ADAM GRAHAM // SR. TECHNICAL DELIVERY LEADER
Sr. Development Manager at Havas CX Canada & Hands-On Systems Builder — 13+ years guiding digital products from initial strategy through architecture, deployment, and long-term operations.
My background spans agency leadership, higher-education teaching, and technical management. Having spent years as a hands-on engineer across enterprise Angular, React/Next.js, and WordPress/PHP platforms, I bring a pragmatic, realistic understanding of software development, scope management, and technical trade-offs.
This dual foundation allows me to bridge the gap between engineering teams, clients, UX designers, and non-technical stakeholders—whether leading complex web initiatives for enterprise clients or streamlining internal engineering operations to deliver user-centered solutions on time and on budget.
CURRENT_ROLE : Sr. Development Manager @ Havas CX Canada (9+ Yrs Tenure)
BASE_NODE : Cobourg, Ontario, Canada // Greater Toronto Area
EDUCATION : Humber College — Graphic Design & Advertising (Faculty Alum)
CERTIFIED : Section x Havas ProfAI — AI Proficiency (Issued Mar 2026)SYS://CORE_COMPETENCIES // LEADERSHIP_PILLARS
Grounded in hands-on engineering and refined over a decade of agency and enterprise delivery.
End-to-end ownership of complex, multi-workstream digital builds from scoping to launch.
- Sprint planning, velocity tracking & Agile delivery governance
- Scope, budget & fixed-timeline management under enterprise constraints
- Proactive risk identification, dependency unblocking & mitigation
- Cross-project resource allocation & capacity forecasting
Trusted technical partner to client leads, account directors, and executive sponsors.
- Technical discovery workshops & platform feasibility assessments
- Multi-phase client roadmap strategy & release prioritization
- Transparent expectations management & trade-off framing
- Third-party vendor management, SLA oversight & platform selection
Building resilient engineering cultures where developers, designers, and PMs thrive.
- Cross-functional alignment across engineering, UX, strategy & creative
- 1:1 technical mentoring, career growth coaching & code quality standards
- Curriculum design & post-secondary instruction (Humber College)
- CI/CD workflow automation, AI-assisted dev enablement & QA optimization
Pragmatic architectural oversight rooted in years of writing production frontend and CMS code.
- Solution architecture oversight across Angular, React/Next.js & headless WP
- User journey optimization, WCAG accessibility & Core Web Vitals performance
- Technical requirements gathering, API contract design & system integration
- Bridging visual design intent and component-level implementation
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A 13+ year progression from hands-on full-stack and frontend engineering to senior agency delivery management and higher-education instruction.
Senior Development Manager
May 2025 – Present · Cobourg / Greater Toronto Area- Oversee cross-functional engineering and delivery teams through the full lifecycle of complex, enterprise-scale web and digital product engagements.
- Partner directly with client leads, project managers, and internal strategy and creative leads to define technical roadmaps, architectural scope, and delivery governance.
- Drive AI-enabled engineering workflows (ProfAI certified), resource planning, and technical quality across concurrent multi-disciplinary client programs.
Development Manager
Apr 2022 – May 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos- Managed engineering resource allocation, technical risk assessments, and release schedules to ensure complex agency builds met fixed deadlines and budget targets.
- Mentored frontend and full-stack developers, conducted architecture and code reviews, and standardized sprint and deployment processes across teams.
- Led vendor management, third-party integration scoping, and technical discovery for enterprise accounts.
Frontend Developer
Sep 2017 – Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Greater Toronto Area- Engineered large-scale Angular and modern JavaScript applications for enterprise clients, starting at Plastic Mobile through its evolution into Havas CX Canada.
- Championed clean, maintainable component architectures, Agile sprint execution, WCAG accessibility compliance, and tight collaboration with UX/UI design squads.
Faculty of Media & Creative Arts (Graphic Design Program) — Greater Toronto Area
- Taught Web Technology 3 and Web Technology 4, guiding Graphic Design students through practical WordPress, PHP, HTML/CSS, and frontend web development.
- Designed coursework specifically for emerging visual designers—equipping them to speak the language of engineering and understand the tools developers use to bring their designs to life.
- Bridged the gap between creative direction and technical execution through hands-on studio labs and real-world publishing workflows.
Creative Digital Strategy Agency — Greater Toronto Area
- Led end-to-end digital project execution for agency client initiatives, serving as the primary technical point of contact for external stakeholders and internal creative teams.
- Architected and delivered custom WordPress themes, plugins, and responsive web applications focused on targeted, well-designed user experiences.
- Owned technical scoping, vendor coordination, hosting migrations, and production launch assurance across the agency portfolio.
High-Traffic Digital Media & Community Platforms — Greater Toronto Area
- Developed and maintained high-volume web properties and enthusiast community platforms using PHP, JavaScript, WordPress, Drupal, and vBulletin.
- Collaborated on platform migrations, custom plugin/module engineering, and frontend performance optimization across VerticalScope's media network.
Flagship Retail & Customer Experience Management — Greater Toronto Area
- Served on the management team for Toronto's first Bose retail store, coaching staff and leading live technical demonstrations that translated complex audio engineering into clear customer value.
- Built a high-performing, customer-first team culture grounded in consultative communication and product mastery.
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Associate's Degree — Graphic Design & Advertising
Formal training in visual systems, typography, layout architecture, and digital advertising—forming the design foundation that later brought me back to Humber College as a Contract Instructor teaching Web Technology to Graphic Design students.
Section x Havas ProfAI: AI Proficiency
Verified credential in applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) for technical delivery, AI-augmented software engineering workflows, prompt architecture, and enterprise adoption governance.
| DOMAIN | CORE CAPABILITIES & TECHNOLOGIES | APPLIED CONTEXT |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery & Governance | Product Delivery, Technical Project Management, Agile/Scrum, Sprint Planning, Scope & Budget Control, Risk Assessment, Resource Allocation | Havas CX Canada, artifakt Digital |
| Client & Vendor Strategy | Technical Discovery, Roadmap Strategy, Stakeholder Alignment, Vendor Management, RFP/Scoping, Executive Communication | Enterprise Agency Programs (9+ Yrs) |
| Frontend & Web Systems | JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, Angular, React, Next.js (Static Export), HTML5, Modular SCSS, Web Awesome Pro, WCAG AA Accessibility | Havas CX, Plastic Mobile, Bythegram |
| CMS & Backend Platforms | WordPress (Custom Themes, Gutenberg Blocks, Headless / WPGraphQL / Faust.js), PHP, Drupal, REST APIs, Python Content Tooling | Humber College, artifakt, VerticalScope |
| DevOps & AI Workflows | Git / GitHub Actions CI/CD, Static Edge Pipelines (S3 / CloudFront / SFTP), Automated Lighthouse Auditing, AI-Assisted Engineering (ProfAI) | Enterprise & Independent Builds |
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