Lee Sheppard
Prototype Developer at Ruby Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolLee Sheppard is a multidisciplinary prototype developer and illustrator with 11 years of professional software experience and a creative foundation dating back to programming on a Commodore 64. Currently building prototypes at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, he blends Ruby on Rails front- and back-end expertise with a lifelong practice in illustration, animation and public speaking. Lee is deeply involved in the Ruby community—serving on the Ruby Australia committee, co-organising Rails Girls Sydney and multiple RubyConf events—bringing both technical stewardship and community leadership. His career spans not-for-profit digital strategy, fintech UI component libraries, and hands-on product delivery for startups and cultural institutions, with proven experience in Agile project management and digital asset workflows. Not obvious from his title: he regularly translates artistic processes into pragmatic engineering solutions, turning creative briefs into resilient web systems and engaging live experiences.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Certified ICAgile Professional Fundamentals of Agile, Certified ICAgile Professional Fundamentals of Agile at Software EducationCert IV Business Governance Governance, Cert IV Business Governance Governance at BSI Hume LearningPHP/SQL Programming Certificate Web programming, PHP/SQL Programming Certificate Web programming at O'Reilly School of TechnologyCyber101x Cyberwar Surveillance and Security, Cyber101x Cyberwar Surveillance and Security at University of AdelaideCertificate I Advanced Classical Animation Techniques, Certificate I Advanced Classical Animation Techniques at TAFE NSWScreenwriting for Animated Children's Television, Screenwriting for Animated Children's Television at Australian Film Television and Radio SchoolFine arts, Fine arts at Paddington Art School
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Github Skills (63)
coercion10
dsl10
mvc10
rails10
haml10
ruby10
sinatra10
html10
rack10
puma9
ruby-on-rails9
web-development9
activerecord9
web-framework8
jekyll8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
leesheppard/stephenwesleygorton.github.io
Jan 2017 - Jan 2021
Contributions:9 PRs, 28 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years
leesheppard/rubykraken
Jul 2019 - Oct 2023
Contributions:8 PRs, 35 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 4 months
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