David Vance
NCAR Research IT Web Manager at NSF NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Vance is a seasoned software engineering leader with 12+ years delivering web and DevOps solutions for research and government institutions, now managing NCAR Research IT Web and previously heading software and web engineering at NCAR. He blends hands-on full-stack expertise (Laravel, LAMP/LEMP, Drupal, Python) and cloud-native tooling (AWS, Docker, CI/CD) with team leadership across diverse stacks and scientific visualization projects. Comfortable moving applications from legacy stacks to cloud CI pipelines, he’s repeatedly architected deployments to Pantheon, CircleCI, and AWS while maintaining robust testing and delivery practices. An owner of a small consultancy since 2008, he pairs entrepreneurial problem-solving with institutional-scale program delivery. He also contributes to open-source front-end tooling—enhancing the popular YNAB toolkit extension with usability fixes and features—demonstrating a practical focus on improving user workflows.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS), Computer Programming, Associate of Science (AS), Computer Programming at Austin Community CollegeBachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science and Government at Austin College
Github Skills (10)
google-chrome-extension10
javascript10
webextension10
firefox-addon10
chrome-extension10
firefox-webextension10
browser-extension10
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
toolkit-for-ynab/toolkit-for-ynab
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
A general purpose YNAB enhancing browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. Have it your way!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 6 PRs, 14 comments in 17 days
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to enhancing the YNAB toolkit browser extension. They fixed bugs related to null references and incorrect route detection, ensuring the extension functions correctly across different YNAB screens. The user implemented new features such as display density control for navigation tabs and auto-closing of the reconcile window, increasing the usability of the extension. They also addressed issues related to feature invocation and undefined YNAB features.
firefoxbrowserynabenhancingchrome
NCAR/hpctv
Feb 2019 - Mar 2023
Contributions:6 PRs, 37 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 1 month
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