About Me
With 20+ years in IT and education: from technical project and operations management, product ownership, full-stack development, and infrastructure, to mentorship and curriculum design (since 2001)
Yep, that's me.
Ohayo, I'm Abby (@TheNocturnalDevGypsy)
I'm a Technical Project and Operations Manager, Product Owner, Technical Writer, old-school Full-Stack Developer, and currently on hiatus as a CS/IT Assistant Professor. I also take on commissioned graphic design projects for branding and social media, and occasionally handle virtual assistant tasks. I've worked with Lazada Group (under Alibaba Group) and a few startups around Southeast Asia, leading projects in app development, infrastructure, and product management. Outside the tech industry, I've also taught Computer Science and IT subjects and helped modernize CS/IT curricula. I eventually co-founded two companies, bloki.me and Strato Data Solutions, focused on web, infrastructure, and product solutions.
In my free time, I keep learning and exploring new ideas in programming, project management, and generative AI through online courses and personal experiments. I actively maintain several of my open-source projects, contribute to others when I can, and currently building three new ones: a static site generator, a crypto font library, and a "link-in-bio" CMS. When time allows, I also enjoy tinkering with my personal website, it's my digital playground!
I'm currently based in Asia and have worked across the UAE, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. My work has also taken me to Tokyo, Amsterdam, California, Bali and Moscow for short assignments. Since April 2017, I've been settled in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and since May 2024, I've been dividing my time between there and Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand. I'm now preparing to relocate to Lisbon, Portugal, where my partner has recently accepted a position.
I've called myself TheNocturnalDevGypsy since 2001 because it perfectly fits my work life: I've spent countless late nights freelancing on projects, whether building company websites or helping with college theses/capstones. Also, my studies and career have taken me from city to city and across countries, keeping life fresh, unpredictable and full of change, but I've always adapted wherever I go.
This webspace is my creative playground: a place to showcase my work, experiment with ideas, and store pieces of my technical and academe journey since January 2001. There's no strict theme here; it's more like a living folder that reflects my current mindset. Compiling my portfolio, testing new concepts, and regularly updating the site keeps my fingers and brain fast and healthy.
Hope you like it; I made it with a lot of + !
Years of Experience in IT and Education
Countries and Cities Worked In
Companies and Institutions Collaborated With
Projects and Products Delivered/Documented
What I do
Project and Product Management
I plan, run, and ship complex work: from sprint planning and backlog grooming to infrastructure rollouts and post-deployment support; keeping delivery aligned with budget, timeline, and actual business needs.
Full-Stack and Infrastructure
I design and ship practical solutions end to end: front-end (Bootstrap, responsive UI/UX), backend (PHP, Node.js, SQL), and the infrastructure behind it (cloud, domains, migration, monitoring, access control).
Teaching, Documentation and Mentorship
I turn complex tech into something people can actually use: through curriculum design, thesis advising, internal playbooks, BRDs, user guides, onboarding docs, and live mentoring for devs and non-technical teams.
Branding and Content
I help early teams look credible fast: brand assets, social media graphics, pitch decks, basic site/landing polish, and lightweight UX so clients, investors, and users actually take you seriously.
What they say
Throughout her tenure as a student assistant, intern, and school representative, Ms. Torrendon consistently demonstrated exemplary dedication, technical expertise, and professionalism, bringing pride to STI College Southwoods.
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Throughout her employment, Ms. Torrendon displayed dedication, excellent teaching skills, and active involvement in both academic and co-curricular activities, contributing significantly to the success of her students and the department.
Resty Aldana
Dean, MIT and Computer Studies / Former Academic Mentor
I worked with Abegail in Lazada for years and she is very commendable. If you want to have a skilled TPM, she is your go to person. From every Infrastructure projects to Technical Operations issues , you know you can count on her 100%.
Krizyl Espiritu
Incident, Problem, Crisis Management
Abegail combines deep technical expertise with strong operational and project management skills. She effectively managed infrastructure stability, vendor coordination, and agile delivery, while also handling budgeting and performance monitoring for critical campaigns. Beyond her technical strength, she's known for her work discipline, reliability, and ability to bridge teams across countries—earning the trust of engineers in Singapore and Vietnam and improving cross-department collaboration. Her leadership, technical insight, and judgment make her an invaluable asset to any organization driving large-scale infrastructure and technology projects.
Johanna Jacob
Chief People Officer
Abegail, during our last 3 years working together, did a great job as a TPM. For a person, who stands between two worlds - Tech & Non-Tech persons, she can find common language with both crowds, helping both crowds to work smooth together. Her efforts, provide invaluable help to shield and isolate tech team from non-technical issues and tasks, filtering task flows and basic review, connecting different teams and departments on complex projects. This allows everyone to focus on their best - sysadmins keep eye on a system, developers keep coding, finance team keeps having a proper budgets planning (and well, panicking as usual).
If you need a person who will be gatekeeping for tech team, tying everything together for approvals, coordination and projects tracking, Abegail is right person to choose.
Roman Ovchinnikov
System Engineering, Automation and DevOps
I've worked with Abby across several projects, and she always made things easier and more organized. Her clear documentation helped everyone understand the work better, which led to smoother execution and better results.
As a TPM with solid IT knowledge, she knows how to get things done and keep projects on track. If you need someone who can actually make your projects run smoothly, Abby's the one to call.
Makawatt (Jay) Nungwaewdaeng
Corporate IT Engineer
Abegail is widely respected across the Lazada Tech Hub for her technical depth and dependable leadership. She combines solid expertise in AWS, AliCloud, data center and domain management, and IT security with strong operational and project management skills. Known for her reliability during high-demand campaigns, she handled stability monitoring, escalation, and on-call duties with professionalism and calm. She also fostered collaboration across departments, improving team trust and efficiency. Her judgment and hands-on understanding of both legacy and modern systems make her an exceptional asset in managing large-scale infrastructure and ensuring system reliability.
