Martin Suchanek
Founder at Autographical
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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SeniorMartin Suchanek is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 15 years building data platforms, analytics, and AI products—from hands-on data engineering roles to CTO and multiple co-founder stints. Based in Victoria, BC, he has led data teams and shipped AI-driven developer and product tooling at startups like Continual and strongDM, and now builds a knowledge accelerator at Autographical. He combines full-stack instincts with deep analytics engineering experience, having architected data platforms, product analytics, and AI copilots across growth-stage companies. An active open-source contributor, he improved the ubiquitous PowerShell testing framework Pester and has full-stack contributions to event sites like devopsdays, reflecting a pragmatic, test-first approach. Colleagues know him as a nerdy polymath who bridges engineering leadership and individual contributor craftsmanship to turn complex data problems into usable products.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
3,016reputation
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10questions
tdd
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routes
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phantomjs
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selenium
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unit-testing
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selenium-webdriver
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Github Skills (20)
assertion10
markdown10
testing10
markdown-it10
bdd10
html10
powershell10
selenium9
selenium-webdriver9
javascript9
unit-testing9
css9
tdd9
routes9
phantomjs9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
jedi4ever/devopsdays-webby
Aug 2014 - Nov 2014
Website code for the devopsdays website
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:43 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the development of the DevOpsDays website. Their work included adding content, such as the program, sponsor, and registration pages, specifically for the Vancouver 2014 event. Furthermore, the user integrated the live stream and contact information. The commits also show the user's work on the homepage's styling and implemented the addition of mailing list functionality.
devopsdays
pester/Pester
May 2011 - Jun 2011
Pester is the ubiquitous test and mock framework for PowerShell.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the Pester testing framework by adding new assertion methods and fixing existing bugs. Their work focused on enhancing the testing capabilities, including adding methods for matching and liking within assertions. They also improved the framework's functionality by addressing issues related to context fixtures and the "It" method.
assertionspowershelltestingbddtdd-framework
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