Derek Jarvis
Director Of Engineering at Alkalight LLC
Las Vegas Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Jarvis is a pragmatic engineering leader with 11 years of experience who blends hands-on systems work and product-minded problem solving to deliver practical technical solutions. Currently Director of Engineering at AdventureWurld and founder of boutique consultancy Alkalight, he has led teams in semiconductor, blockchain, and game development domains, and has a track record of building infrastructure and tooling from the ground up. Comfortable shifting between systems analysis, .NET development, and process design, he prefers roles that prioritize continuous improvement and measurable impact. Based in Las Vegas, he pairs formal Technology Management training with entrepreneurial instincts—often taking nontraditional paths like co-founding a retro arcade—to keep creativity and user experience central to engineering decisions.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.A.S. Technology Management, Information Technology, B.A.S. Technology Management, Information Technology at Northern Arizona UniversityMesa Community CollegeCIS, Computer Information Systems, CIS, Computer Information Systems at Scottsdale Community College
English, German, Chinese
Github Skills (90)
pdfium10
collections10
explore10
graphicsmagick9
markdown9
nifti9
image-processing9
standalone-server9
trello9
heic9
webp9
libvips9
tiff9
gif9
pdf9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
DerekJarvis/GalaTOS
Jul 2022 - Aug 2024
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
DerekJarvis/cloudron-prosody
Nov 2023 - Apr 2025
Prosody XMPP server Cloudron App
Contributions:7 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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