Eric Rochester
Staff Software Engineer at TELUS Digital
Earlysville, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolEric Rochester is a Staff Software Engineer with 15 years of experience leading and shipping revenue-generating software for Fortune 100 clients across legal services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and higher education. He blends hands-on engineering with people leadership—coaching teams of 3–18 in technical excellence, Agile practices, and CI/CD-oriented architectures—to deliver strategic, user-centered systems. Previously an engineering director and principal engineer at WillowTree, he has a track record of aligning stakeholders, design, and engineering to build delightful, production-ready products. His unusual background—holding a PhD in English and early work in computational linguistics and pronunciation databases—gives him strong communication skills and a knack for translating complex domain needs into robust technical solutions. Now based in Earlysville, VA, he brings a measured, empowering leadership style to large-scale client engagements and digital transformation efforts.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
University of GeorgiaBA English Sociology, BA English Sociology at Southern Adventist University
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Github contributions (5)
erochest/straw-boss
Feb 2018 - May 2022
Contributions:20 pushes, 3 branches, 8 issues in 4 years 3 months
erochest/intelligent-design
Apr 2015 - Jun 2022
Contributions:13 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 3 months
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