about:lukem

A photo of Inger and me, from our wedding day, as taken by my brother-in-law, Mark Nottingham. (I've had a hair cut since then)

life

I live in Canberra, with my wife, Inger Blackford Mewburn. We were married on July 31, 1998, at a small family-only ceremony. We have a son, Brendan. We moved to Canberra at the end of 2013. Prior to that we lived in Melbourne.

Inger is a Professor and the Director of Research Training at the Australian National University, and has a PhD in Architecture from the University of Melbourne. Inger is also known as the Thesis Whisperer.

employment

I've been a public servant since January 2025.

Prior to that, I worked at the following places:

• Principle Software Engineer at Softel Systems
• Software Developer at [object craft]
• Software Developer at Wasabi Systems
• Systems Engineer at Network Appliance
• Senior Systems Administrator at the Department of Computer Science, RMIT University
• Senior Systems Administrator for connect.com.au
• UNIX Technical Support at Telecom Australia / Telstra
• System Administrator for the Department of Computer Science, RMIT University

education

I completed a degree in a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science), RMIT in 2000.

My four senior years at high school, which I completed in 1989, were at Melbourne High School.

contact details

personal

Email or phone is usually the best way to contact me.

NetBSD

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