Dan Kordik
About Dan Kordik
Dan Kordik is a Principal Software Engineer at Cision in Chicago, Illinois, with extensive experience in software development and integration.
Title
Dan Kordik is currently serving as a Principal Software Engineer at Cision in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He has held multiple positions within the company over the years, demonstrating a consistent track record of growth and expertise in various technical roles.
Company
Dan Kordik is employed at Cision, a leading media and communications technology company. Throughout his tenure, he has been instrumental in multiple capacities including UI Developer for CisionPoint, Senior Developer, Staff Software Developer, Senior Staff Software Engineer, and now Principal Software Engineer. His journey at Cision speaks to his adaptability and commitment to the organization.
Education and Expertise
Dan Kordik holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems with a focus on Web Application Development from Illinois State University. His academic background laid the foundation for his technical skills and deep understanding of web development, which he has leveraged throughout his professional career.
Background
Dan Kordik has a rich history in software engineering with a career spanning over a decade. He co-founded Scrumy, where he served as a Front End Developer/Designer from 2008 to 2010, and Aftervibe, where he also worked as a Front End Developer/Designer for five months in 2008. Since joining Cision in 2010, he has held numerous roles, progressively advancing from UI Developer to Principal Software Engineer.
Achievements
Dan Kordik played a pivotal role in the integration of the AU-based product Streem into Cision's Amer/EU-based team. He facilitated team onboarding into Streem’s culture and tools such as Asana, Range, and Semaphore, and contributed to the documentation and automated enforcement of internal knowledge. At Connectively, he led the pivot of a React/Spring based system to a new product, launching it successfully with four Scrum teams. He also established Feature Flag best practices with LaunchDarkly for Continuous Delivery and developed GitHub Actions for release management, integrating them with Jira Automation. Additionally, he designed an ACL-based system to centralize authorization rules for microservices and front-end applications.