Wayne Allan
Principal Consultant at Thoughtworks
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolWayne Allan is a principal consultant and seasoned engineering leader based in Melbourne with 13 years of experience bridging software delivery, product management and startup CTO responsibilities. He has progressed from hands-on software engineering and build engineering into product and leadership roles at REA Group, Xero and 99designs, and most recently led technology for an automotive marketplace before joining Thoughtworks. Known for combining strong delivery discipline (CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code) with product vision, he excels at turning ambiguous problems into pragmatic roadmaps and repeatable engineering practices. Wayne mentors teams across onshore/offshore boundaries, runs inceptions and difficult stakeholder conversations with equal fluency, and brings practical experience shipping both enterprise and consumer-facing platforms. An early background in music production hints at a creative, systems-oriented mindset that informs both user-focused product design and technical craftsmanship.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate 4, Software Development, Certificate 4, Software Development at TAFE NSWBachelor Computer Science, Web Systems, Bachelor Computer Science, Web Systems at RMIT University
Github Skills (49)
hot-reload9
onchange9
google-maps-javascript-api8
react-datagrid8
webpack8
filter8
pivot8
smartsheet8
server8
react7
legacy-code7
react-styleguidist6
excel6
google-map6
linux6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
layouts-css/tailwindcss-plugin
Nov 2022 - Feb 2025
Easy-to-understand layout classes for css, inspired by Figma's Auto Layout and common website layouts. Implemented in TailwindCSS
Contributions:8 releases, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
autolayoutcssfigmatailwindcss
imaginatelabs/radial
Feb 2015 - Feb 2019
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 41 pushes in 4 years 1 month
java
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