nausherrao

one person, four jobs, mostly at the same time.

i've been programming since i was 8. today i'm a senior software engineer at mappedin, where i work on indoor positioning. outside of that, i start companies, run live events, and play in a band.

nowmappedinsenior software engineer, indoor positioning & blue dot founderkonfera canadian consultancy that plans and runs hackathons, conferences, networking nights and yacht parties

nexta new companyin stealth

biggest show1,400+ peoplespurhacks 2025, 291 projects built13 side projectsincluding tab, new in 2026

the day job

senior software engineer at mappedin, on the blue dot. before that: spur, near, webisoft, shopify and magnet forensics, and eleven years of freelancing that started when i was ten.

2026mappedin
senior software engineer
owned blue dot and indoor positioning as its sole engineer and pm, on maps used by lax and at&t stadium.
2024 to 2025spur innovation center
project manager
managed $1M+ in startup funding across 15 ventures; 12 of 15 hit their q1 okrs.
2024 to nowkonfer
founder & ceo
a canadian consultancy that plans and runs hackathons, conferences, networking nights and yacht parties.
2024webisoft
software engineer
replaced 1k+ excel tables behind $100M+ in quotes with one web app.
2024near protocol
director of technical product & growth
took seahorse, a privacy-first mental health app, from concept to an mvp that helped raise $750k.
may to aug 2022jan to apr 2023shopify
software engineer
the shopify cli, run by 850 apps a day, and the partner dashboard, used by 1.1M+ people a day.
2021magnet forensics
software engineer
jenkins pipelines and an internal build dashboard for 100+ engineers.
2011 to 2022freelance
software developer
about 80 clients, mostly plugins for game servers of 750 to 50k players. i started at ten.

ii.

the engineer

what i build when nobody's asking: tab, a karaoke bot, a music social network, this site, and a decade of bots and hackathon projects.

tab, 2026

side project

a shared expense tracker for trips and events. scan a receipt, tag who got what, and it works out who owes whom in the fewest payments.

visit ↗ tab

kabo, 2021

hackathon project, hack the north 2020++

a karaoke discord bot that scores your pitch and lyrics live.

visit ↗ kabo

muspace, 2021

side project

a social platform built around sharing music and finding people who listen like you.

visit ↗ muspace

this website, 2026

side project

a museum in seven panels, with its own content admin. you're standing in it.

visit ↗ this website

also builtsherbot homestockwinner, openhacks 2020 chaterestru hacks 2021 spacestagram localify maerienette julia buddybot freegamenotifier

also wrotekepler + the n-body problemmilankovitch cycles

iii.

the stage

spurhacks 2025 went from nothing to 1,400+ people in three months: four floors of the old blackberry campus, 291 projects, $100k+ in prizes and a $350k+ budget. i directed it, and at every ceremony i was the stage and production manager, running the cues, the av and the clock.

The SpurHacks 2025 audience under violet stage light — spurhacks 2025

Camera and stage crew filming at SpurHacks 2025 — spurhacks 2025, camera + stage crew

Guests crowded on the deck of the Collision yacht party — collision yacht soirée 2024

A packed auditorium at HawkHacks 2024 — hawkhacks 2024

Friends at a table at the SPUR BBQ festival — spur bbq festival 2024

Attendees arriving under balloons at SpurHacks 2025 — spurhacks 2025, doors open

Hackers working in a lecture hall at HawkHacks 2024 — hawkhacks 2024

An audience watching pitches at the SPUR BBQ festival — spur bbq festival 2024, pitches

The Toronto skyline at night from the yacht — toronto from the yacht

spurhacks 2025 1,400+ attendees hawkhacks 2024 1,289 registrants collision yacht soirée #1 side event at collision spur community bbq festival 300 people

iv.

the founder

founder & ceo of konfer and founder of spurhacks. before that, i started hawkhacks and ran the laurier computing society. right now: a new company, in stealth.