Wade Kennedy
About Wade Kennedy
Wade Kennedy is a Senior Principal Software Engineer with extensive experience in software development and cloud infrastructure. He has led significant transformations in technology platforms and has worked for various companies, including Newfold Digital and GSN (TV & Games).
Work at Newfold Digital
Wade Kennedy serves as a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Newfold Digital, a role he has held since 2021. In this position, he has designed a scalable platform aimed at internal customers, facilitating an easy-to-use development environment that supports both Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Static Site Generation (SSG) formats. He has also played a key role in supporting the development of the entire Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipeline and cloud infrastructure.
Education and Expertise
Wade Kennedy has a solid educational background in Computer Science. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Merrimack College, where he studied from 2001 to 2003. He furthered his education by obtaining a Master's degree in Computer Science from Brandeis University, studying from 2007 to 2010. Additionally, he holds an Associate's degree in Computer Science from Northern Essex Community College, completed from 1999 to 2001. His diverse educational background supports his expertise in software engineering and development.
Professional Background
Wade Kennedy has extensive experience in software engineering, having worked in various roles across multiple organizations. Prior to his current role, he worked at GSN (TV & Games) as a Principal Software Engineer from 2014 to 2015 and held several positions there, including Technical Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer. He also served as a Senior Full Stack Developer at Endurance International Group from 2016 to 2018 and was a Senior Software Engineer at Brainshark from 2015 to 2016, where he also took on the role of Team Lead.
Key Projects and Initiatives
Wade Kennedy has led significant projects throughout his career. He transformed a legacy Perl platform into a modern enterprise-wide shared service solution using Node, Next.js, and React on AWS infrastructure. He developed a Static Site Generation solution that utilized a headless CMS system, Lambdas at Edge, and API Gateway. Additionally, he built a React/Redux based storefront application that was used across multiple customer acquisition channels and implemented a migration to cloud infrastructure, adopting Single Page Applications and Server Side Rendered solutions.