Case studies

Work

Each case study covers the problem, my role, the architecture and the measured outcome.

AI

AI · Amplify-Now · independent research

Cloud orchestrates, local executes: local-LLM research

Can local open-weight models safely take over mechanical AI work? I ran a structured evaluation of 19 model configurations and several agent harnesses, and applied the same pattern to an "AI factory" for coding and customer engagement.

25–50% projected token saving

AI · WA Health Hackathon 2023 (WADSIH × WA Department of Health)

EDDIH: Technical Achievement Prize at the WA Health Hackathon

An Emergency Department Digital Intelligence Helper that uses machine learning, simulation and smartwatch data to guide patients to the nearest hospital with an emergency department. Built on synthetic health data, it won the Technical Achievement Prize.

2nd Technical Achievement Prize

Leadership

Data platforms

Data platforms · INX × DataDivers

Project Bifrost: an API without an API

A metadata-driven integration on AWS S3, Airflow and Snowflake. INX's customers can import and export their own data safely, without anyone babysitting the process. Presented at the Snowflake User Group Perth.

~0.6 FTE saved on manual integration work

Data platforms · Telethon Kids Institute × DataDivers

ORIGINS: the pipeline that became a research data platform

A 2-week POC automating Telethon Kids Institute's monthly ORIGINS reporting turned into a multi-year partnership and the foundation of the institute's Data and Analytics Platform.

2 weeks to automate a 3–5 day monthly process

Data platforms · Arc Infrastructure × DataDivers

Real-time rail-sensor monitoring across Western Australia

Arc Infrastructure's in-house monitoring product was replaced with a real-time pipeline. Level-crossing sensor data flows from collectors to TimescaleDB, an Azure medallion architecture and a live Power BI status and alarm report.

Live status and alarms for every sensor and location