Val Neekman
Principal Neekware Inc.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolVal Neekman is a Principal at Neekware Inc. with 15 years of experience building AI-enabled, full-stack products from ideation to scale, blending hands-on engineering with product and strategic leadership. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, he architects and ships enterprise web and mobile apps with a strong emphasis on clean UX, reliability, and security across cloud, microservices, and CI/CD environments. His technical breadth spans frontend frameworks (React, NextJS), backend systems (Node, Python, Django), AI/ML tooling (LangChain, pgvector, LlamaIndex), and workflow automation (n8n), enabling rapid MVP-to-scale delivery. He contributes to open-source tooling—such as improving Django IP retrieval with IPv6 and trusted-proxy handling—demonstrating attention to real-world edge cases. Val pairs pragmatic engineering (Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) with product-savvy execution and vendor/team leadership, making him a repeatable partner for startups and enterprises alike. A Carleton-trained engineer, he quietly combines systems-level rigor with a designer’s eye for quality of experience.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering at Carleton University
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Github Skills (22)
ip-address10
python10
django10
ip10
proxy10
proxy-server10
rest10
post9
memory-leaks9
twitter9
json9
rxjs9
csrf9
django-rest-framework9
angular9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
un33k/django-ipware
Apr 2013 - Mar 2022
A Django application to retrieve client's IP address
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:172 commits, 75 PRs, 302 pushes in 9 years
Contributions summary:Val's primary contribution focused on developing a Django application for retrieving a client's IP address. The initial commit established the core functionality, including tests. Subsequent commits added support for IPv6 addresses and addressed various edge cases related to proxy servers and different HTTP headers used to identify the client's IP address. Further commits demonstrate enhancements with support for trusted proxy server configurations.
pythondjangoaddressdjango-applicationip-address
un33k/django-freshly
Dec 2012 - Sep 2015
Contributions:14 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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