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Burlington, On, Ca

Burlington, On, Ca

Amsterdam, Nl

- Development Group Lead and Chief Software Architect for the Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Team, and Express Lanes/Dynamic Pricing projects- Leading multiple development teams consisting of several dozen developers, following an iterative agile/kanban approach for task planning- Defining software architecture approaches and software development life cycle processes- Implementing process improvements including upgrades to source control and DevOps techniques

Amsterdam, Nl

- Software Development Manager on the Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Team- Leading a team of six developers, following an iterative agile/kanban approach for task planning- Defining software architecture approach for new service development- Introducing process improvements including upgrades to source control, and using continuous delivery/continuous integration techniques for software updates

Amsterdam, Nl

• Software Architect and Technical Lead, working on various new software solutions for the Advanced Transportation Management Systems (ATMS) team• Implemented new services for the Ramp Metering component, Roadside Weather Information Systems (RWIS) service, and Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) service• Developed new software architecture for service design, following a microservices style

Amsterdam, Nl

• Software Development Lead for the Florida Software Group, consisting of 8 developers and systems support personnel.• Implemented agile methodologies in the group, including iteration-based planning and team-initiated estimates.• Responsible for managing work in process and backlog, co-ordinating with the Project Manager to ensure features are delivered in priority order (with frequently shifting priorities)• Incorporated continuous integration, automated unit tests, and dedicated testing environments into the development process• Responsible for assessing new technologies and frameworks, and incorporating into new projects while minimizing risk• Led the design and development of various software products including an Express Lanes Management System, Road Ranger Mobile Application, and the HOP Route Transit Signal Priority System

Amsterdam, Nl

• Led the design, development, and deployment of a maintenance and inventory management system, including a mobile product to perform inventory with barcode scanners• Designed an upgrade to a video and data dissemination system, led the implementation on a team of 3 developers• Provided guidance and assistance to 2 developers providing software support services for clients in Florida• Developed several custom solutions, including a graphical traffic data analysis tool and a video-wall dashboard application to show real-time system status in a control room setting• Responsible for assessing new technologies and frameworks

Amsterdam, Nl

Primarily responsible to provide software support and development services, including:• Administration, tuning, and maintenance for a production Oracle database• Ad-hoc data analysis and report generation• Third-party software support and troubleshooting• Systems maintenance (performing software upgrades, monitoring and maintaining systems)• Software design and development, including the following projects: a performance measures analysis and reporting tool, event data collection and reporting tool (eventually incorporated into state-wide software), website development and maintenance (including real-time data/dynamic content, and a trip planning feature)

Amsterdam, Nl

Provided software support services, including:• Maintenance for the an advanced traffic management system (running on DEC Alpha servers w/ OpenVMS)• Upgrades to the system’s code base to accommodate expansion (C, Fortran, X)• Recompilation and redeployment of the system on a new server cluster