Davo Layman
VP Of Engineering at Packback
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavo Layman is a VP of Engineering with 14 years of experience building and leading teams that serve education and nonprofit missions, currently scaling engineering at Packback from hands-on backend work to executive leadership. He combines a deep background in web platforms (WordPress, Drupal, LAMP) and custom application architecture with a practical focus on high-leverage tech debt reduction and measurable team performance. Davo’s career progression from freelance developer to VP underscores his knack for translating client-facing product needs into maintainable engineering systems. Based in Chicago, he prioritizes work that delivers net positive social impact and often brings operations-minded solutions—like server administration and analytics-driven prioritization—that aren’t obvious from a typical engineering resume.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Mass Communications - P.R. and Not-for-profit Leadership, BA, Mass Communications - P.R. and Not-for-profit Leadership at Anderson University
Github Skills (100)
lti10
laravel10
plastic10
ims10
querying10
health10
php10
laravel-framework10
paypal9
payment9
stripe9
server9
monitor9
bundle8
provisioning8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dbhynds/componentizer
Sep 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:13 commits, 81 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year
packbackbooks/forrest
Sep 2020 - Apr 2022
A Laravel library for Salesforce
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 7 months
salesforcelaravellaravel-library
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