Dave Russell
Vice President Software at Language Foundry
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolDave Russell is a seasoned software leader with over a decade of experience building performant, reliable, and scalable systems across startups and mid-size companies. Currently Vice President Software at Language Foundry, he has led engineering teams at Fly.io, Thinkific, and Checkfront, bringing hands-on experience from infrastructure and DevOps to consumer Android apps with over one million downloads. He favors a language-agnostic approach, selecting the right tools for the problem while mentoring teams through collaborative troubleshooting and pragmatic design. Known for shipping large-scale services as well as polished client-facing products, he combines platform thinking with strong delivery instincts. Based in Victoria, BC, he blends technical depth from early roles at Hootsuite and KIXEYE with a long history of end-to-end project ownership dating back to eCommerce and custom enterprise tools. Pragmatic and team-oriented, he often dives into code alongside engineers to unblock work and raise overall system reliability.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computing Science, BSc, Computing Science at University of AlbertaBig Nerd Ranch
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
command-line-tool8
grouping6
csv6
rating6
sql6
excel6
ftp6
python6
evolve3
infrastructure3
devops3
sre2
flutter2
package2
typescript1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
fly-hiring/infraops-challenge
Mar 2024 - May 2024
This is the Fly.io Infra Ops hiring project.
Contributions:3 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
tabshiringopskeepdevops
davidgraig/sftp
Mar 2024 - Aug 2024
Securely share your files
Contributions:4 pushes in 5 months
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