Brian Novak
Senior Manager, Software Engineering at Major League Baseball (MLB)
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Novak is a senior software engineering manager in Denver with eight years of hands-on full-stack development experience and a longer track record in higher education and program leadership. At Major League Baseball he now leads and coaches engineering teams through cross-platform rewrites and a division-wide reorganization, pairing technical rigor (TypeScript, unit testing, microservices) with empathetic people management. He excels at translating stakeholder needs into process improvements that boost delivery speed and quality, and brings rare experience running both large public-facing streaming applications and conference-style events for audiences up to 5,000. A Galvanize-trained web developer and former instructor, he blends practical front-end/back-end skills (Vue, Node/Express, Cypress) with deep experience in coaching, documentation, and operational stability. His background as a hypnotherapist and student affairs leader informs a distinctive leadership style centered on authenticity, active listening, and deliberate professional growth.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Illinois CollegeWeb Development Immersive Program Information Technology, Web Development Immersive Program Information Technology at Galvanize IncMaster of Science College Student Personnel, Master of Science College Student Personnel at Western Illinois University
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Github Skills (8)
smart-tv9
webos9
tizen-tv8
tizen8
remote-control6
react6
react-hooks5
web-development3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
briannovak/remember-when-backend
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
briannovak/remember-when-frontend
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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