Les Lakewood
Web Development at The Variables Company
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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SeniorLes Lakewood is a seasoned web developer and technology consultant with 12 years of professional experience and a knack for learning by tinkering and fixing legacy systems. He has led front-end teams and delivered React/Angular/Vue and WordPress projects for agencies, government, and eCommerce, while also shaping SDLC, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and DevSecOps practices at EY. As a pragmatic problem-solver he specializes in legacy-to-modern transitions, POS and sales-channel integrations, and developer workflow improvements that reduce costs and technical debt. Les also runs a successful award-winning coffee business, applying the same product-minded, data-informed approach to operations, marketing and customer experience. Based in Fort Erie, Ontario, he mentors community tech initiatives and builds practical training for small business owners to adopt technology confidently.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
607reputation
111kreached
38answers
34questions
Github Skills (30)
git10
ecology10
github10
printable10
patch9
react9
subversion8
javascript8
nodejs7
graphql6
wp-cli6
google-maps-api6
jekyll6
angular6
mamp-pro6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
varco/client-2017-service-wp-theme
Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:15 PRs, 139 pushes, 21 branches in 3 months
CoderDojoTo/lessons
May 2014 - Mar 2021
CoderDojo Toronto lessons, worksheets, and exercises. Printable or view online.
Contributions:42 commits, 5 PRs, 44 pushes in 6 years 11 months
reactjavascriptcoderdojoprintableecology
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