Matthew Gladman
Engineering Lead at Open Universities Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Gladman is an engineering leader based in Melbourne with 11 years of hands-on experience building and operating applied software systems across startups, consulting and higher education. Currently Engineering Lead at Open Universities Australia, he bridges technical strategy and delivery—shaping architecture, mentoring teams and owning end-to-end operations. His background as CTO and Head of IT means he’s equally fluent in AWS infrastructure, devops and Salesforce as he is in UI/UX and product-facing design. Notable projects include a nationwide helpdesk platform deployed to 30,000+ PCs and an Accident Management system for the Department of Transport Victoria, reflecting a track record of solving complex, mission-critical problems. Matthew’s blend of roles—from pre-sales and project management to sound and graphic design—gives him an uncommon ability to translate business needs into delightful, usable software. He thrives on experimentation, having launched a new business using innovative SEO tactics while still shipping production-grade engineering.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Multimedia (Games and Interactivity)/Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Multimedia (Games and Interactivity)/Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software, Computer Software Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology
English
Github Skills (168)
windows10
esbuild-plugin10
esbuild10
serverless-plugin10
color-picker10
plugin10
desktop10
laravel9
minifier9
lambda9
wordpress-api9
serverless-offline9
cli9
authentication9
azure-functions9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
truedit/tewppi
Oct 2018 - Apr 2020
TruEdit WordPress Plugin
Contributions:1 release, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 6 months
wordpress-apiwordpresspluginwordpress-adminposts
mattisdada/sfdx-scan-pull-request
Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
Runs sfdx-scanner on a pull request and generates in-line comments with the findings.
Contributions:63 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
scannersarifrunspull-requestrequest
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