Don Wilson
Sr. Software Development Manager at Ancestry
Lehi, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolDon Wilson is a seasoned software development leader with 15 years of experience building and managing web and platform teams, currently serving as Senior Software Development Manager at Ancestry in Lehi, Utah. He blends hands-on full-stack expertise in JavaScript/Node.js, C#/ASP.NET, and Ruby on Rails with a track record of delivering customer-facing features like subscriber home pages and an interactive tree viewer. Don has driven performance improvements and integrations—such as restructuring ancestor hints and integrating FamilySearch—while evolving teams through mentoring and career development. His background spans enterprise integration, test-driven development, and migrating legacy systems, reflecting a pragmatic approach to modernization. With a B.S. in Bioinformatics from BYU, he brings analytical rigor and an unusual cross-discipline perspective to product and engineering challenges.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Bioinformatics, Bachelors, Bioinformatics at Brigham Young University
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (32)
validation10
screensaver9
literate9
ruby-on-rails9
php8
apple-tv8
weighted8
laravel8
matching7
bank7
literate-programming6
csproj6
git-rebase6
regex6
ruby6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dontangg/blackbird.donwilson.net
Jul 2020 - Oct 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
dontangg/nocco
May 2011 - Apr 2015
Contributions:35 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years
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