Dan Gervais

About

Hands-on IT/engineering executive who has led high-impact architecture changes and compliance-driven data systems. Notably built an internally developed columnar database at Troparé (with dual-support UI for legacy/new DBs) and shipped an MVP in 3–4 months with dramatic performance improvements, and previously delivered PCI/opt-out compliant deletion workflows while addressing DB performance and migrations.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Designs solutions that balance business needs with elegant, extensible engineering
• Led PCI/opt-out compliance data deletion work, resolving DB performance issues via stopgap process plus longer-term migration
• Exec-level prioritization and time management across customer-facing needs, strategy, and hands-on coding
• Builds adaptable architectures and iterates quickly using solid SDLC and Agile practices
• Scales engineering orgs with emphasis on culture, internal talent development, and clear success metrics
• Led major re-architecture: built an internal columnar database and migrated UI to support both new and legacy DBs; delivered MVP in 3–4 months with major performance gains

Reference Highlights

• successful leader of several engineers
• effective at executing technology goals aligned to the business
• strong technical leadership on complex, high-stakes projects
• helped maintain a major client contract for 6 years (Sprint project)
• effective at hiring strong engineers
• helped grow team from 3 people
• implemented team processes to improve communication/efficiency (stand-ups)
• calm under pressure
• quickly diagnosed and fixed scaling issues during high-traffic events
• innovative in data processing approaches
• reduced processing time and expense
• Outstanding; would rehire
• Highly ROI-savvy; prioritizes initiatives to business objectives
• Delivered major cost savings ($700K+ annually) without losing data access
• Drove AI initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce workload/headcount
• Improved team discipline and developer productivity dramatically
• Improved team morale
• Created formal review process and faster career advancement opportunities
• Handled high-pressure 24/7 SLA environment extremely well
• Proactive problem-solver; fixes issues and identifies needed changes
• Strong product leadership; owned product direction and new products
• Effectively managed both development and data science