Welcome! I’m Brian Cham, an award-winning Vexillologist, Software Engineer, Filmmaker, Cryptographer, Bookworm, and Designer. I’m passionate about exploring diverse fields to create, educate and inspire. Discover more about me:

Vexillologist (flag expert)
YouTube Co-ordinator and Flag Design Consultant for North American Vexillological Association
💪 Served as expert design advisor for many official US state and city flag redesigns, e.g. Utah, Minnesota, Maine, Illinois and Massachusetts. For Utah, I helped to define the specifications. For Minnesota, I made critical design developments to the finalist designs with local collaborators, and was the first to conceive the specific design variation that is now the official state flag of Minnesota. For my continued and successful engagement, I won NAVA’s Vexillonnaire Award (the “Oscar of vexillology”), and have been interviewed by Reuters and Toronto Star.
💪 I have chaired several official flag design committees: NAVA 58 and 59 annual conference flags, and Boca Raton, Florida.
💪 For NAVA, I curate a rich library of video content and host the Flag Design Forum to unite our design enthusiasts and help improve real flag projects.
🎙️ I published and presented an award-winning analysis of New Zealand’s unsuccessful national flag referendum and its valuable lessons for future flag efforts, influencing multiple US state and city redesigns since then.
🏆 My work in flag redesigns have been well-received, winning public polls for Australia, Idaho, Louisiana, Massachusetts and Aotearoa New Zealand. My Earth flag design was featured in NAVA’s newsletter, and fans worldwide have manufactured and flown my designs.
🤝🏻 I’m a member of NAVA, UK’s Flag Institute and the New Zealand Flag Association. I have completed graphic design commissions like the flags for the NeuroSpasta role-playing game.
🔗 Join me in my quest for better flag design. Explore my flag projects and see my NAVA profile.

Software engineer
Software Development Engineer (ex Amazon)
💪 At Vista, I developed Living Ticket, the digital cinema ticket solution now standard in millions of cinemas worldwide.
💪 Work experience at Amazon Web Services (largest cloud provider in the world), Vista (delivers software to most of the world’s cinemas), Southern Cross (largest health insurer in Aotearoa New Zealand) and Intergen (nationwide software services).
🏆 Top paper at international conference for my university engineering project, an innovative tool promoting interactive learning of model-driven development. Published in the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering.
🎓 Degree in Software Engineering from the University of Auckland, Professional Certificate in Data Science from Harvard University and two Microsoft Certifications (Azure Fundamentals and Azure Developer Associate).
🔗 Join my drive to impact the world through code. Explore my software projects and connect with me on LinkedIn.

Filmmaker
Screenwriter for Psych2Go
💪 Screenwriter for Psych2Go, a animated series promoting awareness of psychology and mental health. We have 12.7 million subscribers and counting.
🏆 Was finalist in international film competition spearheaded by the United Nations, marking recognition on a global stage.
🎙️ Was a voice actor for a BBC documentary, highlighting my versatility in media production roles and an affiliation with a renowned global broadcaster.
✍🏻 I attained 40 achievement badges (including “Top Reviewer”) on IMDb and authored over 1600 film reviews.
🎓 Degree in Film, Television and Media Studies from the University of Auckland with First in Course awards for FTVMS300 (New Zealand Film), FTVMS327 (Comics and Visual Narrative), and FTVMS212 (Video Game Studies).
🔗 Join my passion to inspire the soul and transport us to new realities. Explore my film portfolio, IMDb filmography and IMDb user profile.

Cryptographer (code breaker)
💪 I analyse the Voynich Manuscript, a centuries-old enigma that remains undeciphered. My meticulous analysis and research contributions have earned citations in scholarly papers.
💪 For the University of Auckland, I developed interactive apps to teach cryptography and steganography to students in a fun way. These innovative tools have been used as educational resources by the University of Auckland and the Museum of Transport and Technology.
🔗 Join my love of uncovering secrets and mysteries. Explore my Voynich Manuscript articles and see my Voynich Ninja profile.

Bookworm
💪 I am an avid reader, with over 500 book reviews on Goodreads and a goal to read a hundred books each year.
🏆 Was once the #1 top book reviewer in New Zealand for All Time on Goodreads.
🔗 Join my love of new worlds and ideas. Explore my Goodreads profile.

Freelance graphic designer
💪 I used to be a freelance graphic designer.
🔗 Join my enthusiasm for effective designs. Explore my design projects.