Led two research projects. Project 1 involved photogrammetry capture of sheep feet to recreate them in a virtual environment and the development of a standalone Oculus Quest 3 VR training application; integrated captures into the training environment and conducted iterative usability testing, culminating in an MVP for classroom use. Project 2 used Python (Pandas) for data analysis and Fundus for data acquisition; built a database of over 2000 news articles; performed NLP analysis on discourse shifts and authored conference/journal papers.

Intern at BBC R&D

December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Collaborated with the Render Engine Broadcasting team to integrate research software into an augmented reality prototype, added attention-driven interactions and alternative mechanisms for user decision-making, and used WebRTC to stream real-time graphics from render server to a mobile AR client.

Teaching Assistant at University of Nottingham

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024

Taught across multiple modules (Games, Mixed Reality Technologies, Software Engineering). Prepared 50 Oculus Quest 2 headsets for lab work with two days' notice; mentored multiple students; marked hundreds of individual and group projects yearly.

Research Assistant & Visiting Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018

Delivered lectures on Internet of Things and Mixed Reality Technologies to over 80 students; ran seminars for BA Product Design groups; taught multiple labs on database design and software engineering; delivered an original short-course for MSc Product Design covering Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BBC micro:bit, C/C++ and related circuits and sensors; produced executive summaries and infographics targeted at students and government stakeholders.

Web Store Developer at Games Workshop

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017

Fixed client- and server-side code execution flaws in the web store search functionality; created an automated deployment tool for Linux systems using Ansible; worked with Java, JavaScript, Oracle SQL, HTML, CSS within an Agile team using TDD, Git, peer programming, and code reviews.

Software/IT Professional at Ministry of Defence, HP Enterprise Services, Exco InTouch Education

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016

Early career spanning roles in software development, system administration and IT project support across large organisations; contributed to multiple IT and software projects during 2006–2016.