Jason Heard
Software Development Manager at Mount Royal University
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolJason Heard is a software development manager and seasoned engineer with 12+ years building web and backend systems, currently leading development at Pandell while also lecturing in computer programming at Mount Royal University. He combines academic depth—a Ph.D. in Computer Science—and practical hands-on coding, having moved from research and lead development roles into senior architecture and management. Jason is comfortable both as an individual contributor and as a team leader, able to design and document complex object-oriented and functional systems and shepherd them through production. His open-source work includes contributing Python-based ACME tooling for certificate management, reflecting an interest in practical security and automation. Based in Calgary, he brings rare breadth across teaching, research, product delivery, and developer tooling.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Calgary
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Github Skills (21)
acme-protocol10
cert10
python10
certificate10
openssl10
cryptography10
command-line-interface9
timer9
encryption9
file-handling9
urllib8
paramiko6
mcrypt6
ssh6
php6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
diafygi/acme-nosudo
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Free HTTPS certificates without having to trust the letsencrypt cli with sudo/root
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 14 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on developing a Python-based tool for managing and automating SSL certificate revocation and generation using the ACME protocol, as indicated by the code changes. They implemented the core functionality for certificate revocation, including generating and handling the necessary cryptographic operations with OpenSSL. Furthermore, the user enhanced the project by adding file-based challenge hosting for certificate verification, offering users more flexibility in integrating the tool. Additionally, the user addressed review feedback and improved the user experience.
letsencryptssllets-encryptssl-certificatestls
101100/nmea-simple
Dec 2015 - Jan 2023
JavaScript parser for NMEA 0183 sentences
Contributions:4 releases, 4 reviews, 79 commits in 7 years 1 month
nmea-0183javascriptsentencesnmeaparser
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