Simon Borer
Professor at Humber College
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Borer is a professor and seasoned full‑stack web developer with 11 years of experience blending technical craft and storytelling across Node.js, PHP/WordPress, SCSS, and modern front-end tooling. He teaches accessibility, SQL, usability, web security and quality assurance at Humber College while advising its Web Development program, bringing classroom rigor to real-world projects. His background spans enterprise development at BMO and hands-on site builds, brand campaigns and security hardening for small and large clients, reflecting a rare mix of backend architecture sensibility and inviting UI design. A former musician, radio co‑producer and published content manager, he leverages performance and editorial instincts to make documentation and digital experiences more human and accessible. Known for championing living, breathing documentation and digital accessibility, he turns technical complexity into clear stories that teams and users can act on.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Honours B.A. (Highest Distinction), Religion/Religious Studies, Honours B.A. (Highest Distinction), Religion/Religious Studies at University of Toronto - Woodsworth CollegeGraduate Certificate, Web Development, Graduate Certificate, Web Development at Humber College
French, English
Github Skills (11)
pattern6
nodejs5
css5
javascript4
generator4
static-site4
site-generator3
static-site-generator2
reveal1
walkthrough1
reveal-js1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
simonborer/a11y-linting
May 2018 - Apr 2023
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
entire-cities/entirecities.ca
Jun 2015 - Apr 2022
Contributions:7 pushes in 6 years 11 months
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