Ryan Christilaw
Senior Director, Software Development at EBlock
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Christilaw is a Senior Director of Software Development in downtown Toronto with 11 years of hands-on experience spanning full-stack engineering and people leadership. He has progressed through technical and management roles at EBlock, guiding teams while maintaining a strong Java/Spring backend focus and a history of front-end work in AngularJS and React. Known for building strong cross-functional relationships, he pairs strategic planning with day-to-day engineering support to balance competing priorities and deliver customer-focused features. His background includes designing SSO solutions and monetization flows for consumer tax software, plus earlier work on secure desktop systems and embedded V&V—evidence of a pragmatic problem-solver comfortable across diverse stacks. Colleague-facing and client-savvy, he blends technical depth with an affinity for improving team processes and integration points that reduce friction across organizations.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Eng Computer Engineering, BSc Eng Computer Engineering at Queen's University
English
Github Skills (31)
artifact9
sbt9
leiningen9
css9
nhl-api9
nodejs9
jitpack9
chrome9
maven8
html8
publish8
javascript8
gradle8
electron7
desktop7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rchristilaw/nhl4j
Feb 2020 - Feb 2023
A java interface for the NHL Api
Contributions:15 releases, 40 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 11 months
apiinterface-javajavanhl-apinhl
rchristilaw/ryanchristilaw
Jan 2019 - Oct 2022
Personal Blog
Contributions:1 PR, 16 pushes in 3 years 9 months
jekyll
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