Derek Kinsman
Graphic Designer at Unwinnable
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDerek Kinsman is a multidisciplinary engineering manager and graphic designer with over a decade of hands-on experience building products that bridge physical and digital experiences across industries from civic tech to fashion and automotive. He has led and mentored engineering teams, run compassionate, values-driven hiring programs (conducting 200+ interviews), and acted as technical lead on complex government and commercial projects. Comfortable jumping between low-level architecture, hardware prototyping, and front-end design, he blends creative technologist roots with practical delivery skills. His recent work directing a team of six at a social impact design agency demonstrates a rare mix of people-first leadership and deep technical involvement. Outside of formal roles he continues creative practice in zine layout and maker projects, revealing a persistent maker curiosity behind his managerial lens. Based in Guelph, Ontario, he thrives on turning exploratory prototypes into production-ready solutions that serve diverse stakeholders.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Art/Art Studies General, Art/Art Studies General at Sheridan College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (57)
crossword9
ats9
ide9
lstm9
recoiljs9
hl79
arduino9
arduino-ide9
scripting-language8
imagenet8
scripting8
animation8
javascript7
p5js7
machine-learning7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
derekkinsman/derekkinsman-web
Mar 2020 - Oct 2024
Static website for derekkinsman.com
Contributions:7 PRs, 35 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 7 months
static-sitehugojekyllstatic-site-generator
derekkinsman/discovery
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:40 pushes, 2 branches in 5 days
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