Terence Doerksen
Senior Advisor at Emploi et Développement social Canada (EDSC) / Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolTerence Doerksen is a seasoned software professional with over 15 years in IT and more than a decade of hands-on development across IVR, mobile, web, and .NET ecosystems. Currently a Senior Advisor at Employment and Social Development Canada, he blends technical leadership—running server migrations, championing Scrum/DevOps, and mentoring junior developers—with day-to-day software delivery. He has built production IVR frameworks, department-wide administration tools, and consumer mobile apps (25K+ downloads) published on major app stores. Comfortable across Windows, UNIX/Linux, Oracle, and MS SQL stacks, he also brings network and infrastructure experience from earlier national-scale roles. Known for turning complex legacy systems into maintainable solutions, he combines pragmatic engineering with clear stakeholder communication and a willingness to travel for project needs.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Studies, Japanese Studies at Grant Macewan CollegeComputer Systems Technology, Computer Science, Computer Systems Technology, Computer Science at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology / NAIT
Github Skills (43)
kotlin10
android-client10
collection-manager10
pong10
android9
wcag9
android-application9
emulation8
code-library8
image-viewer8
multilingual8
server7
api-platform7
trend7
wpf6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Terence-D/GameInputCommandServer
Jan 2019 - Aug 2022
Game Input Command Server
Contributions:5 releases, 53 commits, 38 PRs in 3 years 8 months
game-serverserver
Terence-D/GamingInterfaceClientAndroid
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
Android client for the Gaming Interface Client
Contributions:15 releases, 519 commits, 254 PRs in 3 years
ponggamingandroidkotlinandroid-client
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