Summary
Lucas Gladding is a versatile software developer with over a decade of professional engineering experience and a long-standing background in mobile, desktop, web, and CMS development dating back to 2006. He blends full-stack expertise—Cocoa (iOS/Mac), Laravel, Symfony, Rails, Node.js, and Backbone—with deep UI/UX and graphic design skills honed over 20+ years, enabling him to own both product aesthetics and implementation. As CTO and lead developer for Charity Republic and now a developer at Vehikl, he has delivered responsive volunteer-management systems and commercial apps while running a successful freelance studio that produced multiple iOS and Mac apps. Comfortable switching between front-end polish and back-end architecture, he also brings 3D illustration and desktop publishing capabilities that make him a rare hybrid of engineer and designer. Based in Old Toronto, he leverages a BBA in Accounting to approach product decisions with an appreciation for operational and business constraints.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting at Wilfrid Laurier University