Summary
Joshua Byrd is a versatile digital developer with 12 years of hands-on IT and web development experience, currently building interactive news stories and tools for ABC News from Queensland. He combines formal training in hardware, software and design with a long history of freelance work and systems administration in healthcare nonprofits, bringing pragmatic problem-solving and user-focused engineering to production projects. Comfortable across the full stack, Joshua pairs newsroom-grade code with creative storytelling—he also produces podcasts and helps run a band, Velociraptor, where he writes songs and plays guitar. That mix of technical depth, content experience and community-minded IT support makes him adept at turning complex requirements into engaging digital experiences.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Theatre, Music, Literature, Philosophy, BA, Theatre, Music, Literature, Philosophy at ACU National
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
MIT, Hardware, Software, Design, MIT, Hardware, Software, Design at Queensland University of Technology
English, 1337