Paul Decoursey
Software Engineering Manager at cedrus+thuja Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Decoursey is a software engineering manager and seasoned full-stack technologist with 25 years of technical leadership and 11 years in senior engineering roles, currently leading teams at LeagueApps and running consultancy cedrus+thuja. He specializes in taking products from inception to production and improving reliability of business-critical systems across UI, app server, and database layers. Paul has a strong track record modernizing platforms—most notably introducing Kubernetes to accelerate deployments and reduce downtime—and has led teams of engineers while acting as an agile coach. A data-enthusiast and self-described "pythonista" with a deep learning nanodegree, he combines hands-on coding, systems architecture, and experimentation with applied ML for real-world features like pose estimation. Based in Saint Paul, MN, he blends entrepreneurial experience from founding startups and a consulting firm with practical, stability-first engineering leadership.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
North Hennepin Community CollegeDeep Learning Nano Degree Deep learning, Deep Learning Nano Degree Deep learning at Udacity
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Github Skills (200)
python10
human-computer-interaction10
orientdb10
human-pose-estimation10
automation10
orchestration10
siggraph10
scheduler10
skeleton10
data-science10
distributed-lock10
machine-learning10
sublime-text9
data-engineering9
elt9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
WildflowerSchools/AlphaPose
Mar 2020 - Aug 2022
Real-Time and Accurate Multi-Person Pose Estimation&Tracking System
Contributions:22 commits, 7 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 5 months
person-pose-estimationpersonobject-detectioncomputer-visionpose-estimation
WildflowerSchools/graphql-python-client-generator
Dec 2018 - Jul 2022
Library that generates a python library based on a GraphQL schema
Contributions:2 reviews, 5 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 years 8 months
graphql-schemapython
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