Alex Maclean
Co-Founder & Technical Director at BluHeron Interactive
Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAlex Maclean is a Co-Founder and Technical Director with 11 years of engineering experience who blends cloud-native software engineering, applied machine learning, and new media art to build immersive public-facing experiences. At Evertz he advances broadcast systems as a Senior Software Development Engineer, driving microservices on AWS and exploring ML opportunities while mentoring teams and shipping Rust and Python solutions. As leader of BluHeron Interactive he architects AR/VR, robotics, and generative installations for cities and nonprofits, translating sustainability and storytelling goals into interactive systems. His academic background in Communication and New Media plus a Music Industry Arts diploma give him a rare fluency in audiovisual practice and technical design. Known for making “interactive magic,” he moves fluidly between production-grade cloud architecture and creative prototyping, often turning artistic experiments into deployable tools. Based in Ontario, he seeks collaborations that fuse technical rigor with public-impact creative work.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Communication and New Media, Master of Arts - MA, Communication and New Media at McMaster UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at The University of Western OntarioDiploma, Music Industry Arts, Diploma, Music Industry Arts at Fanshawe College
Github Skills (61)
aws-codestar10
api-client9
python9
api9
react9
vagrant9
live-coding9
infrastructure9
remote-execution8
orchestra8
zeromq8
docker8
salt8
flask8
collaboration8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
alexjsmac/alexjsmac.github.io
Jan 2016 - Jul 2026
Contributions:96 pushes, 3 branches in 10 years 7 months
full-pageresponsive-jekyll-themecleanjekylljekyll-theme
AAFC-MBB/gflow
Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 8 PRs, 104 pushes in 5 months
command-line-toolpythongalaxyworkflowsgalaxy-workflows
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