Sean Hughes
Co-founder & COO at Evidence
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSean Hughes is a product-oriented technical leader and co-founder with 11 years of experience building data-driven systems and teams. As Co-founder & COO of Evidence, he helps steer a code-first, open-source BI platform that lets analysts and engineers build fast, interactive visualizations in SQL and markdown. He combines hands-on full-stack engineering—having contributed front-end and back-end improvements to the Evidence repo—with operational leadership from roles leading data science at Birch Hill Equity Partners. His background blends finance-facing analytics and startup product execution, enabling pragmatic decisions about data, UX, and scalability. Based in Old Toronto, he brings an unusual mix of HBA business training and Y Combinator startup experience to bridge strategy and implementation.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorBachelor of Arts Honors Business Administration (HBA) with Distinction, Bachelor of Arts Honors Business Administration (HBA) with Distinction at Ivey Business School at Western UniversityManagement and Organizational Studies, Management and Organizational Studies at Western University
Github Skills (15)
javascript10
svelte10
sql9
sveltekit9
data-visualisation9
data-visualization9
data-visualizations9
postgresql8
css7
markdown6
dashboard6
markdown-it6
analytics6
data-science6
dbt5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
evidence-dev/evidence
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
Business intelligence as code: build fast, interactive data visualizations in SQL and markdown
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:171 reviews, 709 commits, 724 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Sean primarily contributed to the Evidence project by updating and modifying component packages. They added new formatting options and improved the component workspace, adding date support to various charts. Furthermore, they fixed slack invite links in the documentation and contributed towards the new postgres example site, indicating proficiency in both front-end and back-end development. They also addressed issues related to stacked data extents and chart display.
polishedanalyticsdata-analyticsdata-analysisdbt-viewpoint
evidence-dev/evidence-vscode
Jun 2023 - Apr 2024
The official VS Code extension for Evidence projects.
Contributions:8 releases, 114 PRs, 128 pushes in 10 months
analyticsdataevidencemarkdownsql
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