Laz Davila
Director at Boomtastic Apps
Greater Adelaide Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolLaz Davila is a seasoned technologist and entrepreneur with four decades of hands-on experience spanning defence systems, real-time software and mobile app development. As founder and director of Davtec and Boomtastic Apps, he combines systems- and software-engineering depth with commercial acumen—delivering mission-critical defence projects and cost-effective native mobile solutions. His career began with early computing on TRS-80s and progressed through senior engineering and management roles at CSC, BAE Systems and Saab, giving him rare expertise in safety-critical verification, systems engineering and project controls. He excels at translating complex requirements into auditable, testable solutions and reinvesting client work into internal R&D for innovative products. Notably pragmatic, he built a unique native-app framework that dramatically lowers client cost compared with typical mobile development while retaining enterprise-grade security and real-time backend integration. Based in Adelaide, Laz blends academic rigour (1st class honours in AI) with entrepreneurial grit and a long record of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
4 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science and Physics, BSc, Computer Science and Physics at University of AdelaideMatriculation, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Italian, Matriculation, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Italian at Woodville High SchoolBSc (Hons), Computer Science (1st Class Honours), BSc (Hons), Computer Science (1st Class Honours) at Macquarie University
English, Spanish, Italian
Github Skills (22)
python10
mqtt10
internet-of-things10
garden10
asyncio10
iot10
automation10
privacy10
jekyll10
home-assistant10
raspberry-pi10
home-automation10
documentation10
smartthings8
google-home7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lazdavila/core
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Contributions:50 pushes, 6 branches in 11 months
raspberry-pihouseprivacy-firstprivacygarden
lazdavila/pescea
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
pescea - python interface to Escea fireplaces
Contributions:10 releases, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 11 months
python-interfacepythonescea
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