Dave Vallance
Senior Manager, DevOps And Test Automation
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Vallance is a seasoned technology leader in DevOps, test automation, and quality engineering, with nine years of experience delivering reliable, scalable infrastructure and software across broadcast and digital platforms. Currently Senior Manager, DevOps and Test Automation at Vantiva, he combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership to drive end-to-end delivery and customer-focused outcomes. His career spans DVB engineering, embedded software, and field applications, with prior leadership roles at CommScope and hands-on testing leadership at EchoStar, ADB, and DISH HD Asia, where he helped build test labs and coordinate cross-functional programs. An active contributor to open source, he has enhanced the CCXT store for Backtrader and cryptocurrency exchange integrations, including private endpoints and wallet functionality, with a notable fix for Binance orders. Based in Leeds, England, he holds a BA (Hons) in Music Technology from the University of Huddersfield, blending creative disciplines with rigorous software and IT service-management practices (ITIL Foundation, ISEB).
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons), Music Technology, BA (Hons), Music Technology at The University of Huddersfield
English, Chinese
Github Skills (13)
crypto10
cryptocurrency10
exchange10
apim10
api10
cryptocurrencies10
cryptos10
backtrader10
python10
rest-api8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Dave-Vallance/bt-ccxt-store
Aug 2018 - Sep 2021
Fork of Ed Bartosh's CCXT Store Work
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 10 PRs, 25 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Dave primarily worked on enhancing the CCXT (CryptoCurrency eXchange Trading Library) store, a Backtrader component. Contributions include refactoring the store model, integrating private endpoints, and incorporating improvements such as dropping the newest candle and adding wallet functionality. The user's focus involved modifying the store's interaction with the CCXT library and adapting it for various cryptocurrency exchanges. There was also a fix to ensure that Binance orders are being created as expected.
ccxt
Dave-Vallance/Auto-Pocket
May 2016 - Oct 2020
A program to automate adding and removing of articles into pocket
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 4 years 6 months
pocketpythonautomationperl
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