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...
  • Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (1955)
  • The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan (1996)
  • James: A Novel by Percival Everett (2024)
  • Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan (2024)
  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz (1997)
  • The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5 by Matt Dinniman (2022)
  • More...
• Recently watched...
  • Charade (1963)
  • Air (2023)
  • A Haunting in Venice (2023)
  • The New World (2005)
  • Hit Man (2023)
  • A Bronx Tale (1993)
  • More...