Mischa Colley
Founder at Fractional by Nature
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolMischa Colley is a creative technologist and founder with 11+ years building people-first web experiences and serving as a fractional CTO for purpose-driven organisations. He blends hands-on front-of-the-frontend development with technical leadership and digital strategy, helping NFPs, social enterprises and B Corps move from idea to sustainable implementation. Based in Byron Bay, he prioritises projects aligned with the UN SDGs and filters opportunities through the lens of the world he wants for his two children. Mischa also runs HelloMaker, an education-focused makerspace initiative that moves learners from unplugged to plugged-in tech fluency, reflecting his interest in alternative education and equitable access. Known for connecting business, creative and engineering teams, he still enjoys coding user-facing interfaces, especially for global, low-barrier web experiences.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Higher School Certificate, Design & Technology, Photography & Digital Media, Music, Drama, English, Higher School Certificate, Design & Technology, Photography & Digital Media, Music, Drama, English at Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner SchoolBachelor of Fine Arts (Interactive & Visual Design) / Bachelor of Information Technology, Graphic Design, Web Design & Development, IT Strategy & Enterprise Architecture, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Interactive & Visual Design) / Bachelor of Information Technology, Graphic Design, Web Design & Development, IT Strategy & Enterprise Architecture at Queensland University of TechnologyIntroductory & Advanced Web Design, Introductory & Advanced Web Design at Curtin UniversityDeutsch als Fremdsprache, German Language & Calutre Studies, Deutsch als Fremdsprache, German Language & Calutre Studies at Hamburger VolkshochschuleWordCamp (Gold Coast)YOW! Developer ConferenceRailsCamp 9 (Lake Ainsworth)# Self Directed Learning #Self-Directed Study, Web Design, Development & Business, Self-Directed Study, Web Design, Development & Business at Treehouse
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Github Skills (44)
gulp10
browsersync9
delicious8
virtualbox8
asset-pipeline8
webpack7
drupal7
html6
site-builder6
vagrant6
geocomplete6
undefined6
ruby-on-rails6
minification6
static-site6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mischacolley/mischacolley.com.au
Jan 2015 - May 2023
My personal site. Over the years it's sort of been like my playground as I re-develop it from the ground up. I've decided this time to share this publicly so I always have some latest work available to show people.
Contributions:4 PRs, 21 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 5 months
nextjsgroundshareplaygroundsort
mischacolley/sandracolley.com.au
Jan 2020 - Oct 2021
My partners personal site.
Contributions:3 PRs, 116 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 9 months
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