Nick builds effective teams.

The whole stack

Nick started building websites back in 1998, when the “World Wide Web” was the next big thing.

He’s spent many years in the trenches working through all types of technical and design problems. These days he’s a leader of teams building great software and feels comfortable in all areas of software development.

  1. User Experience & Visual Design

    User Centered Design, Sketch, and Photoshop

  2. Front-End Development

    JavaScript, HTML, and SCSS

  3. Back-End Development

    Node.js, Java

  4. Databases & Data Modelling

    PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle

  5. People

    The real foundation of any great product

As a leader of talented engineers and designers, he’s found that the best ideas come from all phases of the development life cycle.

A brief history

  1. 2018 to Present · xMatters, inc.

    VP, Engineering

  2. 2017 to 2018 · xMatters, inc.

    Director, Engineering

  3. 2015 to 2017 · xMatters, inc.

    Engineering Manager

  4. 2013 to 2015 · xMatters, inc.

    Engineering Team Lead

  5. 2010 to 2013 · xMatters, inc.

    UI/UX Lead

  6. 2006 to 2010 · Priority Automation, Inc. (Cisco Systems)

    UI Technical Lead

  7. 2002 to 2006 · University of Alberta

    B.Sc. Computing Science

    with a Business minor

  8. 1998 to 2006

    Freelance Web Developer

Get in touch

GitHub — Instagram — LinkedIn

He lives in Vancouver and he promises he doesn’t always speak in third person.