Leading the Commerce Practice through its rapid evolution and early successes. Responsible for all technical delivery processes, knowledge, and tools. Overseeing Services Operations and Digital Transformation projects. Acting as an engagement manager and escalation point for PMs, and as a project manager on strategic accounts. Providing sales and pre-sales support.

Managed professional services forecasts and backlog. Led organizational development and supported solution specialists in their career and personal development. Worked closely with PMO to build and maintain project documentation and reusable assets. Acted as Project Manager on strategic accounts and contributed to improving overall delivery methodology.

Supervised a cross-functional team of system analysts, business analysts, and software developers. Managed multiple implementation projects from inception to closure, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and quality outcomes. Developed customer relationships and managed the expectations of external project stakeholders. Led and mentored consultants in a fast-paced environment.

I am the co-founder and head of Technology at StellaNova, a startup who’s mandate was to empower Canadian startups and investors with a comprehensive set of tools to help them growth their business and/or portfolio of investments. StellaNova is a Web-based platform leveraging the Prospectus Exemption for Start-Up Businesses in Canadian participating jurisdictions. My responsibilities included:• Develop company’s IT strategy and technology roadmap• Ensure technologies are used efficiently, profitably and securely• Evaluate and implement new systems and cloud based infrastructure• Translate business requirements into architecture designs• Design system architecture, data structures, UI and software architectures• Provide architectural guidance to software developers• Collaborate with project management to produce technical specifications, including feasibility assessments, time estimates, and strategic value assessments• Lead and participate in architecture reviews and mentor team members in organizational technical standards• Interface with project team to understand and resolve any technical issues that are discovered during any phase of the software life cycle• Provide support for planning, design and scheduling of projects and fund raisers• Research and evaluate emerging technology in the industry as well as market trends• Software development and application deployment• Mentoring and managing a virtual team of developers Tools and techniques: Startup Creation, Business Development, .NET Development, MVC 4.0, Entity Framework, SQL Server, Microsoft Azur, SaaS, Boostrap, JQuery, Visual Studio Team Services, KANBAN

As part of Avanade delivery force I had the opportunity to perform project management and application development activities. As the technical Lead my mandate included;• Work plan preparation, follow-up on development activities• Scope management and issues management• Systems integration using Microsoft stack of products • Technology advisory across the project life cycle • Assist software vendors in implementing a mobile POS solution • Ensure proper delivery of the third-party solution including technical documentation • Validating and testing functional requirements • Tracking project deliverables and milestones • Coordinating internal and external resources • Providing technical assistance and facilitating software vendor execution, • Managing mPOS builds and configuration across business units and venues. • Assist in distributing mPOS systems and troubleshooting issues during events. Tools and techniques: Project Management, Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Microsoft Office (Project, MS Excel), Prototyping, Windows 7, Oracle Express, PL/SQL, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL.

I was mandated to develop and maintain multiple Web based applications coupled with a massive emailing solution delivered on a SaaS platform. The Web applications were built using C# and ASP.NET. My responsibilities included:• Analyzing the system functionalities and features, • Developing the product scope statement and proposing a feasible solution, • Presenting the product prototype to internal clients, • developing project plan based on project baselines, • Delegating tasks and responsibilities to appropriate team member, • Leading and coordinating software programming and participating in test planning,• Tracking milestones and deliverables, monitoring and controlling the project development • Closing the project with the sponsor and client approvals. • Design, develop, and deploy application solutions using user-centric approach. • Define and document the design of functionality through use cases, business process flows, UI design and UML. • Perform yearly R&D tax credit reports. • Provide technical support and subject matter expertise to internal and external business partners. • Work as an agile team member on development projects. Tools and techniques: Requirements Analysis, Functional Analysis, Design & Architecture, SCRUM, Rally (Agile Project Management Software), Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio, SQL Server, OOP, C# 4.0, ASP.NET, AJAX, JQuery, T-SQL, Unit Testing, UML, Windows sockets UML, Unit Testing, FinalBuilder.

I oversaw designing, developing and maintaining of a large-scale cross-browser web application capable of accessing MS Exchange and Lotus Notes archives database servers. My responsibilities included:• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)• Develop flowcharts, layouts and documentation to identify requirements and solutions• Write well-designed and unit-testable code• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility• Integrate new components into a fully functional software systems• Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures• Document and maintain software functionality• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems• Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback• Create and maintain deployment routines and installersTools and techniques: Requirements Analysis, Functional Analysis, UML, Visual Studio 6/2003, OOP, SQL Server 2000/2005, T-SQL, Oracle 9i/10g, PL/SQL, C# 1.1/2.0, ASP.NET, JavaScript, AJAX, C++, Managed C++, InstallShield 12, Source Safe Server.