Christopher De Vries
Vice President, Product & Engineering Operations
Fryeburg, Maine, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher De Vries is a senior consultant and former research scientist who transitioned from radio astronomy and planetary radar to building data-driven software over a 19-year career. He brings deep analytical rigor from a Ph.D. in astronomy and postdoctoral work to pragmatic engineering across systems from 8-bit microcontrollers to distributed cloud services. His technical breadth spans C/Objective-C iOS development, Python and Java, SAR and radar imaging, orbital dynamics, image analysis, and multidimensional optimization. Christopher has designed HIPAA-compliant architectures and led machine learning, OCR, and NLP integrations for medical record evaluation while serving as a security lead. Based in Fryeburg, Maine, he blends academic teaching experience with hands-on system architecture and DevOps expertise (AWS, GCP, Docker) to deliver resilient, secure production systems. He prefers steady, well-engineered solutions over flashy shortcuts—a trait that shows up in both his code and system designs.
19 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Astronomy, Ph.D. Astronomy at University of Massachusetts AmherstB.A. Astronomy, B.A. Astronomy at Cornell University
French
Github Skills (90)
null-safety10
vpn-client10
gleam10
lambda10
lisp10
faas9
vpn9
javascript9
ipsec9
functions-as-a-service9
wireguard9
security9
encryption9
k8s9
serverless9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
devries/analytic_infall
Jun 2007 - Sep 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 2 pushes in 12 years 4 months
devries/envcrypt
May 2019 - Jul 2026
Envelope encryption pipe commands using Cloud KMS
Contributions:1 PR, 37 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 3 months
encryption
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