Ernest W. Semerda - Aussie Software Engineer in Silicon Valley.

The Journey

2012 Co-Founder/CTO of Medlert; Medical Emergency Response System for You and Your Family.

2012 Launched GSDfaster mobile app - GTD & Pomodoro under the 1 roof.

2011 Sold Couponstar Ltd to Coupons.com.

2009 Moved to Silicon Valley! Launched theroadtosiliconvalley.com blog to help other budding entrepreneurs with their journey to Silicon Valley.

2004-11 CTO of Couponstar Ltd. Founding team. From an idea to an International company based out of London, USA & Sydney.

Pre 2004 Mingled & built startups in the financial, analytics & music space. Engineering roles at AMP Ltd, Australia's largest retail and corporate superannuation provider with more than A$124 billion in assets under management.

Skills & Experience

Highlevel Mobile & Web, Platform/API, Infrastructure/Cloud, Scaling, GSD - Getting Stuff Done... Faster!

Lowlevel Python, JavaScript, Objective-C, Django, Twisted, C#, and PHP *cough*

Mobile apps I built

My Blog

Few highlight posts below. Click through to read more.

Moving to Silicon Valley	Stuff to do in Silicon Valley
Comparing Sydney to Silicon Valley Aussie Occupational Therapy Accreditation in the USA Place to live: apartment hunting in Silicon Valley E3 visa: e3 visa for australians Stuff to do before you leave Australia for Silicon Valley The Road to Silicon Valley Begins	Things to do in Silicon Valley Farmers Markets: bay area fresh organic produce suppliers Hacker Dojo – a community center for hackers and thinkers G’day mate – Aussie & American vocabulary comparison Mountain View, the heart of Silicon Valley Find a Great co-founder and start a business
Engineering	Productivity Goodness
Startup School 2010 – the recap, highlights & lessons Linux security paranoid check-list – Top 10 How to setup Django + mod_wsgi on Apache & Ubuntu Building an Ubuntu LAMP Web Server JavaScript: made better using the Module Pattern PHP: coding horrors & poor excuses Gentle Introduction to Python	Manage your time better using GSDfaster’s Pomodoro Technique GTDfaster is now GSDfaster Lists, Pomodoro & GTD Notes The psychology behind GSDfaster Lists, Pomodoro & GTD Notes How GSDfaster Lists, Pomodoro & GTD Notes Works FREE version of GTDfaster launches on iTunes GTDfaster goes live!

The Journey

Skills & Experience

Mobile apps I built

My Blog

Moving to Silicon Valley

Stuff to do in Silicon Valley

Engineering

Productivity Goodness