Mackenzie Drew
Chief Technology Officer at Inspiration Commerce Group
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMackenzie Drew is a pragmatic technology leader and current CTO with nine years of hands-on experience advancing full-stack products and engineering organizations. Rising through technical roles to VP of Engineering at Bonsai and now leading tech at Inspiration Commerce Group, they blend backend-heavy architecture work (Python, Django, AWS) with modern front-end frameworks (React/Redux) to deliver scalable, user-focused systems. Their background spans machine-level algorithm work for 3D printing, biomedical device research, and eCommerce, giving them a rare ability to translate complex scientific and hardware problems into reliable software solutions. A detail-obsessed problem solver who thrives on learning, Mackenzie builds development infrastructure, testing, and automated workflows to keep teams productive while shipping. Based in Old Toronto, they pair academic training in life sciences and computer science with practical product leadership across startups and research labs.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Biological Sciences - Life Science, Bachelor’s Degree Biological Sciences - Life Science at Ontario Tech UniversityFull Stack Software Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Software Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
English, French, javascript, python, c#, c, css, php
Stackoverflow
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7kreached
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Github Skills (41)
valence9
detox8
testing7
graphene-python6
editing6
react6
navigator6
python6
react-component6
django6
javascript6
react-native6
react-redux6
social-media5
nodejs5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mackiedrew/vam-app-online
Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
VAM Online is a front-end-only implementation of the turk developed while experimenting in the Python version. It is implemented in Electron so NodeJS and Browser libraries can be used to make a proper product. It is intended for internal use by Valence Editing.
Contributions:1024 pushes, 75 branches in 1 year 11 months
pythoninternalelectronbrowserexperimenting
ValenceAudio/valence-audio-site
Jan 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:12 PRs, 357 pushes, 54 branches in 1 year 3 months
reactvalenceaudiosingle-pagemusic
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