Ryan Kennedy
Director, Office Of The Student Identifiers Registrar at Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Adelaide, South Australia
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Top SchoolRyan Kennedy is a senior public sector leader with 11 years of experience shaping policy, programs and project delivery across skills, health and justice portfolios in Australia. Currently Director of the Office of the Student Identifiers Registrar, he has led national skills reform and VET quality policy work that translated complex regulation into practical, auditable systems. His background spans high‑stakes inquiries and program delivery—from the Royal Commission into Aged Care to clinical placements and workforce reform—demonstrating an ability to navigate legal, health and economic policy interfaces. Ryan pairs strategic leadership with hands‑on analytical practice, evidenced by a technical contribution to an open‑source backtesting project where he refactored a statistics engine to improve runtime calculation and exportability. Based in Adelaide, he brings cross‑jurisdictional experience, a dual bachelor’s in International Relations and Business Management, and a proven track record of turning policy complexity into operational outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Management Human Resources Management and Services, Bachelor of Business Management Human Resources Management and Services at The University of Queensland
Github Skills (6)
pandas10
back-end-development10
python10
matplotlib10
data-analysis9
seaborn9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mhallsmoore/qstrader
Apr 2016 - Mar 2017
QuantStart.com - QSTrader backtesting simulation engine.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:98 commits, 26 PRs, 146 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Ryan implemented a `Statistics` class to read and display performance statistics generated through a backtest. The code includes the creation of drawdowns, equity curves, and period returns plots, and the results are exported to a CSV file. The user then refactored the `Statistics` class to store stats in memory and calculate them on the run. Further commits included modifications to the backtest and related example files to use the new statistics class and display results.
backtestingsimulationequitiesbacktesting-enginesystematic-trading-strategies
ryankennedyio/qstrader
May 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:70 commits, 95 pushes, 50 branches in 10 months
algorithmic-tradingtrading-botinfrastructuretradingcryptocurrency
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