Daren May
Senior Director Of Development at Kahua
Larkspur, Colorado, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolDaren May is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of hands-on experience in software development, enterprise architecture, and technical training, now serving as Senior Director of Development at Kahua where he leads cloud-native .NET and Azure application delivery for the construction sector. He founded CustomMayd to provide architectural guidance and instructor-led Microsoft certification training, and has been a Microsoft MVP for Windows Platform Development since 2014. Daren blends deep systems engineering roots—from Royal Navy radar and sonar work to enterprise CTO and VP roles—with a developer-first approach, mentoring teams and modernizing architectures. An active open-source contributor, he has fixed core x:bind code generation and improved macOS clipboard/drag-and-drop integration in the widely used Uno Platform. His career reflects a rare mix of strategic leadership, practical cross-platform engineering, and public-facing evangelism as a Microsoft DevRadio co-presenter and subject matter expert.
11 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
Air Engineering Radio Radar and Sonar, Air Engineering Radio Radar and Sonar at HMS Daedalus
Stackoverflow
319reputation
14kreached
7answers
4questions
Github Skills (24)
multiplatform10
xaml10
uwp10
net10
dotnet10
cross-platform10
asp-net10
dotnet-core10
data-transfer10
uno-platform10
macos10
csharp10
platform-independent10
winui9
webassembly8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Windows-XAML/Template10
Jul 2015 - Feb 2020
Making Windows 10 apps great again
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:60 commits, 7 PRs, 54 pushes in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Daren primarily focused on migrating existing projects and libraries to the RTM UWP tools. They made changes to project files (`.csproj`), updating target and minimum platform versions, and enabling .NET Native toolchains. The user also contributed to the refactoring and consolidation of services within the codebase, further refining the application's architecture. These modifications indicate an effort to modernize and improve the stability of the application.
xamluwpwindowswindows-10-appsc-sharp
unoplatform/uno
Oct 2020 - Nov 2021
Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop and Embedded apps quickly. Create rich, C#/XAML, single-codebase apps from any IDE. Hot Reload included! 90m+ NuGet Downloads!!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 20 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Daren primarily contributed to the Uno Platform repository by fixing code generation for x:bind, addressing issues with second-level method calls, and correcting locale concerns. They also merged updates from the master branch, ensuring the integration of new features and bug fixes. Additionally, the user was involved in implementing and modifying macOS specific code for DataPackage, with specific improvements to drag and drop functionality, incorporating native clipboard and drag and drop integration, handling multiple data formats, and managing drag visuals.
roslynunomvvmc-sharpios
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.