Colin Gislason Email & Phone Number

Langford, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Building a Partner API to enable other apps to embed Bench functionality in their platform

Chagrin Falls , Ohio, Us

Worked with other Practice Leads to establish quarterly goals that align with the organization’s goalsResponsible for web developers’ growth and morale within the Web Practice. Listened and gave direct feedback during 1:1s.Piloting a technology radar to align priorities for development, sales, talent allocation and growth.Interview dozens of developers, performing both tech and cultural interviews. Screened candidates for front-end, back-end (node, Java, python) and iOS (Swift, Objective-C).

Chagrin Falls , Ohio, Us

Lead Developer for myFloc/CareSix project: - Led a team building the MVP in node.js and React for a FinTech startup that supports older adults and their support network. - Drove technical architecture, discovery, work breakdown and managing technical aspects of partner relationships. - Set up AWS infrastructure using Terraform.Enterprise Architect at Western Governors University: - Helped design and build their next generation ed-tech platform using service oriented and event driven architecture. - Used domain driven design to define architecture based on business domains. - Supported six teams as they started building new services for the Marketing, Social & Communications, Admissions, Finance and Registration domains. - Demonstrated process improvements such as an open architecture decision log to address communication gaps between the architecture team and other developers. - Mentored client’s developers, teaching architecture principles and development practices like REST best practices, OpenAPI documentation and automated testing. - Trained a non-technical domain expert into a systems architect over the course of 5 months, and supported him as he led the systems architecture on a major project for their current platform.

Chagrin Falls , Ohio, Us

- Screened interview candidates for back-end (node, Java, python) and iOS (Swift, Objective-C).- Supported our sales team with estimates, prototypes and sales calls with prospective clients.Estimated and broke down work for potential projects ranging up to $15 million- Led a team at Macmillan Learning, building and maintaining the reporting functionality for a learning platform using node.js and React to deliver new functionality while paying down technical debt on the road to a scalable event-driven architecture.- Took the lead role in a team that took a machine learning driven customer service platform from research prototype to a polished MVP product. Project leveraged Swift, node.js, React, Python, Elasticsearch.- Built a variety of Slack bots and integrations in node.js. Including internal tools, apps for startups and tools to help large companies adopt Slack.- Built out a microservice for a large education company building during their shift from monolith to microservice based architecture.- Developed several iOS applications in Swift including a pair of user friendly mobile apps for clients and partners of a large mortgage company and the first mobile-only learning platform for a large public education system in the US.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

- Developed web-based enterprise application for various clients on both large and small teams across finance, insurance, business networking and other industries.- Worked in the Java ecosystem, including Spring, Play, Maven, Gradle, Scala and more.- Learned and documented complex business requirements that required deep understanding and strove to implement them in a way that best delivered value to our clients.

- Mentored university students as a missionary in Uganda for a year. - Adapted to living in a foreign culture and concentrated on building relationships to help myself and others grow.- Mentored computer science and engineering students, teaching version control, code structure and fundamental programming concepts.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

- Developed web-based enterprise application for various clients on both large and small teams across finance, insurance, business networking and other industries.- Worked in the Java ecosystem, including Spring, Play, Maven, Gradle, Scala and more.- Learned and documented complex business requirements that required deep understanding and strove to implement them in a way that best delivered value to our clients.

Designed, developed and released two iPhone apps of my own: - WordMind: a word guessing game- Egg Painter: a child’s finger painting app. Developed a few small apps/prototypes for clientsAlso developed and released WordMind as a launch title for the BlackBerry PlayBook

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

Built and maintained a suite of web applications that facilitate communication and coordination through disease surveillance, intelligence exchange, research and response.Some examples:- Early warning system that consumed data from over the counter drug sales, hospitalization and phone calls to public health lines- Public health alerts system- Breast cancer data sharing appResponsible for initiating and executing cross domain initiatives including introducing AJAX for a better user experience and a significant update to the look and feel of the portal.