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
Medium - @dbiere

What's Up?

  • Recently 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...
    • When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (2016)
    • For We Are Many: Bobiverse Book 2 by Dennis E. Taylor (2017)
    • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937)
    • Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2022)
    • Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman (1986)
    • Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
    • More...
  • Recently watched...
    • Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
    • Barbie (2023)
    • Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
    • Whiplash (2014)
    • Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) (1988)
    • Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
    • More...