Shayne Vacher-Moffeit

A seasoned professional with over two decades of experience across technology and coaching sectors primarily acting in the roles of:

  • Seasoned change leader

  • Agile transformation consultant

  • Software Engineer

He began his professional career during the early basement days of Serials Solutions, crafting core web applications and establishing user interfaces.

Over the next fifteen years, he honed deep technical capabilities as an interactive developer and software engineer at companies like FITCH, Mod Systems, Getty Images, and Daptiv, driving automated deployment pipelines and fostering robust Extreme Programming practices.

Recognizing that systemic human interactions account for the vast majority of organizational performance, he transitioned into enterprise coaching and training, leading large-scale transformations at Fortune 100 logistics and insurance companies, as well as Charles Schwab Inc.

He co-founded Simply Start Transformation, LLC, where he serve as a master design strategist, architecting human-centric tools, training curricula, and systemic coaching frameworks to eliminate operational waste and bring humanity back to the modern workplace.

He graduated with honors as a Professional Master of Sustainability, Entreprenureship, and Technology from Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences and Vienna University Executive Academy, and is the Principle Engineer and Technology Leader of this application, Skill Bearings.

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Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

Expert
Proven use: 7 yearsUsed this month

Software methodology that focuses on collaboration between developers, testers, and business stakeholders to define and validate software behavior based on user expectations.

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Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Expert
Proven use: 7 yearsUsed this month

Software development approach where tests are written before the actual code, following a repetitive cycle of writing tests, coding, and refining to ensure correctness and improve design.

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UI Development

Proficient
Proven use: 12 yearsUsed this month

Process of programming client-facing interfaces, implementing designs for images, animations, sliders, text fields, buttons, and more, using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

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System Architecture

Proficient
Proven use: 11 yearsUsed this month

The structural design of a system's components, their relationships, and the principles guiding their interaction and evolution over time.

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DevOps (Deployment Automation)

Competent
Proven use: 8 yearsUsed this month

Deployment automation in DevOps focuses on distributing software components to designated environments, ensuring faster and reliable releases through automated processes in CI/CD pipelines.

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Neo4j

Competent
Proven use: 4 yearsUsed this month

A popular, open-source NoSQL graph database management system. Instead of storing data in traditional tables with rows and columns (like relational databases), Neo4j stores data as nodes (entities) and relationships (edges). This architecture makes it exceptionally fast and efficient at querying heavily interconnected data, such as social networks, recommendation engines, and fraud detection systems.

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AI-Assisted Development

Competent
Proven use: 4 yearsUsed this month

The practice of using artificial intelligence tools (such as code generation models and automated debugging assistants) to help software developers write, test, and optimize code more efficiently.

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Technical Assessments

Proficient
Proven use: 4 yearsUsed this month

Structured evaluations used to measure an individual’s technical skills (e.g., coding tests) or a system’s performance, security, and compliance against specific standards.

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Curriculum Design

Competent
Proven use: 8 yearsUsed this month

The deliberate and systematic planning of an educational program or training course, mapping out what will be taught, how it will be taught, and how learning will be measured.

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Cross-functional Collaboration

Expert
Proven use: 9 yearsUsed this month

Working effectively across departments, teams, or disciplines to achieve a common goal. This skill involves coordinating efforts, sharing knowledge, resolving conflicts, and building consensus among diverse stakeholders with different expertise or priorities.

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Simply Start Transformation SaaS Architecture & Business Advisory

The newly co-founded consultancy needed to simultaneously deliver executive-level business advisory to external clients and architect a complex 0-to-1 SaaS career navigation platform. Shayne took full ownership of the product lifecycle, engineering a full-stack functional prototype utilizing a Node.js, KoaJS, NuxtJS, and Neo4j graph database backend, backed by containerized GCP pipelines and AI-powered workflows (Cursor). Concurrently, he provided high-level consulting that turned a client side-project into a $50K/year profit within 3 months, conducted technical audits for a major medical device manufacturer, and built an MBA-level Cognitive Bias course for Tomorrow University.

For: Simply Start Transformation

Primary Responsibilities: Architected and developed a full-stack 0-to-1 SaaS platform prototype (Node.js, KoaJS, NuxtJS, NuxtUI, TailwindCSS). Implemented complex relationship mapping models via Neo4j graph database schema designs. Managed a automated containerized cloud delivery pipeline using Docker, GitHub Actions, and GCP. Accelerated development using AI-assisted engineering tools (Cursor) for infrastructure and debugging. Conducted professional technical audits for medical device software teams and advised founders on monetization. Formulated and taught an MBA curriculum covering Cognitive Bias and Social Identity Theory.

Active for: 4 years

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MVP Build of Skill Bearings (working name: Project Polvo)

Continued refinement and effort to develop and tune the system described in the thesis/business plan ready for a base functionality related release. This involved full stack development including system architecture as well the build of a full pipeline from source control commit to production. Additionally it required creation of system that ensure compliance with strict European standards (such as GDPR)

Primary Responsibilities: All aspects of devlopment, testing, and infrastructure. This involved continuing refinement of the system architecture, depedencies, and infrastructure, to enable stable and reliable systems to support a single developer effort. It also involved working very closely with a business oriented counterpart.

Active for: 10 months

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Non-Judgmental Thinking (Cohort 3)

Executed the live instructional delivery of the accredited "Non-Judgmental Thinking" challenge for an international cohort of postgraduate MBA candidates. Facilitated three consecutive weeks of synchronous virtual seminars and applied breakout sessions, guiding executive students through the practical implementation of cognitive bias mitigation and behavioral science frameworks within corporate leadership.

Title: Challenge Owner

From Feb 2 2026 to Feb 23 2026

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