Summary
Bren Murrell is a director and seasoned full-stack developer with over 20 years in web development, IT support, and database management, and 11 years of focused experience in frontend engineering. He champions componentised, accessible design systems and treats unit and E2E testing as non-negotiable for production-quality software. Bren has led frontend teams at organisations from banks to UX tooling firms and now heads Visual Industrie while also freelancing as a portrait and art photographer. A passionate mentor and trainer, he enjoys translating complex UX and accessibility principles into practical developer practices. Outside work he channels creativity into photography, videography and music, bringing a visual storyteller’s sensibility to user-focused interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor of Computing Systems (BCS), Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor of Computing Systems (BCS) at Eastern Institute of Technology
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki