Rick Mason
Technology Curator And Advisor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRick Mason is a seasoned technology curator and advisor with 25+ years in digital interactive media, specializing in backend systems, web games, and accessible children's learning experiences. He has progressed from ColdFusion/SQL Server work to leading modern stacks like Laravel, Node.js, and PostgreSQL while also shipping numerous WordPress and CMS integrations. As Technical Director and DevOps/QA lead at Relish Studios he introduced CI/CD, accessibility, QA practices, and internal platforms that improved delivery and cross-team visibility. Rick blends hands-on engineering with people leadership—hiring and mentoring teams, running 1:1s, and curating speaker programs for FITC and CreateInTO to foster the creative-tech community. He’s known for creatively adapting game mechanics and technical solutions to make web games truly accessible and educational. Based in Toronto, he pairs a BFA in New Media with a talent for turning complex production needs into pragmatic, documented systems.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Cartwright High SchoolToronto Metropolitan University
Stackoverflow
115reputation
6kreached
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Github Skills (24)
parser8
parse8
number-format8
jekyll8
packed8
mobx7
nodejs7
javascript7
slack7
react7
documentation7
docker7
jenkins6
parse-platform6
android6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fitcevents/webu-2016
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:36 commits, 35 pushes in 1 day
fitcevents/webu-2017
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:46 commits, 1 PR, 44 pushes in 25 days
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