About
Background
10+ years delivering advanced analytics, ML, and Gen AI solutions across public and private sectors.
PhD in applied AI/ML with 10+ years of industry experience delivering advanced analytics, ML, Generative AI, and cloud-based AI solutions across public and private sector organisations.
Strong background in the training and evaluation of ML models, with proven capability in deploying scalable, data-driven solutions that address complex business problems. Experienced across the full AI lifecycle — from production deployment through to cloud integration and enterprise adoption.
Expertise spans Generative AI, ML, advanced analytics, and end-to-end AI solution delivery in production — currently leading AI solutions at Littles Lawyers, and previously shipped Gen AI chatbots serving the Queensland Government.
Experience
Career Timeline
From software engineering foundations to AI solution leadership.
May 2025 — Present
AI Solution Lead
Littles Lawyers
- Leading and mentoring junior developers, running design reviews, and ensuring product quality
Audit bot — Phase 1
- Led the architecture and delivery of enterprise AI chatbot, combining Azure AI Search, vector retrieval, and metadata-driven ranking to enhance knowledge retrieval across internal systems
Audit bot — Phase 2
- Delivered a production RAG architecture using Pinecone and internal data pipelines to generate evidence-based chatbot responses aligned with legal and operational requirements
RAG evaluation
- Implemented a RAGAS evaluation suite (faithfulness, context precision, answer relevancy) to benchmark retrieval and generation quality across test cases on every release
ETL Pipeline
- Deployed a scalable in-house document ingestion and ETL workflows using Azure Document Intelligence and Python, improving unstructured data ingestion to the Azure Blob Storage
Document Classification
- Designed and deployed AI classification model to automatically categorise legal documents to enhance case-routing capability
Financial Analysis Dashboard
- Deployed Azure Cosmos DB knowledge graph to model client accident timelines, linking key employment and payslip events to strengthen case analysis and evidentiary review
Jan 2025 — May 2025
Senior AI / Data Scientist
Queensland Health — University of Queensland (Co-joint)
Project "Smart Hub"
- Contributed to the Smart Hub project by leading QLD clinical data mapping into the OMOP standard data model (SQL)
- Supported the research and implementation of the native Gen AI model with GPT-2, trained by the OMOP standard data (PyTorch)
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify data requirements and deliver tailored solutions
- Guided ethics and governance processes to facilitate data access for the implementation of advanced analytics in Smart Hub
Nov 2023 — Dec 2024
Senior AI / Data Scientist / Advanced Analytics
Queensland Government — Customer and Digital Group
Project "QChat"
- Implemented the Gen AI chatbot "QChat" for QLD Government (Azure OpenAI API, Node.js, Next.js and TypeScript)
- Successfully integrated guardrails for the safe and ethical use of AI for public servants
- Implemented monitoring algorithm using Azure Insight Telemetry for tracking resources usage
Project "Insight Engine"
- Gathered business requirements to develop a Gen AI solution aimed at guiding future strategic planning in QLD
- Designed and implemented a Proof of Concept (PoC) and full deployment of a Gen AI RAG-based application (LlamaIndex)
- Successfully implemented the AI solution using Microsoft Azure Function Apps, Azure Cognitive Search and Cosmos DB, ensuring scalable and efficient performance in line with future-focused strategic foresight
- Created knowledge graphs in NetworkX and applied clustering techniques (community detection) to create future strategic scenarios for QLD, contributing to both high-level foresight and actionable strategic directions
Nov 2023 — Mar 2024
ML Scientist / Data Scientist
University of Queensland — Centre for Health Services Research
Project "Infection Prediction"
- Led the design, development, and validation of an XGBoost model to predict catheter-related infection risks, contributing to improved patient safety and proactive infection control (Scikit-Learn, Pandas and MLflow)
- Employed data preprocessing techniques, feature engineering, and hyperparameter tuning (Bayesian) to enhance model accuracy
- Deployed final ML model in AWS SageMaker AI
Jul 2020 — Feb 2022
Senior Software Developer
Queensland Health
Project "QUIET" (Queensland Integrated Element Tracker)
- Developed .NET app to manage data governance, data dictionary, data view, data modelling, decision support and data catalogue of QLD Health Electronic Medical Records
- Developed database schema in Azure SQL Database
- Maintained version control of the source code using GitHub with other developers in the team
- Prepared and maintained detailed documentation throughout the development lifecycle, including user manuals, technical specifications, and release notes
Feb 2016 — Jun 2020
Junior and Mid Software Developer / Lead Data Migration
Magentus (formerly Genie Solutions)
Project "Genie Application"
- Full-stack developer on the Genie application in an Agile development environment
- Worked in agile development methodology for writing code, test units and code maintenance
Project "Legacy Data Migration to AWS"
- Lead data migration engineer, responsible for migrating legacy clinical data to Amazon Cloud
- Mentored junior developers, providing technical guidance and support on development best practices, code reviews, and quality assurance
Aug 2014 — Dec 2015
Junior Software Developer
Queensland University of Technology
- Worked as a research assistant, focusing on the development and validation of a comparison application for DNA sequences in Java
- Conducted extensive research on various algorithms and techniques for assessing DNA sequences to identify patterns and variations
- Collaborated with the research team to design and implement the software tool, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and performance for analysing large datasets of DNA sequences
Education
Academic Background
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The University of Queensland
Nov 2019 — Aug 2024
Applied AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare. Thesis: "Artificial intelligence to improve clinical outcomes in hospitals"
Master's Degree
Queensland University of Technology
Jul 2012 — Dec 2013
Software Architecture
Skills
Technical Expertise
Core competencies across the AI/ML and software engineering spectrum.
ML / AI & MLOps
Generative AI & LLMs
Cloud & Deployment
Development & Data
Publications
Implementing AI in Hospitals to Achieve a Learning Health System: Systematic Review of Current Enablers and Barriers
Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2024;26:e49655
DOI: 10.2196/49655Machine Learning Clinical Prediction Models for Acute Kidney Injury: The Impact of Baseline Creatinine on Prediction Efficacy
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making · 23, 207 (2023)
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-023-02306-03Machine Learning Models for Diabetes Management in Acute Care Using Electronic Medical Records: A Systematic Review
International Journal of Medical Informatics · 2022;162:104758
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104758The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management: A Systematic Literature Review of Current Opportunities, Enablers, and Barriers
Buildings · 2025;15(7):1130
DOI: 10.3390/buildings15071130Validation of the Extended KDIGO Definition to Diagnose Acute Kidney Injury in a General Hospital Population Using the MIMIC-IV Dataset
Kidney International Reports · 2024;9(4):S261–S262 (WCN24-1193)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.02.537A Comparison Between a Random Forest Model and the Kidney Failure Risk Equation to Predict Progression to Kidney Failure
medRxiv · 2023
medRxiv PreprintToward a Learning Health Care System: A Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Conceptual Framework for Implementation of Clinical Analytics in a Digital Hospital
Applied Clinical Informatics · 2022;13(2):339–354
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1743243Get in Touch
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