Summary
Gary Swanepoel is a founder and web developer with 14 years of experience building products, communities, and tech services across the Sunshine Coast and Noosa Heads region. He leads Startup Precinct and PIXELPIXEL, combining hands-on development, design and marketing to help early-stage startups quickly validate ideas and ship minimum viable products. Gary has deep roots in the local startup ecosystem—cofounding a purpose-built coworking space and serving on innovation and creative boards—while also acting as a technical lead in defence-related projects. He’s an advocate of rapid application development and pragmatic productization, demonstrated by hackathon finalist work on an AI medical documentation tool that used neural language processing. Comfortable bridging strategy, community building and code, he thrives on turning nascent ideas into launchable solutions that balance speed with real user impact.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Information Technology, Management, Bachelor, Information Technology, Management at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)