Darcy Darbyson
Chief Executive Officer at Iconic Group Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDarcy Darbyson is a seasoned technology executive and founder with nearly two decades of experience delivering technical solutions for Canada's largest financial institutions and leading Iconic Group as CEO. He combines strategic leadership with hands-on product and system design expertise, having overseen flagship products like BroadSword® CDN for advisors and managed cloud architecture, DevOps, UX, and enterprise integrations. Known for fostering a culture of empathy, integrity, and creative purpose, he prioritizes ethical, reliable innovation and operational excellence. Darcy’s background spans roles from CTO and Creative Director to CEO, demonstrating a rare mix of technical depth and business acumen across long-running enterprise projects. As a contributor to open-source tooling, he’s improved robustness and error handling for high-profile infrastructure scripts, reflecting a pragmatic focus on maintainability and real-world reliability.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics / Multimedia, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics / Multimedia at McMaster University
Github Skills (8)
bash10
apache10
devops10
scripting10
security9
error-handling9
automations8
automation8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker
Mar 2019 - Jan 2022
Apache Block Bad Bots, (Referer) Spam Referrer Blocker, Vulnerability Scanners, Malware, Adware, Ransomware, Malicious Sites, Wordpress Theme Detectors and Fail2Ban Jail for Repeat Offenders
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 6 comments in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Darcy primarily focused on improving the reliability and maintainability of the Apache bad bot blocker's update script. Their contributions involved fixing issues related to email notifications, suppressing noisy output from external commands like `apachectl configtest`, and ensuring graceful restarts. They also addressed compatibility issues with different web servers, focusing on improving the script's robustness and error handling.
referrerransomwareapache2vulnerability-scannersreferer-blocker
iconicgroup/dotfiles
Feb 2020 - Feb 2021
Get started with your own dotfiles
Contributions:57 pushes in 11 months
get-startedasdfdotfilesshellzsh
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