Summary
Patrick Emond is a seasoned software and systems architecture manager with 15 years of experience building and leading engineering teams in academic research settings, currently heading architecture for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. He combines a Ph.D. in medical physics with strong full-stack web development expertise, having designed enterprise web services (CATI/CAPI/CRM) and led multi-site, production-grade infrastructure across Canada. Patrick is adept at translating complex scientific requirements into scalable, auditable systems and has hands-on experience with HPC-driven simulation and visualization for epidemiology and medical imaging. He has a track record of modernizing legacy research platforms through developer hiring, code review, and contractor supervision, while maintaining close collaboration with scientific leadership. Based in Greater Sudbury, he brings a rare blend of academic rigor and practical engineering leadership that keeps research workflows reproducible and operational at scale.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Medical Physics, M.Sc., Medical Physics at McMaster University
B.Sc., Physics and Computer Science, B.Sc., Physics and Computer Science at Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne
French