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Alan Cole

Frontend Developer

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Role:: Frontend Developer
Started:: June 2013

Based in Melbourne, as our frontend developer Alan writes code to translate visual designs into webpage layouts.

Alan works on many Salsa projects to bring a high-level of frontend expertise to the Salsa team. He’s also experienced working with various design systems, including the Australian Design System and Victoria’s Ripple (which he created in conjunction with Victoria’s Department of Premier and Cabinet).

Skillset

Vue.js
Nuxt
AngularJS
Node.js
JavaScript
CSS

Previous experience

Alan has 11 years’ experience as a web developer, working mostly in frontend and specialising in Drupal frontend development for the past eight years. He has a deep expertise in Vue.js, Nuxt, AngularJS and Node.js.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Multimedia/Bachelor of Computer Science
Advanced Diploma in Computer Systems Engineering
Acquia Drupal Certified Developer
Acquia Drupal Certified Frontend Specialist

Hobbies

Tennis
Playing guitar

Projects Alan has worked on

Illustration of three children watching a video beside a Welcome to Kids' Corner website mockup, with a woman and child using a tablet, and the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia logos

Federal government

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia — Kids Corner website build on CivicTheme

New CivicTheme website to help children navigate the family law system.

Thumbnail - Bendigo Law Courts

State government

Bendigo Law Courts — new Drupal website using CivicTheme

Website build to transform the court experience for Loddon Mallee citizens.

Thumbnail - Federal agency — building a highly secure Drupal platform

Federal government

Federal agency — building a highly secure Drupal platform

Design and build of an enterprise-grade, highly secure portal to manage classified information.

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Federal government

Federal agency — leading a multidisciplinary, blended team

Leading a large team across four organisations to build a portal that helps protect Australia's national interests.

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State government

NSW Gov — React development to create taxonomy term landing pages

React development to deliver topic-based information to the people of NSW.

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State government

VIC Department of Health — replatforming onto SDP

Replatforming and building health.vic.gov.au on Victoria’s SDP to provide a better user experience for citizens and health sector professionals.

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