PowerTree helps large industrial building owners modernize their electrical installations management.Accelerators and Mentorship programs • CDL - Supply Chain (2021 2022) • Centech - InnoCité MTL (Cohort S18) • Centech - Propulsion (Cohort A18) • Laureate Fondation Montreal Inc. (Q4 2018) • FounderFuel - Real Ventures (Y19)

Technical Leadership • Manage product and feature road-map • Support and mentor members of the technical team • Wash bottles and ensure they are adequately filled at all times • Work closely with customer engagement and marketing departments • Run photocopier or anything else that adds value or increases efficiency • Work closely with stakeholders to refine vision and define growth targets • Talk a lot about technology to anyone who will listen

Product development • Work with subject matter experts to develop a platform for predicting company expansion • Consult and help in the development of the product featuresSoftware Development • Work with CTO to define a technical vision for the Front End and data collection • Lead development of React-Redux Front end application • Create reusable component library with React • Manage team of developers • Support CTO with other new data initiativesMachine Learning • Created algorithm to classify organizations into their industry of operation • Improve data quality with the use of classification algorithms • Use NLP to derive keywords for organizations

Discoder is a platform that analyzes code produced by developers to create a ranked index for the purposes of highly targeted recruiting.Founding • Worked with CEO to develop the initial concept of this project • Worked with other members to startup to create user interface • Validated Idea with target audienceSoftware Development • Created developer code analysis toolset • Developed REST-api in python with Flask • Implemented ElasticSearch index with sophisticated ranking and scoring • Created front-end application in Angular using Angular-Material • Implemented SSO protocol using Auth0 • Configured and deployed Strip credit card processing

Software Development • Rebuilding core video player technology to work with major libraries • Coding in vanilla JavaScript with TDD using Karma and Jasmine for tests • Helping to develop a specification for defining interactive videos • Migrating to a static library to allow the company to scale effectively • Mentor to junior members of the team for best practices and testing • Advisor to the CTO on the technical vision for the company

Handling all technical and project management needs for 3 business units within the larger P\S\L Group organization from making technical decisions, managing requirements and stakeholder expectations, day to day project management, implementing required features and bug fixing supporting DevOps with production issues and working with the other teams within P\S\L.Some highlights include: • Built React / Redux application and REST API in PHP • Implemented SAML SSO with integrations to ADFS • Managed transition to cloud based email provider from internal senders • Supported, optimized, and implemented new features on various Drupal websites • Maintained existing legacy and admin infrastructure for content pipeline

Starting out within a team of 5 developers, responsibilities included overseeing and maintaining the technical foundations for a considerable number of the company’s original products. As team leader over the last 2 years, the scope of responsibility evolved to include customer service, external partner services, and other various projects.Community Leader • Won Collaboration Award, with an additional nomination for the Inspiration Award at the      company’s Annual Excellence Awards • Lead architectural governance group with a mandate to implement engineering     roadmap • Hosted training and discussion sessions for developers on topics such as RequireJS,     SOA, Authentication solutions, and Training ProposalsCreated single page load site • Developed front-end application with Grunt, Backbone, and Bootstrap • Created REST back-end with OAuth2 for authentication • Implemented credit card processing and one click features • Wrote unit and integration level tests for API routesCustomer service retention program • Centralized codebases for over 40 separate billing and ticket sites • Integrated retention in support sites with affiliate program to track sales and pay agentsSupport and maintenance of high traffic legacy sites • Managed hundreds of PHP sites with varying levels of stability • Dealt with many DDOS attacks and other types of intrusions • Patched legacy software as vulnerabilities were discovered

Launched career in web development early on, building static HTML PayPal sites for various clients, and eventually expanding to PHP development, server services, and beyond.E-Commerce & CMS setup and site configuration • Setup many WordPress and Joomla! sites with customized templates • Setup E-Commerce sites with Magento and VirtueMart • Created legacy static HTML storefronts with PayPal in 2002Custom Software development • Analyzed requirements and created various solutions for many clients • Setup various server environments for client’s companies • Consulted, coached, and solved all sorts of issues for other developers

Formed the in-house technical staff for Granite Direct, when the company’s decentralized, manual estimate and job management process hindered their growth and required strategizing. Created and implemented custom software which now manages every aspect of their company from project estimates to installation.Technical analysis and requirement gathering • Consulted with management to determine the needs of the organization • Created a project roadmap to deliver the requirements incrementally and effectivelyApplication development • Programmed application in PHP based on requirements gathered • Designed and created MySQL database from existing manual sourcesServer setup and employee support • Setup LAMP stack on a dedicated server for hosting and troubleshooted issues • Provided support to over 40 employees for email and software

Created software to enable 2 way synchronization between Virtuemart E-Commerce and SugarCRM to allow users to manage their storefront and inventory with the more powerful features of a full CRM platform.

Established in 1999, MaxX Computers was a hardware re-seller that specialized in in-house setup and training for all customers on their new computer.