Jason ("Jase") C. Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I do far more than LinkedIn allows me to cover... I help with the general day to day operations, security, automation, etc. I also help mentor and support staff where needed. I handle delivery of customer data to external third parties through custom integrations. I also write software including REST API's (Python), macOS utilities (Swift/SwiftUI), CLI tools (Rust), Windows apps (.Net 6/Core/WinUI3) and other data processing tools as needed. I do regular security testing, as well as… Show more I do far more than LinkedIn allows me to cover... I help with the general day to day operations, security, automation, etc. I also help mentor and support staff where needed. I handle delivery of customer data to external third parties through custom integrations. I also write software including REST API's (Python), macOS utilities (Swift/SwiftUI), CLI tools (Rust), Windows apps (.Net 6/Core/WinUI3) and other data processing tools as needed. I do regular security testing, as well as internal championing of safe practices. I also help the team to keep the IT pointing in the correct direction, so it delivers value to the company. Finally I also automate as much as I can, and help keep the infrastructure maintained. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Coulls Informatics Corp (CIC) was originally founded so I could experiment with ideas and technologies that I was interested in, or wanted to work with, but which had been previously off-limits to me - either because it wasn't part of my day job, or because where I was working didn't have the authority to work in those areas. When my full time job disappeared in 2014, this stepped in and became my full time job and a vehicle to move forward and do great things.The foundation for CIC was… Show more Coulls Informatics Corp (CIC) was originally founded so I could experiment with ideas and technologies that I was interested in, or wanted to work with, but which had been previously off-limits to me - either because it wasn't part of my day job, or because where I was working didn't have the authority to work in those areas. When my full time job disappeared in 2014, this stepped in and became my full time job and a vehicle to move forward and do great things.The foundation for CIC was based on two simple principles - integrity and trust. As a result of this, CIC helps in arenas that have elevated sensitivity. Its customers all have something in common: sensitive data (governments or smaller authorities), sensitive environments (government, finance, corrections or military), or sensitive processes (governments, finance and so forth). CIC is NCAGE awarded/NATO Registered, JCP registered with both the US Dept of Defense and the Canadian Dept of National Defence, holds DOD Form 2345 (The "Militarily Critical Technical Data"​ Agreement) for Mobile and Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) C4ISR R&D.CIC's security policy means it never advertises who its customers are, though I can say that amongst it's customer base you will find international banks, government agencies, and various companies in industry. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Site that gathered stats and info on where banks sit in digital security. In addition to the basic tests for all banks, the system could log results pertaining to things only humans can test (like where payments require a human to initiate, etc). I wrote all the code that drives the discovery process, picks apart the certs, logs the findings, etc. In this role I ended up liaising with the NCSC, FCA and GCHQ in the UK, and RCMP in Canada. I stopped it, to remove a conflict… Show more Site that gathered stats and info on where banks sit in digital security. In addition to the basic tests for all banks, the system could log results pertaining to things only humans can test (like where payments require a human to initiate, etc). I wrote all the code that drives the discovery process, picks apart the certs, logs the findings, etc. In this role I ended up liaising with the NCSC, FCA and GCHQ in the UK, and RCMP in Canada. I stopped it, to remove a conflict of interest where I suddenly found myself working with banks during my new day job. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

I had a vastly multi-disciplined role. I performed a wide array of development tasks, from writing mobile apps to writing desktop code and even debugging firmware that went into Texas Instruments products. I helped with hardware tasks, provisioning of customer hardware, and support of both customers and internal staff in day to day operations.I wrote code for iOS (Objective-C and Swift). I wrote code for Android (Java and C/JNI). For my Windows apps I used C#, C/C++/MFC and QT. I… Show more I had a vastly multi-disciplined role. I performed a wide array of development tasks, from writing mobile apps to writing desktop code and even debugging firmware that went into Texas Instruments products. I helped with hardware tasks, provisioning of customer hardware, and support of both customers and internal staff in day to day operations.I wrote code for iOS (Objective-C and Swift). I wrote code for Android (Java and C/JNI). For my Windows apps I used C#, C/C++/MFC and QT. I dabbled in Python & Ruby when needed, and I used R to work with data. I interfaced between machine learning specialists, scientists, analysts and hardware engineers as well as external vendors and other stakeholders. I was also customer support. My non-coding responsibilities covered application lifecycle management, research, operations support, managing people, etc.My favourite achievement here was discovering and correcting the 64bit bug in Texas Instruments spectrum DLP library. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Started off debugging mobile banking on iOS, especially surrounding the issues with logging in.Quickly promoted up to writing mapping and navigation services, including turn by turn maps to ATMs, Branches, and any other places (corporate offices, etc ).Wrote cryptographic service wrappers and improved mobile secure storage mechanisms.Wrote remote cheque deposit system fraud detector. Wrote unit tests that would shunt hundreds of images, to make sure the cheque deposit… Show more Started off debugging mobile banking on iOS, especially surrounding the issues with logging in.Quickly promoted up to writing mapping and navigation services, including turn by turn maps to ATMs, Branches, and any other places (corporate offices, etc ).Wrote cryptographic service wrappers and improved mobile secure storage mechanisms.Wrote remote cheque deposit system fraud detector. Wrote unit tests that would shunt hundreds of images, to make sure the cheque deposit system would only upload a picture of a proper cheque. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Worked on various projects spanning iOS apps like Clear Channel's iHeartRadio for iPhone, to VOIP systems, and gym membership systems for my boss' other company. In the latter years, as the company focus and culture changed, I spent increasingly more time dealing with tasks that did not align with my own goals to do with technology.

Shareholder of GP2K (Good People 2 Know). Responsible for informing the management of technological options that apply to their business.

Oversaw architecture, design and testing of software. Managed a group of programmers and designers on behalf of the board. Responsible for customers worldwide as well as local ones. Heavily involved in Internet related technologies, web-development, .Net programming, Pocket PC applications, RIM Blackberry software and cellular wireless.Involved in day to day running of the company, as well as coordinating sales drives, execution of projects and customer service, A/R, and HR tasks.

Designed, built and deployed "Buster"​ the Bus and transit advertising delivery system for transit authorities. Later built "Buster Move", which was the advertising marshalling system to clean the buses digitally as they went through the bus wash system physically (Dirty bus and dirty files go in, clean bus and clean files come out and hit the road).

Toronto, Canada Area

Developer and owner of BusinessThreat.com - Toronto's only proactive early warning system for threats to business operation in Toronto. Whilst this was very much an experiment in gathering hard to find data (this pre-dated the Open Data movement) and presenting it to people that really ought to see it, it built a solid fan base in the Toronto area very quickly, especially where traffic, communications, government and weather were going to disrupt things. Unfortunately, my day job work… Show more Developer and owner of BusinessThreat.com - Toronto's only proactive early warning system for threats to business operation in Toronto. Whilst this was very much an experiment in gathering hard to find data (this pre-dated the Open Data movement) and presenting it to people that really ought to see it, it built a solid fan base in the Toronto area very quickly, especially where traffic, communications, government and weather were going to disrupt things. Unfortunately, my day job work commitments meant I couldn't continue running it and eventually I had to shutter it. Show less

Working as a tech support to an online shopping cart system.

One of the original founders of Sona Innovations (later trading as Sona Mobile Inc.). This got sold off after we released the second Royal Bank of Canada mobile banking app.

Faversham, England, United Kingdom

Supporting programs and writing custom software. Headed up support desk with over 300 clients. Worked with local customers at one end of the spectrum, and at the other end of the spectrum I remotely worked with fish factories in the Antarctic (using YAPP packet radio's to establish connectivity and atmospheric skip to get software updates across the world).

After working up from Data Transmissions, I worked in File Maintenance (maintaining the barcode pricing database) and later went on to work in the store setup teams. Worked closely with Telxon and Lexmark as hardware suppliers. Also involved in Energy conservation board and hardware testing for new products. Fought for (and won) redesigned barcodes on Johnson Toilet Duck cleaners in 1993. Achieved award in 1994.

Coordinating the transmissions of all orders between store and depots, all financial information between store and headoffice/accountants. Would be in charge of email and promotional material, as well as some pricing checks.