Tavis Rudd
About Tavis Rudd
Tavis Rudd is the Principal Software Architect and Head of Technology at Unbounce, with extensive experience in software development, system administration, and organizing tech meetups in Vancouver.
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Tavis Rudd is the Principal Software Architect and Head of Technology at Unbounce. He has held this role since 2020. He has previously served in multiple key positions at Unbounce, including Principal Engineer – R&D, Director of Technology, Principal Software Architect, and Technical Lead.
Experience at Unbounce
Tavis Rudd has been working at Unbounce in various significant roles since 2014. Currently, he is the Principal Software Architect and Head of Technology. Prior to this, he was the Principal Engineer – R&D from 2018 to 2020, Director of Technology from 2016 to 2018, Principal Software Architect from 2015 to 2016, and Technical Lead from 2014 to 2015. His ongoing contributions include developing and refining core software systems and driving technological advancements at the company.
Community Engagement and Meetup Involvement
Tavis Rudd is deeply involved in the tech community in Vancouver. He co-founded the largest and most active developer meetup in the area. He is also a co-organizer of the Vancouver Data Science Meetup and Vancouver Machine Learning Meetup. Since 2012, he has organized multiple tech meetups and conferences, including the Polyglot Unconference and Polyglot Developers Meetup. His efforts have helped foster an active and interconnected developer community.
Software Development and Open Source Contributions
Tavis has made significant contributions to various open source projects. He is a contributor to multiple open source software initiatives and maintains an active GitHub profile. He created and maintained the Cheetah Template Language from 2001 to 2010, which has been adopted by companies like Dropbox and Yelp. Additionally, he has been involved in writing various high-performance software components including appservers, event reactors, and message buses.
Education and Early Career Achievements
Tavis Rudd completed his studies at the University of Otago from 1995 to 2000. Before his role at Unbounce, he worked as an Invited Technical Reviewer for Addison-Wesley / Pearson's 'Effective Python' in 2014 and was a consultant at Damn Simple Solutions. Early in his career, he was instrumental in developing core software systems for startups in the dental and optical industries. He also held leadership roles such as Chair of the West Vancouver Youth Council and Premier of the Youth Parliament, and was the recipient of the Canada Day Youth Service Award.