Nick Barfoot Staff Software Developer

I worked with Nick for 3 years at Canvaspop/WorkshopX. During our time working together I saw Nick grow his skills tremendously, pushing himself to learn new technologies and champion new projects, the most impressive being PopKey.

Nick was the founding iOS engineer on the PopKey project and worked incredibly hard to build and launch it successfully. Given that Nick was a back-end PHP engineer at Canvaspop when I started, the jump to fullstack and further into mobile app development was not something anyone could easily undertake yet Nick did it with ease.

Beyond his considerable development talents, Nick is a great musician and music producer and dedicated friend. Any team would be lucky to have him.

Nick is a SOLID, thoughtful, common-sense engineer. I had the pleasure working with him for several years. He has experience with a variety of frameworks and architectures which makes him an instant asset to any organization.

He pushes for results (which are always top notch), cares deeply about his work and his craft (well beyond the work day). Nick is a constant learner. He is never afraid to pick up new tools and patterns, and is quick to grow his tool belt. Nick powers through tough problems and doesn't ever seem to give up.

He also possesses some serious musical talent. His artistic thinking and mastery of guitar carry over into his engineering making him an even more insightful problem solver.

Nick is wonderful to work with, is highly motivated, forward-thinking and continues to constantly push his skillsets to new levels. Nick always went above and beyond in everything he did, proving his high dedication to our teams success.

Nicks hard work, dedication and insightful product design was the driving factor to the success of many large projects under the WorkshopX umbrella. PopKey would not have been the success it was without his leadership on the project. Every team needs a Swiss Army knife named Nick!

Nick and I have worked closely together for 1.5 years., he takes pride in the work he does and goes the extra mile to ensure delivery is the best it can be. I could also rely on Nick to find missing gaps on requirements, talk to the product owners and manage releases on his own.

One of the things I truly appreciated while working with Nick is that he likes to understand the business case of a given feature prior to development starting, he's organized and will ensure the pieces are put together before he commits to a delivery. Your company will gain a lot by having Nick on the team!

Working with Nick on our EP was a great experience. I never thought that recording could be so enjoyable! The sessions were not stressful or burdensome, but instead, they were full of positivity and something we looked forward to.

He was so open to our ideas when it came to mixing and production and he really let us get involved in the recording process. He managed to capture the instruments perfectly from vocals to violin, and he has a very intuitive sense of balance, allowing everyone's musical contributions come through beautifully.

With Nick, you really get the sense that you are working with someone who is invested in the final product, and he really puts the satisfaction of the band above all else. After a few sessions, I started to feel like he was in the band - he seemed to care just as much about the music as we did! I am so thankful that we got to work with Nick on this project, he is a great person to work with from a professional standpoint, and after this experience, I also consider him as a musical collaborator and friend.

Recording my song with Nick was an amazing process. Not only is he an extremely talented producer, he brings enthusiasm to each session and makes the recording process a lot of fun. Nick provided a lot of helpful insight and understands how to create quality sound. Whether you're a beginner or a professional musician, I'd highly recommend working with Nick!