Niklāvs Strads
Founder at Foundation "Bauskas 207"
Riga, Latvia
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolNiklāvs Strads is a seasoned full-stack developer and founder based in Riga with nine years of hands-on experience building and leading web engineering teams. As Founder of Odyssey Studios and former Team Lead/Senior Web Developer at CUBE Systems, he has managed large delivery teams while improving efficiency and service quality for key business customers. He combines day-to-day technical ownership with people leadership, moving from individual contributor roles to steering product-focused engineering efforts. Active in community and civic efforts as a board member of Foundation "Bauskas 207", he brings an entrepreneurial mindset grounded in local engagement. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he prioritizes shipping reliable, maintainable applications that meet business needs. His background as a Programming Technician underpins a practical, code-first approach to leadership and product delivery.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PIKC "Rīgas Tehniskā Koledža"
Github Skills (6)
php10
multilingual10
laravel10
cms9
web-development9
octobercms3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
strads10/arbory
Nov 2019 - Apr 2020
Arbory is a flexible Laravel based CMS for custom multilingual web development
Contributions:17 commits, 13 PRs, 18 pushes in 4 months
cmsphpoctobercmslaravelweb-development
arbory/arbory
Mar 2017 - Mar 2020
Arbory is a flexible Laravel based CMS for custom multilingual web development
Contributions:388 commits, 11 PRs, 241 pushes in 3 years
cmsphplaravelweb-developmentmultilingual
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