Summary
Joshua Turcotte is a seasoned Director of Technology with over a decade of hands-on experience architecting LAMP-based systems, REST APIs, and MVC frameworks while also leading a small engineering team to modernize infrastructure for scale, security, and performance. He combines deep backend expertise in Perl, Python and SQL with strong front-end design and photography skills, a pragmatic blend that informs elegant interface and API design. Joshua has a track record of owning end-to-end projects—from building proprietary MVC/CMS solutions and ETL pipelines to improving caching and data-mining strategies for nonprofit advocacy. He is self-taught, creatively driven (publishing long-running sci-fi franchise work), and comfortable shifting between detailed technical execution and higher-level product and team strategy. Based in Alexandria, VA, he brings the rare perspective of a longtime sole architect turned department head who still codes and iterates on core systems.
11 years of coding experience