* assisted with the Calgary team transition from a modified waterfall methodology to an Agile Scrum methodology. * coordinated the data collection, compilation and submission of several Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) claims over the course of 3 years. * created templates for various software development documents including project plan, functional specification and software requirements specification. * implemented an ambitious design, configuration and very successful deployment and rollout of 2 distinct instances of JIRA - a highly configurable issue tracking system. * authored Python scripts and custom Java classes to perform migrations from other bug tracking applications (Trac and Bugzilla) to JIRA with no data or history loss. * liaised with and brought together ideas from a number of different departments to ensure that their needs and desires were met by this new tool. * planned and implemented the reorganization of our 12 SVN repositories to increase efficiency and bring consistency to the organization and product teams. * planned and configured the set-up of SharePoint (WSS 3.0) for use by the entire organization from Training to Operations to Development and QA. * chaired a bi-weekly meeting as a forum for ideas for on-going process improvements and tool implementations. * conducted or coordinated training for all development and QA groups on new tools and changes in existing tools or processes. * created and circulated user’s guides for tools implemented that addressed the use cases of management, Development and Quality Assurance with a focus on their unique roles in the development process.

* coordinated the release of myriad products and versions from development start to product distribution. * hosted a weekly update for all senior members of the various departments comprising the cross-functional team. * successfully oversaw the release of a total of 18 major and minor releases of 7 different products requiring the distribution onto hosted environments as well as client distributions by CD and download. * facilitated the creation of and dissemination of information for a number of process improvements in the areas of release and build management. * vetted a variety of issue tracking tools and initiated and facilitated the trial of two principle candidates to replace our existing Bugzilla bug tracking tool.

* extensive experience with configuration management and planning. * facilitated the growth of the quality assurance team from 2 to a staff level of 16 QA analysts and technical staff over the course of 6 years. * implemented process improvements throughout the software development lifecycle including tracking of code base changes and database changes to ensure proper test coverage and risk mitigation. * designed, implemented and managed the initial build process for Chartwell’s large scale gaming application (approximately 4100 Java classes, 700 XSLTs, 1000 JSPs, 600 Shockwave files).* constantly searched for improvements to processes and carried out changes as required unilaterally or after conferring with other stakeholders as appropriate. * responsible for all aspects of the Quality Assurance process definition and implementation.

* extensive experience with JSP’s and Java used in developing e-commerce sites for major American clients. * significant experience in writing PL/SQL queries and stored procedures.* conferred regularly with the creative group to provide feedback and help in the development of the presentation layer of our principle client applications. * liaised with developers while fulfilling a deployment role using Netscape Application Server and Netscape Application Builder. * created batch files and Unix shell scripts for automating deployment and configuration checking on development, QA and production environments.