John Madhavan-reese
Senior Staff Software Developer, Client Instrumentation
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJohn Madhavan-reese is a seasoned software engineering leader with 11 years in media and client application development, currently serving as Senior Staff Software Developer for Client Instrumentation at Warner Bros. Discovery in Ottawa. He has driven native client app engineering and platform work for HBO Max, evolving from hands-on senior developer roles into engineering leadership focused on telemetry, client instrumentation, and cross-platform media clients. Prior to the merger era, he led services operations and support teams at You.i TV, blending deep debugging and support experience with architecture and delivery of consumer-facing video platforms. His background is rooted in systems engineering and application architecture, informed by an earlier career in systems support and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, which gives him a practical, systems-oriented approach to software problems. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves smoothly between coding, troubleshooting, and shaping instrumentation strategy—often surfacing hard-to-measure client behaviors into actionable product insights. He brings a rare mix of operational rigor and platform-level thinking to large-scale streaming client challenges.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (29)
javascript10
npm-package10
validation10
momentjs10
dates10
parse10
nodejs10
numeric10
validate10
formatter9
simulate7
preloading7
unicode6
spinner6
jquery6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jsmreese/moment-duration-format
Jan 2015 - Jul 2019
Format function plugin for the Moment Duration object.
Contributions:10 releases, 11 PRs, 60 pushes in 4 years 7 months
formattermomentjs
jsmreese/html5-tower-defense
Sep 2015 - Sep 2018
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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