Dessy Daskalov
SVP, Software Development at Axonify
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDessy Daskalov is a seasoned software leader with 16 years of experience, currently serving as SVP of Software Development at Axonify after founding and scaling Nudge, a deskless workforce communications platform acquired by Axonify. He blends hands-on engineering roots—from early roles at Eloqua and The Working Group—to executive leadership, driving product-led growth and technical teams through acquisition and scale. Comfortable in both back-end development and strategic architecture, Dessy has contributed to open-source projects like the "500 Lines or Less" pedometer implementation in Ruby, reflecting a practical, test-driven approach to problem solving. A Queen’s University graduate in Mathematics and Engineering, he pairs analytical rigor with a knack for translating behavioral science into software that moves people and metrics.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Mathematics and Engineering, B.Sc., Mathematics and Engineering at Queen's University
English, Bulgarian, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (8)
unit-testing10
ruby10
object-oriented-programming9
test-driven-design9
algorithms8
rbenv6
fonts6
sublime-text6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
aosabook/500lines
Dec 2013 - Apr 2015
500 Lines or Less
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:386 commits, 4 PRs, 9 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Dessy's contributions focused on developing a basic pedometer application within the "500 Lines or Less" repository. Their work involved implementing features like step counting and distance calculation, as well as testing functionality. The user refactored the code, renamed functions, and addressed various aspects of the pedometer's logic and data handling within Ruby, by writing test cases and modifying source files.
linesmodular-designlistsjava
dessy/ladieslearningcode-ruby
Oct 2011 - Jan 2014
Contributions:78 commits in 2 years 4 months
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