Dave Schwartz
Senior Developer at KEV Group
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDave Schwartz is a seasoned Senior Developer based in St. Catharines, Ontario with a 25-year IT career spanning software development, systems administration, and IT leadership. He has led application teams and delivered measurable business impact—driving a 20% e-commerce sales lift, automating audit workflows, and cutting telecom costs—while guiding migrations, PCI compliance, and security strategy. Comfortable across the stack, Dave has migrated legacy POS systems to Linux, integrated ERP with Shopify, and overseen Active Directory/Exchange transformations. Currently at KEV Group after five years leading application development at eBASE, he blends hands-on coding with pragmatic operational stewardship. A lifelong learner with formal training from Conestoga and continued coursework on Udemy, he pairs deep institutional knowledge with a steady appetite for new languages and technologies.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Computer Programmer/Analyst, Diploma, Computer Programmer/Analyst at Conestoga CollegeVarious Courses, Various Courses at Udemy.comBachelor of Science (BSc), General Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), General Science at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (4)
arduino7
controller5
iot2
raspberry-pi2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SlimDiesel/OnStep
Sep 2020 - Apr 2021
Arduino telescope goto for equatorial and alt/az mounts
Contributions:91 PRs, 47 pushes in 7 months
gotoaltarduino-libraryarduinomounts
SlimDiesel/SmartHandController
Sep 2021 - Oct 2023
Smart Hand Controller for OnStep and OnStepX
Contributions:74 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 years
handraspberry-picontrolleriot
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