Lawrence Meckan
Lead Digital Forensic Analyst at Lightyear Forensics
Australia
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Top SchoolLawrence Meckan is a lead digital forensic analyst and technologist with over two decades of experience transforming complex online projects into accessible, legally compliant platforms. He blends hands-on full‑stack and DevOps expertise—spanning cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), NodeJS/React ecosystems, Kubernetes and blockchain—with deep specialist skills in cryptocurrency investigations, AML/CTF assessments and digital forensics. As a founder and creative director he has driven measurable business outcomes (notable viral growth and e-commerce revenue gains) while training thousands of staff in usability, accessibility (WCAG/ARIA) and security best practices. He has built internal forensic tooling and CRM systems, delivered incident disclosures for fintech clients, and shipped MVP forensic analysis tools for commercial blockchain stacks. An active contributor to open-source front-end tooling (notably enhancements to the lightweight Trumbowyg editor’s table plugin), he pairs pragmatic engineering with strategic ICT and business frameworks (UML, ITIL, PMBOK) to reduce risk and improve compliance. Based in Australia, he is known for turning audit-level requirements into user-friendly, scalable solutions that stakeholders can both trust and use.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Cert IV, Business Management, Cert IV, Business Management at Box Hill InstituteBachelor of Applied Science, Computer Science, Psychology, Bachelor of Applied Science, Computer Science, Psychology at Swinburne University of TechnologyThe University of Melbourne
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Github Skills (11)
javascript10
wysiwyg10
html-editor10
jquery10
text-editor10
ckeditor10
editor10
rich-text-editor10
trumbowyg10
html9
css6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Alex-D/Trumbowyg
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
A lightweight and amazing WYSIWYG JavaScript editor under 10kB
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Lawrence primarily contributed to the `trumbowyg` JavaScript editor, focusing on the table plugin. Their work involved implementing and refining the table feature, including creating tables, adding rows and columns, and incorporating styling options. They also made changes to the plugin's architecture, potentially improving its functionality.
contenteditabletext-editingwysiwygjavascriptrich-text-editor
absalomedia/sites-box
Dec 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:128 pushes, 1 branch, 14 tags in 2 years 4 months
multi-sitephpdevelopment-environment
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