Colin Campbell

Software Engineering & Leadership

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Profile

I am an accomplished Engineering Leader with a proven track record of
driving high-performance teams to deliver impactful results. I’m Known
for fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and fun while
navigating complex technical challenges. I’ve been recognized as an
empathetic leader who values open communication and actively listens to
team members’ needs and concerns. I’m dedicated to cultivating talent
and creating an environment where individuals thrive and organizations
succeed. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and delivering
projects on time and within budget. I’m ready to leverage my expertise
in software development, architecture, and team leadership to drive
excellence in your organization.

Experience

Director of Engineering TUCOWS/Wavelo 2021-2024

At Wavelo, I served as the Director of Engineering for Software
Architecture, leading a team of 34 engineers and managers. I was
responsible for the long-term vision and strategic planning of the
platform that powers Wavelo’s services.

-   Designed and implemented Wavelo’s event driven microservice
    architecture.
-   Ensured high reliability for 8 million BOOST subscribers by
    operating Wavelo’s cloud platform.
-   Collaborated with other department leads to deliver on strategic
    initiatives.
-   Lead an observability transition from Datadog to Grafana saving
    millions in operating costs.
-   Delivered self-service platform tools allowing internal engineering
    teams to opt-in to platform services while they focus on their
    business inititives.

Engineering Manager, TUCOWS/Domains 2017-2021

As an Engineering Manager at Tucows Domains, I took a hands-on approach
while overseeing multiple teams of 4-6 people, including the OpenSRS UI
and Hover engineering teams.

-   Provided Kafka event driven reference architecture and migration
    plan to modernize OpenSRS.
-   Manged Hover beyond the 2 million domains under management
    milestone.
-   Rejuvinated Hover background processing with Sidekick.
-   Modernized CICD pipelines from Jenkins to github actions
-   Delivered modern domain admin tooling with vuejs.

Senior Engineer, Tucows/Domains 2015-2017

As a Senior Engineer at Tucows Domains, I was initially hired to liaise
with the WordPress/Automattic group and prepare OpenSRS for the .blog
launch. After the launch, I stayed on with the OpenSRS team in an
engineering and team lead role.

-   Delivered key frontend components for GDPR readiness.
-   Provided timely improvements to aging SOLR implementation.
-   Contributed to the OpenSRS Domain Platform migration, enabling
    Tucows to integrate millions of domains from acquisitions like
    MelbourneIT and ENOM.
-   Worked with the Autmattic team on the PHP OpenSRS toolkit leading
    Tucows to acquire WordPress.com domain registrations from GoDaddy.
-   Prepared aging OpenSRS PERL codebase for modernization with
    refactoring and testing.

Senior Software Developer, FIRE ENGINE RED 2012-2015

As a Senior Developer at Fire Engine Red, I was a trusted individual
contributor on the engineering team, dedicated to keeping America’s
colleges and universities stocked with fresh minds.

-   Implemented admission and alumni search solution to flagship CRM
    product, leveraging Apache solr to deliver instant search results on
    multiple user data points for (near) real time decision making.
-   Provided guidance and leadership on testing & refactoring of legacy
    codebase.

Senior Software Developer, MEDICAL PHARMACIES 2003-2012

As a Senior Engineer, I led a small team of 3 focused on improving
patient outcomes. With a small crew, I leaned heavily on automation to
stay efficient, and learned firsthand how crucial testing and
reliability are since a mistake could have serious real-world
consequences.

-   First to market on innovative mobile pharmacy interaction tools.
-   Delivered a patient aware drug inventory system servicing thousands
    of beds that drastically reduced medication errors and pharmacy
    waste.
-   Implemented a highly available data warehouse solution across 30+
    retail locations, providing the organization with much needed
    business and patient care insights.
-   Maintained operational redundancies with hardware and software.

Skills

Leadership

-   Team Building, Leadership, Mentoring
-   Programming, Architecture, Design
-   CI/CD, Testing, Automation

Technology

-   Python, Javascript, Perl, PHP, C
-   React + Flux, Vuejs + Vuext
-   Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL
-   Docker, Nomad, Consul, Vault, Kubernetes
-   Elasticsearch, Kibana, Fluentd, Prometheus, Grafana

Education & Interests

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

-   Computer Programming and Analysis Diploma
-   Applications Developer specialization
-   Internet Specialist specialization

Interests

-   Captain of my “D” league championship hockey team
-   Guitar player extraordinaire
-   Lifelong vimrc tinkerer

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Contact

  -   Phone: 416-995-9404
  -   Mail: colin@emergesource.com
  -   Web: https://cc4m.net
  -   linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colincode/
  -   github: https://github.com/emergesource