Philip Karpiak
Health And Safety Consultant at ATS Corporation
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Karpiak is a Health and Safety Consultant with 16 years of experience championing risk assessments, safe work practices, and safety culture in industrial and construction environments across Canada. He blends hands-on HSE program development—covering lockout/tagout, contractor management, respirator programs, and incident investigations—with practical training delivery to frontline workers and leadership. Currently supporting ATS Corporation and Workplace Safety & Prevention Services, Philip has driven continuous improvement initiatives and rolled out company-wide safety programs in fast-moving manufacturing and transit projects. His background in health sciences from the University of Waterloo informs a data-driven, people-centered approach to safety. Outside HSE, he contributes to open-source front-end projects (including UX improvements for the popular itch.io desktop app and Habitica), reflecting an eye for user experience and pragmatic tooling. Colleagues describe him as a communicator who translates regulatory complexity into usable procedures that actually get followed on-site.
15 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Health Sciences, Bachelor of Science - BS, Health Sciences at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (26)
javascript10
css10
typescript10
webpages10
ui-design10
web-content10
front-end-development10
vue10
typescript-types10
html10
bit10
typescripts10
habits10
vue-jsx10
electron9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
liberapay/liberapay.com
Mar 2014 - May 2019
Source code of the recurrent donations platform Liberapay
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:59 commits, 1 PR in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Philip focused on enhancing the user interface of the Liberapay platform. Their contributions include restyling and cleaning up various sections such as "Accounts Elsewhere", Bitcoin account presentations, avatar + username presentation, and adding new sections for "Adding Money" and "Withdrawing Money." They also addressed visual inconsistencies, adjusted the display for different screen sizes, and integrated the Tipr library to provide tooltips, showcasing their commitment to improving the platform's visual and interactive elements.
crowdfundingmoneypythonrecurrent
HabitRPG/habitica
Aug 2016 - Apr 2018
A habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 17 PRs, 26 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Philip primarily contributed to the user interface of the Habitica application. Their commits involved implementing new UI features such as tooltips, highlighting the current audio theme, and updating visual elements like icons and footers. They also focused on component updates and refinements, fixing layout issues, and ensuring the correct display of information related to the application's features and user interface elements.
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