Blair Young
Full Stack Developer
I am a passionate developer with over 20 years of experience building custom web applications with PHP, jQuery, and MySQL for high-profile clients, like Colgate and Royal Caribbean.
I’m an expert at developing and managing tailor-made web solutions from inception to long-term evolution and support.
I love working with clients and users to identify pain points, areas for improvement, and what works well. My goal is to deliver the best user experience possible.
My Services
With over 20 years nurturing client relationships for successful outcomes, I’m confident that I can add value to all of your tech projects.
Web Development
Delivering tailored web solutions on-time, on-brand, and on-budget. No project is too big or too small.
UI/UX Design
I love working with clients and users to identify pain points, areas for improvement, and what works well. My goal is to deliver the best user experience possible.
Artificial Intelligence
We’re on the cusp of a major revolution. Are you ready? If you’re not using AI to increase efficiency, I’m here to help!
Portfolio
Check out some of my recent work
Testimonials
Blair is the kind of person that can carry a project from discovery to deployment, earn the trust of your clients, and bring a level of thoughtfulness to his work that’s genuinely hard to find. He is a coding army of one. Whatever the scope, whatever the deadline, he finds a way. He approaches every problem with a pragmatic clarity that cuts through noise and lands on solutions others simply don’t see.
His strengths don’t stop at coding. Blair is just as effective in a client meeting as he is in a codebase. He has a rare gift for building trust with clients — listening, gathering feedback with genuine curiosity, scoping requirements, and translating complex technical realities into language anyone can understand and feel confident about.
President & CEO, WINstorm
I can say without hesitation that Blair is one of the most capable and dependable developers I’ve worked alongside.
He’s the person you want in the room when encountering a technical blocker, a shifting requirement, or a tight deadline. He pivots fast without losing sight of quality, and he brings a calm, can-do energy that keeps things moving forward.
What sets Blair apart is his rare ability to bridge the gap between technical complexity and stakeholder needs. Time and again, I’ve watched him take an ambiguous problem and work directly with the people involved to clarify goals, identify constraints, and architect a solution that actually addressed the underlying need. He doesn’t just write code; he listens, asks the right questions, and builds things that work.
Strategic Program Director, McKenna Institute
Work Experience
- Aligned business goals with technical solutions
- Designed, reviewed and approved critical technology decisions
- Maintained, improved and optimized system architecture
- Responsible for platform security
- Managed development team including hiring process
- Assigned projects and reviewed code changes
- Prepared and filed IRAP and SR&ED applications
- Reviewed and bid on RFPs
- Managed scalability issues
- Created an entirely new SaaS platform for building websites and sending email campaigns
- Built using jQuery, PHP, MySQL and Bootstrap
- Conducted user testing workshops to scope features, improve UX, identify pain points and validate product road map
• Maintained and enhanced existing web platforms using Perl, PHP and MySQL.
• Developed secure FTP system in Java used by every Delta hotel in Canada to synchronize and share PowerPoints.
• Worked closely with account managers and content developers to produce high-quality websites, email campaigns and presentations for top brands like Colgate
- Developed a flexible training and approval program for Pfizer’s clinicians.
- Strict adherence to DSM-IV
- Created with Dr Stan Kutcher, Asst Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie University.
- Responsible for maintaining IT infrastructure, securing user accounts, triaging hardware issues.
- Developed a PHP tool that monitored campus computers to detect hardware failures and network issues
- Developed java module to download and parse hydrolab sensor buoy data, save to database and display on site.
- Developed water usage calculators and tools.
Let's Connect
I’m always happy to discuss new opportunities.
Got an idea? I’d love to make it happen!