Trevor Sawler is a veteran software entrepreneur and academic with two decades of hands-on software development and university-level teaching and research experience. As President of Verilion Inc. and former founder of CrescentStudio, he has led teams ranging from small project groups to 50+ developers and artists on multi-million-dollar initiatives. He blends technical fluency in Go and Rust with deep humanities scholarship—holding a PhD in English Literature alongside studies in computer science and education—which informs a human-centered approach to product and team leadership. Trevor teaches and publishes in English, American, and Irish literature while maintaining an active role in software practice, an uncommon cross-disciplinary profile that helps bridge technical and creative stakeholders. Based in Canada, he combines long-term entrepreneurial grit with academic rigor to deliver pragmatic, well-managed software projects.
11 years of coding experience
M.A., English Language and Literature/Letters, M.A., English Language and Literature/Letters at Dalhousie University
Ph.D., English Literature, Computer Science, Education, Ph.D., English Literature, Computer Science, Education at University of New Brunswick
B.A., English Literature, B.A., English Literature at St. Thomas University (CA)
Contributions:15 releases, 197 commits, 76 PRs in 2 years
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