BretΒ Ferrier
VP Of Software Engineering at CitySpark
Ogden, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolBret Ferrier is a hands-on VP of Software Engineering with 14 years of experience building and scaling web products across startups, corporate, and DoD contracting environments. He brings deep expertise in the Microsoft .NET ecosystem (from 1.1 through .NET Core 3.0), front-end frameworks like AngularJS/Vue/TypeScript, and Azure-based cloud infrastructure. At CitySpark he led product design and engineering from MVP to a platform serving billions of page views, while personally writing core front-end and admin systems used by hundreds of media outlets. He also has broad database experience (SQL Server, Mongo, MySQL, Oracle, Redis) and a proven track record of performance tuning and CI automation. A former technical lead and consultant, he pairs architectural judgment with day-to-day coding and team hiring/mentoring. Outside work heβs an avid trail runner, backpacker, skier and kayakerβsuggesting the same persistence he brings to solving tough engineering problems.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science at Weber State University
French
Stackoverflow
8,174reputation
2.4mreached
130answers
110questions
mongodb
top-5%
Github Skills (200)
bootstrap-vue10
vue2-datepicker10
mongodb10
visualization10
css10
cloud-computing10
windows10
rule-engine10
elmah10
driver10
dotnet10
accessibility10
linux10
csharp10
bootstrap10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
CaptainCodeman/elmah-mongodb
Apr 2015 - Sep 2025
MongoDB provider for Elmah
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 comments in 10 years 6 months
elmahmongodb
runxc1/MicroRuleEngine
Sep 2012 - Aug 2020
A .Net Rule Engine for dynamically evaluating business rules compiled on the fly.
Contributions:12 commits, 5 PRs, 10 pushes in 8 years
dotnetrule-engine
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