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Newmarket, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Managing a team of 15-20 Leads, Developers, Business Analysts and QA specialistsEnterprise application development on Dynamics CRM/365, supporting 180,000 members, 20,000 new applicants a year, 300 usersExtensively customized with plugins, workflows, 3rd party data integrations, SharePoint, GP financialsTechnologies: Dynamics CRM/365, Sharepoint, .NET, C#, ASP.Net , Web Services, Azure Devops, MS SQL Server, Scribe, PowerBI, ITIL, Azure, Cloud, Cherwell Ticketing System

Markham, Ontario, Ca

Microdea is a company that provides document management, workflow and process automation solutions to help clients optimize and transform business processes and improve operating efficiencies. Microdea provides a core set of products and customized solutions to meet customer requirements.Clients are in Transportation, Insurance and Health Care industries.Responsibilities include:Managing the daily activities of the Development and QA team, developing core applications and custom solutions (8 developers and 2 QA)Managed the activities of the Support team (4 + 1 team lead) – till Dec 2013Implementing development processes based on ScrumProject Management of the product release cycles and patchesLiaison with senior management team to ensure projects are delivered on time and with required scopeCo-ordination with Professional Services Group and support Team to ensure client issues are identified and resolvedInitiated and co-ordinated management team prioritization meetings Interviewing candidates for Support, Development and QA rolesConducting performance ReviewsTechnologies: .NET, C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net, classic VB, Java, Web Services, VSS, SVN, Various 3rd party libraries, Office Plugins, FTP, SMTP, MS SQL Server, Windows, Gemini Agile Project Management tool

CiRBA is a provider of Data Center Intelligence solutions. The software provides IT organizations with the tools to capture system data and visually analyse configuration and workload information to identify associated consolidation and virtualization opportunities.Responsibilities include:-Managing the daily activities of the development team, designing, developing and supporting applications.-Delivered 45+ releases in 6 years (10 in first year)-Initiated and implemented an agile development process based on Scrum\Kanban-Facilitated and led cross team requirements gathering and design sessions-Project Management of the product release cycles and maintenance releases-Liaison with Product Management to ensure projects are delivered on time and with required scope-Liaison with Client Service and Support Team to ensure client issues are identified and resolved-Interviewed candidates for Management, ScrumMaster, Development, DBA and QA roles-Conducted performance Reviews-Handled new employee on-boarding-Participated in management team meetingsTechnologies: JSP, Struts, JSF, JavaScript, AJAX, DHTML, JAVA, Web Services, Apache Tomcat, Various open source libraries (e.g. iBatis, Quartz, AXIS, JPPF, Jasper Reports, Dojo/JQuery), C#, MS SQL Server, Oracle, HSQLDB, Eclipse, Netbeans, SVN, Feature Branches, Continuous Integration, Windows, Linux, JIRA, Greenhopper, Confluence, Bamboo, Sonar

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

Exposoft was a provider of trade show and event registration\management solutions. Responsibilities included:-Managed the development team designing, developing and supporting custom developed applications (approximately 90 active projects\Events) -Established a new development team structure (Team Leads) and Processes-Guided the development group in the transition from Classic ASP to ASP.NET-Initiated an architectural framework based on .NET for future development efforts -Liaised with Project Management to ensure projects were delivered on time and on budget-Participated in establishing partner relationships with Microsoft – Certified Partner/ Vendor-Interviewed candidates for development and IT Manager roles-Provided guidance/ Input into internal systems re-architecture-Organized weekly Lunch and Learn activities around .NET technologies-Participant on eCommerce/ Privacy Committees-Participated in management team meetingsTechnologies: ASP/ ASP.NET, C#/ VB.NET, SQL 2000/2005, Windows server 2003, Pocket PC, Codesmith

Seattle, Wa, Us

Compuware (Formally Changepoint) is a world leader in the PSA/PSO/ITD Software industry.The product allowed for the tracking of the IT process from initial contact via sales (Lead, prospect, client), through Opportunity/Engagement, into Project Management/ resource allocation / task tracking/, Time and Expense capture, and through the Invoicing cycle. With various other applications that enhance the solution. The Changepoint application suite consists of ~900,000 lines of code (VB/VB.NET, ASP/ASP.NET, SQL, COM+), ~1000 Tables, ~1000 Stored Procedures/Functions/Triggers.It is an application that scales to 1000’s of users and is used by leading IT/PSO companies around the world.Responsibilities included:-Managed of a team of developers designing, developing and supporting applications within the Enterprise suite of products.-Specific Projects were Workflow management Infrastructure, Portfolio Management (Gartner awards), Individual Performance Management, Recruitment Management and Survey Management systems.-Technical leadership by establishing standards, coaching/providing guidance throughout the Software Development Life Cycle-Provided architecture guidance to the development organization (including Lunch and Learns)-Led the Architecture/Design and development of the projects my team was responsible for.-Coordinated, Tracked and prioritised the work of my team and ensuring that development was completed on time by monitoring task and resource schedules.-Assisted developers with issues relating to technology used by the company. -Liaising with Product Management in the definition, scheduling and prioritising of work effort (Scope Management)-Worked with Various other departments (Product Management/ QA/ Documentation) to co-ordinate release requirements.-Implemented a Automated build process-Worked with Client Services to resolve client issues.Technologies: ASP/ ASP.NET, VB/VB.NET, DHTML, JavaScript, XML/ XSL AJAX, SQL Server, Oracle, COM+.

Minacs is a leading Canadian provider of call centre solutions.

Developing custom software solutions for various clients

La Mercy, Kwazulu-Natal, Za

Conlog was based in Durban, South Africa, that specialized in High Volume Electronic Design and manufacturing

Masters Diploma In Technology, Electrical Engineering

Higher Diploma, Electrical Engineering

Diploma, Electrical Engineering