Mark Blakley
Principal Software Engineer at Casana
Village of Hilton, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Blakley is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience leading cross-functional teams and driving pragmatic Agile transformations in complex, regulated environments. He blends hands-on technical work—from Linux and large-scale device fleet security to C#/C++ product platforms—with team leadership that emphasizes waste reduction, transparency, and measurable process improvement. Mark has led teams of 20 engineers, consulted on applying AAMI TIR45 guidance for medical device software, and navigated hybrid Agile/Waterfall landscapes to introduce bottom-up Scrum practices. He has a track record of delivering high-impact infrastructure changes (OS upgrades, root CA rotations across 100k+ devices) and rebuilding testable, maintainable automation frameworks. Known for diagnosing root causes by generating multiple solution paths, he equally influences product, QA, service, and manufacturing stakeholders to accelerate reliable delivery. Based in Hilton, NY, he pairs an RIT software engineering background with a practical focus on operational reliability and regulatory-aware development.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering Computer Game Design and Development, Software Engineering Computer Game Design and Development at Rochester Institute of Technology
Github Skills (15)
phpunit9
php9
unit-testing8
unit-testing-framework8
testing8
bdd7
robotframework7
nodejs7
python6
rpa5
automation5
acceptance-testing4
selenium4
test-automation3
automation-framework3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mblakley/bicycle-race-timer
Jun 2012 - Oct 2013
Contributions:102 commits in 1 year 4 months
mblakley/soccer-cam
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
Finds EmpireTech/Dahua cameras connected to your network, downloads recordings, and combines them. Used for automating and processing soccer game videos.
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 5 branches in 5 months
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