HUW-JOHN NGUYEN
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HUW-JOHN NGUYEN | HUW-JOHN NGUYEN | HUW-JOHN NGUYEN

About

I’m a Sydney-based web developer who’s been building things on the web for a long time...long enough to have worked with Flash, Classic ASP, Macromedia (now known as Adobe) Drupal 6 all the way to modern Drupal, Wordpress, Docker, Figma etc. all in one career.

These days I mostly work with Drupal, HTML, CSS, Javascript, building custom tools, integrations, and workflows that handle real-world complexity (and real-world users). I like projects where there’s a bit of problem-solving involved APIs that don’t quite behave, systems that need to talk to each other, or processes that need to be made simpler.

Outside of work, I enjoy side projects, experimenting with automation and virtual avatars, playing table tennis, and unwinding with games or a good movie or series.

Experience

Orchard Marketing Sydney
PHP Developer
Jan 2019 - Sep 2025

My time at Orchard has been the longest in my career, working alongside talented developers, UX designers, and project managers. I was primarily responsible for Boehringer Ingelheim client projects and became the go-to developer for complex processes and strict workflows.

  • Developed and maintained over 45 Human Health and Animal Health websites and tools using Drupal 10 and Laravel.
  • Built custom modules, features, and field tools for representatives in the field.
  • Coordinated with international teams based in the U.S., Spain, Argentina, and Singapore, managing time zone challenges for meetings and deployments.
  • Designed and implemented a centralized Drupal instance integrating multiple client-provided APIs with daily cron jobs and custom-built APIs. Developed a JSON feed system and a custom access control layer for approved sites.
  • Key projects included a calculation tool, ordering tool, and reporting tool for field representatives, all integrated with Azure SSO for unified authentication.
  • Developed a horse enrollment platform for veterinarians/clinics to request sampling kits processed by Cornell University, integrating with Cornell and FedEx APIs for test results and shipping labels. Implemented Auth0 for secure handling of PII data.
  • Provided additional support for other clients, including creating and maintaining WordPress plugins.
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Bang Australia
Senior Developer
May 2018 - Jan 2019

At Bang Australia, I primarily maintained and enhanced Parramatta Council websites, collaborating directly with the IT team to deliver technical solutions.

  • Created and implemented new website features in Drupal 8.
  • Developed a QR code solution to track welcome pack engagement for a client, capturing scan data and usage metrics.
  • Built a fully customized e-learning platform from scratch in Drupal for a different client.
  • Utilized Drupal 8, HTML, Symfony, CSS/SASS, Gulp, and Google Suite for development and project management.
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UNSW Sydney
Web Developer
Feb - May 2018

As a contractor at UNSW Sydney, I contributed to the development, maintenance, and bug fixing of university websites.

  • Built, updated, and resolved issues on multiple Drupal 8 sites.
  • Worked with technologies including Drupal 8, HTML5, CSS/SASS, PHP, Symfony, JavaScript, jQuery, GRUNT, GIT (version control), and JIRA (task management).
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SOHO Flordis International
Web Developer
Dec 2014 - Dec 2017

Soho Flordis International (SFI) is a global natural medicine company committed to identifying and developing natural medicines with the best evidence of effectiveness, quality and safety, and marketing them around the world.

The achievements that was made during my time at SFI was projects such as:

  • Developed and maintained brand websites, landing pages, and microsites using Drupal 7, PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap with responsive/adaptive design.
  • Integrated Pardot and Salesforce CRM for marketing automation; built tools to support eDM campaigns (e.g., link generator, character replacement).
  • Designed and deployed email templates across Campaign Monitor, Pardot, and DotMailer, later introducing modular drag-and-drop templates for marketing teams.
  • Led the intranet rebuild using Mura CMS, ColdFusion, Elasticsearch, and LESS, implementing full-text search across pages and office documents.
  • Managed projects from planning to deployment, including asset management systems and marketing campaigns, using Jira, Confluence, and GitHub.
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Acxiom corp
Web Developer
Feb 2011 – Nov 2014

My time at Orchard has been the longest in my career, working alongside talented developers, UX designers, and project managers. I was primarily responsible for Boehringer Ingelheim client projects and became the go-to developer for complex processes and strict workflows.

  • Developed and maintained over 45 Human Health and Animal Health websites and tools using Drupal 10 and Laravel.
  • Built custom modules, features, and field tools for representatives in the field.
  • Coordinated with international teams based in the U.S., Spain, Argentina, and Singapore, managing time zone challenges for meetings and deployments.
  • Designed and implemented a centralized Drupal instance integrating multiple client-provided APIs with daily cron jobs and custom-built APIs. Developed a JSON feed system and a custom access control layer for approved sites.
  • Key projects included a calculation tool, ordering tool, and reporting tool for field representatives, all integrated with Azure SSO for unified authentication.
  • Developed a horse enrollment platform for veterinarians/clinics to request sampling kits processed by Cornell University, integrating with Cornell and FedEx APIs for test results and shipping labels. Implemented Auth0 for secure handling of PII data.
  • Provided additional support for other clients, including creating and maintaining WordPress plugins.
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Saatchi & Saatchi
Web Developer
Sep 2007 – Jan 2011

Saatchi & Saatchi is one of the worlds leading advertising agencies. The responsibilities included maintaining the day to day Lexus.com.au site and Lexus intranet.

The other types of projects varied and consist of promotional sites with competition mechanics; user- generated content sites; mobile campaigns that hooks into the online front ends, complicated banner campaigns that require data entry or coded transitions and landing pages etc. The clients that was worked on included Beck’s Bier, Toyota, Tooheys, Emirates, Sony and others.

Software used included Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash. For code base used was Actionscript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript (also jQuery, MooTools) and ASP, ASP.NET, PHP with a MSSQL as the database. Also was using SVN for sub versioning.

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Astratis Ltd
Web Developer / Designer / IT Support
Jan 2006 – Jul 2007
  • Designed and developed hotel booking websites with dynamic functionality and CMS integration.
  • Built front-end features using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP/ASP.NET, C#, and Flash (ActionScript 2.0).
  • Integrated backend system “Taurus” (Universe/Unidata) via Red Back Objects and SQL with weekly XML data imports.
  • Created a CMS for hotel content management.
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Computrad Europe Ltd
Web Developer / IT Support / Server builder
Nov 2005 – Apr 2006

Computrad is a leading vendor independent networking value added reseller that supplies to corporate, defense, public sector and SME market place. During my time that I have worked at Computrad I had 3 roles which are detailed below:

  • Improved search engine visibility through SEO research and implementation.
  • Designed and developed website features using PHP, HTML, JavaScript.
  • Built, configured, and deployed client servers (Ministry of Defense, Whitehall) including racks, networking, and PCs.
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Astratis Ltd
Web Developer / Designer / IT Support
Apr 2001 – Nov 2004

Astratis is a company that specialises in the development of travel reservation systems and offer a range of travel technology solutions including online booking systems and content management systems. During my three years at Astratis I had three distinct roles which are detailed below:

  • Developed a Java-based testing system for secure data transmission; upgraded to JSP for web access.
  • Designed and developed travel websites for European agencies using HTML, Flash, JavaScript, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop.
  • Provided technical support as lead technician: troubleshooting, PC maintenance, training, and upgrades.
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Toolkit

adobe

Adobe Suite

Affinity

Affinity

Animaze

Animaze

auth0

Auth0

bitbucket

Bitbucket

Bootstrap

Bootstrap

XML

Bun

Campaign Monitor

Campaign Monitor

confluence

Confluence

Cornell Unitversity API

Cornell University API

Cron Job

Cron Job

css

CSS

Davinci Resolve

Davinci Resolve

ddev

DDEV

docker

Docker

Draw.io

Draw.io

drupal

Drupal

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch

FedEx API

FedEx API

GitHub

GitHub

GitHub

GitHub

Google Cloud API

Google Cloud API

Google Suite

Google Suite

govcms

GOVCMS

Grunt

Grunt

Gulp

Gulp

html5

HTML5

javascript

Javascript

jira

JIRA

jquery

Jquery

JSON

JSON

lagoon

Lagoon

laravel

Laravel

Mail Chimp

Mail Chimp

mysql

MySql

n8n

n8n

OBS

OBS

office

Office Suite

Pardot

Pardot

php

PHP

PHP Storm

PHP Storm

Postman

Postman

React

React

restapi

RestAPI

sass

SASS

sourcetree

Sourcetree

sso_azure

SSO Azure

symphony

Symphony

UPS API

UPS API

VS Code

VS Code

Warudo

Warudo

wordpress

Wordpress

xampp

Xammp

XML

XML

XML

Figma

Other

10 Movies I can keep watching

Beverly Hills Cop Front
Beverly Hills Cop Back
Evolution Front
Evolution Back
Hot Fuzz Front
Hot Fuzz Cop Back
Ip Man Front
Ip Man Back
The Emperor's New Groove Front
The Emperor's New Groove Back
The Truman Show Front
The Truman Show Back
Police Story Front
Police Story Back
Back to the Future Front
Back to the Future Back
Airplane Front
Airplane Back
Enter the Dragon Front
Enter the Dragon Back