Summary
Daryl Smith is a bilingual software leader with 11 years of professional experience and over four years focused on web development across both public and private sectors. Currently Manager of Application Development at Canada’s Drug Agency, he combines hands-on expertise in ASP/.NET, C#, JavaScript/jQuery and SQL Server with a history of directing innovation, architecture and security at LifeSpeak. He has moved between individual contributor and executive roles—building front-end AJAX experiences, backend APIs and database solutions—while also teaching JSON, JavaScript APIs and AngularJS at college level. Known for bridging product, operations and security needs, he brings practical stewardship to complex digital infrastructures and a knack for translating legacy ASP systems into modern, maintainable architectures. Based in Old Toronto, he pairs an Economics background with a Microsoft .NET certificate, giving him both business context and technical depth.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Economics/In'l Dev, BA, Economics/In'l Dev at Trent University
Certificate, Microsoft.Net Programming, Certificate, Microsoft.Net Programming at Centennial College