Stéphane Boisvert is a Principal Engineer at the Canadian Digital Service (CDS) where he helps change government to serve Canadians better. CDS has taken on projects such as helping low income Canadians file their taxes. He was formerly the Director of Technology for WordPress.com VIP working on some of the world’s largest enterprise sites spending his time leading teams that helped clients with architectural decisions, review code for security and performance and jumped in when a site was misbehaving. While At WordPress.com VIP he helped create and run a mentorship program that helped diversify the hiring pipeline.