Steve Dalton
Principal Software & Hardware Engineer at Refactor Red
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolSteve Dalton is a Principal Software & Hardware Engineer with 17 years of experience building practical, budget-conscious solutions across embedded systems, IoT, cloud and rapid prototyping. As founder of Refactor and co-founder of Refactor Red and secluded.io, he blends hands-on hardware design with scalable software and low-power sensor platforms for real-world deployments in agriculture, asset management and remote monitoring. He has a track record of helping organisations from startups to large financial institutions move from concept to production while avoiding scope and budget creep. A community builder and educator, Steve founded Gold Coast TechSpace, runs local accelerator and mentoring programs, and facilitates creative problem-solving as a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® certified facilitator. Comfortable leading both R&D and delivery, he combines lean decision-making with deep technical breadth spanning robotics, industrial control, wireless networking and cloud migration. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic innovator who prefers set-and-forget engineering and measurable outcomes over flashy but impractical features.
17 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at S. Peter's Collegiate School, WolverhamptonCertificate IV, Workplace Training & Assessment (TAE40122), Certificate IV, Workplace Training & Assessment (TAE40122) at Blueprint Career DevelopmentBachelor's Degree, Electronic & Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Electronic & Computer Engineering at University of BirminghamSustainability & Circular Economy - GLIDE, Sustainability & Circular Economy - GLIDE at Buckinghamshire New University
English, German
Github Skills (86)
json10
monitoring9
golang9
time-series9
modbus9
kafka9
mqtt8
xpath8
influxdb8
telegraf8
agent8
nodejs8
arduino-library7
servant7
command-line-tool7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gcduino/gcduino
Nov 2013 - May 2014
Contributions:34 commits in 6 months
refactorau/refactorau.github.io
Feb 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:17 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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