Gavin Suddrey
Technical Lead at Wenco International Mining Systems
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolGavin Suddrey is a technical lead with eight years of experience bridging academic research and industrial software delivery, currently leading engineering at Wenco International Mining Systems. He combines deep mechatronics and robotics expertise—anchored by a PhD from QUT—with hands-on software and DevOps skills to design and ship robust automation and mining systems. His background includes directing a robotics consultancy, contributing to humanoid robotics research, and building automated assessment and embedded systems during his academic tenure. Gavin excels at turning research prototypes into production-ready solutions and managing cross-functional teams through complex projects. Based in Queensland, Australia, he brings a practical blend of systems thinking and low-level engineering that helps teams innovate reliably at scale. An uncommon strength is his track record of moving between teaching, research and product roles, giving him a rare perspective on mentoring engineers while delivering commercial outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment, Computer Software Engineering at Queensland University of Technology
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (50)
controller10
euler-angles10
orientation10
trajectory-generation9
animation9
robotics9
simulation9
bidirectional9
dynamics9
robot9
representations9
ros9
transform9
robotics-simulation9
hessian8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
qcr/ros-services
May 2021 - Aug 2022
A repository hosting the QCR ROS-Service useful for bringing up a robot system
Contributions:14 releases, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
qcr/ros_omron_agv
Mar 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:9 releases, 16 commits, 14 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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