Dave Lockhart
Principal Software Developer at D2L
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDave Lockhart is a Principal Software Developer with over 11 years focused on web development, currently shaping the technical architecture and UX libraries at D2L to reach millions of users worldwide. He combines deep expertise in accessibility, web components, performance and security with hands-on leadership—mentoring engineers, driving product roadmaps, and owning platform-level decisions. Earlier he ran his own web firm for 15 years, delivering dozens of client sites, which gives him a rare blend of entrepreneurial pragmatism and scalable engineering discipline. A University of Waterloo computer science alumnus, he’s known for prioritizing usable, world-ready interfaces that lift developer productivity across large teams.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Mathematics, Computer Science, Bachelor of Mathematics, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (191)
lit-element10
e2e-testing10
testing10
automation10
svg10
appconfig10
file-upload10
javascript-api10
stylelint10
web-testing10
javascript10
css-properties10
css-grid10
polymer10
chromium10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
BrightspaceUI/guide
Jun 2018 - Mar 2022
Contains a wiki explaining how we use web components at D2L.
Contributions:1 release, 6 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 8 months
web-components
BrightspaceUI/date-picker
May 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:4 releases, 5 reviews, 17 commits in 2 years 7 months
polymerweb-components
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