Sara Falamaki

Sara Falamaki has a strong background in software engineering, research, and technical leadership. Their most recent position was as a Senior Software Engineer at Neara, where they started in April 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Nearmap from May 2022 to February 2023. From September 2020 to May 2022, Sara worked as an Independent Consultant, specializing in software development, research, and technical leadership. During this time, they were involved in Rules as Code work with the Canadian government. Before their consultancy role, Sara served as the Tech Lead and Manager of Digital Transformation at the NSW Government, where they led digital transformation projects and implemented "Rules as Code" across the NSW Public Sector. Sara also has extensive experience as a Senior Research Software Engineer at CSIRO, where they worked from March 2009 to October 2019, leading various projects and collaborating with researchers. Earlier in their career, Sara held positions as a Software Engineer at Aspect Traffic, where they developed traffic enforcement tools, and at TileFile, where they designed and developed a web application for image and video sharing. Sara also worked as a Developer at Citect, fixing defects in Citect's industrial automation product, and as a University Computing Tutor at the University of NSW. Additionally, Sara worked as a Programmer/Sysadmin at Hitech Telecom. Overall, Sara Falamaki's work experience demonstrates a diverse skillset in software engineering, research, and leadership roles, with a focus on digital transformation and Rules as Code implementation.

Sara Falamaki pursued their education at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) from 2001 to 2005. During this period, they earned a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree with a specialization in Computer Engineering (Honours).