Edwin Liava'a
Chief Executive Officer Full Stack Developer at Australia Assists
Tonga
Summary
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Top SchoolEdwin Liava'a is a technology leader and Full Stack Developer with nearly three decades of regional impact and nine years in executive roles, known for bridging high-level policy with hands-on engineering across the Pacific. He led Tonga’s first international submarine fiber project, has expanded satellite broadband for Kacific, and now builds community-first Web3 infrastructure like the Pasifika Data Chain—designed as a non-financial, zero-fee, disaster-resilient blockchain for Pacific Islanders. Equally comfortable advising ministers and shipping code, he combines GIS, AI, and blockchain to deliver measurable efficiency gains (e.g., a deployed DePIN-GIS delivering faster field data collection and high AI classification accuracy). A Chainlink Developer Expert and mentor, Edwin also advises UNDP and utilities projects, translating complex technical systems into practical policy and operational solutions. Based in Tonga, he focuses on culturally grounded, open-source digital public goods that strengthen resilience and local control.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate student - Master’s (MA) LUMA-GIS , Geographical Information Systems, Graduate student - Master’s (MA) LUMA-GIS , Geographical Information Systems at Lund UniversityBSc, Computing Science and Information Systems, BSc, Computing Science and Information Systems at The University of the South PacificSmart Contract Security Researcher, Smart Contract Security Researcher at Cyfrin Updraft
tongan, English, fijian, samoan, tuvaluan, tok pisin
Github Skills (20)
broadband10
satellite9
rif8
react8
rsk8
chain8
rootstock7
chainlink6
documentation6
blockchain6
mikrotik4
windows4
adapter4
wsl23
marine3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
EdwinLiavaa/EdwinLiavaa
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:138 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
EdwinLiavaa/satellite-broadband-service-chain-ui
Nov 2021 - Apr 2025
Chainlink Hackathon Fall 2021 - Mint Satellite Broadband
Contributions:194 PRs, 199 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
fallmintsatellitechainlinkbroadband
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