Brandon Ferguson Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Senior Web Developer at Ontario Health (OTN)

Toronto, Canada Area

• Created numerous websites with varying purposes including informational and e-commerce features, leveraging WordPress and customized themes and plugins• Maintained WordPress sites and restored non-functioning sites to functioning state• Created custom plugins to suit client customization needs for both design and function of business and e-commerce sites• Implemented client site designs and layouts• Integrated various WordPress plugins to interoperate with each other, despite… Show more • Created numerous websites with varying purposes including informational and e-commerce features, leveraging WordPress and customized themes and plugins• Maintained WordPress sites and restored non-functioning sites to functioning state• Created custom plugins to suit client customization needs for both design and function of business and e-commerce sites• Implemented client site designs and layouts• Integrated various WordPress plugins to interoperate with each other, despite not being designed to do so• Migrated customer facing WordPress e-commerce sites between hosts• Administered and maintained WordPress sites, including correcting bugs in 3rd party code and restoration of non-functioning sites to functioning state• PHP, WordPress, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, MySQL, JSON, Photoshop Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Completely redeveloped existing websites from the ground up, delivering responsive, modernized and unified design and features• Collaborated in design phase for next generation platform that intends to transform OTN's online presence and propel it into the future, providing expert technical knowledge and rapid prototyping via WordPress, while also assisting with user experience design• Implemented designs to add future-facing functionality that bridges the gap between existing… Show more • Completely redeveloped existing websites from the ground up, delivering responsive, modernized and unified design and features• Collaborated in design phase for next generation platform that intends to transform OTN's online presence and propel it into the future, providing expert technical knowledge and rapid prototyping via WordPress, while also assisting with user experience design• Implemented designs to add future-facing functionality that bridges the gap between existing properties and planned future development while working on multiple projects simultaneously to meet demanding deadlines• Migrated site content into future facing database structure which is able to be syndicated and reused within other OTN sites• Added features to, fixed bugs and implemented CASL compliance for a web service created for OTN by an external vendor, helping to bring its development in-house while significantly improving quality and maintainability of the code base• Provided leadership, training and best practice guidance to assist a colleague in their transition to a WordPress development role, while collaborating as lead developer to implement new functionality in existing properties• Reviewed code created by external vendors to both assess security risks and make recommendations on refactoring• Maintained, provided support for and facilitated improvements to existing WordPress properties• Created customized plugins to support existing sites and ease the burden of effort required by content creators & editors• Created data visualization dashboard tools for use in company presentations• WordPress, PHP, jQuery, Angular, Javascript, Responsive CSS3, HTML5, MySQL, JSON, XML, Git, PhotoShop CC, Divi Theme Show less

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Area

• Supplemented existing developer to deliver a custom and complex web application on a tight deadline• Analyzed database and made critical improvements to functionality, scalability, and performance• Provided guidance on best practices for junior members of the team• Implemented dashboards with statistics for both site administrators and end users• Collaborated with site designer to improve user experience and interactions• PHP, Symfony 2, jQuery, Javascript, CSS3, HTML5… Show more • Supplemented existing developer to deliver a custom and complex web application on a tight deadline• Analyzed database and made critical improvements to functionality, scalability, and performance• Provided guidance on best practices for junior members of the team• Implemented dashboards with statistics for both site administrators and end users• Collaborated with site designer to improve user experience and interactions• PHP, Symfony 2, jQuery, Javascript, CSS3, HTML5, MySQL, JSON, Git Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Lead a small but talented team of developers in the creation and maintenance of several web applications, WordPress plugins, and websites using technologies such as CakePHP, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, and CSS3.

Toronto, Canada Area

Consulting services focusing on Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions.

London, Canada Area

• Designed and implemented scorecard automation solutions for several international clients including Molson and Kellogg’s• Analyzed, designed and tested report generation for clients• Implemented and streamlined reports to facilitate analysis of marketing trends• Provided extensive technical support for the generation of detailed reports• Created complex Excel macros using VBA in order to streamline and automate report generation• MS Excel, VBA

London, Canada Area

Developed and maintained both simple and complex websites which included database-driven merchant and Web 2.0 websites, using advanced technologies and environments including PHP, ASP, AJAX and MySQL.

London, Canada Area

• Collaboratively created, designed and maintained service-oriented websites for both internal use and for client contracts• Sites were heavily database-driven, using MySQL and PHP• Modeled and managed databases as well as interface and systems for fund transfer

London, Canada Area

• Maintained and debugged SQL database for a hospital Quality Management Tool• Supported the restructure of design concepts• Modified code to debug and improve complex reports, using Crystal Reports