Nic Durish
Chief Executive Officer at Northern Mechatronics Inc.
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolNic Durish is a software systems architect and digital strategist with 11 years of experience who co-founded and now serves as Chief Information Officer at Veranda Digital while also leading digital solutions as President at Northern Mechatronics. He blends hands-on full‑stack and cloud architecture work through his consulting practice Durish Digital with executive product and engineering leadership across startups and municipal roles. Nic holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science (HCI) and a strong academic record, pairing research-informed UX sensibilities with pragmatic system design. His career path—from Android and web development in academia to directing software teams and building company platforms—shows a knack for translating complex user needs into scalable technical solutions. Notably, he shifted from director to CIO roles within the same venture, reflecting both operational depth and an entrepreneurial drive to scale businesses through technology. Based in Guelph, Ontario, he brings a hybrid of research, UX, and cloud-first engineering to deliver measurable digital outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc Computer Science (HCI), M.Sc Computer Science (HCI) at University of Guelph
Github Skills (9)
iot-device8
transmission6
openvpn5
docker-container5
docker4
torrent4
home-automation4
miner4
portal3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Durishn/nicdurish.ca
Jan 2019 - May 2024
NicDurish.ca - personal web portfolio and blog built with Jekyll.
Contributions:6 PRs, 207 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 4 months
jekyllpersonal-web-portfolioweb-personalweb-portfolio
Durishn/Durnry-Assistant
Aug 2019 - Jan 2021
Home automation system - integrations, dashboards, and automations for home IoT devices.
Contributions:28 commits, 4 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 5 months
home-automationiot-device
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