Tech

I have been immersed in tech since tinkering with my first “microcomputers” in my early teens. I began working as a software developer in the late 80s and have now been in the industry for almost 40 years, working variously as a developer, intellectual property manager, project manager, and more. I’ve run projects with hundreds of developers, personally managed small and medium sized-teams (and teams of teams), and worked in companies of all sizes from the tiniest startups to the biggest corporations. For a detailed breakdown, check my LinkedIn profile.

I officially left “big tech” in 2018 to focus on other pursuits but I’ve been continuing to write code on an almost-daily basis building things for startups and small companies. While this has been mostly freelance work, in late 2020 I created syncspace.live, in response to the pandemic, which is both a platform that enables professional artists to perform together across the Internet, and a virtual venue that utilises the platform to deliver game-changing live virtual concerts. In a short time syncspace.live created quite a buzz. Here’s a few early press mentions:

• Ottawa Citizen: ‘Incredible feat’: Ottawa man creates site allowing long-distance musicians to play online in real time
• Apt 613:New technology allows jazz musicians to play together, apart and it’s awesome

Even post-pandemic the platform continues to be used by musicians to rehearse, record, and teach over the Internet.

In recent years I’ve been working with Play the City, a team of designers based in Amsterdam, Istanbul, and Barcelona on various projects including the The Global Game to facilitate collaborations between participants of the 2023 London Design Biennale, the Dutch web site kangaroo living to help solve the housing shortage in the Dutch city of Almere, and PoruCh, a service to connect residents with community-service organizations in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Since late 2024 I’ve been working on Clutch Sports, a platform for managing youth basketball.