Alexander Bird Email & Phone Number

See me on GitHub (https://github.com/alexanderbird), Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com/users/3012550/alexanderbird), and npm (https://www.npmjs.com/~alexanderbird).

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, Canada Area

Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Canada Area

Maintenance and development of custom business software in a wide range of domains. Requires rapidly developing expertise in new technology stacks and unfamiliar software in order to delivery timely and dependable improvements and bug fixes.

Calgary And Surrounding Area

Custom website builds for small businesses - leveraging my software engineering training to deliver better, more maintainable websites at a low cost.

Training covering the full software development lifecycle from requirements gathering through delivery, support, and maintenance. Covers software architecture, design process, testing, communication, and other related skills.

Calgary

• Worked as researcher under NSERC research grant as part of a team of 3 developers• Learned a new programming language (Ruby on Rails)• Applied self-taught knowledge in software development lifecycle including version control (git) and test-driven development• Developed an automated API to transfer data between proprietary project management system (Release Planner TM) and Jira project tracking system within 12 weeks• Presented the prototype to Software… Show more • Worked as researcher under NSERC research grant as part of a team of 3 developers• Learned a new programming language (Ruby on Rails)• Applied self-taught knowledge in software development lifecycle including version control (git) and test-driven development• Developed an automated API to transfer data between proprietary project management system (Release Planner TM) and Jira project tracking system within 12 weeks• Presented the prototype to Software Engineering Decision Support lab and Microsoft Research• Continuing research for undergraduate thesis course with SEDS lab (September to present) Show less

Calgary

• Collaborated with 3-15 team members to maintain lawns of shopping malls and condos• Streamlined mowing route through regular team debrief sessions to improve productivity

Calgary And Surrounding Area

• Integrated with a team of 3-10 roofers for work on multi-week flat roofing or shingling projects• Calculated material estimates and assisted supervisor with leak repairs and materials estimates

Ottawa

4-6 weeks over summer of 2008, 2010• Collaborated with a small team to motivate campers and plan and lead backcountry trips• Synthesized informal documentation from previous years with new ideas to plan and run sessions and activities