Ed Little

I have been programming since 2012 when I started studying IT. Since then, I seem to have found or made plenty of opportunities to bring code, system design, data management, data analytics and security into most of the work I've done.

These days, I look after IT + Security at Blackbird; Australia's largest venture capital firm.

Prior to Blackbird, I ran the experimental services group at Amstelveen; A specialist Technology Risk consulting firm based in Sydney, with clients across Australia and New Zealand.

Coffee

Like all good programmers, coffee is a staple in making good code and ideas come together. So, it would be remiss of me not to maintain a serviceable coffee creation station at home.

You can find me drinking filter at home and abroad, and a 3/4 Long Black when I am out hunting for some espresso.

In 2016 I started to develop a chatbot for Twitch (a video streaming service) and Discord (a community and collaboration platform). Jarvis is quickly evolving from a simple chatbot into a platform to help streamers manage their communities.

The project started in a somewhat competitive vain but quickly evolved into an opportunity to keep my Python skills sharp and learn something new.
Some questions I had when I began were:

• How do you build a chatbot?
• How can you orchestrate tasks between multiple actors?
• How do web APIs work?
• What's the deal with OAUTH?
• How do you create a unified experience across multiple channels?
• What are the most useful statistics to show community engagement?

Jarvis' evolution towards a platform from a simple chatbot has had it's challenges but I am pleased with the progess. Jarvis has evolved from a script on my local computer to a scalable cloud solution, pulling together an integrated web control centre to manage each bot instance and give each streamer their own space.

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Amstelveen Thought Leadership

I used to work for a company called Amstelveen, a specialist provider of Technolgy Risk Advisory services based in Australia. These were some of the pieces I contributed to while I was there.

• Model Assurance - Restoring trust in machine-based decision making
• Measuring Risk Culture - Examining the critical success factors for successfully executing a Risk Culture assessment
• Personal Security - Part 1: Managing your digital identity Practical Tips for Staying Secure in a Connected World (part of a broader publication)
• Personal Security - Part 2: Safe at Home - Practical tips for securing your home against threats and resources for protecting your family.