Ashley Walker
Head Of Engineering at Skywalker Consulting
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolAshley Walker is a Head of Engineering with nine years of cross-industry experience delivering AI-driven, IoT and high-performance solutions across defence, healthcare, agriculture and aviation. He combines hands-on technical depth—from mechatronics and mechanical design to Kubernetes-based microservices—with strategic leadership scaling teams and operations from small grants-funded projects to revenue-generating enterprises. Notable achievements include architecting a 6TB data pipeline for precision agriculture, securing unique regulatory approvals for nationwide night UAV operations, and delivering defence-grade compliance projects. Comfortable bridging technical complexity and business goals, he brings Lean practices, standards compliance (Australian, ISO, ANSI) and pragmatic risk management to product delivery. Based in Toowoomba, Australia, he mentors teams, advises local business chambers, and has a knack for breaking large systems into manageable components to accelerate deployment and reduce operational risk.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Saint Augustine's College CairnsMicrosoft Professional Capstone : Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Professional Capstone : Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence at edXMaster of Engineering Management Engineering/Industrial Management, Master of Engineering Management Engineering/Industrial Management at Torrens University AustraliaBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechatronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechatronics Engineering at University of Southern QueenslandCommercial Pilots License CPL(A) Aviation, Commercial Pilots License CPL(A) Aviation at Aviation College TownsvilleBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechanical Engineering at James Cook University
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Github Skills (200)
visual-studio10
cpp10
balloon10
package-manager10
windows10
docker-container10
logstash10
jruby10
microsoft10
cmake10
microsoft-azure10
snap10
kite10
detection-model10
azure-storage-explorer10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
skywalkerisnull/Umbraco-Docker
Aug 2019 - May 2021
Umbraco-Docker
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 1 year 9 months
umbracodocker
skywalkerisnull/skywalkerisnull.github.io
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:143 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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