Jason Lefevbre

As CTO, Jason leads the Purchasing Authority’s technology vision. With two decades of diverse experience in software development, Jason is the master behind the APD Cloud and its cloud solution, ProcureForce.

Jason is passionate about developer operations and efficient, agile software development lifecycle (SDLC) management. He is a recognized authority on Microsoft .NET and has written several books and many more articles on it in national magazines and for the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). He has been working with Microsoft .NET since it was an internal, unreleased alpha product.

Currently, Jason focuses on utilizing Amazon cloud services (AWS) to deliver cutting edge, responsive Web applications using front-end JavaScript frameworks and back-end .NET solutions.

Throughout his career, Jason has been an innovator in the software industry. As Founder and Principal of Derecho Software, Jason led the company from inception to established enterprise. He oversaw all sales, administrative and management functions of the organization. Jason successfully built customer solutions using C#, SQL Server, Amazon Cloud (AWS), VB.NET, JavaScript and several other related technologies.

Before opening the doors at Derecho Software, Jason was a Senior Developer at Software Packaging Associates. During his time there, he created a solution to improve accounting, assembly, shipping and sales business operations in Windows and ASP.NET applications, using primarily C# and SQL. Prior to Software Packaging Associates, Jason managed a diverse team focused on development at Resurgent Capital based in Mason, Ohio.

Jason studied mathematics at Wright State University with a concentration in computer science.