Simon Mckenna
Senior Software Engineer at Alcidion
Adelaide, South Australia
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SeniorSimon Mckenna is a senior software engineer based in Adelaide with a deep, hands-on background in software development dating back to 1991 and professional experience across healthcare and enterprise domains. He has led teams and delivered sustained value at organisations like Alcidion and RLDatix, evolving from developer and analyst roles into senior technical leadership. Simon focuses on marrying proven designs with new methodologies and technologies to produce maintainable, high-quality software that improves over time. He contributes to open source and understands distributed development processes, valuing clear communication and knowledge sharing. His track record includes long tenures solving domain-specific problems in clinical and logistics systems, which gives him a pragmatic appreciation for reliability and regulatory considerations. Despite decades in the field, he remains curious and actively explores research-driven approaches to integrate modern practices with legacy systems.
12 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
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Github contributions (5)
si618/pi-time
Jul 2013 - Jul 2021
Lap timer running on a solar powered Raspberry Pi for pump tracks+
Contributions:252 commits, 6 PRs, 21 pushes in 8 years 1 month
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si618/quadron
Mar 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:148 commits, 162 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
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