Darren Swan
Manager Software Engineer at becauseimclever.com
Cedar Park, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDarren Swan is a Manager Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience across development, DevOps, IT administration, and Scrum leadership, currently leading engineering efforts at Charles Schwab. A developer and teacher at heart, he organizes Austin IoT meetups and regularly leads hands-on sessions in coding, project management, and IoT—bringing community-driven learning into his professional practice. He runs a personal tech site (becauseimclever.com) and blends practical home automation projects with enterprise software delivery, demonstrating curiosity that spans hobbyist hardware to large-scale systems. His background moving from software developer and IT administrator roles into staff and manager engineering positions gives him a strong appreciation for operational reliability, developer productivity, and cross-functional collaboration. Based in Cedar Park, Texas, Darren pairs a pragmatic, mentor-first leadership style with a knack for turning diverse technical experiences into real-world, teachable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Associates of Applied Science, Associates of Applied Science at ITT Technical Institute
Japanese, English
Github Skills (45)
raspberry-pi-pico10
displays10
controller10
rp204010
firmware10
directinput10
gamepad10
joystick10
chips10
xinput10
arcade10
nintendo9
iot-framework9
switch9
i2c9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
becauseimclever/BreakoutBoards
Feb 2022 - Dec 2023
Collection of various SMT breakout boards
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 44 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Fortinbra/GP2040-CE
Dec 2022 - May 2023
Contributions:6 releases, 1 review, 1 PR in 5 months
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