When deploying new project I see a different name than mine that "started" the project

This is usually caused by a git metadata misconfiguration. Someone else ran into the same problem very recently. You should be able to fix it by updating the global name and email for git commits on your computer.

git config --global user.name “[github account name]”
git config --global user.email “[github account email]”

I included a bit of additional explanation in that thread if you’re curious to know more.