Kevin Versfeld

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ABOUT ME

Software Developer, Architect, MS Stack

I'm passionate about coding as a craft, finding elegant solutions to complex problems, and always learning new things while doing it. I build real, large-scale, business-focused software every day, and help my teams do the same. I want others to get the same enjoyment and sense of pride I get from the software I've built. I tend to be quite light-hearted and generally positive during code reviews, and LOVE taking a step back to see the bigger picture, play with the code a little, and then help guide people to finding the most appropriate route (keeping in mind the full context)

English

Pretoria (+02:00)

Joined September 2018

EXPERTISE

13 years experience

The vast majority of my professional career over the past 13 years has been based on C# (and the broader MS stack). I've built for intern...

The vast majority of my professional career over the past 13 years has been based on C# (and the broader MS stack). I've built for international clients, both products and bespoke projects, in a variety of industries. Most of these have had a high emphasis on scalability, extensibility, maintainability, and keeping code as generic as possible (for future expansion). I'm particularly interested in the "craftsmanship" of elegant, clean code, and this drives most of the mentoring and code review principles I apply daily in my teams.

ASP.NET MVC

8 years experience

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SOCIAL PRESENCE

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Planning for Change – A Strategy

How does one manage to deliver exceptional software on a project that is constantly subject to large changes in scope, direction, and tooling? I share some of the strategies I’ve refined over the years, that I’ve found to be invaluable in taking “unforeseen changes” in my stride.

EMPLOYMENTS

Software Architect

Yellowtail Software

2011-05-01-Present

Software and solution architecture, with responsibilities including architecture at bespoke project level as well as overall reference ar...

Software and solution architecture, with responsibilities including architecture at bespoke project level as well as overall reference architectures, standards, and quality control, technical analysis and design, proofs of concept, training, and leadership (technical and otherwise). Also involved in Product development: designed a generic SaaS billing product, and responsible for all architecture, delivery, and bulk of product functionality and concepts, since its conception.

Software Architect

CloudBilling

2011-10-01-2017-10-01

N/A

Senior Developer & Team Lead

Yellowtail Software

2009-07-01-2011-05-01

Team lead, software development, with responsibilities including software design at bespoke project level as well as overall reference ar...

Team lead, software development, with responsibilities including software design at bespoke project level as well as overall reference architectures, standards, and quality control, technical analysis and design, proofs of concept, and training.