Luke Shulver
Open to new roles

I turn complex technology into delivered outcomes.

Operations & delivery leader with 20+ years turning business needs into shipped products — across frontier tech, fintech, and enterprise.

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About

20+ years turning technology into outcomes

I'm a performance-driven operations, product, and delivery manager with more than 20 years across IT and technology leadership roles. My work is the end-to-end delivery of value-added technical solutions — translating business needs into products that actually ship.

I pair that delivery focus with a business and financial analyst's eye, turning qualitative and quantitative data into decisions. And whether I'm talking to a board or a backend team, I can make complex technical concepts land with anyone.

Right now I lead operations at Labrys, a frontier-tech consultancy, where I've made a habit of rescuing at-risk projects, building repeatable delivery, and reinventing how teams work with AI.

Turning technology into outcomes — dashboards, analytics, payments and delivery tooling connected into measurable results

Experience

Where I've made an impact

  1. Labrys

    May 2023 – Present

    Operations Manager · Brisbane

    Frontier-tech consulting & development studio building products across blockchain, AI, and fintech. Progressed through three roles in tenure.

    Operations Manager · 2025 – Present

    • Built the team's engineering standards and workflows, making delivery repeatable across every project.
    • Modernised and simplified the tech stack, cutting friction and keeping the team current.
    • Reinvented team workflows around AI — designing processes for the tools rather than bolting AI onto old ones — for step-change efficiency gains.

    Senior Project Manager · 2024 – 2025

    • Rescued failing and at-risk projects, recovering timelines and repairing client relationships.
    • Built lasting client relationships that drove contract extensions and referrals.

    Project Manager · May 2023 – 2024

    • Delivered market-disrupting products end-to-end across the real-estate and legal sectors.

  2. Happy HR

    2021 – 2023

    Product & IT Manager · Melbourne (remote)

    HR SaaS platform.

    • Owned the product roadmap, balancing new features against tech debt through cost-benefit analysis.
    • Rebuilt the dashboard as a customisable, widget-driven interface, and shipped configurable on/offboarding and compliance checklists.
    • Ran an external remote development team, introducing Scrum practices and tooling.
    • Implemented DevOps, security, compliance, and deployment controls at speed.
    • Shaped revenue strategy with the CEO and sales, driving two baseline price increases.

  3. Sapphire Systems

    2016 – 2016

    Internal Project Manager · London

    Following a period of world travel (2017–2020).

    • Managed and scheduled all internal company projects, including a new VoIP phone system and contract/finance management upgrades.
    • Sourced and introduced new sales and project-management applications for greater automation and integration with existing SAP Business One systems.

  4. Level Up Australia Pty Ltd

    2013 – 2015

    Director / General Manager · Brisbane

    Founder of a hospitality venture (hotel).

    • Founded and ran a hospitality venture end-to-end: planning, forecasting, marketing/PR, and full HR — plus a custom online-booking website.

  5. John Wiley & Sons Australia

    2003 – 2013

    Manager, Enterprise Development · Brisbane

    Global academic publisher. A decade of progression from Systems Developer to Manager, Enterprise Development.

    Manager, Enterprise Development · 2010 – 2013

    • Led a multi-disciplinary team of six developers, two project managers, and a business analyst (plus an offshore team via Tata), managing a $4M application budget.
    • Migrated core hosting for the ERP (JDE) to external vendors, cutting $100k in annual costs.
    • Established an Oracle data warehouse for senior finance reporting, reducing end-of-month close by 2 days.
    • Led a major transformation: migrated the in-house CORE ERP/CRM to a US-hosted global platform and outsourced warehousing.

    Team Leader, eBusiness Systems · 2008 – 2010

    • Rolled out the corporate website and shopping cart, driving 200% year-on-year sales growth for five consecutive years.
    • Led the Salesforce implementation (School, then Higher Education) — a Pacesetter Award-winning project later adopted as the company-wide global CRM.
    • Implemented EDI for discount department stores (Officeworks, Big W), exceeding the DDS sales target by 140%.
    • Launched studyon.com.au (an online study aide with question banks, grading, and progress tracking) and relaunched Jaconline.com.au as a fully dynamic system.

    Business Analyst / Project Manager · 2006 – 2008

    • Rolled out the Wiley Project Framework across Australia and implemented the ONIX standard for customer data feeds.

Selected Work

Projects, by where I delivered them

An extensive portfolio spanning two decades — organised by the teams and companies where the work shipped.

Labrys

2023 – Present
1WalletWins2026

1WalletWins

Onchain gaming

Fully on-chain raffle platform where users buy USDC tickets for continuous rounds with provably fair, protocol-funded jackpots enforced entirely by smart contracts.

SolidityChainlink VRFUSDCReactTypeScript
Case study on request
The Deposit Holder2026

The Deposit Holder

Legal / Proptech

Digital platform for secure property-deposit handling, stakeholder visibility, and rapid investment/release workflows in Australian real-estate transactions.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQL
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VEWRS2026

VEWRS

Sports / Fan engagement

Fan-engagement, attendance-verification, loyalty, and sports-intelligence platform — fans show up, stay engaged, build status, and unlock exclusive experiences across major sports.

React NativeExpoNext.jsSupabaseTypeScript
Visit site →
VPA Connect2026

VPA Connect

Proptech

Full-stack proptech platform automating vendor-paid advertising proposals, invoicing, payment collection, and supplier payouts for real-estate teams.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNode.jsStripe
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CSENS2025

CSENS

Green fintech

Blockchain-powered green-commerce mobile wallet rewarding sustainable spending — combining a Visa card, on-chain token rewards, and merchant payment infrastructure.

React NativeSoliditySKALEAWSERC-20
Visit site →
Glue2025

Glue

DeFi infrastructure

Consumer-friendly on-chain hub uniting trading, service-provider integrations, and a layered L1/L2 stack under one simplified DeFi experience.

ReactPolkadotCross-chainWalletConnect
Visit site →
Labrys.io2025

Labrys.io

Web / Brand

Labrys' own studio website — an animated isometric-canvas hero, interactive service and project showcases, and a fully typed content system.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSGSAP
Visit site →
MAIV2025

MAIV

Web3 / Investment

Multi Asset Investment Vehicle — an on-chain platform offering tokenised private-equity and diversified investment opportunities across digital and traditional assets, with tiered membership.

Next.jsReactAWS LambdaCoinbase WalletWeb3
Case study on request
MEV Watch2025

MEV Watch

Ethereum / Transparency

Public transparency tool tracking OFAC censorship on Ethereum — indexing MEV-Boost blocks to show what share of block flow passes through censoring relays over time.

Next.jsExpressTypeScriptTurborepoEthereum
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NZDD2025

NZDD

Stablecoin / RWA

Core stablecoin infrastructure bringing the New Zealand dollar on-chain through transparent smart contracts and usable DeFi/DEX integrations.

SolidityERC-20HardhatOpenZeppelinEthereum
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Pectra Staking Manager2025

Pectra Staking Manager

Ethereum staking

Consumer-facing Ethereum validator management tool exposing Pectra upgrade features, with validator consolidation (EIP-7251) as the flagship capability.

Next.jsReactSolidityEthereumEIP-7251
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Pegs2025

Pegs

Local commerce

Full-stack local-commerce platform connecting consumers, merchants, and community organisations through discounts, cashback, and payments — live across Australia.

React NativeKoa.jsMongoDBtRPCStripe Connect
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Pier Two2025

Pier Two

Staking infrastructure

Institutional staking platform for professional clients to monitor, manage, and operate validator positions end-to-end across networks.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNode.jsEthereum
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Longtail2024

Longtail

DeFi / DEX

Next-generation DEX combining concentrated liquidity, reward-bearing swaps, and trader-first incentives into a more engaging AMM — Superposition's flagship AMM.

ReactTypeScriptSolidityEthereumAMM
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PolyOne2023

PolyOne

Web3 / NFT

NFT drops platform for digital fashion and collectibles — creators launch timed drops with on-chain minting and ownership, wrapped in a discovery and community marketplace.

Next.jsReactEthereumwagmi / viemthirdweb
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Happy HR

2021 – 2023
Dashboard overhaul

Dashboard overhaul

HR SaaS

Rebuilt the product dashboard into a customisable, widget-driven interface.

Act from the dashboard or jump straight to any area.

WebProduct
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Integrations hardening & CloudPayroll

Integrations hardening & CloudPayroll

HR SaaS

Hardened and upgraded the existing integration partner suite and added a new CloudPayroll integration.

Expanded and stabilised the partner ecosystem.

IntegrationsWeb
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Onboarding & compliance checklists

Onboarding & compliance checklists

HR SaaS

Shipped customisable on/offboarding plus legal and compliance checklist workflows.

WebProduct
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John Wiley & Sons

2003 – 2013
jaconline.com.au2009

jaconline.com.au

EdTech / Publishing

Relaunched the Jacaranda education-publishing site from static to a fully dynamic, automated system with resource discovery across learning areas.

Case study on request
studyON2009

studyON

EdTech

Launched a next-generation online study, revision, and exam-practice tool for VCE students — question banks, full exams, grading, and progress tracking.

A game-changer for school students.

Case study on request
Corporate site & shopping cart2008

Corporate site & shopping cart

Publishing / e-commerce

Rolled out the Wiley corporate website and e-commerce shopping cart, testing and managing the live implementation.

200% YoY sales growth for five consecutive years.

Case study on request

Level Up Australia

2013 – 2015
Country Roads Motor Inn2013

Country Roads Motor Inn

Hospitality

Designed and built the motel's website with online booking integrated to a custom back-end reservations system — plus function-space and catering promotion.

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Capabilities

The tech I build and deliver with

Hands-on across the modern stack — from smart contracts and AI to mobile, web, and the delivery tooling that ties it together.

AI
ChatGPTClaude CodeOpenClawCursorGitHub CopilotLangChainRAGPrompt engineeringAI workflow automationOllamaLM StudioRunPod
Generative AI
v0ReplitBoltGoogle StitchRunwaySoraHiggsfieldElevenLabs
Web3 & Blockchain
EthereumEVMSoliditySmart contractsDeFiWalletsWalletConnectTokenomicsWeb3 integrations
Mobile
React NativeiOSAndroidExpoApp Store / Play delivery
Web
TypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsREST & GraphQL APIsTailwind CSS
Infrastructure & DevOps
AWSGoogle CloudVercelDockerKubernetesFirebaseCloudflarePostgreSQLRedisUpstash / QStashSentryGitGitHubCI/CDdotenv
PM & Delivery
Agile / ScrumPRINCE2JiraConfluenceSlackLinearNotionRoadmapping
Sales & Marketing
SalesforceAgile CRMHubSpotArcadeTwilio / SendGridResendGoogle AnalyticsGoogle AdsGoogle Search ConsoleGoogle Tag Manager
Payment Rails
StripeBraintreePayPalSquareBanxaRampCoinbase
ERP
JD EdwardsSAP Business OneWiley CORE / eCORE
Accounting & Timesheets
XeroMYOB ARQuickBooksReckonCloud PayrollDeputyTandaToggl

Not an exhaustive list — ask me about anything.

What I'm looking for

My next role

I'm looking for a team solving hard problems where I can turn ambiguity into shipped outcomes. I'm equally happy leading a delivery function or rolling up my sleeves as a senior individual contributor — what matters is impact, momentum, and building things that last.

Operations & delivery leadership

Building the standards, teams, and repeatable delivery that let good work happen consistently.

Product & technical management

Owning product direction and technical delivery end-to-end.

AI-forward transformation

Reinventing workflows around AI to unlock real efficiency — not bolting it on.

Frontier & emerging tech

Blockchain, fintech, and other fast-moving domains where staying ahead of the curve is the job.

Skills

Core competencies

Delivery & leadership

  • End-to-end project & program delivery
  • Agile / Scrum
  • PRINCE2
  • Team building & mentoring
  • Vendor & outsourcing management
  • Stakeholder engagement & negotiation

Product & technical

  • Product management & roadmapping
  • DevOps, security & compliance controls
  • Tech-stack modernisation
  • API integration
  • System migrations & transformation

AI & data

  • AI adoption & workflow reinvention
  • Business & financial analysis
  • BI & reporting
  • Data-driven decision making

Domains

  • Frontier tech (blockchain)
  • Fintech
  • Enterprise ERP/CRM
  • SaaS
  • E-commerce

Education & credentials

  • 2010PRINCE2 Practitioner — ALC Group
  • 2001BSc Computer Science (Honour Roll) — University of Queensland
  • 2004Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management — Deakin University

Awards

  • 2009Wiley Pacesetter Award — John Wiley & Sons
  • 2004EAN Supply Chain Management Scholarship — John Wiley & Sons

Contact

Let’s talk about your next hard problem.

I’m open to new roles and always happy to trade notes on delivery, product, or AI-forward teams — reach out and let’s start a conversation.

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