David Leeming Email & Phone Number

Whitby, ON, CA

Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

• Guide and contribute directly to the definition and creation of common software design, development, and delivery methodologies for the organization.
• Define and implement continuous improvement plans within the team to drive productivity, raise quality, and manage technical debt.
• Drive and prioritize workload as well as resources allocation in order to deliver outstanding operational efficiencies resulting in effective workforce forecasting
• Collaborate with the Product Management team in the creation of clear product vision and roadmap.
• Ownership of the toolsets required to support the Secure Software Development Lifecycle while making recommendations on tools and budget required.

Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

• Build, groom, and lead a team of software architects and designers
• Set technical direction, coding standards, and architectural decisions for development platform
• Ensure code quality and management of technical debt
• Recommend & implement plans for overall department operations to meet service level objectives and metrics with responsibility for successful day-to-day operations
• Collaborate with product management to support new product development and improvements to existing products

Stouffville, Ontario

• Build, groom, and lead a team of software architects and designers
• Set technical direction, coding standards, and architectural decisions for development platform
• Ensure code quality and management of technical debt
• Recommend & implement plans for overall department operations to meet service level objectives and metrics with responsibility for successful day-to-day operations
• Collaborate with product management to support new product development and improvements to existing products

Stouffville, Ontario

• Design innovative software applications from concept to completion using state of the art languages, protocols, and software methodologies.
• Provide assistance to users with software-related issues or problems where no precedent or guideline exists.
• Provide expertise and consulting to all development projects focusing on data flows, interfaces, integration, and digital technologies.
• Researching new technologies to optimize the current solutions while ensuring the sustainability for the future, while applying in-house standards and marketplace best practices.
• Keep up to date on software systems, operational procedures and technological developments in systems and programming by attending meetings, conferences and seminars when appropriate.

Stouffville, Ontario

• Act as a primary digital strategist and liaison among customer base, technical & development staff, technology architects and account managers.
• Maintaining awareness of both the external and internal competitive landscape, opportunities for innovation, customers, markets, new industry developments and standards.
• Define multiple, simultaneous digital/technical initiatives, liaising with other departments for work-sharing, knowledge management and standards development.
• Coordinate with internal cross-functional team leads to develop and evolve ideas in order to bring together brand goals, corporate objectives and customer needs.
• Achieving the company’s overall strategic goals and profitability requirements as determined by the fiscal plan.
• Liaise with executive team on the implementation of the company’s strategic and operational plans.

Stouffville, Ontario

• Oversee the hiring and development of Business Development Group resources.
• Develop, review, and report on the Business Development Group’s strategy ensuring the strategic objectives are well understood and executed by the team.
• Work closely with VP Marketing to establish, develop, and direct channel distribution strategies.
• Manage the overall customer engagement process, set appropriate metrics for funnel/pipeline management.
• Maintain productive, profitable, and friendly business relationships with existing and potential clients.
• Liaise with other executive’s on the implementation of the company’s strategic and operational plans.

Stouffville, Ontario

• Lead a department of 2 managers and 36 total staff members.
• Established, implemented and met yearly departmental fiscal plans and objectives.
• Responsible for application maintenance, technical solution design, application development, data integration, systems architecture, and infrastructure requirements.
• Implemented annual product enhancements to all new product version(s).
• Managed and prioritized workload as well as resources allocation in order to deliver outstanding operational efficiencies resulting in effective workforce forecasting
• Established an inter-departmental work request handover process to facilitate a smooth transition of issues reported and completed work.

Stouffville, Ontario

• Managed a department of 10 staff members.
• Responsible for all client support and trouble resolutions (bug fixes & customer enhancements).
• Implemented new client data conversions onto SIT core banking system
• Transitioned software from character to GUI user interface.

Stouffville, Ontario

• DBA for all SIT environments.
• Introduced & incorporated database area management techniques.
• Performed analysis on client environments and applied performance improvement techniques
• Responsible for establishing & maintaining client environments.

Stouffville, Ontario

• Responsible for retail banking sub-system.
• Addressed bugs & enhancements within retail sub-system.
• Integral team member in the creation of the Manulife One Account.
• Double recipient of the SIT Award of Excellence

Business Administration & Leadership Skills

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (Ossd)