PSA: I sold the Twitter/X username @Bandit on 24 September 2024

Spotify Playlists

• Tempostep
• Doom Noise
• Tesla Beats
• Woofer Tests

Career Highlights

• Freelanced through my company Bandit Design since 2003.
• Founded, built, and sold several tech startups along the way.
• Consulted for big companies like Google, Microsoft, and Trade Me.
• Designed and built an online service to help every day people take care of their climate impact at GoodyGood.

Key Skills and Proficiencies

• 21

  years of Digital Design

• 13

  years of UX & analysis

• 12

  years of Leadership

• 12

  years of Frontend Dev

• 11

  years of Wireframing & IA

• 04

  years of Backend Dev

• 03

  years of Service Design

• 02

  years of Scaling & DevOps

• 05

  years of Networking & IT

My history

I've been designing and building websites, apps, and brands since November 2003.

I'm self-taught, with my years of skill and experience driven from a deep passion for solving problems and an inherent curiosity for technology. This passion led me to expand my skill set from simply beautiful design, to the technical side of things — leaving me in a rare position among the web industry; skilled in both design and development.

This alone makes me a valuable asset to any team as I can engage at a technical level, ensuring that my design decisions are realistic and achievable. I'm a natural leader and have founded and run several web startups, providing me with a deep understanding of business and marketing. My work is reliably on-budget and profitable.

My diverse skillset ranges from planning and service design, to usability and user experience, to implementation of both web and mobile, to marketing and growth. My day-to-day toolbox includes Figma, JS (Svelte, React, Node, etc), Git, and Firebase/SQL/Mongo.

I've helped to create and successfully plan, wireframe, design, project manage, build, and market several SaaS businesses. These include GoodyGood (a carbon offsetting company), MinuteDock (a clever time tracker), 200 Square (an online-only real-estate agency), Love To Ride (a behaviour change platform), and several others.

I've worked closely with more than 50 different clients from all walks of life — ranging from Government departments like DIA, IRD, NZ Police, and DoH; television shows like The Wheel of Fortune; international charities like Ronald McDonald House; and big companies like PB Tech, Trade Me, Google, and Microsoft.

I'm based in Wellington, but I've worked remotely with teams in Auckland, Sydney, London, and San Francisco.