Oliver Fisher
Chief Technology Officer at CanCap Group Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolOliver Fisher is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with over a decade of leadership experience building and scaling engineering organizations and product platforms across Microsoft, Google, Shopify and multiple startups. He has led large technical teams and launched high-impact systems—from Windows and Office experiences to Google’s anti-malware and ad forecasting infrastructure and Shopify Capital’s merchant funding platform that reached millions in revenue within months. Oliver blends deep systems and product engineering expertise with talent strategy and operational rigor, repeatedly turning complex technical ideas into reliable, revenue-generating services. Based in Ottawa, he has a dual background in computer science and economics/political science from the University of Toronto, which informs a pragmatic, business-minded approach to technology decisions. Outside work he balances family life with eclectic hobbies—sci-fi and crime fiction, trance and deep house, skiing and gaming—reflecting a curiosity that fuels both leadership and technical problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Computer Science at University of Toronto - University of Trinity CollegeAshbury College
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Github Skills (3)
docker8
continuous-deployment8
continuous-delivery7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
the-real-oliverf/home
Apr 2015 - Dec 2023
Personal UNIX toolbox
Contributions:10 PRs, 47 pushes, 14 branches in 8 years 9 months
unixtoolboxlinux
oliver-fisher/sample_app
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:13 pushes, 3 branches in 4 days
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