Christopher Hawkins

AME Systems took me on for another month and a half after my exchange to the UK, during which I filled in maintaining servers and responding to support requests as well as working with WPF and SQL Server to bring components of their in-house ERP up to date.

As the Online Materials Officer, I'm responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Left Right Think-Tank Website (leftright.org.au). This is a volunteer position.

Ambition Design is a web and software design business in Ararat, Victoria. I design end to end solutions and assist customers in upgrading and updating existing websites.

As an IT Officer in the Division of Residential Services at La Trobe University I was required to put up appointments and provide services relating to internet connectivity to residents staying at Menzies College.

During my second tenure at AME Systems, I was responsible for the redevelopment of a key in-house engineering package. I designed and built a database structure to replace an aging and denormalised one and built a new UI using Windows Forms.

During the course of the Fellowship program, my team and I produced a document outlining recommendations for the future directions for the Victorian Governments youth involvement strategies. Left Right is Australia's first independent and non-partisan think-tank of young minds.

At AME Systems I was responsible for evaluating the use of Microsoft Sharepoint software. In the course of this work experience I learnt at lot about the infrastructures that power medium-sized businesses, in particular SQL Server.

As a Roving Reporter I wrote articles, interviews and reviews for the Victorian Government's youthcentral website.

Working at Mitre 10 gave me experience in dealing with customers and involved rapidly learning about about the products I was selling.