Ian Mc Garry

Director of Engineering

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada14 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Grew an analytics startup acquired by Cisco Systems.
  • Work presented by Cisco CEO at 2013 Cisco Live Keynote.
  • Managed a team of engineers at Microsoft.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Software Development expert with strong leadership capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentLeadershipEngineering ManagementSales StrategySoftware EngineeringEngineering Leadership

Other Skills

Director levelSystems Development ManagementUI DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesJavaHTMLPHPAdvanced CSSJavaScriptSQLPythonAJAXPhotoshopjQueryjQuery UI

About

Highly motivated sales manager and engineer with diverse industry experience in software development, sales strategy and management roles. Results orientated with a proven track record for delivering complex projects that require deep collaboration with cross functional teams. Highlights include: • Grew and helped establish an analytics startup later acquired by Cisco Systems • Guided the vision and execution of transforming products and integrating them into the Cisco CMX suite of technologies • Work presented by previous Cisco CEO John Chambers at the 2013 Cisco Live Keynote • Managed a team of 4 Software Developers and 2 Software Testers during my time at Microsoft Specialities: • Software Design, Development & Architecture • Collaborating with and influencing Cross-Functional teams • Managing, motivating and providing clear direction for teams of engineers • Results orientated with a strong ability to drive and maintain momentum • Sales strategy - Unifying Statistics, Marketing & Channel

Experience

14 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
5 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Amazon web services (aws)

2 roles

Director of Software Engineering

Promoted

Oct 2025Present · 7 mos · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Director levelSoftware DevelopmentSystems Development ManagementLeadership

Senior Manager, Software Development

Apr 2021Nov 2025 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

LeadershipEngineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

Amazon

Software Development Manager III

Aug 2018Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

LeadershipEngineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

Text iq

Senior Research And Development Engineer (Lead)

Sep 2017Jul 2018 · 10 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

LeadershipEngineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

Cisco

2 roles

Territory Business Manager

Aug 2016Sep 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Reporting directly to the Vice President of Sales for Commercial Canada. Measured on and responsible for directing the strategy for Cisco’s $300 million-dollar Territory Business. Collaborating with Senior Leadership to target weaknesses, in our go to market, that need growing and strengths that need to be accelerated - then repositioning resources to execute.
  • Devising and executing new SMB focused Go To Market to result in new double digit growth for Territory Business
  • Building new relationships with our larger partners across Canada such as Shaw, Bell, TELUS, CDW, Rogers & Insight
  • Collaborating directly with Channel, Marketing & Sales to create Sales Engines driving incremental growth
Leadership

Senior Software Engineer III

Oct 2012Jul 2016 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • In the position of UI Development Lead for the Connected Mobile Experiences Location Analytics UI Team, drove the transformation and then integration of Thinksmarts Intellify User Interface with Ciscos CMX Suite of products. Worked closely with upper management, product management, marketing, various support organizations and a team of expert engineers to deliver high quality solutions on schedule.
  • Highlights:
  • Produced cutting edge software for large enterprise clients such as Walmart and The Belagio
  • Work presented by previous Cisco CEO John Chambers at the 2013 Cisco Live Keynote (Video Below)
  • Gained valuable management experience guiding our team of expert engineers to deliver high quality robust and scalable solutions
  • Devised new methods of visualization for location data
  • Designed and developed NLP query system for easy access of location data
  • Architected and guided development of custom Batch Processing system which led to exponential improvements in data access speeds and data freshness

Microsoft

Software Development Engineer

Jul 2013Jul 2014 · 1 yr · Dublin, Ireland

  • Worked as part of the Office Engineering team to develop tools that provided real time analysis on hundreds of build machines across the Microsoft Office Organization. These tools provided key insights on both machine and software build status. Proved critical to build operators and testers in maintaining their build schedule and the release of new versions of Microsoft Office on schedule.
  • Highlights:
  • Introduced to and mastered the agile software development methodology
  • Assumed position of Manager & Scrum Master for team of 4 Software Engineers and 2 Software Test Engineers
  • Collaborated and directed key product stakeholders - product management, operators, test and upper management
  • Devised and implemented strict weekly cadence of new feature and bug fix deployment which resulted in vast increase in product stability.

University college cork, ireland (ucc)

Lab Demonstrator

Jun 2011Jul 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Ireland

  • Assisted Derek Bridge for his Introductory Evening Course in Programming and Web Development.
  • Assisted 1st year students with their Assignments for Programming & Web Development.
LeadershipEngineering Leadership

Thinksmart technologies

Lead UI Developer & Designer

May 2011Aug 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Ireland

  • Completely redesigned and developed Intellify User Interface which played a pivotal role in attracting attention of buyers such as Cisco Systems. Original User Interface layout still maintained in Cisco today.
LeadershipEngineering Leadership

Visrez

Web Designer

Jan 2008Feb 2008 · 1 mo

  • Duties Included: Writing efficient XHTML and CSS, designing logos, designing website layouts and updating websites to client requirements.

Education

University College Dublin

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) — Computer Science

Jan 2014Jan 2015

University College Cork

Bachelor of Science - B.Sc — Computer Science

Jan 2010Jan 2014

Blackwater Community School, Lismore

Leaving Certificate - Honors — General Studies

Jan 2004Jan 2010

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