Simon Sarris
Vice President Of Technology And Galactic Defense at Northwoods Software Corporation
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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Top SchoolSimon Sarris is a seasoned software leader and longtime steward of Northwoods Software, where he designs and maintains GoJS, a widely used JavaScript/TypeScript diagramming library for interactive flowcharts and visual tools. With 11+ years of professional experience and roots in graph-theoretic C# work, he blends API design, developer documentation, and hands-on release/debugging duties with strategic tech modernization across the company. An author of HTML5 Unleashed and a communicator who enjoys writing, he pairs deep engineering craft with a talent for making complex visual systems approachable. Based in Nashua, NH, he also handles the eclectic responsibilities of a small company leader—from infrastructure and web presence to baking shortbread—reflecting a practical, multifaceted approach to shipping reliable developer-facing software.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science; Philosophy, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science; Philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English, French
Stackoverflow
62,942reputation
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816answers
16questions
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html5-canvas
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animation
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dictionary
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canvas
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Github Skills (31)
javascript10
html5-canvas10
image10
canvas10
google-chrome10
svg10
html10
ipad9
geometry9
draw9
animation9
debug9
webgl9
user-interface9
debugging9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
NorthwoodsSoftware/GoJS
May 2016 - Jan 2023
JavaScript diagramming library for interactive flowcharts, org charts, design tools, planning tools, visual languages.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:137 releases, 103 commits, 10 PRs in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Simon's commits involve reverting and then re-releasing versions of the GoJS library. The code changes show modifications to the `go-debug.js` file, indicating involvement in library releases and potentially debugging. The changes also relate to the library's core JavaScript code.
interactive-diagramsjavascript-diagramming-librarytypescript-libraryplanningdiagram
simonsarris/Canvas-tutorials
Apr 2018 - Nov 2020
A collection of code for my canvas tutorials
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 2 years 8 months
canvasjavascript
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