Daryan Macdonnell
Microsoft Mesh
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaryan Macdonnell is a seasoned software engineer with nine years in immersive and collaborative computing, currently contributing to Microsoft Mesh after transitioning from AltspaceVR. He blends deep front-end and full-stack experience from long tenure at Microsoft—spanning Outlook/O365, HoloLens, mobile AR, and Office UX patterns—with early entrepreneurial work in web-based 360° visualization and indie game development. Daryan has led teams and shipped prototypes that bridge design and engineering, specializing in AR/VR interaction, feasibility studies, and tooling that enable new collaboration scenarios. Based in Greater Seattle, he brings a practical maker’s mindset to large-scale product ecosystems, pairing systems-level thinking with hands-on prototyping across platforms.
9 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Degree of Science in Information Systems Technology, Bachelor Degree of Science in Information Systems Technology at Trinity College and UniversityComputer Science, Honors, Computer Science, Honors at Queen Elizabeth SchoolDiploma, C/C++ Programming, Diploma, C/C++ Programming at University of Calgary
Github Skills (56)
react-component-library10
react-components10
javascript10
microsoft10
ui-components10
typescript10
web-components10
component-library10
fluentui10
office-ui-fabric10
react10
vscode8
vscode-extension8
electron7
visual-studio-code7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
joschemd/fluentui
Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
We've moved! UI Fabric is now Fluent UI - A set of React components for building Microsoft web experiences.
Contributions:2 PRs, 97 pushes, 4 branches in 4 months
ui-fabricreactfabricfluent-uiexperiences
joschemd/planilo
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
A xNode based tool for designing AI Graphs like Behavior Trees and Finite State Machines in Unity
Contributions:7 pushes in 1 day
treesstate-machinefinite-statebehavior-treesgame-ai
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