Mitchell Stokes
New Zealand
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Top SchoolMitchell Stokes is a data-driven software engineer and systems integrator with 16 years of experience turning complex business logic into automated, production-ready workflows. He blends front-end finesse (HTML/CSS/JS) with back-end proficiency in Python, PHP, VBA and SQL to build APIs, integrations and process automation that improve operational performance. Mitchell has applied these skills across finance, government and multinational commercial settings—most recently as a Risk and Data Specialist at Westpac and previously as a European Customer Data Analyst for Domino UK—delivering forecasting, tooling and stakeholder training. He’s also contributed to the open-source Panda3D engine, adding skinned mesh and animation support and improving Python 3 compatibility, a signal of his comfort working in mature, cross-platform codebases. Based in New Zealand with a background in economics and finance from ANU, he combines analytical rigor with pragmatic engineering to keep organisations riding the tech wave.
16 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (10)
c-language10
assimp10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
game-engine10
opengl10
game-dev10
python9
cross-platform8
open-source8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
panda3d/panda3d
Jun 2015 - Nov 2020
Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:35 reviews, 234 commits, 84 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Mitchell primarily contributed to the development of the Panda3D game engine, specifically focusing on the integration of Assimp for importing 3D models. They added support for skinned meshes, implemented skeletal mesh animations, and refactored the skeletal mesh code. The user also fixed Python 3 support and other related deployment issues, enhancing the engine's overall functionality and compatibility.
pythonc-plus-plusmulti-platformenginepanda3d-game-engine
Moguri/prototype-mercury
Mar 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:8 reviews, 664 commits, 20 PRs in 4 years 1 month
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