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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

- Developed a stack of software in the DriveWorks framework for the sales, project management, engineering, and manufacturing departments to improve efficiencies and reduce redundancies.- Built a sales application inside the stack to configure, price, and quote resulting in 85% time savings in the quoting process.- Built ten unique engineering applications to automate SolidWorks CAD design of major fan components, decreasing the workflow steps by 50%, allowing engineering to reallocate resources to innovation.- Integrated stack with multiple internal and external systems using SQL, REST APIs, JSON, and XML to supplement manual entry of standard costing data.- Managed an internal website using HTML/CSS to maintain a high quality user experience and satisfaction.- Created custom functionality inside Microsoft Apps using VBA, Visual Studio, and VB.NET/C# to remove bottlenecks and optimize stack response times.- Built effective structures and collection algorithms to facilitate data flow between application versions and user data entry, ensuring company wide design and pricing consistency.- Created custom, user-focused dashboards to allow users to monitor and track stack processes and KPIs, improving task completion by over 250%.- Managed automation team, and all long term projects, from concept to deployment, for six years. Collected, reported, and acted on feedback to identify barriers, deploy appropriate bugfixes, and support continuous learning.- Led the maintenance of entire stack including managing uptime, performance, scale, documentation, and software updates.- Collaborated with project managers, and multiple interdisciplinary departments to establish standard product design, optimize user experiences, and measure the success all aspects of the stack, resulting in minimized errors and automation ramp up times.

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

- Built software solutions inside DriveWorks and SolidWorks to capture standard engineering design, and streamline the creation of FEA models and manufacturing details resulting in a reduction of 20% in engineering hours per order.- Identified and evaluated repetitive design tasks for engineering department, working alongside engineers and drafters to integrate software into existing systems and promote usage.

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

- Co-managed student design team participating in the 2017 SPACEX Hyperloop Competition, leading the team through two stages of the competition.- Facilitated collaboration between propulsion sub-team, its student members, and the rest of the design team, ensuring accountability and open communication between all its members.

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

- Assisted in operational fan testing under AMCA certified aerodynamic test strategies, analyzed testing data, and prepared testing reports for customer review.- Built a software solution to automate fan testing data analysis using Excel and VBA, allowing test results to be delivered to clients same-day, rather than days later.