Richard Berry

Richard Berry

Greater Newcastle Area
2K followers 500+ connections

Experience

  • University of Newcastle Graphic

    University of Newcastle

    Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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    Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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    Newcastle, Australia

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    Newcastle, Australia

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    University of Newcastle

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    Newcastle, Australia

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    Newcastle, Australia

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    University of Newcastle

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    Gold Coast

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    Brisbane, Australia

Education

  •  Graphic

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Volunteer Experience

  • Volunteer for the Visayans, Inc.  Graphic

    Nutritionist

    Volunteer for the Visayans, Inc.

    - Present 11 years 11 months

    Health

    • Design and implementation of culturally adaptable physical health and nutritional education programs.
    • Self directed program implementation and evaluation.
    • Cooking healthy meals for Mothers and their Children enrolled in nutrition program.

Honors & Awards

  • Third Place Finalist

    University of Newcastle's Healthtech Hackathon

    University of Newcastle, in collaboration with Laughing Mind, hosted 2017's 24h Healthtech Solvathon. Our team implemented 'Shedd', Tinder, Men's Shed and the Black Dog Institute together in one iOS application to implicitly address loneliness and depression in men. Front end development was completed using Swift, with custom graphics designed for the interface and pitch deck. Node.js, json and mongodb were utilised for the back end, with hosting provided by AWS.

  • Runner Up

    LakeMacHack - Innovating Land, Sea, Air + Connectivity

    Laughing Mind hosted LakeMacHack, a 24-hour Hackathon where our team implemented a Graph Library and Data Engine from scratch in order to generate a Single Destination Shortest Path Algorithm of the morning train commute from Newcastle to Sydney. Given the time frame, this competition stressed the importance of thorough research, planning, and impeccable solution execution.

  • Runner Up

    Unearthed Hackathon

    Unearthed hosted a 54 hour Hackathon in the Hunter Valley where our team built a prototype that both simulated the autonomous copper mining loaders, and employed Genetic Algorithms to discover optimal schedules. Winning us two awards, and highlighting the power of small teams that can achieve huge innovative leaps for key sectors of the Australian economy.

  • Young Innovator Award

    Unearthed Hackathon

    Unearthed hosted a 54 hour Hackathon in the Hunter Valley where our team built a prototype that both simulated the autonomous copper mining loaders, and employed Genetic Algorithms to discover optimal schedules. Winning us two awards, and highlighting the power of small teams that can achieve huge innovative leaps for key sectors of the Australian economy.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • German

    Elementary proficiency

Organizations

  • Griffith University Student Liaison Group

    Student Member

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    A panel connecting students, staff and administration.

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