Ralph Hosking

Veteran Software Engineer & Principal Architect with over three decades of experience designing, building, and scaling enterprise-grade systems.

Full-lifecycle expertise bridging bare-metal hardware and modern cloud ecosystems—from embedded M2M telemetry and IoT endpoints to high-volume data analytics pipelines and cross-platform applications.

Adept at translating complex data requirements into robust, high-performance software solutions.

• Languages: C#, C++, C, Intel 8085/8088 Assembly, JavaScript, Python
• Infrastructure & IoT: Proxmox Clustering, Hyper-V, Linux/Windows Server, Modbus, TCP/IP
• Frameworks/UI: .NET 6+ .NET MAUI, React Native, WPF, UWP, WinForms, .NET Framework
• Databases & Admin: MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, CrateDB, Schema Design, Database Tuning
• Integration: REST APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger), SOAP, Stripe, Xero, M2M Communications

Co-directed corporate technical strategy and architected end-to-end telemetry, CRM, and financial billing systems for global enterprise clients.

• Architected TIM4biz, a hybrid cloud/on‑prem call analytics platform ingesting high‑volume POTS/VoIP data streams.
• Delivered automated alerting, graphical analytics, and multi‑tenant telephony billing engines.
• Engineered distributed Modbus control systems and APIs to manage solar inverters, remotely balancing electricity supply loads.
• Built a high-volume data analytics engine parsing raw AEMO NMI consumption metrics to automate end-to-end utility invoicing.
• Developed and launched pickmeup.menu, engineering the merchant menu administration portal, web-based customer online ordering engine, and phone app.
• Built tim4biz.tv, architecting a media CMS and a synchronization engine to reliably push and cache high-definition assets across remote signage endpoints.

• Architected a bare-metal home virtualization platform leveraging Proxmox VE/Linux hypervisors to host local services.
• Designed a locally hosted home automation network managing 10+ heterogeneous IoT endpoints.
• Engineered a custom data-to-image rendering pipeline that outputs structured telemetry XML optimized for a wireless smart photo frame appliance.
• Developed a Fitbit Web API integration utilizing secure background workers for OAuth3 token management and time-series analytics visualization.
• Updated the home automation Windows Service to periodically capture images from a Tapo C210 and combines them into a daily time lapse .mp4.

• Engineered, launched, and commercially distributed independent software applications online.
• Managed independent software product lifecycle including digital distribution pipelines, licensing models, and e-commerce payment integrations.
• Delivered end-to-end software engineering and architecture for commercial automated ticket vending machinery clients.
• Maintained and modernized core legacy CRM applications, ensuring continuous uptime and system reliability.
• Updated and modernized legacy PBX data recording software.

• Senior Consultant / Development Manager | Odyssey Advanced Financial Solutions (Luxembourg)
  Focus: Team leadership, secure system architecture, DES encryption, FTP, and international private banking platforms.
• Senior Analyst / Programmer | BS Microcomp / BIS Trading Systems / BIS Banking Systems / ACT / MKI / Midas-Kapiti / Misys (Melbourne & Luxembourg)
  Focus: DR-one FX/MM back-office banking applications and financial systems integration.
• Customer Engineer | Myer Computer and Business Centre / MyCorp / BS Microcomp (Perth)
  Focus: Deployment, hardware diagnostic engineering, and system support for IBM PC/XT/AT and PS/2 architectures.

• Post Graduate Diploma in Internet Security Management | Curtin University
• Bachelor of Electronic Engineering | Curtin University