Anthony Theocharis
Vice President, Software Development Engineering at Workday
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolAnthony Theocharis is a seasoned software leader with 17 years of experience, currently serving as Vice President of Software Development Engineering at Workday from Victoria, BC. He blends hands-on engineering—contributing to both backend and frontend code in open-source projects like the Python-based MediaDrop video/podcast platform—with strategic leadership of large development teams. His academic background includes a Master’s in Machine Learning/Data Mining from the University of Victoria, informing a data-driven approach to product and platform decisions. Anthony is known for curiosity-driven problem solving and mentorship, helping engineers grow while delivering reliable, scalable systems. He brings practical experience updating integrations, fixing cross-stack bugs, and implementing custom routing and media-player compatibility—skills that often reveal subtle operational bottlenecks before they surface. Outside core tech, he’s energized by broad nerdy interests that keep him creative and connected to the problems his teams solve.
17 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Machine Learning / Data Mining, Master’s Degree, Machine Learning / Data Mining at University of Victoria
English
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Github Skills (11)
javascript10
front-end-development10
python10
html9
css9
flask8
flask-ask8
mysql7
auto-increment6
primary-key6
sqlalchemy6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mediadrop/mediadrop
Apr 2009 - Mar 2012
A video, audio and podcast publication platform written in Python.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Frontend Developer
Back-end Developer & Frontend DeveloperContributions:811 commits in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Anthony made significant contributions to the video and podcast publication platform, including updates to the required packages and implementing a custom RoutingController. They also worked on frontend elements by updating the URLs and integrating the Facebook and Google Plus share components. They also fixed several bugs including import errors, and added or amended features like video player compatibility.
audio-videopythonpodcastaudiovideo
anthonyt/counterpoint
Dec 2009 - Dec 2020
Framework for the Evaluation of Species Counterpoint
Contributions:76 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 11 years 1 month
counterpointevaluation
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