Rhys Causey
Principal Software Developer at D2L
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRhys Causey is a Principal Software Developer with 11 years of experience specializing in web development, online video, webcasting, and HCI-driven usability. He has moved from hands-on engineering at NTT to co-founding a startup (Captual Technologies) that was acquired by Desire2Learn, where he advanced into architecture, team leadership, and now principal-level engineering at D2L. His work blends product-facing webcasting and videoconferencing systems with pragmatic software design and project management, anchored by academic publications on interactive webcasting and remote audience awareness. Based in Toronto, he pairs research-informed thinking with startup grit and a track record of shipping open, scalable eLearning media infrastructure. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to translate HCI research into production features that improve real-time remote collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at University of Toronto
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Github Skills (57)
siren9
dynamodb8
koajs8
nodejs7
lambda7
aws-sdk7
microphone7
flask7
hypermedia7
svgr6
logging6
mono6
apache-flex6
sdk6
aws-sdk-js6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BrightspaceUILabs/seek-bar
Apr 2019 - Jun 2024
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 4 PRs in 5 years 2 months
Brightspace/koa-s3-sign-upload
Nov 2018 - Jun 2021
Middleware for Koa to Sign S3 upload requests
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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