Brandon Ellis
CTO Advisor at Free Agent
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolBrandon Ellis is a strategic product and engineering leader with 15+ years of experience scaling teams from early-stage startups to 50+ engineers and operating across organizations up to 400 people. He specializes in Infrastructure as a Product and AI-integrated SDLCs, driving measurable improvements like a 20% uplift in delivery velocity and 30% better sprint predictability through modernized workflows. As a founder-CTO and later VP/CTO, he has built mission-critical B2B2C ecosystems, led post-acquisition integrations for platforms exceeding $80M ARR, and grew a startup to $4M ARR and 4,000+ merchants pre-exit. He’s adept at turning legacy systems into scalable product surfaces using applied AI and data-driven delivery models, and has engineered high-availability payment and booking platforms handling billions in transactions. Based in Victoria, BC, Brandon blends hands-on technical depth with executive strategy and a knack for cross-timezone, high-synchrony team cultures. An interesting non-obvious trait: his background includes professional athletics, which informs a performance-driven, team-first leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Economics, Bachelor, Economics at University of VictoriaComputer Systems Technology, Computer Software Engineering, Computer Systems Technology, Computer Software Engineering at Camosun CollegeEconomics / Business, Economics / Business at The University of British Columbia
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Github Skills (26)
categories10
authentication10
jsonwebtoken10
jwt10
fullcalendar9
react-component9
laravel9
saas9
php9
tenancy9
milestone8
react8
multitenancy8
storybook7
frontend6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
brandonellis/occam-mobile
Feb 2026 - Apr 2026
Contributions:7 PRs, 70 pushes, 36 branches in 1 month
StarkCompany/thenewmediagroup.ca
Jul 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:9 pushes in 6 months
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