Summary
Dennis Pilarinos is a seasoned software executive, entrepreneur, and founder/CEO based in Vancouver, Canada, with a proven track record of solving complex problems for developer audiences. He currently leads Unblocked as Founder and CEO and serves as an angel investor at Metaspectral, while contributing as a board member at Keela. Earlier, he built and led buddybuild, a mobile CI/CD platform acquired by Apple in 2018, demonstrating his ability to scale products and attract strategic interest. His leadership spans Microsoft and AWS, where he directed development technologies and cloud platforms, underscoring a long history of shaping developer tooling. An inventor with multiple patents, he is known for building high-performance teams and delivering innovative, real-world tech solutions that help customers exceed their goals. He earned a BSc in Computing Science & Business from Simon Fraser University.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computing Science & Business, BSc Computing Science & Business at Simon Fraser University