Dave Cardwell

Dave Cardwell

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VP of Engineering
Orlando, Florida, United States

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  • Canopy Connect
    VP of Engineering
    Canopy Connect
    Aug 2025 - Current (1 year 2 months)
  • Canopy Connect
    Director of Engineering
    Canopy Connect
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2025 (2 years 3 months)
  • Canopy Connect
    Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
    Canopy Connect
    Nov 2021 - Jun 2023 (1 year 8 months)
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    Principal Software Engineer
    The Localphone Group
    Mar 2014 - Nov 2021 (7 years 9 months)
    Designing and developing internal and customer-facing websites and backend systems using technologies including React, Node.js, TypeScript, Next.js, TailwindCSS, PostgreSQL, Docker, Ansible, and Asterisk.

    Designing, provisioning, and maintaining a Hadoop cluster running on AWS EC2. Implementing data ingress pipelines for trillions of records and integrating with existing applications.

    Developing systems to automate key back-end business processes, resulting in thousands of man-hours saved in order processing, tens of thousands of dollars of fraud prevented, and improved customer and partner satisfaction requiring only a small support team.

    Working with stakeholders to gather requirements and design customer-
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    Lead Software Engineer - Marketing
    The Localphone Group
    Jan 2012 - Feb 2014 (2 years 2 months)
    Designed and implemented a platform for automating Google Ads accounts containing millions of keywords across thousands of campaigns. Delivered a 15x ROI on ad spend with 8-figure revenues.

    Engineered systems for creating multilingual websites and for managing and performing translations. Drove millions of dollars in new revenue.

    Defined strategy, allocated budget, analyzed results, and reported to executive team.

    Managed a team of marketing, design, and development direct reports.
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    Lead Software Engineer - Front-End
    The Localphone Group
    May 2007 - Dec 2011 (4 years 8 months)
    Worked with the design and back-end teams to create multiple company websites using XSLT, JavaScript and jQuery, CSS and SASS, and PHP.

    Used technical SEO knowledge to rank globally for multiple high-volume search terms, beating major brands like Skype and Google to the number one spot and generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

    Reviewed code and provided training and guidance for other front-end developers.
  • Freelance Software Development
    Software Engineer
    Freelance Software Development
    Feb 2007 - Dec 2010 (3 years 11 months)
    Worked on projects for SMEs, UK government departments, and global brands like Disney and Comcast.

    Built mobile apps, websites, landing pages, and back-end processes. Worked as a solo developer, a sub-contractor, and augmented existing in-house teams.
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  • University of York
    Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science
    University of York
    Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 (1 year 1 month)
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    GolfBids Online Tee Time Auctions
    Dec 2015 - Current (10 years 10 months)
    Online Tee Times Bidding App and Platform

    GolfBids is the only app that lets you search, find, bid on, and win exclusive deals on tee times at thousands of golf courses worldwide. Name your price and place a bid from your mobile phone in under 60 seconds.

    - Location-based tee time auction search and filtering
    - Place bids
    - Buy Now pricing available
    - Alerts and messaging of auction events

    - Back end auction platform functionality includes:
    - Automatic loading of minimum bids, Buy Now prices, etc.
    - Automatic auction management for splitting auctions into twosomes, threesomes, etc.
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    0800Buster
    Oct 2008 - Current (18 years)
    UK mobile phone users are typically charged 10p–20p per minute for calls to “freephone” numbers.

    We developed a simple two-stage dialing service allowing users to utilize their free contract minutes to call via landline access numbers.

    0800Buster.co.uk has been used by hundreds of thousands of people to make tens of millions of minutes worth of calls, generating significant profit for the company as well as acquiring customers, links, and mindshare for the main Localphone.com site.
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    Challenge Winner at Comcast NBCUniversal Hackathon
    GolfNow Comcast
    Won first prize for the GolfNow and Comcast challenges at the Comcast NBCUniversal Hackathon.

    Developed a functioning bidding platform for unsold GolfNow tee times using their API, with a prototype application running on a Comcast DVR allowing viewers to place bids while watching golf programming.

    http://challengepost.com/software/golfbid
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    2x Prize Winner at Hack the Arena Hackathon
    Orlando Tech Association
    Won prizes from both Orlando Magic and Orlando Solar Bears judges for AmwayJam—an interactive trivia and sports prediction mobile application designed to engage fans, access demographic information, and provide new channels for sponsors.

    http://devpost.com/software/amwayjam
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