Jesse Van Herk
Director Of Technology at Millennium Insurance Corporation
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Van Herk is a seasoned technology leader with over 16 years of hands-on engineering experience and more than two decades building customer-focused software across SaaS, e-commerce, games, and public sector domains. Currently Director of Technology, he has grown and mentored engineering organizations—most notably scaling Jobber’s team to 40+ engineers—while partnering closely with Product and Design to translate customer needs into high-quality roadmaps. He blends technical strategy, quality engineering, and AI integration expertise with a coach-first management style that emphasizes collaboration and professional growth. A pragmatic problem-solver, Jesse pairs curiosity about esoteric programming languages with real-world delivery experience from companies like BioWare, Amazon, and the City of Edmonton. Based in Edmonton, he balances leadership with hands-on craft and an unusual personal interest in martial arts and niche language exploration that keeps his technical perspective fresh.
16 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Computer Engineering, B.Sc. Computer Engineering at University of Alberta
Github Skills (30)
devtools10
api-documentation10
api10
zeal10
developer-tools10
recurring-events10
documentation10
browser9
component-library8
tdd8
testing8
game-engine7
test-runner7
neovim7
game-development7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jessevanherk/sprite-tinner
Dec 2013 - Mar 2017
Contributions:39 commits, 2 pushes in 3 years 4 months
jessevanherk/irogamelib
Apr 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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