Chris Baxter
Chief Technology Officer at Spark Software Ltd
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolChris Baxter is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Technology Officer based in Calgary with 14+ years designing and delivering enterprise .NET web applications and cloud-first solutions. He has led architecture and engineering across industries—from 24x7 SCADA systems at AVEVA to award-winning corporate purpose platforms at Benevity—bridging hands-on development with strategic roadmaps. Known for mentoring teams, paired programming, and driving technical standards, he regularly solves the hardest design and coding challenges while enabling multiple Scrum teams to ship reliably. As Principal Consultant at Spark Software he combines affordability with robust engineering, and his recent CTO role reflects a transition from principal architect to executive technical leadership. Comfortable across .NET, C#, Oracle and SQL Server, he brings a pragmatic focus on operational reliability and scalable architectures that support mission-critical availability. An understated strength is his track record of translating complex domain requirements into practical, testable solutions that teams can maintain long-term.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc Computer Science Business Administration, B.Sc Computer Science Business Administration at University of Manitoba
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Github Skills (53)
viewer10
spell10
css10
log4net10
jquery-ui10
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csharp8
messaging7
netmq7
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cbaxter/Harvester
Nov 2011 - Oct 2015
Contributions:2 releases, 112 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 11 months
nlogloggingtraceviewerdebug
SparkSoftware/example-requirejs
Feb 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 7 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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