Cameron Westland
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<strong>Principal Product Engineer</strong> | Toronto, ON | 647-200-1312 | cameron.westland@icloud.com
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Technical leader with 20+ years shipping products that scale. Four-time founder with successful exit to Autodesk.
Currently shipping production code daily while leading technical strategy. I architect systems, write code, and drive business outcomes.
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Principal Product Engineer | Tilt
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August 2024 - Present | Toronto, ON (Remote)
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<li>Architected and built AI-powered investment research platform from zero for institutional investors</li>
<li>Ship production code daily - one of the most active contributors on the engineering team</li>
<li>Designed real-time data pipeline integrating OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini for financial analysis</li>
<li>Created extensible command system that lets any developer add new AI capabilities without touching core code</li>
<li>Built comprehensive testing framework: E2E (Playwright), snapshot testing, and AI eval system</li>
<li>Tech stack: Next.js 15, TypeScript 5, React 19, Supabase, TanStack Query, Tailwind CSS</li>
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Co-Founder & CTO | fforward
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April 2023 - August 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
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<li>Co-founded AI agent platform for product teams with Max Cameron</li>
<li>Architected LLM-powered system to analyze qualitative user data and generate insights</li>
<li>Achieved #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt</li>
<li>Converted 12 SaaS companies to paying customers through product-led growth</li>
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Co-Founder | Delphia
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2018 - 2023 | Toronto, ON
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<li>Raised $80M and built world's first active robo-advisor from zero to 30,000+ funded accounts</li>
<li>Held three C-level roles as company scaled: CTO, CPO, and COO</li>
<li>Architected platform handling $100M+ AUM with native iOS/Android apps</li>
<li>Launched three major products achieving 4.2+ app store rating</li>
<li>Scaled team from 5 to 50+ while maintaining engineering culture</li>
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Software Architect | Autodesk
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2013 - 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area & Toronto
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<li>Led AutoCAD Web development using WebAssembly - launched at Google I/O 2018</li>
<li>Drove React.js standardization across all Autodesk products</li>
<li>Joined through Kera Software acquisition - retained for technical leadership</li>
<li>Transformed desktop-first company to embrace modern web technologies</li>
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Co-Founder & CTO | Kera Software
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2012 - 2013 | Toronto, ON
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<li>Scaled from 0 to 5,000+ businesses in 18 months</li>
<li>Built product adoption platform that drove acquisition interest</li>
<li>Successfully acquired by Autodesk in 2013</li>
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Co-Founder & Technical Lead | Big Bang Technology
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2008 - 2012 | Toronto, ON
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<li>Founded consultancy and grew to $1M+ ARR through revenue-sharing model</li>
<li>Delivered enterprise applications for Fortune 500 clients (Nissan, Allstate)</li>
<li>Products served 50,000+ active users</li>
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<h2 style="font-size: 1.5rem; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;">Technical Skills</h2>
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<strong>Languages:</strong> TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, SQL<br/>
<strong>Frontend:</strong> React, Next.js, Vue.js, React Native, Tailwind CSS<br/>
<strong>Backend:</strong> Node.js, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Prisma, REST/GraphQL APIs<br/>
<strong>AI/ML:</strong> OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, LangChain, Vector DBs<br/>
<strong>Infrastructure:</strong> AWS, Vercel, Docker, GitHub Actions, Terraform<br/>
<strong>Testing:</strong> Playwright, Vitest, Jest, Cypress
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<h2 style="font-size: 1.5rem; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;">Key Achievements</h2>
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<li><strong>High-velocity shipping:</strong> 2,700+ commits in 2024 while maintaining code quality</li>
<li><strong>Fundraising:</strong> Raised $80M for Delphia, built to 30,000+ users</li>
<li><strong>Successful exit:</strong> Kera Software acquired by Autodesk (2013)</li>
<li><strong>Technical innovation:</strong> Launched AutoCAD Web at Google I/O 2018 using WebAssembly</li>
<li><strong>Product success:</strong> #2 Product Hunt launch (fforward), multiple products serving thousands of users</li>
<li><strong>Team scaling:</strong> Grew and led teams from 5 to 50+ engineers</li>
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<h2 style="font-size: 1.5rem; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;">Education</h2>
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Self-taught engineer with 20+ years of continuous learning. Started programming at age 12,
launched first business at 22. Proven ability to master new technologies quickly and deliver
production systems that scale.
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References available upon request. View my work at
<a href="https://github.com/camwest" style="color: #0066cc;">github.com/camwest</a>.
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