Vlad Pavlovic is a seasoned engineering leader with over 20 years in software and more than a decade in leadership roles, currently serving as Senior Director of Engineering at Acquia in Windsor, Ontario. He has built and scaled distributed organizations—creating cross-functional full-stack teams, integrating offshore centres, and growing headcount from single digits to 65 people across multiple layers of management. Known for pairing technical rigor (DDD, CQRS, API frameworks) with empathetic people management, he drives delivery by aligning Product, UX and Engineering while improving code quality and processes. Vlad has repeatedly led high-impact replatforming efforts—from legacy Rails and Drupal systems to modern APIs and Angular UIs—and authored RFCs to guide technical strategy. He also contributes to community-minded projects and governance, having developed widely used Drupal modules and served on a nonprofit board, reflecting a blend of hands-on engineering, architecture and civic commitment.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) Computer Science at University of Windsor
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Vlad Pavlovic - Senior Director Of Engineering at Acquia