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 the past few years I’ve been getting a lot more into the hardware and engineering side of things, building custom personal electric vehicles such as as high-performance electric skateboards.