Kirk Munro
Owner And Founder at Kamtanix Ltd
Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada
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Top SchoolKirk Munro is a seasoned software veteran, founder and consultant with 12+ years of professional experience focused on automation, RPA and PowerShell within cloud and Microsoft-centric environments. He combines hands-on C# and backend development with product and technical leadership—having served as CTO, director and product manager—driving platform pivots that scaled revenue and vastly improved runtime efficiency. An active open-source maintainer and 12-time Microsoft MVP, Kirk contributes directly to core projects like PowerShell and Azure PowerShell, improving cmdlets, tests and developer APIs. He designs cloud-native and hybrid solutions (primarily Azure), authors technical labs and courses, and regularly presents at major conferences to teach practical DevOps and automation techniques. Known as a customer advocate who bridges executive strategy and deep engineering detail, he also brings an uncommon blend of instructional design (IDL-md) and marketing content creation to help teams adopt new technologies.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at Technical University of Nova ScotiaDalhousie University
English, French
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Github Skills (22)
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test-automation10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
PowerShell/PowerShell
Nov 2016 - Jul 2020
PowerShell for every system!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 52 PRs, 890 comments in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Kirk primarily contributed to the PowerShell codebase by implementing new functionalities and improving existing ones. Their work included adding parameters to the `Sort-Object` cmdlet, enhancing JSON conversion features, and improving debugging capabilities. Additionally, the user addressed build-related issues and made internal APIs public, significantly contributing to the evolution and maintainability of the PowerShell project. These updates show a focus on both core functionality and developer usability.
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Azure/azure-powershell
Oct 2017 - Apr 2018
Microsoft Azure PowerShell
Role in this project:Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:26 commits, 4 PRs, 35 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Kirk primarily focused on maintaining and improving the Azure PowerShell module. Their contributions included fixing typos in cmdlet names, renaming cmdlets, and merging upstream changes to keep the module up-to-date. Additionally, the user made significant changes in tests. They fixed and updated existing tests, ensuring accurate and reliable module functionality.
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