Summary
Russell Ianniello is a seasoned Head of Technology with 11 years of professional experience building and leading full-stack teams across Java and Ruby ecosystems. Based in Brisbane, he combines hands-on development with cloud infrastructure expertise in AWS—spanning automated deployments, configuration management, disaster recovery, security, and highly available systems. He has risen through technical roles at the Australian Access Federation from Senior Developer to Head of Technology, and has delivered critical microservices and enterprise projects for organizations like Flight Centre and Qantas. A pragmatic architect and people leader, he emphasizes honesty, proactivity and trust while mentoring developers and driving operational resilience. Notably, he has designed synchronization logic to reliably handle concurrent workloads in high-throughput production systems, reflecting strong attention to non-functional requirements.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology (Software Engineering) with Distinction, Bachelor of Information Technology (Software Engineering) with Distinction at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)