Christopher Blachnio

Christopher Blachnio has worked in the software development industry since 2014. Christopher began their career as a Software Developer at Pinellas County Government, where they developed web applications using Java, JSP, Struts 1.0, JavaScript, and WebLogic, and upgraded IVR code using XML, JAXB 2.0, and SoapUI. In 2015, they joined IBM as an XML Tech. WAS Developer and Tester, where they managed a build system with over 50 physical and virtual machines of various OS distributions and flavors, and upgraded all systems and patched security holes. In 2017, they moved to BMO Financial Group as an Application Developer. Most recently, they joined CrowdRiff as a Back End Developer and was promoted to Senior Back End Developer in 2021.

Christopher Blachnio attended Ontario Tech University from 2012 to 2017, where they earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Computer Software Engineering.