Career
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Every role Jenks has held, from a Brighton café to AI Lead. Filter by industry, or see Jenks through the lens of the role you are hiring for. Official titles follow LinkedIn.
2026
2024
- Aug 2024 — NowWork
Head of Developer Relations · Babylon Labs
Built Babylon's developer ecosystem strategy — turning complex Bitcoin infrastructure into usable tooling, integrations and partner, developer and grant programs across DeFi.
→ Built the DevRel function for Bitcoin staking and Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV)
Developer relationsWeb3BusinessIT - Treasurer (2 years) → President (now)Community
President, School Council (previously Treasurer) · Murrumbeena Primary School
President of the Murrumbeena Primary School Council after two years as its Treasurer — school governance, finances and the community campaign for a new hall.
→ Elected President of the School Council after two years as Treasurer
CommunityBusinessConsulting
2019
- OngoingCommunity
Organiser · DevRel Australia Meetup Group
Organiser of DevRel Australia — the meetup group for Australia's developer relations profession.
→ Organises the meetup for the developer relations profession in Australia
CommunityDeveloper relations - 2019 — 2024 (5 years)Community
Treasurer & Vice President, Parents Committee · Virginia Park Childcare Association
Five years as Treasurer and Vice President of a parent-run, not-for-profit childcare association — finances, governance and committee leadership.
→ Five years on the committee as Treasurer and Vice President
CommunityBusiness - 2019 — 2021Community
Treasurer, Executive Committee · Tooronga Toastmasters Club Inc.
Treasurer on the executive committee of Tooronga Toastmasters, helping the new club achieve its charter through the COVID years.
→ Helped the club achieve its charter during COVID
CommunityBusiness
2022
2023
2021
2018
2015
- Aug 2015 — July 2018Work
Integration Engineer / Service Delivery Manager · Ericsson Australia
Ran integration and service delivery for a top-tier Australian carrier's wholesale MVNO billing platform — $10M+ solution, ~half a million active users, 12 enterprise customers, 30 offshore engineers, 100% SLAs.
→ Individually responsible for a $10M+ charging & billing service with ~0.5M active users (later ~0.75M) across 12 enterprise customers
ITConsultingBusiness - Feb 2015 — Aug 2015Work
Graduate Engineer — Web Application Developer / UX Practitioner · Ericsson Australia
Ericsson graduate rotation in TV & Media / User Experience & Software Architecture — front-end development, API testing and UX design, including an internal BI tool that went global.
→ Rotated through web development and UX design in six months
ITEngineering
2011
- July 2011 — Feb 2015Work
Chief Technology Officer (contracted) / ICT Specialist & Webmaster · School of Thinking
Ran all technology for School of Thinking as contracted CTO while still at university — built the innovation MOOC platform that onboarded six blue-chip companies, delivered half a billion email lessons and cut operating costs to a third.
→ Built the innovation platform that onboarded 6 Australian blue-chip companies
ITBusinessConsultingMarketing - Feb 2011 — Oct 2012Work
Backstage Crew · Chinese Music Group
Backstage crew for the musical "Crimson Spring" — supporting the stage manager and costume designer and running set changes.
→ Backstage crew for the musical "Crimson Spring"
CreativeCommunity
2014
- July 2014 — Nov 2014Work
Web Developer & Digital Marketer · Plexus Communications
Web development and digital marketing for a communications business — Joomla CMS, e-commerce, order and dispatch systems, analytics, AdWords, EDMs and SEO.
→ Ran the CMS, e-commerce store, order and dispatch systems and digital marketing
ITMarketingBusiness - July 2014 — Nov 2014Work
SMS Product Sales Consultant · Wel Corporation
Sold an SMS messaging platform — generating leads, advising customers on integration, onboarding them and managing partner channels.
→ Developed leads for an SMS platform and onboarded customers with integration advice
BusinessITConsulting - 2014Work
Digital Marketing Consultant · Seagull Gifts
Digital marketing and e-commerce consultant for an online gift retailer — SEO and SEM strategy, AdWords, Magento store management, analytics, EDMs and product imagery.
→ Owned SEO/SEM strategy, AdWords campaigns and Magento e-commerce for a gift retailer
MarketingBusinessConsultingIT
2013
2010
- Feb 2010 — Nov 2013Education
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Electrical & Electronic · University of Melbourne
Honours degree in electrical and electronic engineering — embedded systems, power systems and PCB design, finished with an industry-sponsored smart energy meter.
→ Industry-sponsored final-year project — a Linux smart energy meter compliant with Australian Standards
EngineeringIT - 2010 — 2011Work
Manager / Barista · Theobroma Chocolate Lounge, South Yarra
Café manager and barista — ran daily operations with the owner and built a motivated team committed to quality coffee, food and service.
→ Ran day-to-day café operations with the owner and built a high-performing team
HospitalityBusiness - Aug 2010 — Nov 2011Work
Waiting Staff (Fine Dining) · Tanglong Restaurant, Toorak Road
Fine-dining waiter at an Asian restaurant on Toorak Road — table service and cashier duties for a discerning clientele.
→ Fine-dining Asian cuisine service and cashier duties
Hospitality - Dec 2010 — Feb 2011Work
Bartender & Waiting Staff · Chapelli's Café/Bar
Bartender and waiter on night shifts at a busy 24-hour café and bar — high-volume service under the Responsible Service of Alcohol rules.
→ Night shifts at a busy 24-hour restaurant and bar
Hospitality - Feb 2010 — Oct 2010Work
Sound Designer · Chinese Theatre Group
Sound designer for the stage production "I ME HE HIM" — creating effects, editing music and running the sound desk for every show.
→ Designed and ran sound for the production "I ME HE HIM"
CreativeCommunity - Apr 2010Work
Coffee Maker (Barista Apprentice) · Deep Fish Café, University of Melbourne (Parkville)
Barista apprenticeship at a café on the University of Melbourne's Parkville campus — taking orders, handling cash and learning the coffee machine.
→ Barista apprenticeship on campus
Hospitality
2012
2009
- 2009 — 2010Education
Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) · Brighton Grammar School
Completed VCE at Brighton Grammar School with an ENTER of 90.20.
→ ENTER score of 90.20
Engineering - Dec 2009 — Feb 2010Work
Waiting Staff · Dendy Deli Restaurant, Brighton
First hospitality job — waiting tables at a busy Brighton restaurant with many senior customers.
→ First hospitality job — a busy restaurant on Church Street, Brighton
Hospitality - Nov 2009 — Jan 2010Work
Business Development Consultant · OHMEDIA Pty Ltd
First professional role — business development for an out-of-home digital advertising network, building its FileMaker database and liaising with equipment suppliers in China.
→ Maintained and expanded the OHTV digital display network; built the company database
BusinessMarketingITConsulting
Career
Education & credentials
Degrees, certifications and memberships.
Degrees and schooling
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Electrical & Electronic — University of Melbourne, 2010–2013. Industry-sponsored final-year project: Linux smart energy meter (Metropolis Metering Assets).
- Honorary Doctorate in Lateral Thinking — School of Thinking, 2015. An honorary, non-academic award recognising Jenks's work as the organisation's technology lead (not an accredited PhD).
- VCE — Brighton Grammar School, 2009–2010; ENTER 90.20.
Professional certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Amazon Web Services)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Ericsson Certified Level 4 Engineer
- Machine Learning (Coursera)
- AI For Everyone (deeplearning.ai)
- Open Source Software Development Methods (The Linux Foundation)
- Xero Evangelist, Advisory, Migration and Payroll certificates (Xero)
- Become a Content Strategist; Strategic Planning Skill Pathway (Lynda.com / LinkedIn Learning)
Memberships, profiles and checks
- Member of Engineers Australia (as listed on his engineering CVs)
- Toastmasters International — Tooronga Toastmasters Club Inc. (former Treasurer)
- Gallup StrengthsFinder: an "Executing" type of leader
- IELTS 8.0–8.5 overall (English); native Mandarin Chinese
- Working with Children Check; national police (crime) check — as held for community and hospitality roles
- Hospitality: Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA); Safe Food Handling
Self-directed learning (selected)
Lynda.com courses in SEO for small business, advanced WordPress, iOS / Objective-C, SQL and advanced PHP, DSLR video, AVR microprocessor programming and social media for business; an introductory Swedish massage course (Melbourne Institute of Massage Therapy, 2010).
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