Stuart Lees
Frontend Developer at Rise Vision
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolStuart Lees is a Canadian frontend developer with over a decade of experience crafting interactive web applications, digital signage widgets, and games, evolving from ActionScript/Flash expertise into modern HTML5 and JavaScript development. He has a strong background in object-oriented design and architecture, having built SDKs, PureMVC-driven applications, and cross-platform rebuilds for clients like Nike, Manulife, and Disney. Currently on the core team at Rise Vision, he focuses on open-source digital signage infrastructure and content that runs reliably across desktop and embedded displays. Meticulous and resourceful, Stuart pairs a designer’s attention to detail with a developer’s pragmatism and a continual appetite for new technologies. An often-overlooked strength is his history of converting legacy Flex/Flash systems into maintainable HTML5 solutions, bridging older ecosystems to modern front-end stacks.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate, Interactive Multimedia, Post Graduate, Interactive Multimedia at Sheridan CollegeBusiness Administration, Information Systems, Business Administration, Information Systems at Durham College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (79)
rise10
calendar-widget10
google-vision10
google-sheet10
spreadsheet9
rows9
css9
common-files9
chrome9
nodejs9
html8
angular8
auto-scroll8
javascript8
rss8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Rise-Vision/rise-rss
May 2015 - Nov 2022
Web component for retrieving RSS feed data
Contributions:14 releases, 52 PRs, 40 pushes in 7 years 7 months
rssrss-feedweb-componentfeeddata-feed
Rise-Vision/oauth-token-provider
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
Rise OAuth Token Provider Service
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 6 months
providertokenauthenticationoauth-tokenrise
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