Summary
Dougal Plummer is a pragmatic software engineer and product owner with over 8 years of professional experience and decades of hands-on engineering practice, currently leading Plummer Software and the WaterNow® product line. With a PhD and masters from Monash University, he has blended academic rigor with applied work—writing predictive maintenance software for machinery early in his career. Comfortable across hardware and software, he thrives on reading documentation, learning quickly, and turning complex requirements into reliable, maintainable systems. He balances full-time software development with running a small prickle and avocado farm, bringing a grounded, problem-solving mindset to product engineering. An inventive tinkerer, his spare-time projects are showcased on Hackster, reflecting a curiosity for embedded systems and practical IoT solutions. Based in New South Wales, he combines long-term technical depth with a hands-on, maker-oriented approach to shipping products.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering at Monash University