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Toronto, On, Ca

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

The unique AI consulting framework that we developed combines data science research, machine learning development and real-world deployment across three critical areas of concern: the implementation of the solution, the architecture on which it resides, and the business strategy that motivates the need for a solution.Lemay.ai specializes in rapidly deploying machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions for clients in finance, medical devices, food & beverage, cryptocurrency, human resources, marketing, stock trading, government, and defence.

Velocity Alpha is your gateway to advanced AI and data solutions, specifically tailored for the dynamic landscape of small to medium-sized businesses.We're not just experts in AI; we're your strategic partner dedicated to developing state-of-the-art AI products that streamline operations and catalyze growth.We escort you from ideation to implementation, molding your vision into robust, market-ready solutions. Our specialized knowledge in SMB challenges uniquely positions us to engineer innovative products that not only meet but exceed your expectations, ensuring your business not only keeps pace but sets the benchmark in efficiency and innovation.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Cinchy is a data collaboration platform that allows business owners to "co-produce" data products in acontrolled fashion and obviates the need for traditional data integration. This role’s primary focus wasaligning the product direction and engineering efforts on the data synchronization, query engine, and data collaboration components of the platform.• Implemented continuous discovery practices to efficiently steer product direction, focusing on customer pain points through regular interviews• Enhanced development throughput by optimizing policies, reducing context-switching and rework.• Leveraged systems-thinking to improve deployment frequency, enabling more agile responses to market and customer needs.• Facilitated a data-centric approach to decision-making with the Support and Customer Success teams.• Laid the groundwork for a product prioritization framework, focusing on customer needs and maintaining alignment through regular stakeholder communication.

Toronto, On, Ca

I am a founding member of our data platform team at Georgian. We use best-in-class data practices to enable easy consumption of valuable information for our analytics, machine learning, and operational workflows.• Accelerated analytics success for portfolio companies through consulting engagements focused on creating and optimizing data platforms.• Empowered business users to make data-informed decisions by developing data products and user experiences that generated excitement.• Improved Georgian's investment strategies by procuring and activating 1st and 3rd party data.• Enabled self-serve reporting by integrating disparate data sources into a common data model.• Held ongoing office hours for upskilling the organization in data literacy and business intelligence.Data Stack:GCP, Bigquery, Kubernetes, Airflow, dbt, dbtvault, Tableau, data vault, unified star schema

Toronto, On, Ca

In this role, I passionately improved our technology and business processes to capture data that would allow the business to automate key workflows around marketing, business development, and investments.Key Accomplishments:• Improved top-of-funnel conversion rates by 3x by developing an AI-driven lead sourcing engine with a small team of 2 engineers and 1 data scientist that seamlessly integrated with our CRM• Saved over 500 hours (2 months) of manual data entry for the business per year and improved CRM data quality through automated record enrichment, activity capture, and contact creation.• Increased visibility into marketing outcomes through analytics instrumentation across our digital workflows• Enabled complex automated workflows by integrating multiple marketing and SaaS systems• Achieved a 2x speed improvements in the performance of the Georgian websiteTechnologies/Buzzwords:Python, Serverless, Microservices, AWS, Salesforce, sfdx, Apex, Google Analytics, Salesforce Lightning Components, Wordpress, Pardot

Spicewood, Texas, Us

Play The Lottery On Your PhoneLottery.com, formerly AutoLotto, is the first-ever safe, secure, and fun mobile lottery service. Lot-tery.com’s “Tap, tap, ticket” approach to the lottery allows users to instantly play the Powerball with zero fees or commissions, and collect 100 percent of their winnings. My responsibilities included but were not limited to:- Planning and implementing a microservices strategy- Coordinating migration path to Event Sourced architecture- Distilling business requirements into technical specifications- Implementing components featuring ticket management, payments, notifications, APIs- Coaching engineers and providing internal engineering education

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Tasky lets you host the perfect event by finding you the right professionals. Instead of calling around, simply fill out a small form describing your needs and talk to everyone on the market at once! Receive up to 5 quotes in an hour!Some of my duties included:• Full-stack development using Node, AngularJS, MongoDB, and Express• Serving HTML snapshots for SEO using Electron headless browser and nginx• Deployment and hosting on Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2)• Making data-driven product sprint plans based on results from Mixpanel and Google Analytics• Answering business questions using A/B tests with Optimizely• Planning and managing Facebook Ad Campaigns and funnels• Planning and managing Google Adwords campaigns and funnels• Automating direct marketing via email outreach using Mandrill API and Mailchimp• Setting up and managing the Tasky blog

Kentfield, Ca, Us

• Implemented various A/B tests and growth experiments using Optimizely and Convert• Developed auxiliary tools to improve development process when using Optimizely• Documented unique challenges to improve the development process for future developers

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Use modern front-end technologies to develop a responsive highly interactive custom page for Wordpress• Seamless Video to HTML animations on Loading screen• Interactive Bulb Images• Keyframed Video Playback controlled by scrolling

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Using Ruby with static site generator Middleman, Sass, Angular, Bower, Firebase:• Developed mobile-first responsive front-end modules• Using Angular.js and Firebase, implemented real-time event stream Admin CMS. Authenticated users with Firebase Simple Login Service.Using Cordova.js (Phonegap), Angular, Ionic, Bower, Grunt.js• Engineered a production-ready workflow for cross-platform mobile/web application development.

Playa Vista, California, Us

Using PHP with Yii framework:• Developed referral tracking system• Developed about.me style public profiles for influencer• Used Google OAuth and Youtube Data API to populate account details

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Led front-end and backend development on a major project using Backbone.js and Python running the Bottle framework• Developed various backend A/B experiments and integrated results with Optimizely• Created and consumed RESTful services • Created and Optimized existing algorithms in Python and PHP

Venice, California, Us

• Implemented fully interactive pages from Photoshop mockups using SCSS with Compass,Coffeescript; Optimized existing Ruby and Javascript code.• Work within the Model (and Controller) layer in Rails to add functionality using migrations, scopes, filters, ruby classes and custom SQL using Rails best practices using Git for source control.• Manage publisher integration including fully handling front-end integration, SSL management, Facebook Apps, Mailchimp, Google Analytics Profiles, and Heroku Deployment.• Run A/B tests using the Split gem and Optimizely

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

- Performed operation support of software, hardware and network facility at enterprise level and monitored performance of servers for troubleshootingPerformed enterprise-wide user accounts administration including addition, deletion and change of user accounts- Developed a multidatabase web application in PHP that pulls all the notification pages that have gone out, and added features to sort,filter,print,export to CSV,PDF,and XLS formats- Developed a web application to streamline the process for different departments to request monitoring for new servers.- Programmatically generated daily reports containing a detailed list of problem servers and dynamically notified the right people

Ca

- Developed a database driven project management system using ASP .NET MVC- Added functionality that allowed users to upload project files and view multiple layers of project data on a map.Using ArcGIS Server Web ADF, added feature query functionality over spacial data. Added exporting of results to csv, xls and map project files.- Programmed scripts to scrape thousands of megabytes of data off third party websites and automatically organize them into different folders- Programmed scripts to do batch map image processing jobs using python- Extended the ArcGIS Desktop user interface to allow for easy project creation by managing the file hierarchy on the server automatically