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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Responsible for SecOps operations and platform engineering leadership across cloud and on premises environments for a regulated Crown corporation generating over $3 billion in revenue annually. - Provide solutions architecture and tech leadership for platform engineering (code reviews, set branching and code standards, teach skills such as source control and testing)- Act as incident manager for routine and major incidents and do incident handling- Led rollout of security automation significantly reducing MTTR- Collaborated with internal customers over three months to define visions for a suite of security operations products and populated the backlog- Created program, product, and logical architectures for a security automation and operations program over three months- Eliminated 1000 FTE hours/year of redundant work by streamlining processes and improving compliance- Achieved almost complete compliance with organizational change policies for system development and maintenance over three months- Introduced a major incident management framework, successfully used to manage several significant incidents over three months- Led the implementation of a WAF for two major web properties over six days without causing any notable outages or customer impacts, eliminating significant volumes of malicious traffic - Developed a new alert management and response model over three months, prioritizing monitoring and response on a risk-weighted basis and eliminating outstanding high alerts from several systems - Developed and demonstrated a PoC of an AI agent using LangChain and GPT-3.5 Turbo that can complete an L1/2 analyst task successfully which would eliminate ~150 FTE hours of work per year- Lead integrations, do security analysis, and administer WAF and CDN

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Research management and augmentation platform for AI/ML and computer science researchers.Tech Stack:- Data Pipeline: Airflow, Python- Messaging: Kafka- DevOps: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker- AWS Services: EC2, Lambda, S3, Polly, SecretsManager, CloudWatch, RDS, VPC- Prototyping: Google Colabs

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Created the strategic roadmap, product vision, product strategy, project plan, and backlog for a martech stack renewal• Stood up a team of 12 developers, architects, and data scientists, established standards and onboarding process, aligned team on first deliverable and managed backlog for an enterprise level charity• Lead developer for a demo used in a major tech company's annual conference keynote• Developed POC for document analysis using LangChain and LLM with RAG (LlamaIndex)• Completed multiple contracts using a range of technologies for enterprise clients

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Recommended and completed back-end service refactoring for an enterprise web application (AEM)• Created an offline demo of an enterprise SaaS product resulting in a successful keynote demo to a global audience.• Developed several tools for significant data migration between two enterprise web applications

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

• Created an outdoor safety mobile app with a high-availability (99.999%) back-end.• Completed several AI and robotics courses, including a project where I created a mobile robot capable of GPS navigation.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Economic Crime Unit- Led the investigation of complex, multi-million dollar economic crime investigations involving multiple jurisdictions, regulatory, banking, and commercial parties involving multiple teams- Interviewed witnesses, victims, suspects, and third parties- Developed and maintained close working relationships with banking and regulatory partners- Gathered, documented, analyzed, and presented evidence in court- Obtained a wide range of judicial authorizations and defended them in courtDigital Triage Unit- Gathered evidence from a range of computer and mobile devices using EnCase and RCMP forensic software and tools with a focus on violent, sexual, and domestic crimes- Disassembled and re-assembled computer and mobile hardware as required- Documented and presented evidence in court- Advised investigators on best practices for collecting digital devices and the contributions of digital evidence to investigationsProfessional Standards Unit- Investigated criminal and statutory complaints against police officers and civilian staff- Interviewed complainants, victims (often vulnerable persons), supervisors, managers, executives, and subjects of complaint- Advised management and executives on the merits of complaints, recommended remedies, and disciplinary actions- Negotiated early resolution of complaints- Led criminal investigations, including some with national security implications, involving multiple cross-functional teams- Obtained judicial authorizations and presented evidence in adjudications- Provided performance feedback and coaching for employees and their supervisorsYouth Liaison- Worked with vulnerable youth to enact harm reduction and safety plans- Liaised with child welfare workers, schools, prosecutors and parents- Conducted criminal investigations into the sexual exploitation of vulnerable youth- Interviewed witnesses, suspects, and victims- Gathered, documented, and presented evidence in court

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Labour Relations Analyst- Wrote a comprehensive, 400-page analysis of the impact and risks of unionization for the entirety of the national RCMP policy suite and presented key findings to senior executives- Researched police collective bargaining, HR policies, legislation, administrative law, and decades of internal employee surveysChange Management Analyst - National Change Management- Wrote a project plan for a national reorganization of administrative functions, presented it, and secured support from senior stakeholders in multiple government departments- Researched HR and administrative policies and procedures- Wrote and presented a project plan to senior executives for a management review of the national Change Management Team, including assessment benchmarks and metrics

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

HR Grievance and Policy Analyst- Investigated employee grievances and complaints relating to promotions and medical discharge- Interviewed complainants, supervisors, managers, and executives- Researched relevant policies, legislation, and administrative law- Negotiated and facilitated early resolution with all parties where possible- Wrote formal adjudication submissions on behalf of executives- Advised supervisors, managers, and executives on applying HR policies and legislation for performance management

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Scenes of Crimes Officer - Forensic Identification Unit- Gathered physical and photographic evidence from a wide range of scenes of crimes- Used wet lab techniques to develop latent fingerprints and other impression evidence from a wide range of substrates- Documented and presented evidence in court- Advised investigators on gathering physical evidence

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Criminal Collision Investigation Unit- Led multiple serious and fatal collision investigations involving multiple investigators and agencies- Interviewed victims, witnesses and suspects- Gathered, documented, and presented evidence in court- Obtained judicial authorizations and defended them in court- Acted as a certified breath technician and presented expert evidence in courtGeneral Duty- Conducted a range of criminal investigations on a reactive (call) and proactive basis, alone and as part of a team- Interviewed victims, witnesses and suspects- Gathered, documented, and presented evidence in court- Obtained judicial authorizations and defended them in court- Resolved conflicts in the community informally- Worked with vulnerable populations (victims of domestic violence, migrants, sex-trade workers, human trafficking victims)

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science With Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Courses included game development, embedded/robotic programming, AI, and advanced web technologies. I worked in C#, Java, Python.

Bachelor’S Degree, General Studies, Honors / Distinction

General Studies degree with coursework focused primarily on business administration, criminology and public administration.

University Certificate, Human Resources And Labour Relations

Coursework was balanced between the areas of human resources and labour relations.