I am a senior technology executive with 20+ years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise-grade platforms, with a focus on healthcare and regulated environments. I excel at defining architectural vision, formalizing technical design processes, and guiding cross-functional teams through modernization initiatives, leveraging AI/ML, cloud-native platforms, and workflow automation to deliver secure, scalable systems. I am known for uniting strategy with hands-on execution, mentoring engineering talent, and building inclusive, high-performing teams. I partner with product and stakeholders to translate business needs into maintainable roadmaps, reduce technical debt, and drive measurable improvements in delivery speed and quality.

David McLean

I am a senior technology executive with 20+ years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise-grade platforms, with a focus on healthcare and regulated environments. I excel at defining architectural vision, formalizing technical design processes, and guiding cross-functional teams through modernization initiatives, leveraging AI/ML, cloud-native platforms, and workflow automation to deliver secure, scalable systems. I am known for uniting strategy with hands-on execution, mentoring engineering talent, and building inclusive, high-performing teams. I partner with product and stakeholders to translate business needs into maintainable roadmaps, reduce technical debt, and drive measurable improvements in delivery speed and quality.

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I am a senior technology executive with 20+ years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise-grade platforms, with a focus on healthcare and regulated environments. I excel at defining architectural vision, formalizing technical design processes, and guiding cross-functional teams through modernization initiatives, leveraging AI/ML, cloud-native platforms, and workflow automation to deliver secure, scalable systems.

I am known for uniting strategy with hands-on execution, mentoring engineering talent, and building inclusive, high-performing teams. I partner with product and stakeholders to translate business needs into maintainable roadmaps, reduce technical debt, and drive measurable improvements in delivery speed and quality.

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Work Experience

Technology Manager at Homecare Homebase
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
Architectural & Strategic Leadership: Defined and communicated enterprise architecture strategy across multiple product lines, aligning business needs with technical feasibility and long-term scalability. Partnered with Product to formalize non-functional requirements and embed technical initiatives into the roadmap, reducing roadmap deviation by 90% and accelerating feature delivery. Champion of technical design processes, introducing architecture documentation standards and mentoring leads on requirements engineering. Implemented Agile delivery practices and developer enablement programs, cutting delivery timelines by 30% while sustaining code quality. Mentored engineers and technical leads in architectural decision-making, fostering organizational capability and succession strength.
Software Development Manager at CellTrak Technologies Inc.
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2022
Cross-Functional Architecture & Modernization: Directed architectural modernization of mobile point-of-care and EVV solutions, eliminating 6+ years of technical debt in 18 months while maintaining feature velocity. Designed and oversaw migration from MongoDB to Snowflake, modernizing analytics infrastructure and cutting storage costs. Authored technical design documents and architecture blueprints, including UML diagrams and system ERDs, to guide product pods and ensure clarity across cross-functional teams. Reduced AWS infrastructure costs by $300K annually through major platform upgrades. Improved reliability by reducing Priority 1 production incidents from 30/month to <5/year through better design practices, QA oversight, and architecture reviews. Built and mentored a diverse engineering team, fostering inclusion, increasing retention, and growing technical leads into architectural roles.
Technical Architect / Development Manager at MedShare Inc.
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2010
Architecture and Hands-On Development: Led architecture and development of smart-client, web services, and object-oriented .NET solutions for regulated healthcare environments. Applied Agile and TDD practices, establishing an estimation framework and code quality metrics that improved release predictability and reduced post-release defects. Authored RFIs, RFPs, and technical proposals that won major customer contracts. Created and maintained UML diagrams (ERD, Sequence, Component) and technical design documentation to formalize requirements and communicate architectural vision. Secured two software patents for innovative healthcare software solutions. Oversaw the full SDLC, from requirements analysis through deployment and support, instilling best practices and standards across teams.

Education

Business Programmer Analyst at Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025

Qualifications

AWS Solutions Architect
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025
Oracle 9i Database Administration
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other