Terry Danylak
Founder at Level Up Newsletter
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolTerry Danylak is a founder and seasoned technology leader with 12+ years of experience building software teams, products, and high-performing delivery practices across enterprise and startup environments. He combines hands-on engineering roots with strategic product and transformation expertise, having led $10M+ modernization programs at VMware and delivered 18+ software products while saving clients over $100M in operating costs. As the creator of Level Up, he built an audience of 55k+ followers and a newsletter reaching 11k+ subscribers, demonstrating rare strength in communication and audience-driven product growth. Terry helps leaders reclaim strategic time and build culture through Strategy Shift and recently launched Boardly App to tackle board-level collaboration challenges. His background spans engineering, product management, PMP and ITIL credentials, and an EMBA, reflecting a blend of technical depth, operational rigor, and storytelling that turns learning into measurable impact.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Leadership Management Strategy Marketing and Operations, Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Leadership Management Strategy Marketing and Operations at Quantic School of Business and TechnologyAssociate's degree Computer Engineering, Associate's degree Computer Engineering at Humber CollegeProject Management Professional - PMP Project Management, Project Management Professional - PMP Project Management at Project Management InstitueBachelor of Arts - BA History, Bachelor of Arts - BA History at York UniversityITIL Foundations Information Technology, ITIL Foundations Information Technology at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Github Skills (55)
heroku10
buildpack10
lifecycle9
ruby9
mvc9
rails9
docker9
sneakers9
dokku9
devops9
ruby-on-rails9
papyrus9
paas9
html9
activerecord8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
taras-yorku/worldcatapi
Dec 2013 - Mar 2019
Contributions:30 commits in 5 years 4 months
tdak/planning_tools
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
This is a curated list of useful resources for planning and project management.
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
project-planningplanningproject-managementagile-development
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