LB (Ben Johnston)

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ABOUT ME

Fullstack developer, passionate to create and improve systems.

I have experience at every level of the software development journey, from being the business manager who has to allocate budget and staff time through to selling and implementing solutions from scratch. I am most passionate about solving problems in an elegant way and seeing software play its part in helping companies manage their information well.

English

Brisbane (+10:00)

Joined December 2017

EXPERTISE

Python

5 years experience

Built web applications in many forms using a range of different frameworks, active core member of the Wagtail open source CMS project.

Django Wagtail Flask web2py

JavaScript

5 years experience

Confident with frontend Javascript, worked on ecommerce and business process solutions requiring both server and client integration.

Es6 JavaScript Node.js

Es6 JavaScript Node.js React Web Development

Google Cloud Platform

2 years experience

Need help with some BigQuery SQL or how to integrate your data from several sources, I love getting involved in that space and have a pas...

Need help with some BigQuery SQL or how to integrate your data from several sources, I love getting involved in that space and have a passion to see things automated.

Google App Engine Google BigQuery Firebase Cloud Functions

Google App Engine Google BigQuery Firebase Cloud Functions Google Data Studio

Elm

1 year experience

Elm is a great functional frontend framework, after a bit of a learning curve I have found this can solve browser UI problems like nothin...

Elm is a great functional frontend framework, after a bit of a learning curve I have found this can solve browser UI problems like nothing else I have used.

Elm

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SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

moment-helpers

Moment helpers for Meteor

JavaScript

aba-tools

Node & Meteor Package for working with ABA files (Australian Bankers Association) aka Cemtext file format.

JavaScript

Stack Overflow

1867 Reputation

Community Posts

Harnessing the power of Django and Python to build a configurable taxonomy

A guide to why you would, and how you could, build a taxonomy model in Django + Wagtail.

How I learned Elm

How I learned Elm in a round about way.

EMPLOYMENTS

Software Engineer

Virgin Australia

2018-01-01-Present

Currently a part of the team working on the new booking engine.

API

React

JavaScript

API

React

JavaScript

Jest

Redux

Digital Marketing

Brisbane Christian College

2017-01-01-2017-12-01

Week to week website maintenance, management of SEO, advertising and supporting the team that write content with advice and guidance with...

Week to week website maintenance, management of SEO, advertising and supporting the team that write content with advice and guidance with CRM and CMS tools. Research and develop a plan for the adoption of replacement software as needed due to budget and feature choices. Plan and implement critical website improvements, along with a new data analytics approach that deeply integrates data from advertising, website, databases and Google cloud tools. Preparing a strategy for the next twelve months regarding content creation, website quality and audience focus.

Google Analytics

Google BigQuery

ActiveCampaign

Google Analytics

Google BigQuery

ActiveCampaign

Google Data Studio

Google firebase cloud functions

Stitch data

Information Systems Strategy

ifeelgood 24/7 express health clubs

2016-10-01-2017-12-01

Designed an Information Systems strategy and built momentum on key elements for a Brisbane based gym franchise along with communication o...

Designed an Information Systems strategy and built momentum on key elements for a Brisbane based gym franchise along with communication of the plan to all stakeholders. Understanding key users across the franchise structure and how to outwork adoption of multiple technologies such as password management, internal wiki and project collaboration software. Assess the adoption and impact of these projects as they are implemented and adjust communication accordingly. Finish previously uncompleted projects which had been lagging before coming on team.

Python

Bootstrap

Elm

Python

Bootstrap

Elm

Wagtail

PROJECTS

Intranet Web Application

2017

Development of an internal intranet, discussion forum, training and shared contacts site using open source technologies. Seeing great ado...

Development of an internal intranet, discussion forum, training and shared contacts site using open source technologies. Seeing great adoption internally through training and continuous development on features.

Python

Django

Wagtail

Python

Django

Wagtail

Marketing Data Integration

2017

Developed an end to end marketing data integration system, bringing together all marketing data sources from the website through to CRM. ...

Developed an end to end marketing data integration system, bringing together all marketing data sources from the website through to CRM. The primary goal has been to save the marketing team time in generating reports and increase the ability to dig into attributions for leads from advertising and organic sources.

Facebook

Google Analytics

Google BigQuery

Facebook

Google Analytics

Google BigQuery

ActiveCampaign

Google Data Studio

Google firebase cloud functions

Stitch data