Shay Kennedy
Director Of Digital Strategy
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolShay Kennedy is a founder and digital strategy director with 11 years of hands-on experience building web products, leading digital teams, and supporting nonprofits and social enterprises. As founder of Dreamside Digital (formerly Nomadic Labs) and now Director of Digital Strategy at Small Change Fund, Shay combines full-stack development experience in Ruby on Rails and React with design, project management, and community-building to help organizations amplify impact. They have helped hundreds of grassroots groups raise funding and implement digital tools that connect communities and inform climate and civic efforts. Comfortable both shipping code and coaching ventures, Shay has bridged roles from front-end development and teaching to product architecture and AI-informed civic platforms. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, they bring an uncommon mix of international development study and practical tech entrepreneurship that informs mission-driven digital products.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Social Sciences, International Development and Globalization, Bachelor of Social Sciences, International Development and Globalization at University of Ottawa / Université d'OttawaWeb development, Web development at IronhackMaster of Arts (M.A.), Global Governance, Master of Arts (M.A.), Global Governance at University of Waterloo
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (91)
realtime10
postgresql10
buttons10
firebase10
auth10
gcal10
react-component10
social-media10
outlook10
database10
firestore10
calendar-widget10
deno9
twitter9
circles9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
CivicTechWR/CTWR-Website
Feb 2019 - Oct 2024
CivicTechWR's public facing website
Contributions:18 PRs, 24 pushes, 8 branches in 5 years 9 months
react
nomadic-labs/cs_toolkit
Mar 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 56 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 8 months
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