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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

As a part of the Clio for Clients team, developed cloud software for legal industry professionals on a Ruby on Rails platform with AngularJS frontend. Built additional software features for mobile using React Native. Refactored existing code to improve codebase with a focus on readability and understandability. Participated in architectural planning of new feature components. Key Achievements• From architecture through to implementation, worked within the team to add new bill sharing functionality to the Clio for Clients web and mobile applications. • Helped transition team to developing for GraphQL, and documented existing GraphQL practices, resulting in quicker onboarding of other developers into the tech stack.• Improved software performance by identifying and resolving database performance issues in the codebase using performance tooling.• Addressed and resolved numerous transient failures in the code integration pipeline which improved the overall velocity of all company-wide developers to ship code.

Abbotsford, Bc

Guiding the company in the technical forefront of website trends, best practices and new technologies. Providing senior technical leadership by establishing company-wide standards for website development, website speed performance, and ongoing website maintenance and support. Developing websites, web applications, and WordPress plugins to address unique development needs for the company and clients. Leading client and team meetings with a focus on addressing and improving the technical aspect of operations. Training team members to improve and expand their technical knowledge. Liaising with IT representatives, website hosting companies, payment gateway companies and other vendors.Key Achievements• Programmed a WordPress plugin to provide on-the-fly generation of an image with specific dimensions reducing the amount of server space used, which reduced population time of new website builds, and improved overall page speed.• Developed an automated backup system for hosted websites using AWS eliminating the need for manual backups to be made by team members. • Learned various MVC & CRUD (Agile UI, Cake PHP, Symfony) frameworks for building out customized applications for clients.• Improved Google rankings and user experience by performing speed optimization work on websites resulting in an average improvement of 40% on Google Page Speed.

Abbotsford, Bc

In collaboration with the website design team and the account management team, produced high performing static and WordPress websites through the use of PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Supported websites post-launch through speed optimization, advanced SEO techniques, and lead generation opportunities.Key Achievements:• Developed a WordPress plugin integrating JavaScript gallery code resulting in a 5% savings of development time for projects which feature a light-box masonry gallery.• Converted legacy websites to mobile responsive, extending website life span and customer longevity resulting in further sales opportunities.

Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

Provided a wide range of clients with a variety of web development and design projects such as new websites. Key Achievements:• Seveloped a custom CMS and PHP based forum software for a North American nonprofit marine organization.• Secured and maintained a reoccurring contract to design a 300-page printed publication with non-profit organization.

Abbotsford, British Columbia

Planned and developed custom built software to improve internal processes and workflows. Onboarded, trained and managed junior team members. Oversaw the technical direction of the business by providing on-site support and established internal standards for security and network management.Key Achievements• Developed an online distribution management web application to manage all facets of direct to door advertising including distribution, accounting, online proofing and communication resulting in a significant reduction of overhead.• Provided onboarding, training and management of 5 junior team members into the company. • Developed a mobile application using PhoneGap to simplify carrier reporting and territory manager tracking of completed distribution routes.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Designed and developed websites for both the main organization, as well as partner organizations. Acted as an access control officer for authenticating visitors for access to the Port of Vancouver.Key Achievements• Learned PHP and developed custom-tailored forum software for a national member organization to eliminate software licensing costs and improve communications within between member companies.• Designed and developed multiple websites for the company reducing expenses by performing the work in-house.• Learned print design software to design 6 editions of a 300-page publication in house, then 3 more editions after leaving the company.