Barry Van Oudtshoorn
Senior Software Engineer at barryvan
Western Australia
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Top SchoolBarry Van Oudtshoorn is a Senior Software Engineer and product leader with 16 years of experience blending full-stack development, front-end design, and product management in the ed-tech space. He has held senior roles from CIO to Global Head of API and recently managed ecosystem and teaching-and-learning products at Education Horizons, now contributing engineering leadership at GovConnex and Atlantis Timetabling. Barry’s background spans hands-on UI/UX and backend work, product ownership, and scaling platform APIs—bringing both technical execution and strategic product vision. Based in Western Australia, he pairs formal computer science training with leadership credentials and a track record of shipping education-focused platforms. Beyond tech, he is an accomplished composer whose music has been licensed for video games, reflecting a creative discipline that informs his user-centered design approach. This mix of engineering depth, product stewardship, and creative practice enables him to solve complex problems with both technical rigor and human empathy.
17 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) Computer Science at The University of Western AustraliaCert IV Organizational Leadership, Cert IV Organizational Leadership at Future Institute of Australia
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Github Skills (43)
javascript10
yt-dlp10
postgresql10
python10
youtube-dl10
rails10
mootools10
ruby10
audio10
mhealth10
context-menu10
ember10
forum10
command-line10
discourse10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
barryvan/trackPerformer
Oct 2011 - May 2012
Contributions:36 commits in 6 months
barryvan/CSSMin
Sep 2009 - Sep 2017
CSS Minifier and alphabetiser
Contributions:36 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 8 years 1 month
cssminifier
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