Colin McCaleb

Colin McCaleb

Leader • Software Engineer • Creative Technologist

West Loop, Chicago

Hello

I'm Colin McCaleb, Director of Technology at MOOD, where we're building the future of digital experiences. I'm an Azure Certified Developer with over a decade of experience in full-stack development, cloud architecture, and leading engineering teams. I build elegant solutions that merge creativity with technology to solve real business problems.

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Experience

Experience

Director of Technology

MOOD • 2025 - Present Startup

Leading technical strategy and development for a digital experiences platform. Building solutions that transform how brands connect with their audiences.

Software Engineering Manager

Avanade • 2021 - 2025 Microsoft + Accenture JV

  • Led teams of 5-50 developers managing a modern data warehouse for healthcare companies
  • Built distributed systems processing billions of records through Snowflake and Cosmos DB
  • Deployed Java applications to Azure Kubernetes Service with Kafka event streaming
  • Community of practice lead for frontend development

Senior Software Engineer

Avanade • 2017 - 2021 Microsoft + Accenture JV

  • Built healthcare applications using Azure cloud services with Microsoft
  • Developed custom applications with .NET, React, Java, Cosmos DB, and Azure Synapse
  • Mentored junior developers in frontend and API development
  • Worked on FHIR server implementations for healthcare data
Technical Skills

Technical Skills

Languages

  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • C# / .NET
  • Python
  • Java
  • SQL

Frontend

  • React / Next.js
  • Angular
  • HTML5 / CSS3
  • D3.js / Three.js
  • Tailwind CSS

Backend & Cloud

  • Azure (Certified)
  • .NET Core / Node.js
  • Java Spring Boot
  • Docker / Kubernetes
  • Microservices

Data & DevOps

  • Snowflake / Cosmos DB
  • Kafka / Event Streaming
  • Azure Data Factory
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Agile / Scrum
Notable Projects

Notable Projects

MOOD

Building a creative technology platform that transforms digital experiences for modern brands.

React Node.js Cloud Architecture
Healthcare Data Platform

Led 50+ developers building a data warehouse processing billions of healthcare records in real-time.

Azure Snowflake Kafka Kubernetes
Ecolab 3D

Built cloud platform for IoT data visualization, creating custom dashboards for industrial insights.

Angular .NET Data Visualization
Fortunæ

Minimalist personal finance tool with Electron and D3.js for clean data visualization.

Electron JavaScript D3.js
Slate

Contributed to decentralized mood board tool using React and Filecoin infrastructure.

React Node.js Filecoin
World Bicycle Relief

Designed and developed website for non-profit, implementing Salesforce integrations.

PHP Node.js Salesforce
Certifications

Certifications

Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
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