Kevin Smith
VP Of Engineering at AxisCare Home Care Software
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Smith is a seasoned engineering leader with 15 years of experience building high-performing teams and shipping customer-focused web and backend systems. Currently VP of Engineering at AxisCare, he blends hands-on technical work—refactoring legacy PHP apps, building CI/CD and containerized deployments—with a people-first management style that prioritizes sustainable growth and developer retention. He has repeatedly accelerated release cadence and product impact through iterative delivery, automated pipelines, and domain-driven design. Kevin’s open-source contributions to the widely used ExpressionEngine CMS underscore his willingness to dive into backend bug fixes and installer/database robustness. Based in Nashville, he pairs a business-minded BBA background with practical engineering chops, often engaging customers directly to ensure features solve real operational problems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic coach who converts messy legacy codebases into well-tested, maintainable systems while keeping teams happy for the long haul.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Music Production, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Music Production at Belmont University
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Github Skills (17)
cms10
debug10
php10
mysql9
database-optimization8
content-management-system7
content-management7
e-mail6
swiftmailer6
docker-secrets6
symfony6
docker-swarm6
docker6
supervisord6
phpunit6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ExpressionEngine/ExpressionEngine
Jul 2011 - Jan 2014
ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich, free open-source content management platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations around the world to easily manage their web site.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:152 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Kevin focused on fixing bugs and improving the functionality of the ExpressionEngine CMS, primarily within the PHP back-end code. Their contributions included addressing undefined variable errors, updating deprecated code references, and fixing issues in image manipulation and channel entries. They also made improvements to the installer, adding checks for upgrade files to prevent issues during re-running updates and database optimizations.
cmsflexibleweb-siteapache2-licensefeature-rich
relayphp/relayphp.github.io
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
Relay site
Contributions:1 review, 5 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 9 months
reactrelaygraphql
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