Summary
Suresh Swamy is a physics-trained educator and full-stack web developer based in Wellington, blending 20 years of applied physics and research experience with recent hands-on JavaScript/Node.js development and Agile project practices. After earning a Ph.D. in Shock Wave Physics and establishing a high-pressure research facility as a postdoc, he designed experimental pressure cells and led modelling and simulation of shock propagation in solids. In the past decade he has transitioned into education and tech—teaching physics at Wellington College while upskilling through Enspiral Dev Academy and building web projects with test-driven development. He has entrepreneurial experience co-founding startups and coordinating projects, bringing product-minded thinking to classroom and code. Comfortable moving between lab, classroom, and codebase, he leverages rigorous scientific method to debug systems and mentor students and junior developers. An interdisciplinary practitioner, he pairs deep experimental expertise with pragmatic software delivery to solve complex, real-world measurement and data problems.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Physics, Master of Science, Physics at Madurai Kamaraj University
Master of Teaching and Learning, Master of Teaching and Learning at Victoria University of Wellington
Certificate, Web Developer, Certificate, Web Developer at Enspiral Developer Academy
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Shock Wave Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Shock Wave Physics at Mumbai University
Tamil, Hindi, English