Stephane Caron
Managing Director, Digital Technology, Data And Innovation
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolStephane Caron is a seasoned digital technology leader with over 15 years of hands-on software and leadership experience, now serving as Managing Director of Digital Technology, Data and Innovation at CBC/Radio‑Canada. He has progressed from front‑end development—contributing to widely used projects like the prettyPhoto lightbox—to senior roles including CTO-level responsibilities and directing teams of nearly 200 experts. Stephane specializes in turning strategic vision into measurable outcomes: driving large uplifts in user engagement and subscriptions, halving analysis time, and delivering major cost optimizations in Big Data infrastructure. He pairs deep product and engineering instincts with expertise in personalization, AI-driven recommendations, and identity/authentication strategies that produced double‑digit YoY growth in active accounts. Recognized in the 90th percentile for leadership effectiveness, he builds high‑performing interdisciplinary teams and champions developer productivity (96% GitHub Copilot adoption). Based in Montreal, he blends creative technologist roots with enterprise-scale delivery, often translating prototypes into production at scale.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree Computer Multimedia Integration, Associate's degree Computer Multimedia Integration at Collège Édouard-Montpetit
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
jquery10
ui-design9
ux-design9
html8
lightbox6
jquery-plugin6
quicksand6
iphone6
google-maps6
image6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
scaron/prettyphoto
Apr 2011 - May 2015
prettyPhoto is a jQuery based lightbox clone. Not only does it support images, it also add support for videos, flash, YouTube, iFrames. It’s a full blown media lightbox. The setup is easy and quick, plus the script is compatible in every major browser.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 49 commits, 3 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Stephane primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the prettyPhoto project. Their work involved modifying the JavaScript and CSS files, fixing bugs related to social tools, and adjusting the visual presentation of the lightbox. They also made improvements to the YouTube integration and addressed issues with content wrapping and the Facebook Like button. The user's contributions demonstrate a focus on UI/UX improvements and compatibility fixes.
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