EDUCATION 02/2015 – Current Deakin University, Australia PhD Candidate Commenced my PhD Candidature within the School of Information Technology Presented research at the Deakin-Swinburne Symposium II 2015 Attended the Medical Technology Association of Australia’s MedTech Conference Collaboration on a research project to produce a published Education based iPad App 03/2010 – 11/2010 Deakin University, Australia Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) Completed a 93-page Honours thesis Co-authored with a Deakin senior lecturer a published paper in the journal IEEE Developed, as team leader, an Apple iOS App for the Parrot AR Drone Gained acceptance to Apple University Consortium (AUC) iOS SDK workshops Attended the AUCs DevWorld2010 Developers conference Received a certificate of recognition for participation in Deakin Orientation Day 2011 03/2007 –10/2009 Deakin University, Australia Bachelor of Information Technology - Majoring in Games Design and Development Accepted for the Deakin University Industry Based Learning (IBL) scholarship Worked on my final year project in collaboration with GM Holden, Australia Received a certificate of recognition for participation in the Deakin Ground Crew 08 program

EMPLOYMENT 11/2015 – Current Deakin University (Geelong, Australia) Lecturer for Games and IT (for the School of Information Technology) Campus Coordinator for SIT255 Advanced Game Development Campus Coordinator for SIT153 Introduction to Game Programming Unit Chair for SIT322 Distributed Systems Campus Coordinator for SIT151 Games Fundamentals

Participated in the ASPIRE program 01/2015 – 11/2015 Deakin University (Geelong, Australia) Casual Academic and Research Assistant (for the School of Information Technology) Acting Unit Chair for SIT172 Programming for Engineers Participated in research project resulting in a released iPad app “A to Z Safari” Participated in research project trialing lecture interaction software “MyCrowdy” Gave numerous I.T talks to local high-school students Published 1 paper, with 2 more in progress 03/2014 – 12/2014 Deakin University (Geelong, Australia) Associate Lecturer (for the School of Information Technology) Geelong Campus Coordinator for SIT172 Programming for Engineers Geelong Campus Coordinator for SIT764/374 Project Management Demonstrator for SIT101 Introduction to I.T Achieved 4.49/5.0 on the Student Evaluation (SETU) results Presented a published paper at a IEEE conference in New Zealand 03/2013 – 02/2014 Deakin University (Geelong, Australia) Demonstrator/Research Assistant Demonstrated SIT764/SIT374 Project Management for 3rd year and Master students Co-developed with a senior lecturer the Human Resource Allocation System (HRAS) Helped design and develop an Android phone app for a research project Helped design and develop an Asset Management System for the GTP building Achieved a 4.27/5.0 on the Student Evaluations (SETU) results 03/2013 – Current Self-Employed as a Freelance Software Developer (Geelong, Australia) Software Developer Designed and developed a range of software solutions for clients (mobile, Windows, web, Mac) Regularly met with clients to discuss details and requirements Clients from Deakin University, the Australian Defense Force (ADF), local businesses in Geelong, and overseas (Germany, United States) 11/2012 – 02/2013 Sachs Insights (New York City, U.S) IT Support/Office Coordinator Assisted staff with I.T enquiries and troubleshooting Supported the IT manager with daily duties 06/2008 – 03/2012 Integrated Technical Software (ITS) (Geelong, Australia) Software Developer/Programmer Developed and programmed their proprietary software “Spacegass” Met deadlines and reported progress at staff meetings Tested/Debugged software UI design 06/2010 – 11/2010 Deakin University (Geelong, Australia) Demonstrator/Research Assistant Demonstrated SIT253 Visual and Audio Elements for Video Games) for 2nd year students Developed as team leader an iOS App for the AR Parrot Drone for a research project Achieved an exceptional mark in Student Evaluations

PUBLICATIONS Most Recent Publications Wells J, Blincoe M, Spence A, “An examination of the use of online resources in a University E-Learning environment”, World Conference on E-Learning, October 2015 Spence A, McKenzie S, “Using Interactive Technology for Lectures in Higher Education Information Technology”, IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), presented December 2014. Wells J, Barry R, Spence A, “Using Video Tutorials as a Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 55, pp. 4, 2012

TECHNICAL SKILLS Programming Skills I have a high level of skill in a multitude of programming languages from my previous job at ITS, my freelance work, and working and demonstrating at Deakin University. Noticeable programming accomplishments include the co-development of the HRAS at Deakin University (SQL, PHP), development of an Asset Management System at Deakin University (C#, PHP, HTML, SQL), an iOS App for a AR Parrot Drone (Objective-C), Windows software for freelance clients (C#), and an Android phone game (Java, XML). VB.Net/C#.Net - I have a very firm grasp of working in Visual Basic as this was the primary language used during my employment at ITS, with C# now being my language of choice.

Computer Knowledge I have extensive knowledge of how computers, operating systems, distributed systems, applications, and networks work, in addition to being able to conduct repairs, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

GENERAL SKILLS Teaching (Lecturing and Demonstrating) As Unit Chair, acting Unit Chair, and Campus Coordinator for numerous IT based units for the School of IT at Deakin University, my duties included the conducting of weekly lectures and the demonstrating of classes, organizing course material, meeting with other course stream representatives, setting and marking of assessments, and student consultation.

Communication My lecturing and demonstrating experience has built upon my communication skills considerably, enhancing my ability to listen, speak clearly, and to articulate questions. I have spoken at and conducted presentations at numerous I.T focused public events and conferences during my time at Deakin University, at times to audiences exceeding 100 people.

Travel and Cultures Traveling is my passion, and whilst technically not a ‘skill’, I feel that my travels to China, Thailand, America, Vanuatu, Canada and more, helps cultivate a more grounded, cultured and accepting personality which I feel would benefit any company environment.

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