# Zac Duthie

Technical Lead · Melbourne · Health, IoT, AI

## Role

Technical Lead / Software Engineer

Designs and builds secure, scalable systems in health, IoT, and AI.

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## Current Focus

- Architecting AI-enabled health platforms
- Applying AI pragmatically to real-world workflows
- Designing systems with security and compliance as first-class constraints

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## Capabilities

### System Design

- End-to-end architecture of complex applications
- Designing under real-world constraints (health, compliance, legacy systems)
- Balancing scalability, reliability, and delivery speed

### Engineering

- Backend-focused development
- API and data model design
- Long-term system maintainability

### Security

- Security-first design in health systems
- Handling sensitive data with appropriate controls
- Embedding security into architecture, not layering it on

### AI + Agentic Systems

- Applying AI where it meaningfully improves workflows
- Avoiding unnecessary complexity and hype-driven solutions
- Integrating AI into existing systems, not building in isolation

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## Operating Principles

- Prefer simple systems over clever ones
- Design for real constraints, not ideal scenarios
- Security is a design requirement, not an afterthought
- Optimise for long-term maintainability
- Use AI where it adds clear, practical value

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## Experience

### WeGuide (2023–Present)

**Technical Lead**

- Leading architecture of next-generation health platform
- Driving adoption of AI within real clinical workflows
- Ensuring systems meet security and compliance requirements

**Software Engineer**

- Built and maintained core health platform systems
- Worked with sensitive patient data and secure workflows

### Electronic Design Synthesis (2015–2023)

**Software Engineer**

- Designed and built IoT and home automation systems
- Maintained long-lived systems with real-world constraints
- Owned systems end-to-end over extended timeframes

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## Education

**Master of Information Technology (Cyber Security)**
University of Melbourne — Graduated Top 1 (EWP Kernot)

**Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering)**
University of Melbourne — Graduated Top 3

**Northcote High School**
Dux - Graduated Top 1

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## Interfaces

- GitHub: [zcduthie](https://github.com/zcduthie)
- LinkedIn: [Zac Duthie](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-duthie-b0712873/)
- Website: [zcduthie.com](https://zcduthie.com)