Derek Pierre Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Canada Area

NuCypher is a security and encryption platform for distributed systems.

Ottawa, Canada Area

NightLight is working to develop technology for attendees that will allow them to find their friends in large crowded events and notify security if they feel unsafe or threatened.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Initial employment by Quest Software which was then acquired by Dell in 2012.
• Development of real-time performance monitoring solution, using C/C++ and Java, for corporate IT infrastructure comprising of various hardware and software platforms
• Designed and implemented APIs for local and remote monitoring capabilities using SSH (Unix), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
• Prototyped potential future products: Scala, Kafka… Show more Initial employment by Quest Software which was then acquired by Dell in 2012.
• Prototyped potential future products: Scala, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Spark, REST, Azure Show less

Waterloo, Canada

• Developed for the BlackBerry Java Virtual Machine
• Designed and implemented runtime APIs and frameworks
• Implemented system wide optimizations for execution speed and memory usage on BlackBerry devices
• Collaborated with various teams to assist in the completion of design and implementation of critical high-profile projects

Waterloo, Canada

• Designed and implemented features for the download and installation of patches for OTASL mechanism used to update BlackBerry devices wirelessly
• Designed API for integration of open mobile alliance device management (OMADM) with OTASL
• Peer-reviewed code changes for other team members for correctness and quality

Toronto, Canada Area

• Designed and implemented additional features to a software product that manages application workloads across distributed environments to improve business application processing speed
• Formulated functional specifications by analyzing user requirements, and created project design documents for implementing the specifications
• Gained experience in distributed programming for Java and C++

Mountain View, California

• Designed, developed, and implemented a rich Eclipse-based integrated development environment aimed at automating the testing of telecommunication equipment
• Optimized code efficiency to improve processing speed
• Learned first-hand about running a successful start-up business

Toronto, Canada Area

• Researched and developed web parts for the Microsoft SharePoint platform to improve the customisation of business intranets
• Participated in all aspects of development including project planning, estimation analysis, design, programming, and testing

Toronto, Canada Area

• Ported application for the configuration management of telecommunication network equipment from Motif to the web using Struts and J2EE
• Integrated back-end components of original application with the new web application client

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Activities and Societies: Business Technology Association (B.T.A.), Management Consulting Association (M.C.A.), Rotman Entrepreneurship.

Bmath, Computer Science, Honours Coop

Activities and Societies: Resident Assistant (St. Jerome's University Residence)