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...