Max Fergie Projects PDF

Résumé

Maxwell Fergie

Associate Software Engineer at Mantel Group. Engineering and computer science at Monash. Four years of pouring drinks and running rooms taught me most of what I know about pressure.

Skills

  • Interpersonal
  • Effective communicator
  • Problem solving
  • Technically proficient
  • Hospitality veteran
  • Enthusiastic worker

Experience

  1. Mantel Group Now

    Jul 2025 — Present

    Associate Software Engineer

    Melbourne CBD, Victoria

    Working within the internal operations of the company to increase efficiency and robustness by creating and improving automations and processes.

  2. The Clare Castle Now

    Mar 2022 — Present

    Functions Manager · Floor Supervisor · Bartender

    Port Melbourne, Victoria

    A busy hospitality room: handling functions of 20–50 people in the private function room, supervising the restaurant floor to keep service seamless, or working as a friendly face behind the bar.

  3. Streamline Building

    Nov 2021 — Mar 2022

    Laborer

    Melbourne, Victoria

    On-site labourer building large infrastructure for schools and other facilities across Melbourne.

  4. Ocean Beach Pavilion

    Summers 2021 · 2022 · 2023

    Bartender

    Sorrento, Victoria

    Behind the bar for the busiest stretch of the Australian summer in a coastal beach town — cocktails, volume, and high-pressure service.

Education

  1. Monash University Now

    Feb 2022 — Present

    Bachelor of Software Engineering & Computer Science

    Clayton, Victoria

    Australia's top-rated school for these fields. Comprehensive grounding across programming languages, plus a lot of practice working in groups towards a shared deadline.

  2. University of British Columbia

    Sep — Dec 2024

    Exchange · Computer Engineering & Computer Science

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    A semester abroad through one of Monash's partner universities — living independently in a foreign country, building a network of friends, and studying effectively while doing it.

  3. St Michael's Grammar School

    Feb 2013 — Nov 2021

    Primary & Secondary Education

    St Kilda, Victoria

    The last two years of primary and the whole of secondary school at a well-respected co-educational school in the heart of Melbourne.

Achievements

  • 96.7

    ATAR

  • 3.5+

    GPA across four years of university

  • 1st of 400

    Won the first-year engineering bridge-building competition

  • 21.1km

    Multiple half marathons run

  • Best pub

    The Clare Castle, voted best pub in Port Phillip Bay

References

A venue manager and a character reference are both happy to speak for me — details on request. Ask and I'll send them over.