Dan Imbrogno

Startup CTO and Full Stack Engineer bringing ideas to life with open source magic.
Dan Imbrogno

Comfortable participating in early stage startups in a founding role.

Experience managing developer teams and leading projects.

Self motivated, life-long learner and serial adopter of new technologies.

Able to work independently or as part of a team.

Can apply creative and critical thinking to solve problems.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Over 14 years experience designing, developing and deploying web applications.

Experience
  • Ogimi Labs

    2022 - 2023

    Independent Contractor

    Remote

    Developed React web app, React Native mobile app and NodeJS backend for AI powered meditation coach

    Built audio service to composite ambient tracks with dynamically fetched audio from text-to-speech API

    Implemented CI/CD pipeline using GKE and Github Actions

  • AgileIS

    2020 - 2021

    Senior Director of Products and Services

    Ottawa, Ontario

    Helped AgileIS navigate the pandemic by identifying an alternative market opportunity for the company's flagship travel medical assistance application.

    Created project plan and product specifications to transition product to a mobile app that assists sports organizations and independent schools manage athlete concussions.

    Managed the build of MVP product with team of contractors.

    Acted as primary application and infrastructure architect.

    Brought new product to market within 6 months.

  • FreightPath

    2017 - 2020

    CTO / Partner

    Ottawa, Ontario

    Designed and developed a commercial freight automation tool which includes web and mobile apps along with a suite of microservices using React, React Native and Node JS.

    Developed CI deployment process with test automation, containerization and deployment to docker swarm.

    Assisted in project planning, product design, business development.

    Hired and mentored the development team.

  • 3VL

    2013 - 2015

    Founder

    Toronto, Ontario

    Founded boutique digital experience agency providing web design, application development and social media marketing services to business.

    Grew company to > 200k annual revenue. Hired two employees.

    Built custom themes, plugins, e-commerce solutions and digital contests primarily using PHP and the WordPress publishing platform.

  • Brolly

    2008 - 2012

    Co-founder

    Ottawa, Ontario

    Co-founded WordPress agency providing theme and plugin design and development services to business.

    Built platform to host movie theatre websites and recruited theatres to purchase monthly plans.

  • Unidad 22

    2008

    Web Developer

    Guanacaste, Costa Rica

    8 month co-op placement working for web design agency in Costa Rica.

    Developed websites for the tourism and real estate industry built on WordPress and Joomla.

    Learned Spanish.

Education
  • Carleton University

    2004 - 2009

    Bachelor of Information Technology

    Ottawa, Ontario

    Joint degree / diploma program with Algonquin College.

    Graduate of Interactive Multimedia and Design program.

    Co-op designation.

    Entrance scholarship recipient.

    Dean's Honour List.

Technologies
  • Build Tools

    • Webpack
    • Grunt
    • Gulp
    • Babel
    • Hardhat
    • Gatsby
  • APIs

    • GraphQL
    • REST
  • Cloud Services

    • AWS
    • Azure
    • Digital Ocean
    • Aiven
    • Travis CI
    • Circle CI
    • Cloudflare
  • Databases

    • Postgres
    • Mysql
    • Mongodb
  • Frameworks

    • React
    • React Native
    • Expo
    • Angular
    • NestJS
    • Material UI
    • Apollo
    • RabbitMQ
    • Laravel
    • WordPress
  • Languages

    • Solidity
    • Typescript
    • Javascript
    • NodeJS
    • Bash
    • PHP
    • ASP.net
    • HTML
    • CSS