration, Telecommunications Network Management, Records Management, and The Semantic Web. He has been an active member of the Open-Source community for the past 14 years, with a corresponding interest in the development of modern intellectual property law. An unapologetic geek — a spare moment is enjoyed, reading old books, studying the semantics of programming languages, and playing board games.
James Stevenson
Senior Software Engineer
James is an experienced software engineer and has gained extensive experience working in various organisations across multiple industries including Banking, Insurance, Energy and Defence. He is originally from Paisley in Scotland and emigrated to Brisbane 8 years ago. James holds a Degree in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Advanced Computer Systems Development.
Nat Torkington
Director of Information Systems and Strategy
Nat has been involved in the web since its very early days, when he ran the first web site in New Zealand. He chaired conferences for O'Reilly Media on topics as diverse as Open Source software, Bioinformatics, and Internet GPS and mapping.
Photo by James Duncan Davidson
Ben Warren
Senior Software Engineer
Ben is experienced in managing and delivering complex, network based, distributed systems using Agile development methodologies. He likes to stay current with the latest ideas surrounding software development and contribute to furthering the art and science ofhis profession for the benefit of all.
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