Dan Erikson
Co-Founder, CEO at OpsReady
Town of Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolDan Erikson is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and operations software specialist with 13 years of experience building data-driven platforms for industrial operations. As co-founder and CEO of OpsReady (Lightship Works Inc.), he leads product and go-to-market efforts for software that unifies fragmented operational information to prioritize and execute work with low-risk, configurable deployments. His background founding Truvian Labs and earlier roles establishing software divisions for engineering and natural resource firms reflect deep expertise in data capture, visualization, and automating field-to-dashboard workflows. Based in Cochrane, Alberta, he pairs domain knowledge in natural resource science with hands-on product leadership, often translating complex industrial requirements into practical, auditable solutions. Less obvious: he has repeatedly taken early-stage platforms from bespoke consultancy roots to productized SaaS, emphasizing configurable outcomes that feel custom without the typical timeline and cost exposure.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. Hons Natural Resource Science, BSc. Hons Natural Resource Science at Thompson Rivers UniversityCorrespondence Studies, British Columbia Open University
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Github Skills (117)
internationalization10
localization10
django9
crowdsourcing9
translation9
magit9
rails9
gettext9
api8
emacs8
golang8
ruby-on-rails8
python8
rspec8
ruby8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
derikson/press-forward
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
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