Chris Pollard
Technical Implementation Analyst
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolChris Pollard is a product-minded software engineer and Technical Implementation Analyst in Melbourne who blends front-end craft with practical product leadership to turn complex requirements into intuitive, human-centered tools. With nine years of experience and a background in project management, he excels at aligning roadmaps, leading cross-functional squads, and translating technical specs into outcomes that users actually adopt. Since moving into development in 2021 he’s focused on trustworthy, human-in-the-loop AI workflows and pragmatic Lightning/Bitcoin experimentation, running a node and founding the local Victorian Bitcoin Technology Club. He favors clear technical communication over jargon, builds small-scale LLM pipelines with Flowise and LangChain for real-world usefulness, and asks the persistent question: “what are we really trying to fix here?”
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Performing Arts, Bachelor of Performing Arts at Monash UniversityVictorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) at Xavier CollegeGraduate Diploma in Education, Graduate Diploma in Education at La Trobe UniversitySoftware Engineering Immersive Computer Software Engineering, Software Engineering Immersive Computer Software Engineering at General Assembly Melbourne
Japanese, French, Spanish
Github Skills (47)
health10
mono10
health-data10
donation8
bitcoin7
payment7
explore6
chain6
lightning6
woocommerce6
connected6
adyen5
music5
middleman5
cryptocurrency5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
chris-pollard/drum-beats
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
A javaScript app for sharing drum beats.
Contributions:60 PRs, 49 pushes, 9 branches in 5 days
drumjavascriptsharingbeatsjavascript-app
Australian-Beef-Initiative/abi-website
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Australian Beef Initiative Public Website
Contributions:32 PRs, 51 pushes, 6 branches in 4 days
australianinitiativebeef
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