Collin Schaafsma

Collin Schaafsma is a Senior Staff Engineer at Gloo since October 2022 and simultaneously operates as an Independent Software Consultant at Schaafsma LLC. Previously, Collin held multiple leadership roles at Gloo, including Head of Engineering and Senior Director of Engineering, overseeing diverse teams in UI/UX, API/Services, and Data. Collin founded Matter Cycles, a custom bicycle frame company, and served as an instructor in Ruby and Agile practices at Boulder Digital Arts. As a co-founder of Quick Left Inc., Collin fostered a collaborative engineering environment while implementing TDD and continuous delivery methodologies. Early career experiences include roles as a Security Engineer at Applied Trust Engineering and a Web Developer/DevOps at fathead design, inc. Collin graduated from Columbia College Chicago.