--- title: "Gwynfor Hockridge — CV (Systems) · Inky the Squid" canonical_url: "https://inkythesquid.dev/cv/systems" last_updated: "2026-08-20T05:50:57.565Z" meta: author: "Gwynfor Hockridge" description: "Software engineer completing a Master of Management Information Systems at Edith Cowan University. Recent work includes a national sports LMS (courses, certifications, analytics, £50k+ first-month revenue) and stakeholder-led change at Kent Business School (500+ pages to under 50, agreements, training). Comfortable moving between requirements, information systems, and delivery teams. Technical background in Vue/Nuxt, AWS, and SSO across 10+ applications. Based in Perth, Western Australia." keywords: "creative web engineer, web engineer, software engineer, frontend developer, WebGL, Three.js, GSAP, Nuxt, Vue, portfolio, Perth, Gwynfor Hockridge" "og:description": "Software engineer completing a Master of Management Information Systems at Edith Cowan University. Recent work includes a national sports LMS (courses, certifications, analytics, £50k+ first-month revenue) and stakeholder-led change at Kent Business School (500+ pages to under 50, agreements, training). Comfortable moving between requirements, information systems, and delivery teams. Technical background in Vue/Nuxt, AWS, and SSO across 10+ applications. Based in Perth, Western Australia." "og:title": "Gwynfor Hockridge — Business Analyst · Management Information Systems" "twitter:description": "Portfolio of Gwynfor Hockridge (Inky the Squid), a creative web engineer in Perth, Western Australia. Immersive frontend, WebGL, and platform engineering." "twitter:title": "Gwynfor Hockridge — Creative Web Engineer · Perth" --- # Gwynfor Hockridge Business Analyst · Management Information Systems - Perth, Western Australia - [+61 491983704](tel:+61491983704) - [gwyn@inkythesquid.dev](mailto:gwyn@inkythesquid.dev) - [inkythesquid.dev](https://inkythesquid.dev/) - [linkedin.com/in/gwynfor-hockridge-018106b9](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwynfor-hockridge-018106b9/) - [github.com/gwynhokkers](https://github.com/gwynhokkers) ## Professional summary Software engineer completing a Master of Management Information Systems at Edith Cowan University. Recent work includes a national sports LMS (courses, certifications, analytics, £50k+ first-month revenue) and stakeholder-led change at Kent Business School (500+ pages to under 50, agreements, training). Comfortable moving between requirements, information systems, and delivery teams. Technical background in Vue/Nuxt, AWS, and SSO across 10+ applications. Based in Perth, Western Australia. ## Selected career highlights - Translated organisational needs into a national LMS covering courses, certifications, analytics, and offline access; £50k+ in the first month. - Led stakeholder redesign of a business-school site from 500+ pages to under 50, including scoping, agreements, and training. - Unified identity and engagement data across 10+ applications so the organisation could see usage across products, not only inside each app. - Put AI into the delivery workflow (Copilot, then Cursor, review/triage, Datadog MCP) so issues in logs could be tied back to tickets. ## Key skills - ### Analysis & delivery stakeholder engagement · requirements · scoping · training · Agile delivery · team leadership - ### Information systems LMS · SSO · analytics · federated search · certifications · offline access - ### AI in the workflow GitHub Copilot · Cursor · AI code review · ticket triage · MCP / Datadog - ### Stack Vue 3 · Nuxt · TypeScript · GraphQL · AWS ## Experience - ### høppstudio — Senior Developer 2024 – May 2026 - Delivered an LMS for a national sports organisation: structured courses, assessments, certifications, analytics, and offline mobile access; £50k+ revenue in the first month. - Led adoption of AI in the delivery workflow (Copilot, then Cursor): review and triage pipelines, and Datadog MCP so issues in logs could be tied back to tickets. - Implemented SSO and unified user profiling across 10+ applications, improving engagement tracking and cross-app insights. - Designed federated search aggregating content types from multiple apps. - Mentored a team of 5 through stack modernisation; established review, release, and deployment practice. - ### 1minus1 — Senior Developer 2020 – 2023 - Delivered high-traffic sites for major game studios (including the Forza franchise hub), treating accessibility and content structure as core constraints. - Introduced GitHub Copilot into the team's development workflow. - Migrated large-scale properties (40k+ posts) from legacy CMS platforms with minimal downtime. - Led CI/CD adoption across AWS, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, and Git-based workflows. - Helped scale the studio from 2 to 6+ developers and 5 to 20+ staff; established code standards and review practices. - ### Protech Commercial Kitchens — Web & Digital Marketing Feb – May 2020 · Sydney, Australia - Short-term contract delivering custom JavaScript/PHP contact forms and Google Tag Manager event tracking for conversion measurement. - ### Inky the Squid — Independent Developer 2016 – present - Delivered custom WordPress and Vue sites for clients in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia, translating Figma designs into production themes and interactive pages. - Contracted to digital agencies on theme builds, performance, and design-to-code delivery. - ### University of Kent & Kent Business School — Web Developer / Consultant 2014 – 2018 · Canterbury, UK - Coordinated central web teams and stakeholders on the Kent Business School website redesign, cutting the site from 500+ pages to under 50. - Scoped projects, wrote client agreements, and delivered training and documentation for central teams. - Managed a team of 5 staff delivering platform updates and essential services university-wide. - Rolled out a research promotion platform and central news publishing network across multiple sites. ## Education - ### Master of Management Information Systems (in progress) 2026 – present Edith Cowan University · Perth, Western Australia - ### Higher Diploma in Economics 2014 – 2015 University of Kent · Canterbury, UK ## Selected projects - ### [Sport Learning Platform](https://www.hoppstudio.com/the-digital-learning-platform-for-sport) LMS architecture, AWS, companion offline app. - ### [Forza Franchise Hub](https://1minus1.com/case-studies/forza) Headless CMS, API layer, accessibility at scale. - ### [Invoke Studios](https://invokestudios.com/) CMS-driven AAA studio brand site. References available on request.