Hey 👋🏼 !
My name is Jack Purdon - i’m a product-focused software engineer based in Sydney. I love all things tech, product and music. Always interested in having a chat!
@purdonjack/@jackpurdon everywhere
The TL; DR After about 6 years working as a professional trumpeter and booking manager, a friend of mine I was touring with showed me python programming. I was instantly blown away and immediately grew a deep passion for computing in general. That was late 2019, and now we’re here today!
| Project/Company | Role/s | When | Skills | What Happened | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cover Genius | Software Engineer | Currently | Software Engineering | Currently working here on the “BrightWrite” analytics product as a software engineer. | |
Immutic | FounderSoftware Engineer | Currently | Software EngineeringSoftware ArchitectProduct ManagementDesign | Vision - Information published on the internet needs to have an easily verifiable source.
A WIP! | |
Attend Token | Co-Founder | Currently | Software ArchitectProduct Management | I love events, music & tech. I teamed up with an events producer and artist manager friend of mine, Harold, to build out a custom Proof Of Attendance app for live events. The company is a WIP, but it’s great to have skin in the game in Web3! See my vlog | |
Freelancer.com | Software Engineer Intern | 2021-2022 | Software Engineering | Scored an internship with an awesome company where I was already an advocate of the product.
I assembled a team that ended up winning our internal company Hackathon. We’re currently working on the implementation! | |
ExcelCracker | Founder | 2022 | Product Management | Recently my Uncle forgot a password to a really important excel spreadsheet. He called me to ‘crack’ the password and I thought it might be a good idea for a ‘microsaas’ business. Rather than building out the whole app, i’m hosting a single page app with an email where you can submit your locked up .xls file! If there are enough hits, i’ll build it out.
It’s been a good op to learn google ads and try a different way of gauging a product!
Update: Got some responses but not enough to be viable financially. | |
Simconverse | Junior Software Developer | 2021 | Software Engineering | It was a privilege to work with 2 incredibly intelligent founders early in their startup’s journey. The product, concept and execution is fantastic. | |
Hollab | Co-Founder | 2021 | Software EngineeringProduct Management | Worked on building out a SAAS for event managers with Wilson Hou and Raveen Senanayake. Ended up not quite panning out but there were some awesome learnings around product, people and clients! You can read more at blog.jackpurdon.io. | |
iPay | Co-Founder | 2021 | Software ArchitectProduct Management | After working with the Labour hire business in Sydney, Sendon did the due dilligence around releasing a SAAS for Labour Hire businesses. It’s a crowded space. | |
Calendar Union | Founder | 2021 | Software ArchitectDesign | Thought the interface for when2meet.com wasn’t great and could be improved. Spent 1 week with the aim of launching the MVP. | |
Sendon | Co-Founder | 2020-2021 | Software ArchitectClient Relations | A software consulting company started by myself and Raveen Senanayake in order to grow our software expertise. We worked on a custom implementation of a HRMS with a labour-hire business. | |
Daniel Francis Entertainment | FounderSoftware Engineer | 2015-2021 | Product ManagementBusiness ManagementSoftware EngineeringSoftware Architect | Notable Points: Achieved best growth after doubling down on a market segment in events ($12k/M) - Weddings & Roving Bands. The new focus allowed us to systemise processes with a mixture of tech and written procedures. This enabled to spend more time on revenue drivers → Customer relationships & word-of-mouth. All our tech was built in house (www.contractors-dfe.com.au) | |
TJ & Co. | Co-Founder | 2015 | Business Management | The first business I started straight out of school with a friend. As with many first businesses, this one failed and I reformed it into my own business, “Daniel Francis Entertainment”. | |
Professional Trumpet Player | Freelancer | 2013-2021 | Trumpet Playing | Lived out a long time passion of mine - playing music on the trumpet!
I’ve performed on TV Shows such as "The Voice Australia", "X Factor", "The Bachelorette" and "The Set".
I’ve also recorded, performed or toured with artists such as Guy Sebastian, Tijuana Cartel, The Potbelleez, Josh Pyke, James Morrison, Jacob Stone (Bluejuice), Jordan Raskopoulos (Axis Of Awesome), Hayley Mary (The Jezabels), Casey Donovan (Eurovision), Ray Beadle, Boomchild, Fannie Lumsden Et al. | |
Trumpet Teacher | Teacher | 2014-2018 | Education | I personally really value the learnings in teaching. I always strived to make time to teach 1-2 hours a week for this reason. (Gotta start teaching coding!!). |
Values:
→ Alignment of expectations. → Focused & clear goals. → Regular reviews of goals and expectations. → Metrics and achievements over time-spent.
| Name | Tags |
|---|---|
Programming Languages | TypescriptJavascriptCBashHTML & CSSGraphQLSQLPython |
Frameworks | ReactVueAngular 2React NativeExpoDjangoDjango Rest FrameworkRxJSPostgreSQLNextJSPrismaNexusStyled Components |
Platforms | AWS LambdaAWS RDSAWS S3AWS Route 53FirebaseNetlifyVercelGithubHerokuDocker |
Education:
The University Of Sydney - Computing (WAM 80) | 2020-2022 (deferred).
Sydney Conservatorium Of Music - Trumpet, majoring in Jazz | 2015-2019
~~~ Get in touch ~~~ 📬 purdonjack@gmail.com 📞 0423 526 197 📍 Sydney, Australia. 💰 jackpurdon.eth
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