Summary
Guillaume Charest is a Developer specializing in Site Reliability Engineering with over eight years of hands-on software experience and more than 15 years working across Canadian federal government, SMEs and not-for-profits. He couples an MBA in IT Management and a BBA with a strong background in enterprise architecture, IT strategy, business analysis and information management. Fluent in French and English, he has repeatedly moved from advisory and architecture roles into delivery, now focusing on reliable, scalable service operations at the Canadian Digital Service. A pragmatic advocate for open source, he drives collaboration and shared solutions to common platform problems inside government. Known for bridging strategic planning and technical execution, he brings a rare blend of policy-aware systems thinking and day-to-day SRE craftsmanship. Outside formal roles he has supported SMEs and volunteered in tech-related capacities, underscoring an ongoing commitment to practical, community-minded technology adoption.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, MBA at Université Laval
English, French