WINSON

Founder, Wincor

Sydney | 2024 – Present

I founded Wincor to bring ideas to life at the intersection of AI, data, and design.

• Built Modern Scripture, an AI-powered app helping users understand Biblical texts through contextual explanations using Gemini, OpenAI, and ESV APIs.
• Delivered full-stack apps using Next.js, FastAPI, and React Native (iOS/Android).
• Supported data engineering initiatives at Cuscal — productionizing Databricks pipelines, improving CI/CD, and enhancing DataOps workflows.
• Led tech workshops and mentored emerging developers at a startup community space in Sydney, helping develop their first MVPs.

Senior Data Engineer (Data Platforms)

Hub24 Limited | Sydney | 2023

• Rolled out Databricks onto the Google Cloud Platform, an initiative to drive closer integration for the group.
• Completed a 6-month data platform migration from Snowflake to Databricks, with Data Build Tool (DBT) pipelines. This cross-org initiative helped consolidate data sources and cut infrastructure costs.
• Designed and implemented AWS cloud data ingestion from +10 data sources to Databricks.
• Helped drive Agile and DevOps practices, and delivered releases in line with IT change management.

Data Engineer

Viator, Tripadvisor | Sydney | 2022

• Optimised and maintained BigQuery data analytics pipelines powering Tableau dashboards for global analytics teams across the UK, APAC, and USA.
• Partnered with CRM and marketing team to integrate customer data into a central platform, enabling targeted campaigns and revenue uplift.

Data Engineer

Interworks | Sydney | 2021

• Delivered an AWS Snowflake-DBT-Tableau data platform implementation for an Adelaide mining client, enabling production analysis of millions of daily tonnage records to optimise operational productivity for active mines.

Fullstack Developer (Tourio)

Le Wagon Bootcamp | Melbourne | 2019

• Developed 'Tourio', a personal audio tour web app, as the final project for the bootcamp.
• Built the full-stack application from scratch in a team, using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and PostgreSQL.
• Pitched the final product to a panel of entrepreneurs and tech leads on Demo Day.

Growth Hacker

Startupbootcamp | Melbourne | 2019

• Worked in a corporate accelerator to develop the POC and launch a new B2C offering for a large beverage client, applying data-driven growth tactics and growing a new +$1mil channel.

Data Scientist

Find Your Influence LLC | Phoenix | 2017-2018

• Built Python data pipelines and ML-driven influencer sentiment analysis and recommendation models using scikit-learn, improving campaign ROI for clients.

Equity Research Analyst

AmInvestment Bank | Kuala Lumpur | 2015-2016

• Produced impactful equity research and valuation reports for 10 public-listed technology/media companies.

Risk & Governance Consultant

PwC Consulting | Kuala Lumpur | 2011-2014

• Delivered process improvement, risk and governance engagements across financial services and government.
• Co-developed a risk analytics framework for a Japanese bank with PwC Germany, using Monte Carlo simulations.
• Part of the Centre of Excellence Data team sharing best practices for data analytics using SQL and Python.