Derek Blank
Director Lead Developer at Heaps Smart
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Blank is a director-level software engineer with 11 years of experience building data-driven web and mobile products, currently leading AI and ed-tech tooling at Heaps Smart for non-profits and for-good organisations. He has a strong mobile and front-end pedigree—shipping React Native apps and the Gutenberg block editor at Automattic and architecting fast, cross-platform mobile experiences at The Dyrt and NurseGrid. Derek pairs hands-on engineering in JavaScript, React/React Native, and Node.js with people leadership, product-focused migration work, and mentoring teams through large rewrites. He’s comfortable turning research and user insights into measurable product improvements and has repeatedly delivered tight deadlines (e.g., a complete mobile architecture shipped in five months). Based in Queensland, Australia, his background in audio engineering gives him an uncommon sensitivity to UX detail and performance.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Audio Engineering Technology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Audio Engineering Technology at Belmont University
Github Skills (161)
security10
gutenberg10
date-fns10
traffic10
hook10
javascript10
jetpack10
wordpress10
react-native-web10
js10
swift10
java10
android10
fetch10
mobile10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
lvhdev/lifeio-website
Nov 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:25 PRs, 82 pushes, 20 branches in 2 years 1 month
life
derekblank/figures-of-peach
Mar 2017 - Apr 2022
A brief history of useful phrases.
Contributions:1 review, 18 commits, 4 PRs in 5 years 1 month
briefphrases
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