Summary
Lester Sy is a seasoned developer with 12 years of experience building desktop and web applications, currently focused at Vantage after senior engineering roles at OANDA and Dayforce. Deeply rooted in the Microsoft stack, he brings strong expertise in C#, WinForms, WPF and ASP.NET MVC while also exploring Node.js, client-side rendering (canvas, WebGL) and JavaScript ecosystems. He blends practical production experience—shipping enterprise-grade systems for finance and HR—with a hobbyist’s curiosity that has led him to experiment with XNA, F#, Papyrus scripting, Cordova and UDP networking. Active in Toronto tech meetups, he enjoys exchanging use cases and staying current on .NET and JavaScript advancements. His academic background in Anatomy and Cell Biology gives him an analytic, methodical approach to problem solving that complements his hands-on engineering style.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Anatomy and Cell Biology, B.Sc. Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University
English, Chinese