Shane Peelar
Senior Software Developer at Government of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolShane Peelar is a Senior Software Developer and PhD computer scientist based in Ottawa with 13 years of experience building high-performance systems for cybersecurity, additive manufacturing, and research projects. He combines deep low-level C++ expertise (C++98–C++20), SIMD/vectorization, and GPU compute (OpenCL/CUDA) to accelerate legacy and computationally intensive workloads. His academic work on NLP and functional approaches to semantics complements practical skills in compilers, reverse engineering, and VR, and he has contributed to the Khronos OpenCL community and maintains the GentooLTO project. Comfortable across Windows and Linux toolchains, Shane has a track record of turning research prototypes into production-grade software and enjoys tackling poorly documented, mission-critical codebases. An under-the-radar strength is his experience teaching and mentoring—running workshops and university courses—which helps him translate complex technical ideas to diverse teams.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Windsor
Github Skills (193)
pgo10
gcc10
gpu10
cpp10
game-development10
scientific-computing10
lto10
optimization10
data-driven10
opencl10
gpgpu10
game-engine10
multicore10
graphite10
linux10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
InBetweenNames/Solarman
Feb 2014 - Dec 2020
Contributions:246 commits, 72 pushes, 7 branches in 6 years 10 months
KhronosGroup/OpenCL-CTS-Framework
May 2017 - May 2019
The Windsor Testing Framework for OpenCL Conformance Test Suite.
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 2 years
testing-frameworkwindsortestingconformancesuite
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