Hi, I'm Devon.

I'm a solutions architect interested in application integration, data engineering, event-driven architecture, and software design. I live in Lorain, Ohio with my wife Chrissie and our dog Banjo. We're the proud parents of Nick and Leilani.

I grew up in Cincinnati where I had the incredible good luck to attend the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). I studied Music Education at Ohio State and still love to write and arrange music when I get time, although my few pro credits are long behind me.

Random Bits

  • I love to learn. I always have a book in my hands or a podcast in my earbuds.
  • When I was a kid, my dream jobs were typist, animator, astronaut, ILM special effects artist, and film music composer. If my 7-year-old self could see me now, spending 90% of my day typing, he would be ecstatic.
  • My favorite non-fiction book is A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
  • My name is pronounced DEH-vin bee-AIR.

Contact / Follow

Github - dbiere
LinkedIn - Devon Biere

What's Up?

  • Recently composed my first orchestral piece (Adventures with Boo) as a college graduation gift for my daughter.
  • Wrote my first original choral piece (Come to Me) since college.
  • Completed my B.S. of Data Management/Data Analytics at WGU in June 2021.
  • Diving back into Python and Django. The source code for this site is shared on Github.
  • Recently read...
    • The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2024)
    • Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach by Neal Ford, Mark Richards (2020)
    • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday (2014)
    • A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912)
    • The Eye of the Bedlam Bride: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 6 by Matt Dinniman (2023)
    • Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (1955)
    • More...
  • Recently watched...
    • Death on the Nile (1978)
    • Inside Out 2 (2024)
    • The Death of Stalin (2017)
    • Gerald's Game (2017)
    • Still Alice (2014)
    • Limitless (2011)
    • More...