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Hello, I’m Joshua Gorman, a technical leader with over a decade of experience directing the technical development and operational lifecycle of world-class maritime simulation systems. In senior leadership roles I spearhead architectural and network protocol design for simulation software and hardware, interfacing with clients and mentoring both technical and operations teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.\n\nI’m a .NET specialist who loves modernizing legacy codebases, introducing Kanban and other Agile practices, and exploring AI-enabled tooling. I enjoy working at the intersection of software engineering, systems integration, and live operations, and I’m always eager to learn new frameworks, tools, and methodologies to push simulation technology forward.…Hello, I’m Joshua Gorman, a technical leader with over a decade of experience directing the technical development and operational lifecycle of world-class maritime simulation systems. In senior leadership roles I spearhead architectural and network protocol design for simulation software and hardware, interfacing with clients and mentoring both technical and operations teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.\n\nI’m a .NET specialist who loves modernizing legacy codebases, introducing Kanban and other Agile practices, and exploring AI-enabled tooling. I enjoy working at the intersection of software engineering, systems integration, and live operations, and I’m always eager to learn new frameworks, tools, and methodologies to push simulation technology forward.

Joshua Gorman

Full Stack Developer, Developer, Programmer

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Hello, I’m Joshua Gorman, a technical leader with over a decade of experience directing the technical development and operational lifecycle of world-class maritime simulation systems. In senior leadership roles I spearhead architectural and network protocol design for simulation software and hardware, interfacing with clients and mentoring both technical and operations teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.\n\nI’m a .NET specialist who loves modernizing legacy codebases, introducing Kanban and other Agile practices, and exploring AI-enabled tooling. I enjoy working at the intersection of software engineering, systems integration, and live operations, and I’m always eager to learn new frameworks, tools, and methodologies to push simulation technology forward.…Hello, I’m Joshua Gorman, a technical leader with over a decade of experience directing the technical development and operational lifecycle of world-class maritime simulation systems. In senior leadership roles I spearhead architectural and network protocol design for simulation software and hardware, interfacing with clients and mentoring both technical and operations teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.\n\nI’m a .NET specialist who loves modernizing legacy codebases, introducing Kanban and other Agile practices, and exploring AI-enabled tooling. I enjoy working at the intersection of software engineering, systems integration, and live operations, and I’m always eager to learn new frameworks, tools, and methodologies to push simulation technology forward.

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Hello, I’m Joshua Gorman, a technical leader with over a decade of experience directing the technical development and operational lifecycle of world-class maritime simulation systems. In senior leadership roles I spearhead architectural and network protocol design for simulation software and hardware, interfacing with clients and mentoring both technical and operations teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.\n\nI’m a .NET specialist who loves modernizing legacy codebases, introducing Kanban and other Agile practices, and exploring AI-enabled tooling. I enjoy working at the intersection of software engineering, systems integration, and live operations, and I’m always eager to learn new frameworks, tools, and methodologies to push simulation technology forward.

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Work Experience

Senior Technical Development Scientist at HR Wallingford

July 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025

Led technical direction and operational lifecycle of maritime simulation systems. Developed world-class software powering immersive ship and tug-bridge simulators, spanning C#/.NET and VB.NET back-ends, WinForms/WPF UIs, and graphics with OpenSceneGraph and Unity. Introduced Kanban and championed DORA metrics to improve quality and delivery, mentoring staff and driving cross-functional collaboration. Led architectural redesign to consolidate code and reduce total code volume by hundreds of thousands of lines. Redesigned high-volume 6DoF physics communications for scalable, restartable multi-simulator space. Enabled remote pilot access by streaming simulation data to hardware in the field. Delivered features such as engine-management simulation and umbilical-fault scenarios. Integrated legacy systems, authored documentation, and built tools for mooring decisions, off-take operations, and simulation reporting. Worked onsite and remotely, bridging technical and operations teams.

Social Media Manager & Tools Developer at Freelance

June 1, 2019 - June 1, 2019

Built Python tools to automate content creation and curation, and to manage Facebook assets, including self-sustaining groups with high engagement. Created an asset network with over four million followers and developed Discord bots to support community engagement.

Administrative Assistant, Excel VBA Developer at Elite Insurance

February 1, 2017 - February 1, 2017

Analysed and automated workflows by developing VBA tools. Managed website content and migrated to WordPress, improving efficiency for part-time operations.

.NET Web Application Developer at Sandcastle

June 1, 2011 - June 1, 2011

Part-time full-stack development in C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, and MySQL. Contributed to multiple web applications with a focus on reliability and maintainability.

Level 1 Systems Administrator at Telstra

February 1, 2009 - February 1, 2009

Contracted role providing tools for server administration, internal websites, and knowledge base support. Supported thousands of servers across multiple operating systems.