Damian Polan
Founding Engineer at StoreLocators
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDamian Polan is a founding engineer and full-stack leader with 12 years of experience turning ML research into business-critical infrastructure and resilient production systems. He operationalized mission-critical fraud-prevention AI at Shopify, contributed to a storefront rewrite that improved latency 10x, and earned a reputation as the “resiliency guy” for systems that survive Black Friday-scale traffic storms. As CEO of Extreme Entertainment he scaled revenue-generating operations 20x in two years, automated core processes to save hundreds of man-hours per month, and ran acquisition funnels with CACs far below industry averages. His background includes research-grade work on genetic algorithms and building large-parameter ML experiment platforms, reflecting a blend of academic rigor and pragmatic engineering. Based in Ottawa, he thrives where deep technical craft meets product and growth—building automated pipelines and teams that consistently outperform industry norms. An entrepreneur at heart, he pairs hands-on implementation with a track record of successfully exiting a fast-growth service business.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Software Engineering at Carleton UniversityHigh School Degree, Game Development Focus Program, High School Degree, Game Development Focus Program at Mother Teresa High School
English, Polish, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
projectile6
android6
andengine6
xml-parsing6
java6
ftp1
sftp1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
damianpolan/COMP4106_Project
Mar 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
damianpolan/Music-Genre-Classification
Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:47 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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