Summary
Alex Stormwood is an autodidactic educator and indie games/XR developer with eight years of hands-on experience bridging game development, web technologies, and CI/CD. As Subject Coordinator at NextEd Group and longtime Coder Academy instructor he designs and delivers diploma-level bootcamps and outreach programs spanning primary to tertiary and corporate audiences. He runs BigfootDS, shipping multi-headset VR titles and targeting console releases like Nintendo Switch, while freelancing on cloud-enabled live-ops and platform tooling. Known for turning ambitious learning objectives into practical courses and working prototypes, he combines studio-grade production skills (3D/animation, VR) with backend and deployment know-how. Based in Sydney, Alex pairs formal qualifications in interactive media and learning management with a knack for simplifying complex tech so anyone can build and teach it.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning), Business Administration and Management, General, Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning), Business Administration and Management, General at Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE)
Bachelor of Interactive Media, Games, Valedictorian, high-distinction average, Bachelor of Interactive Media, Games, Valedictorian, high-distinction average at Academy of Information Technology
Bachelor of Games & Interactive Entertainment (incomplete, transferred to AIT), Animation, Bachelor of Games & Interactive Entertainment (incomplete, transferred to AIT), Animation at Queensland University of Technology
Cert II in Business Communications Technologies, Cert II in Information Multimedia Technologies, Queensland Certificate of Education, Queensland OP 9, Cert II in Business Communications Technologies, Cert II in Information Multimedia Technologies, Queensland Certificate of Education, Queensland OP 9 at Caloundra State High School
French, Japanese, English