Derek Fong
Principal Developer - Innovation And Solution
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolDerek Fong is a Principal Developer with 11 years of experience building web applications and analytics solutions for WA Health, progressing from research analyst and systems engineering into senior and principal development roles. He combines deep full‑stack skills—Angular, React, GraphQL, .NET, Node/Express and Meteor—with a strong epidemiology and healthcare reporting background, delivering production systems that translate public‑health data into actionable insights. Based in Perth, he blends hands‑on coding ("code is poetry") with solution architecture and innovation, leading cross‑disciplinary teams to modernise clinical and reporting platforms. His career path inside a single large health organisation demonstrates rare domain continuity and an ability to evolve technical practices while maintaining operational stability.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Information Technology, Diploma Information Technology at Curtin CollegeBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Curtin University
Chinese, Chinese, Chinese, English
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Github Skills (74)
realtime10
javascript10
browser10
reactive-programming10
build-system10
nodejs10
mongodb10
npm10
nextjs10
react10
compiler9
inferno9
zero-configuration9
microfrontend9
apollo-server9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
derek-fong/poinluxe
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
A sample Express.js application to demonstrate Heroku deployment with Docker.
Contributions:7 releases, 39 PRs, 31 pushes in 2 days
herokuexpressjsdeploymentexpressdocker
derek-fong/per-support-me
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:46 pushes, 6 branches in 27 days
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