Doug Schlenker
VP Of Engineering at ToursByLocals
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDoug Schlenker is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years scaling product teams and technology organizations, currently serving as VP of Engineering at ToursByLocals. He has a track record of building autonomous, metrics-driven teams and driving pivots to scalable online platforms—most notably growing Varsity Tutors’ engineering org from zero to 65+ while helping the company raise $57M. Doug combines hands-on technical experience (from early roles in software development and systems engineering) with commercial acumen from running his own consulting firm and negotiating vendor and funding relationships. Known for setting clear inputs and drivers for success, he focuses on measurable outcomes, bold experiments, and empowering teams to challenge assumptions. Based in Ottawa, he brings a blend of startup grit and enterprise rigor across consumer-facing products and marketplace businesses.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science Economics, BA Computer Science Economics at University of VictoriaEarl Marriott Secondary
English
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Github Skills (145)
e2e-testing10
testing10
javascript10
chromium10
firefox10
api10
test-automation10
puppeteer10
bus10
playwright10
exec10
selenium10
chrome10
webkit9
webdriver9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Flatbook/sliced_bread
May 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:6 reviews, 16 PRs, 17 pushes in 24 days
Flatbook/react-swipe-views
Jul 2020 - Dec 2020
A React Component for binded Tabs and Swipeable Views
Contributions:15 PRs, 5 pushes, 5 branches in 4 months
react-componentreactswipeswipeableswipeable-views
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