Gareth Borcherds
Managing Director And Founder at Ascent Software Group
Lehi, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGareth Borcherds is a founder and managing director with 11 years of hands-on experience building digital products, operational systems, and customer-focused SaaS platforms. He has led startups and consulting engagements—scaling a web agency to $500K in revenue and running a SaaS platform serving thousands of users while cutting operational costs and turnaround times in a national appraisal business. Comfortable bridging strategy and execution, he has delivered omnichannel product-data programs at Cognizant and led cross-functional teams to improve metrics like deadline adherence and appraiser throughput. Technically literate and detail-oriented, he contributes to open-source front-end tooling (enhancing a Vue.js dropzone component with AWS S3 support and improved docs). Based in Lehi, Utah, he combines product-led growth instincts with operational rigor and a knack for turning performance improvements into measurable customer satisfaction gains. Colleagues describe him as self-driven and focused on crafting memorable digital customer experiences.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Management Consulting Organizational Behavior MIS, MBA Management Consulting Organizational Behavior MIS at Purdue University Daniels School of BusinessBachelor of Science Business Management, Bachelor of Science Business Management at Penn State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (6)
javascript10
vue10
dropzone10
vue-jsx10
aws-s39
documentation8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rowanwins/vue-dropzone
Dec 2016 - Apr 2018
A Vue.js component for Dropzone.js - a drag’n’drop file uploads utility with image previews
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Gareth primarily focused on enhancing the documentation and functionality of the Vue.js dropzone component. They added an event to modify the request, allowing for customization of the upload process. Furthermore, the user addressed documentation issues, fixing the build process and modifying example code to improve usability and clarity. They also implemented changes related to AWS S3 uploads, including adding object locations to events.
dropzonedropzone-jsfile-uploadsvue-jsdrag-n-drop
Ascent-Software-Group/laravel-openid-connect-server
Apr 2022 - Mar 2024
This is an OpenID Connect Server for Laravel.
Contributions:1 PR, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
laravelopenidopenid-connectopenid-connect-server
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