Illia Ocean is an experienced software engineer currently serving as a Staff Software Engineer at Thinkific since September 2019, where contributions include co-founding Thinkific Payments to streamline payment processes for content creators. Previous roles include Tech Lead and Senior Full Stack Engineer at Castlight Health, and Front End Software Engineer at Mastech Digital, where projects involved work under contract for Bank of America. Earlier experience includes Front End/Mobile Developer at DIO-soft and Junior QA Engineer at GlobalLogic. Illia Ocean holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Oregon State University and a Bachelor of Management in Business Administration and Management from Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics.