Jeffrey Arcand
Executive Director (pro Bono) And Software Developer at Evidence-Based Social Enterprises Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJeffrey Arcand is a software engineer and operational leader with 13 years of experience building high-throughput systems and running mission-critical programs. He currently serves as Executive Director (pro bono) and Software Developer at Evidence-Based Social Enterprises Canada, where he manages a $700K annual budget, scaled the team from 3 to 16+ contributors, and coordinates logistics for distributing 300,000 respirators per year. Technically grounded in systems engineering, he has designed web and inventory applications (HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/MySQL/Python) integrated with Shopify to track hundreds of thousands in inventory and fundraising flows. Previously he was a Principal Software Engineer at Motorola Solutions, delivering microservices in Rust and Java for cloud-based 9-1-1 telephony that scale to thousands of transactions per second. He blends embedded and cloud expertise from roles at Cisco, Ciena and others, with a demonstrated knack for turning complex operational needs into auditable software solutions. Based in Ottawa, he pairs engineering rigor with nonprofit impact—often building bespoke tooling that connects technical work directly to measurable social outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Algonquin CollegeBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Software Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Software Engineering at University of OttawaBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, French
Github Skills (11)
mask4
lombok3
java2
rest-api2
vscode2
visual-studio-code1
rust-lang1
swagger1
code-generation1
code-generator1
actix-web1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jarcand/brtms
Sep 2012 - Jul 2013
Contributions:157 commits in 10 months
jarcand/YPIEEE-Workshop
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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