Nick
Dragunow

Full Stack Developer
ndraguno@gmail.com

A well-rounded software professional with a strong background in consultancy and product development. Senior roles in leadership, organizational change and management, data analytics, API design, and (chiefly) full stack web development.

A New Zealander based in Vancouver, BC with the right to work in Canada.

Works for Good logo & website link

Click here to view Works for Good, my solution to giving back

Skills

  • Performant full-stack websites
  • Laravel (PHP), Vue.js & React (JavaScript) SPAs
  • Back-end spatial data processing APIs with Python
  • Some experience: C#, Angular, Android, SilverStripe
  • Reactive, mobile-first front-end design
  • CSS with Tailwind, Bootstrap, Sass, and Headless UI
  • Map-based websites and interactive tools
  • Esri JavaScript API, Mapbox, and Leaflet
  • Spatial data processing APIs and automation
  • Esri ArcPy (Python) & Geoprocessing Services
  • Project, team, and codebase management
  • GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, and Azure DevOps
  • Deployment & CI/CD
  • Docker, Bamboo, Azure Pipelines, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CodeBuild
  • Web hosting
  • AWS ECS & EC2, Google Firebase, and Linux + Apache
  • Database management & design
  • PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ArcGIS Enterprise

Experience

Founder & Developer

Works for Good
  • A Vancouver-based not-for-profit building & hosting web-based tools for organizations that do good.
  • Sourcing & pairing developers and technical advisors, finding clients, and overseeing projects & people.
  • Iterating on our stack: Site templates (Laravel + Vue.js & React), hosting & CI/CD (AWS), reporting, etc.
July 2022 – Present

Senior Developer

WSP
  • Working with area experts to design and implement new features for an internal project management tool.
  • Part time remote while traveling the world.
February 2022 - Present

General Manager & Developer

Devart
  • Management of all client relationships, projects, and personnel.
  • Ongoing process implementation and management (including Agile) in tandem with the Technical Director.
  • Project manager, business analyst, and developer across dozens of full stack PHP & JavaScript websites.
  • Key developer of a Laravel + Vue.js project management suite used by thousands at WSP Australia.
  • Ranked above all similar tools by a global review board. To be rolled out to 200+ offices in 35 countries in 2023 to manage billions of dollars in project work.
April 2020 - February 2022

Senior Developer (Contract)

Morphum Environmental
  • Developed a map-based tool for public consultation that integrates with local council & government APIs.
  • Provided technical advice on quotes, internal infrastructure, staff roadmaps, and web-hosting solutions.
May 2020 – November 2020

Full Stack Developer

Abley
  • Grew a developer secondment into a technical lead position within a client’s $5 million+ product team.
  • Business analyst and developer for a suite of spatial data-processing APIs underpinning a nationwide mapping and analytics platform.
  • Designed and ran a yearly nationwide accessibility analysis for New Zealand’s national transport agency (NZTA).
  • Developed map-based websites for consultancies, councils, and government departments.
May 2018 - April 2020

Graduate GIS Consultant

Interpret Geospatial Solutions (Abley)
  • Created global marketing sites for all product & professional service teams alongside the CEO.
  • Developed a Kotlin + Mapbox Android app & undertook spatial projects in transport safety & accessibility.
May 2017 - May 2018

Education

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science & GIS

University of Auckland (New Zealand)

2016

Bachelor of Arts

History & Criminology

University of Auckland (New Zealand)

2013