ABOUT
- ROLE
- CTO · Builder
- FOCUS
- Web Platforms · AI · Craft
- LOCATION
- Dubai, UAE
- ORIGINS
- Lebanon
Rodric Haddad is a CTO and software engineer with 13+ years of experience building and scaling web platforms and engineering teams. Currently leading technology at BlinkPayroll in Dubai, he previously served as CTO at Coddict and cut his teeth as an intern and contributor on the AngularJS team at Google.
Career
Rodric's path started with the AngularJS core team at Google, where he contributed to angular-cli, angular.js, and the traceur-compiler. He went on to become CTO at Coddict, then took the same role at BlinkPayroll (FinancialDocs FZCO) — a Dubai-based fintech simplifying payroll for small businesses. Along the way, he took the stage at ng-Europe (Paris), ng-conf, GoTo Amsterdam, SymfonyCon, Google Developer Group Montreal, SE Factory, and LAU University — and built open-source tools like classicaljs and ngParser.js. His code lives in the Arctic Code Vault.
Open Source
A longtime open-source contributor with 42 public repositories. Notable projects include classicaljs (bringing classical programming paradigms to JavaScript), ngParser.js (a standalone Angular expressions library), and contributions to Angular's core toolchain. Arctic Code Vault Contributor.
Beyond Code
Rodric is a close-up magician who has performed at NomadCruise, NomadBase, and numerous other events — and a hockey goalie. Two pursuits that share a common thread: quick hands, misdirection optional.