Chad Petersen has a diverse work experience in the field of software engineering and project management. Chad is currently working at Instruqt as the Head of Engineering, a position they started in October 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Instruqt from April 2022 to October 2022.
Before joining Instruqt, Chad worked at Luno, where they held multiple roles. Chad worked as a Staff Software Engineer from January 2021 to May 2022. Prior to that, they served as a Senior Software Engineer - Tech Lead from January 2019 to December 2020, and as a Senior Software Engineer from October 2017 to December 2018.
Chad's earlier experience includes working at Effcomm SA as a Senior Associate | Software Engineer & Project Manager from March 2014 to October 2017. Chad also worked at Hexagonal as a Senior Software Engineer Team Lead from November 2013 to October 2017. Additionally, they had a brief stint at Mxit as a Software Engineer in June 2013.
Overall, Chad Petersen has a strong background in software engineering and has held various senior positions throughout their career.
Chad Petersen attended the University of Cape Town from 2010 to 2013, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Information Systems. Chad continued their education at the same university in 2014, completing a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Information Systems. In addition to their formal education, Chad also obtained several certifications. In March 2017, they became a Zend Certified PHP Engineer through Zend by Rogue Wave Software. In the same month, they also obtained certification in Agile Project Management from Lynda.com. Furthermore, in February 2017, Chad completed certification in Test-Driven Development with Node.js, also from Lynda.com.
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