Iain Bryson
Summary
Making software across boundaries of language, technology and geography.
Delivering solid product in orgs ranging from global corporations to startups
Vast range of technical experience
Experience
Grafiti, Inc.
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CTO
June 2016 - June 2020
Built the world's first search engine for graphs & charts from trusted publishers & data sources.
Architected the product, backend, frontend, deployment and CI/CD pipeline.
Led a team of 2 developers and together we created a responsive, fast chart search engine serving a database of 600k (and growing) charts and infographics to 1000s of users a month.
Freeroaming Solutions
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Freelance Software Developer
December 2015 - Present
Freelance Software Development
Built e-Learning Platform for Danish Technical University, including course notes editor and renderer and a quiz system.
Built a research API for accessing public sound data.
Earth
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International Vagabond
November 2014 - November 2015
Gap year, traveling and reinventing myself as a digital nomad.
Microsoft
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Principal SDET
September 2011 - September 2014
Principal SDET on OneDrive: file syncing for millions of customers across multiple platforms.
Implemented telemetry in all areas of the product chain, from backend services through to clients on all platforms.
Write analysis scripts, developed statistical models, creating visualizations & presentations for audiences ranging from senior management to the entire team of ~300 engineers to drive stability and performance.
Prior Experience
Microsoft
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Senior Test Lead
December 2008 – September 2011
Test lead on the Client Sync Engine team in the Windows Live Mesh team. Led a team responsible for testing the file sync engine, validating performance, stress, and functional correctness for the client components of the distributed client service and peer to peer file synchronization engine. Shipped as part of Windows Live Essentials in 2010.
Microsoft
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Test Manager
February 2000 – December 2008
SDET, Lead & Manager for Visual C++
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Skills
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
C / C++
TypeScript
D3.js
Node.js
C#
Education
University of Western Ontario
Robotics, Software
January 2000
Concordia University
Computer Engineering
January 1997