Dwight Walker's Resume

WWWalker Web Development Pty Ltd

Contact Details

PO Box 78, Caboolture QLD 4510 Australia
tel +61-412-405727 (mobile)

Employment Goals

To work in an ICT or agriculture or logistics or publishing business to expand my management, IT and information management skills to build the enterprise. I am an energetic and skilled individual and through IT skill and business intelligence enhance turnover. I plan to develop mobile apps for agriculture and health, publish ebooks, integrate ecommerce into Websites and expand into horticulture water mapping apps or monitoring.

Jobs

Web:
- freelance Web developer working for my own company WWWalker Web Development Pty Ltd (1997-) with 50 sites under my belt including 10 portals and 2 mobile applications
Computers:
- several real-time computer programming and operating system support jobs in the Defence and transport industries in NSW (1988-90)
Librarian/Researcher:
- public librarian, City of Canterbury NSW (1992-93) (now Canterbury Bankstown)
- Commercial Economic Advisory Service of Australia (CEASA) as desktop publisher, market researcher, computer support and internet guru (1993-97)
- library/computer consultant for Music in Communities Network (ex Orchestras Australia, ex TOAN) setting up a music catalogue for all the orchestras of NSW (1997)
- professional indexer (1991-95, 2008-2009)
  - mainly concentrating on science literature, online indexing and biographies, e.g.
    - Sky & Space Magazine 1988-92 and
    - 'Enriching Australia through educating indigenous people' by S Preston Walker
Technical Writer:
- technical writer contractor, software engineering projects, Sydney, Melbourne
Teacher:
- Dwight Walker Violin and Piano Lessons, music teacher, Orange, Caboolture (2009-2024)
- TAFE NSW, computer studies teacher, Sydney (1991-92)
- IT teacher, Sydney University Centre for Continuing Education, Sydney (2000) - HTML
- IT teacher, WWWalker Web Development Pty Ltd, Sydney, online (1998) - Web indexing, Linux
Admin:
- Australian Bureau of Statistics Census Field Officer, Caboolture QLD (2021)
- Australian Bureau of Statistics clerk in trade and transport including Qld traffic accidents (1982-88)
- Australian Electoral Commission, Orange NSW 2007-2010, Brisbane QLD 2013 (casual), 2IC in 2013
- NSW Electoral Commission, Orange NSW 2011 (casual)
- Electoral Commission Queensland, Caboolture QLD 2015-2016, 2020, supervisor in 2020 (casual)
Music Performer:
- self employed, HD Walker, 2017-
- violinist, pianist
- folk music, classical, church music
- solo, bands, orchestras, chamber groups
- busker
- gigs at parties, weddings, funerals, dances, art galleries
- hymns at church services at aged care or churches
Warehouse Operations:
- Woolworths Warehouse, pick pack associate, Stapylton QLD (2023)
Call Centre:
- Telstra, customer care consultant, Brisbane QLD (2021)

Volunteer

Queensland DSITIA Partners in Digital Productivity: Tourism, Brisbane QLD
- chair 2014
Citizen Science Network Australia
- Entity and Governance Working Group 2014
Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers, Inc (ANZSI), Sydney
- inaugural Webmaster (1995-98)
- Newsletter Editor (1996-97) (honorarium)
- setup the Web indexing prize (1996) which became the Web award and has been on hold since 2002 but was taken over by American Society for Indexing
- Committee Member (NSW and National) (1996-2000)
- pioneered Web indexing by writing many articles and doing online training for US clients 1998-2000
American Society for Indexing
- author and speaker on Web indexing, Seattle 1998
- Digital Publications Indexing SIG (old site) Webmaster 2011-2017
- Web Indexing Award judge 2014-2016
Waverley Randwick Philharmonic Society Inc, Sydney
- President (1996-98)
- Secretary (1995-96)
- life member 1998-)
- Webmaster (1996-2015)

Education

College/University
- certificates
  - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment* from MRWED Pty Ltd (2024-) - Caboolture QLD (self-paced online with assessments teaching students with supervising observer; many, many tasks to complete with other people remotely or in person)
  - Certificate IV in Small Business Enterprise from TAFE NSW (1998) - Baulkham Hills TAFE, NSW (non-current, expired in Jan 2003)
  - Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations - (Skill Set Warehousing) (TLI30319), Alffie, 2021-2022
    - only 4 specialised units, not full Cert III
    - after 7 months of knockbacks, I used my library search skills to find my own work placement in Narangba Googling "warehouse Narangba"
  - Certificate II Horticulture from Look Now Training (2017) at Caboolture and Bokarina QLD via Sweetest Job Program of Qld Dept of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT) Training program, RDA Moreton Bay Region - this was for Queensland strawberries (now Northern Territory mangoes in 9/2018)
  - Certificate I Employment Pathways - Job Ready Program from Skills & Jobs Australia (2023)
- degrees and postgraduate
  - Humanitarian logistics, MIT, 2023
  - MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management, MIT, 2020 - awarded certificate
    - Supply Chain Comprehensive Exam, MIT, 2020
    - Supply Chain Technology and Systems, MIT, 2018
    - Supply Chain Dynamics, MIT, 2018
    - Supply Chain Analytics, MIT, 2018
    - Supply Chain Fundamentals, MIT, 2016
    - Supply Chain Design, MIT, 2015
  - Graduate Diploma in Information Management - Librarianship, University of NSW Business School School of Information Systems & Technology Management (ISTM) ex SILAS, 1991
    - this course is no longer offered at UNSW as of 2002 (according to UNSW Handbook archive), now MIS and ecommerce focused BIT
    - see also UNSW AGSM leadership
  - Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at University of Queensland in 1987
    - UQ Engineering and Technology Alumni LinkedIn Group for UQ IT alumni)
    - UQ Alumni LinkedIn Group
    - MBBS in Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne in 1979-80 and boarded at Ridley College - 1 year credit to BSc (chemistry)
    - 1/3 University of Melbourne MBBS - partial alumnus
    - 2/3 University of Queensland BSc - alumnus
Short Courses (* in process)
- IT
  - certificate of attendance
    - NXP Technology Days, 2021
    - Amazon Web Services Machine Learning Summit, 2021
    - Amazon Web Services Builders Online Series Certificate of Attendance, 2021
    - Amazon Web Services Builders Online Series Certificate of Attendance, 2020
    - Amazon Web Services Modern Applications Certificate of Attendance, 2020
    - Amazon Web Services AWSome Day Certificate of Attendance, 2020
    - Amazon Web Services AWSome Day Certificate of Attendance, 2019
    - Amazon Web Services Build, Deploy and Operate Applications Successfully, 2020
    - Amazon Web Services Developer Days, 2019
    - Amazon Web Services AWSome Day Certificate of Attendance, 2013
  - lab courses
    - Drupal module functional testing (Drupal and Gitlab CI Series), Drupal Brisbane/Tomato Elephant Studio, 2021
    - Drupal module unit testing (Drupal and Gitlab CI Series), Drupal Brisbane/Tomato Elephant Studio, 2021
    - Drupal module quality assurance (Drupal and Gitlab CI/CD series), Drupal Brisbane/Tomato Elephant Studio, 2021
    - HISA HIC Hacking Health, Brisbane, 2015
    - Microsoft Big/open data application development masterclass, 2014
    - Progress App Dev Workshop (Rollbase), 2014
    - Progress Business Rules Management (BRM) Workshop (Corticon), 2014
    - Microsoft Ideation workshop - build an app with a business model, 2013
    - Microsoft Cre8 Developer Intensives, 2013
  - longer courses
    - Cloud Quest Cloud Practitioner*, Amazon Web Services, 2023-
    - Developing Applications using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs (DEVCOR) v1.0, Cisco Systems, 2021
    - Microsoft Certified Professional in 2013:
      - 74-324 Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses, 2013
  - 4-6 week courses
    - Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics, Esri, 2024 (ArcGIS Online)
    - Going Places with Spatial Analysis, Esri, 2023 (ArcGIS Online)
    - Agile Data and Information Management*, IT Masters CSU, 2021
    - IT Leadership, IT Masters CSU, 2021-22
    - Digital Forensics (Updated), IT Masters CSU, 2021
    - IT Career Fundamentals, IT Masters CSU, 2020
    - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, IT Masters CSU, 2019
    - Digital Marketing*, IT Masters CSU, 2019
    - Applied Social Media Marketing, IT Masters CSU, 2018
    - Computer Network Fundamentals, IT Masters CSU, 2018
    - Phishing Countermeasures, IT Masters CSU, 2018
    - Enterprise Cyber Security Fundamentals, IT Masters CSU, 2018
    - Cyber Warfare and Terrorism, IT Masters CSU, 2017
- robotics
  - Introduction to robotics, QUT, 2015
  - Robotic vision, QUT, 2015
  - Autonomous navigation of flying robots, TUM, 2014
- management
  - Adaptive Leadership Masterclass (UNSW alumni), UNSW Business School AGSM, 2023
  - Learn to lead - progress needs resilient leaders (UNSW alumni), UNSW Business School AGSM, 2024
  - Learn to lead - leading the future (UNSW alumni), UNSW Business School AGSM, 2023
  - Learn to lead - leadership for a better world (UNSW alumni), UNSW Business School AGSM, 2022
    - see also UNSW ISTM librarianship
  - Project Management Updated - PMBOK7, IT Masters CSU, 2022
  - IT Leadership, IT Masters CSU, 2021-22
  - PRINCE2 Primer, IT Masters CSU, 2017
  - Lean Six Sigma Foundations, Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning, 2017
  - Qld State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Capability Statement Workshop, 2014
- indexing
  - Registered Indexer (1996) through the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers, Inc (ANZSI) (non-current, expired in 2007)
- teaching
  - Basic Methods of Instruction at Gymea TAFE, 1993 (non-current, expired Sep 2004)
Licences
- Licence to operate a forklift truck (TLILIC2001A), Major Training Group, 2017
- Prepare to work safely in the construction industry (White Card) (CPCCOHS1001A), Major Training Group, 2017
- Provide first aid (HLTAID003), Major Training Group, 2017 (expired 12/2020)

Professional Associations

current
- CAIS (Canadian Association of Information Science) (2022-2025) - online conferences
- BISG (Book Industry Study Group)
- CompTIA
- ITPA (Information Technology Professionals Association) - affiliate (2023-)
- AIDH (Australian Institute of Digital Health) - affiliate, not paid-up
- DSPANZ (Digital Service Providers Australia New Zealand) ex ABSIA (2016-) - affiliate, not paid-up
non-current
- Linux Australia (1995-2024)
- ACS (Australian Computer Society) - affliate not paid-up
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers, Inc (ANZSI) (1994-2002, 2016-2017)
- Digital Publications Indexing SIG of American Society for Indexing (2016-2017)
- IEEE Computer Society - Associate (up to 2002?)
- AALIA (Associate Australian Library and Information Association) (up to 2002)
- Western Sydney IT Cluster - associate (2008-2012)
- Moreton Technology Alliance (2015-2017) (closed 2018)
- Redcliffe HIVE (2014-2015) (closed 1/7/2016)

Skills

see also WWWalker Skills and WWWalker Home

Developer:
- Web developer/Webmaster
- Computer programming - C, C++, Java, Perl, CGI, ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, Python, C#, Javascript, Ruby, Pascal, Fortran, BASIC, Ada, MATLAB
- Frameworks: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, .NET, Mono, CakePHP, Zend, Laminas
- Ecommerce: osCommerce, Zen Cart, PayPal
- CI/CD: Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, git
- IDEs: Xamarin, Visual Studio, Code
- Graphics: Photoshop, The GIMP, Paint Shop Pro
System Admin:
- Systems Programming: Linux, UNIX, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2012, Sharepoint, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, bash shell, awk
- Web Services: IIS, Apache, SOAP, AJAX
- Web databases: Access, ODBC, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Interbase, MongoDB
- Library software: Koha, ResourceMate, Collectorz
Network Support:
- TCP/IP, firewalls, wireless, DNS, routers, ADSL, 3G, 4G, NBN, NAS
- Microsoft, Linux, FreeBSD, mobile
- NETGEAR, Linksys, Belkin, Synology
- hosting and domains
- cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Cloud Central
- disaster recovery and backup/restore
- Novell LAN Manager, LANtastic (old)
Desktop publishing, editing, indexing:
- research - economics, government statistics
- indexing
  - journals,
  - Enriching Australia through educating indigenous people
  - Web indexing prizes and research (ANZSI and ASI) and
  - search engine optimization (WWWalker)
- editing
  - AusSI Newsletter,
  - Australasian Corresponding Editor for The Indexer (UK),
  - Online Currents,
  - Enriching Australia through educating indigenous people
- economics, advertising and marketing, grocery industry
- brochures, books, EPUBs
- Excel, Adobe InDesign, MediaWiki, PageMaker
cataloguing and research
- setup and catalogue small libraries
- Koha, ResourceMate, Collectorz
- economics, advertising and marketing, grocery industry
- brochures, books, EPUBs
Teaching:
- Violin and piano teaching, 2009-2024
- Developed online interactive Web indexing course, 1998
- Developed online interactive Linux course, 1998
- Introduction to HTML, 2000
Horticulture
- Plant identification
- Weed and Pest Control
- Chemicals
- Planting
- Pruning
- Machinery
- Turf laying
Logistics
- MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management, MIT, 2020
  - suppliers, transport, warehousing, distribution centres, retail fulfillment
- Certificate III Supply Chain Operations (Skill Set Warehousing)
- Forklift HRW Licence

Programming Achievements

apps
- Falls Mobile App (Hacking Health)
- Salt Table Helper (Dept of Housing and Public Works, ex DSITIA, ex Dept of Natural Resources and Mines open data, mobile)
- Travel Buddy (Translink open data, mobile)
- WEBIX Web indexing add-on
web apps
- Project Management System (custom)
- imported 1 million rows of patent data from CSV and Web services into MySQL
- WiFi Google Maps mashup

Bibliography

Walker, Hamilton D, papers, Academia.edu (as below)
Violin and IT by Walker, Dwight, talk at Barcamp Queensland, The Edge, State Library of Queensland, 23/10/10
Enriching Australia through educating indigenous people by S Preston Walker (unpublished) - editing, indexing
Bible to thousands by S Preston Walker, 2005 (2017 EPUB reprint) - editing, indexing, publishing via MediaWiki
Beyond Book Indexing: How to Get Started in Web Indexing, Embedded Indexing, and Other Computer-Based Media, edited by Marilyn Rowland and Diane Brenner, American Society of Indexers, Info Today, Inc, NJ, 2000, ISBN 1-57387-081-1 - I wrote chapter 3 in this book on subject-oriented Web indexing (Google Books)
Web indexing: an exercise in hypertext navigation, LASIE, 27(3):50-58, Sep 1996 - aimed at indexers and non-technical library staff, assumes knowledge of indexing skills (out of print)
Australian Society of Indexers Newsletter
1. 'Web indexing prize'. Australian Society of Indexers' Newsletter v.21 n.1 Jan/Feb 1997, p.5.
2. 'Web indexing prize'. Australian Society of Indexers' Newsletter v.22 n.1 Jan/Feb 1998, p.7.
The Indexer
1. AusSI Web indexing prize, The Indexer, 20(1):6-7, April 1996
2. AusSI Web indexing prizewinners, The Indexer, 20(3):121-124, April 1997
3. Editorial, The Indexer, 20(4):177, October 1997
4. Web indexing prize 1997, The Indexer, 21(1):15-18 April 1997
5. Web indexing prize 1998, The Indexer, 21(3):108-110 April 1999
6. BS ISO/IEC 23026:2006, Software engineering - Recommended Practice for the Internet - Web Site Management and Web Site Life Cycle, review, The Indexer, 25(3):216, April 2007
Online Currents from NLA Trove Pandora archive of Vol. 13, issue 1 (1998) - v. 20, issue 11 (2005) Full text
- Trove Expiry at NLA in 7/23
  - Speak up for Trove ALIA 1/23 - Trove funding is due to expire in July 2023 unless Australian Government funds it for another 4 years 1/23
  - I have made a copy of Trove pages in case it disappears in 7/23
  - lobby local MPs
  - Trove fully funded petition due by 22/2/23 - Australian citizens not MPs
  - ironic that 20 years after I wrote 25 articles on library science and internet below in Online Currents which now is only in Trove that Trove NLA digitisation project is being canned when digitisation is way of future for access to the masses for information and education
1. Caches and proxies: the Networkshop, Online Currents, November 1997 Vol 12(9):12-14
2. Images and graphic editors: the Networkshop, Online Currents, December 1997 Vol 12(10):15-17
3. Shareware, Freeware and Freely Available Software: the Networkshop by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, January/February 1998 Vol 13(1):3-5, 22
4. Web Indexing - the State of Play: the Networkshop by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, March 1998 Vol 13(2):7-9, 24
5. Music on the Web - Internet Explorer by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, April 1998 Vol 13(3):8-9, 19-22
6. Domain Name Server (DNS) - the Network Database by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, June 1998 Vol 13(5):14-16
7. MilliCent - Selling Small Amounts Online by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, September 1998 Vol 13(7):3-6
8. Thin Client Technology - Pros and Cons by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, October 1998 Vol 13(8):11-13, 19
9. Net Conferencing, Not! by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, January/February 1999 Vol 14 (1):10-11, 23
10. Radio LANs - a Plus for Australia's Rural and Campus Networks by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, March 1999 Vol 14 (2):17, 22-23
11. IPng - Second Generation Internet by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, April 1999 Vol 14 (3):10-12
12. xDSL - Getting More Down the Phone Line by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, June 1999 Vol 14 (5):14-16
13. Frame Relay - High Demand Networks by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, September 1999 Vol 14 (7):16-18
14. LDAP: Message and Meta Directory Services by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, October 1999 Vol 14 (8):9-10
15. The Internet today: Mobile Knowledge Workers by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, March 2000 Vol 15(2):29-30
16. Application Service Providers: the increasingly wired world by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, April 2000 Vol 15(3):6-7
17. Using Domain Registries and LDAP E-mail Directories by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, June 2000 Vol 15(5):19-21
18. WAP: the Beginning of the Mobile Internet by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, October 2000 Vol 15(8):19-20 (PDF)
19. SMS: Low-tech Mobile Internet by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, November 2000 Vol 15(9):21-22 (PDF)
20. RosettaNet: E-Commerce Standards by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, December 2000 Vol 15(10):8-9 (PDF)
21. Communications Update by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, April 2001 Vol 16(3):2-3 (PDF)
22. Speech Recognition Roundup by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, September 2001 Vol 16(7):13-14 (PDF)
23. PKI: Securing the Internet by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, December 2001 Vol 16(10):20-21 (PDF)
24. E-Records in E-Health by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, April 2002 Vol 17(3):26-27 (PDF)
25. WAP E-Commerce by Walker, Dwight : Online Currents, September 2002 Vol 17(7):27, 32 (PDF)
Key Words
1. Indexes for Digital Publications LinkedIn Group by Casey, Terry and Dwight Walker : Key Words, 24(2):23, May 2016
2. Web and Electronic Indexing SIG by Walker, Dwight : Key Words, 24(2):23, May 2016
3. Web Indexing Award 2015 by Walker, Dwight : Key Words, 24(2):23, May 2016 (Judge's report)

Hobbies

Violin:
- Music Bio
- I played violin in the RooRythmics Bush Band (1989-2002)
- I played bush fiddle in Macarthur Sounds, Campbelltown and Canowindra, NSW (1998-2001, 2006) and launched a self-titled CD of Australian country music in 4/06.
- I played bush fiddle in Ten Penny Bit Bush Band in Orange NSW in 2003 and 2007.
- I am life member, past president and past secretary of the Waverley Randwick Philharmonic Society Inc where I was leader of the second violins and sang tenor
- I was a member of Amateur Chamber Music Society, Sydney
Computers:
- I was a member of Sydney PC & Technology Users Group - Music SIG (MIDI)
- I was a member of Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG)
Sport:
- I used to go bushwalking with Sydney Christian Bushwalkers (ex SU Bushies)
- I used to go on RTA Sydney Spring Cycle run by Bicycle NSW from Nth Sydney to Parramatta over the Harbour Bridge, through Glebe and Rydalmere.

Beliefs

past member of Wesley Mission, Sydney in the 1990s - played violin at 7pm congregation when Gordon Moyes was superintendent (died 4/15); as of 2008, this congregation now meets at 6pm on Sundays; as of 2020 this congregation closed and one opened at 1pm
I was a member of the NSW MK Network (Missionary Kids Network - nswmknet at hotmail.com) - a support group for Australian missionary children and young adults.

Created: Monday, 26 February 1996, 12:56:15 AM
Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024 1:17

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