Robert Scherf
Chief Of Staff, CIO Platform Engineering
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Scherf is a pragmatic engineering leader and Chief of Staff with 11 years of experience aligning developer platforms, tooling, and org strategy to accelerate delivery. He blends hands-on technical work—building automated deployment pipelines, real-time technical debt tracking, and LLM-driven estimation tools that delivered six-figure savings—with people-focused programs like engineering career frameworks and equity-focused hiring. Comfortable across roles from senior developer and architect to program manager and policy advisor, he routinely ties platform KPIs to measurable financial and operational outcomes. A PhD-trained computer scientist and hobbyist programming-language designer, he created RuleScript to empower non-programmers to automate tedious work, reflecting a rare mix of research depth and product pragmatism. Based in Victoria, BC, he’s known for driving cross-functional integrations and cost-saving platform migrations while coaching leaders to improve team performance.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of VictoriaMaster of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy at University of TorontoBachelor of Arts (BA), Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Communication and Media Studies at University of Calgary
Github Skills (37)
zeal6
salesforce-development6
todoist6
scheme5
modular5
scales5
visual-studio-code-extension4
chrome4
elm4
vim-plugin4
vim4
jquery4
safari4
codeigniter4
firefox3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rgscherf/tpivot
Apr 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:168 commits, 6 PRs, 86 pushes in 7 months
codeigniterjqueryoraclepivot-tablefrontend
rgscherf/gainful2
Feb 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:146 commits, 120 pushes, 5 branches in 11 months
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