Dave Chappelle
Founder & Operator
Area E (Nanoose Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Chappelle is a seasoned software leader and founder with 12 years of hands-on experience delivering embedded, networked, and IoT systems across consumer electronics, enterprise appliances, and carrier-grade platforms. He has led full lifecycle productization—from prototyping on Nvidia Jetson devices to production-grade deployments, test infrastructure, and operational support—while managing cross-functional teams and improving regression and system testing. His background spans deep systems work in C/C++ and Linux, cloud and observability tooling (AWS, Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog), and significant networking and performance optimization expertise (tcmalloc/Google Perftools contributor). More recently he translated his engineering rigor into founding and operating commercial services businesses, applying lessons about incentives, reliability, and human-centered software for physical work. Known for rescuing complex, high-visibility products and building durable operational systems, he combines engineering depth with practical entrepreneurship based on real-world service delivery.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Leadership WTF, Leadership WTF at Communitech AcademyB.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Computer Science at Vancouver Island University
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Github Skills (132)
windows10
asio10
boost-asio10
runner10
javascript10
autobahn10
linux10
wamp10
js10
boost10
rocket10
macos10
nodejs10
continuous-testing9
stream9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
davidchappelle/msgpack-rpc-boost
Sep 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:39 commits, 2 PRs, 9 pushes in 7 months
rpcmsgpack-rpcboostmsgpack
davidchappelle/AutobahnCpp
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:1 commit, 14 PRs, 113 pushes in 1 day
cppwampboost-asioc-plus-plusasio
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