Travis Vachon
About Travis Vachon
Travis Vachon is a software engineer and founder of Mysilio, with a background in open source software development. He has held various engineering roles at companies such as CircleCI, WeatherBill, and Protocol Labs, contributing to projects focused on decentralized identity and infrastructure-as-code systems.
Work at Protocol Labs
Travis Vachon has been employed at Protocol Labs as a Software Engineer since 2022. He is part of the 'DAG House' team, where he focuses on the development of 'w3up', an open-source, object-capability authorized hot storage product. His contributions include proposing and implementing new capabilities and capability invocation handlers in protocol specifications for the 'w3up' project. Additionally, he has played a significant role in developing a React-based UI library for the same project. His work involves maintaining and expanding the SST-based infrastructure-as-code system that deploys the 'w3up' API and data warehousing systems to AWS.
Current Roles and Responsibilities
In addition to his position at Protocol Labs, Travis Vachon serves as the Founder of Mysilio since 2020. He also holds the title of Senior Technical Lead at CoLab Cooperative, where he has worked since 2018. His responsibilities in these roles include overseeing technical projects and leading teams in software development, with a focus on open-source initiatives and modern decentralized identity standards.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Travis Vachon has a diverse background in software engineering, having worked at several organizations prior to his current roles. He was a Software Engineer at CircleCI from 2014 to 2017 and at Copious.com from 2011 to 2013. His earlier experience includes a position at WeatherBill from 2008 to 2011 and a role at the Open Source Applications Foundation from 2006 to 2008. He also completed a summer internship at the Open Source Applications Foundation in 2006, contributing to his foundational knowledge in software development.
Education and Expertise
Travis Vachon studied Computer Science at Williams College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from 2002 to 2006. He also attended Gray New Gloucester High School from 1998 to 2002. His educational background provided him with a strong foundation in software engineering principles and practices, which he has applied throughout his career in various technical roles.
Contributions to Open Source Software
Travis Vachon has a long history of involvement in open source software development. He participated as a Google Summer of Code fellow in 2005, which marked the beginning of his contributions to the open source community. His work includes the development of the open-source 'digital gardening' prototype, Mysilio Garden, which explores modern decentralized identity standards. His ongoing contributions to projects like 'w3up' further demonstrate his commitment to advancing open source technologies.