About DevSoft

Experience behind DevSoft

Practical application development informed by more than two decades of experience across business systems, healthcare, biomechanics, research and data management.

From Greece to Australia

DevSoft is the professional application-development practice of Nikolaos Darras, an analyst, programmer and IT consultant with experience turning specialised workflows into maintainable software.

From 2001 until mid-2016, Nikolaos operated Darras Software Development in Greece. The practice delivered custom applications, databases, reporting systems and websites for organisations working in healthcare, biomechanics, market research, retail and education.

After moving to Australia in 2016, Nikolaos registered the devsoft.com.au domain and continued his independent work as a sole trader. He also develops applications in his employee roles at Monash Health and RMIT, keeping his technical experience grounded in current clinical, research and organisational environments.

2001 - mid-2016

Darras Software Development

Custom application, database, reporting and website development in Greece.

Since 2016

DevSoft in Australia

Independent application-development practice and the devsoft.com.au online presence.

Current

Professional development roles

Application development within Monash Health and RMIT, alongside sole-trader work.

Selected experience

Independent collaboration

Drape and Blind Software

Since 2016, Nikolaos has collaborated with Drape and Blind Software as a sole trader. His work includes requirements analysis, platform development, third-party API integration, internal applications, local and cloud deployments, and advanced technical support.

Recent projects

Direction Translation Protocol

A virtual-reality application created by Nikolaos in his co-laboration with Monash Health. The project demonstrates experience translating a specialised clinical or research protocol into an interactive software application.

Recent projects

Clinical Gait Analysis Service Manager

An application created by Nikolaos in his co-laboration with Monash Health to support a clinical gait-analysis service. It demonstrates the application of software development to specialised clinical and operational workflows.

Recent projects

Biomechanics Data Manager — Motion Connect

Nikolaos is employed by RMIT as the Biomechanics Data Manager for Motion Connect, an MRFF-funded project. The project aims to consolidate data from gait laboratories across Australia and New Zealand, enabling the data to be harmonised and creating a repository for research and artificial-intelligence applications.

Selected historical application portfolio

Nikolaos has developed software across clinical care, biomechanics, market research, retail operations, CRM, education and online services. The examples below are selected from a broader body of work completed in Greece.

2015

uLost-iFound

An e-commerce and back-office system supporting the recovery and management of lost items.

Joomla, PHP, MySQL and Microsoft Access

2014

Global Upper Limb Deviation Index

A 3D upper-limb motion-analysis application developed for a specialist rehabilitation environment.

Visual Basic, MATLAB, SQL Server and C3D data

2014

NCICENS

A data-transformation utility developed for ACNielsen Greece.

Visual Basic

2012

ADplot

A research application for producing gait-deviation and asymmetry plots from gait-analysis data.

MATLAB

2009

Mini Force Platform Reader

An orthopaedic application for reading analogue-to-digital measurements from a compact force platform.

Visual Basic and Visual C++

2008

Fashion agency CRM

A custom customer-relationship management database developed for a London fashion agency.

Microsoft Access and SQL Server

2006

Club Security System

A membership security system using magnetic-card reading and automatic recognition.

Microsoft Access and SQL Server

2005

AuditPlan

A large-scale system for scheduling and recording market-research audits for ACNielsen Greece.

Visual Basic, Microsoft Access and SQL Server

2001

Surgery 2000

A surgery information system implemented in multiple clinical practices in Greece.

Microsoft Access

2000

BIOKIN 3-D

A hardware-and-software system for qualitative and quantitative 3D kinematic analysis.

Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, SQL Server and OpenGL

1999

Retail Vision

A large back-office system developed for supermarket operations through TASIS Consulting.

Sybase and SQL Server

1995

BIOKIN 2D

A 2D kinematic video-analysis system implemented in rehabilitation and university settings in Greece and India.

Hardware integration and Visual Basic

Historical portfolio note: These examples describe completed historical work. Referenced technologies and websites reflect the period in which each project was delivered; they are not claims that legacy systems or websites remain operational today.

Core capabilities

  • Application analysis and design
  • Database and information systems
  • Healthcare and clinical workflows
  • Biomechanics and research software
  • API and cloud integration
  • Testing, implementation and support
  • Data processing and reporting
  • Workflow automation
  • User training and documentation
Project attribution: Projects identified as Monash Health or RMIT experience were created by Nikolaos Darras in his capacity as an employee. They are included as evidence of the professional experience behind DevSoft and are not represented as DevSoft client engagements. Historical projects may have been completed through Darras Software Development, through an employer, or as earlier professional work. References to organisations do not imply their endorsement of DevSoft.

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