Leigh Appel
CTO Co-Founder at Safesite
Greater Brisbane Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolLeigh Appel is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur, currently serving as CTO and Co-Founder of Safesite, where the platform has evolved from a mobile app into an award-winning safety management solution that reduces incidents by up to 57% and delivers insurance savings. Since co-founding Safesite in 2014, he has combined hands-on engineering with product strategy to scale safety outcomes for diverse customers. He also co-founded Foresight Commercial Insurance in 2020, expanding his scope into insurance tech and risk management. Based in the Greater Brisbane Area, Leigh brings a decade of experience across roles at Virgin Australia, Intelligent Pathways, and other tech teams, underpinned by a Bachelor of Information Technology in Computer Science from Griffith University. He excels at blending practical software delivery with leadership to build reliable, scalable systems in fast-moving startups.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology, Computer Science, Bachelor of Information Technology, Computer Science at Griffith University
Github Skills (154)
cordova10
login-system9
javascript9
ionic9
swift9
ios9
css9
java9
android9
tmux9
vim-script8
html8
signals8
recaptcha-v38
hosting8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
safesite/sendgrid-django
Feb 2021 - Nov 2024
Simple django backend to send email through SendGrid
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years 9 months
pythondjangoemailsendgriddjango-backend
abarax/xquery-utilities
Feb 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:4 commits in 9 months
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