Ryan Chenkie
Founder at Elevate Digital Inc.
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Chenkie is a founder and full‑stack engineer with 11 years of experience building secure, production web applications from Austin, Texas. He leads Elevate Digital, architecting TypeScript stacks (React, Node.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL) and managing distributed teams to deliver domain-specific solutions across insurance, government, education and political campaigns. A former Auth0 product owner and developer advocate, he’s the author/maintainer of popular JWT helper libraries (angular-jwt/angular2-jwt) and contributed widely to Auth0 samples and docs, blending practical security expertise with hands-on code. Ryan’s open-source work shows a focus on authentication, session management and developer education, plus front-end polish across Angular, React and Vue samples. He also founded CourseLift, demonstrating product-minded thinking around developer tools and creator platforms. Outside web dev he brings a background in geomatics and team leadership from public sector GIS roles, a detail that informs his pragmatic approach to data and systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Private Pilot's License, Private Pilot's License at Ottawa Flying ClubBachelor's Degree, Geomatics and Spatial Analysis, Bachelor's Degree, Geomatics and Spatial Analysis at University of OttawaHigh School, High School at Sir John Franklin High School
Github Skills (59)
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http-interceptor10
authorizations10
javascript10
expressjs10
spa-template10
apidoc10
locking10
web-token10
http10
user-authentication10
authentication10
typescript10
api-documentation10
api10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
auth0-samples/auth0-angular-samples
Dec 2016 - Oct 2017
Auth0 Integration Samples for Angular 2+ Applications
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:81 commits, 33 PRs, 89 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ryan's contributions focused on implementing user authentication and session management features for an Angular application. This involved creating and integrating Auth0 services, implementing login and signup functionalities, and integrating social authentication with Google. They also worked on UI components such as the login and profile pages, and adjusted project configurations for testing and building.
angularauthauth0authenticationspa
auth0/angular2-jwt
Oct 2015 - Nov 2018
Helper library for handling JWTs in Angular apps
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:31 releases, 204 commits, 117 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ryan made several changes to the `angular2-jwt` library, primarily focused on refactoring and adding features. Their contributions include making the `AuthHttp` configurable, removing unused methods, and modifying the `AuthStatus` class. They also introduced examples and refactored the service, making the library more flexible and easier to use within Angular applications.
angular-appangularjwtdx-sdk
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