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Canada

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Kitchener, Canada Area

• Designed and developed highly-reusable React components implemented with Redux and Socket.io to support communication within organizations• Developed API endpoints, controllers and data operations to support front-end features using Node.js, Mongo, and Neo4j• Reviewed, tested and improved areas of the code base to ensure that the product provided to customers was robust and fully functional

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Developed and designed Angular 7 web applications and components from the ground up - defining component styles, services, routing and logic• Implemented NgRx within an Angular web application to aid with state management• Developed a web application using pure HTML5 to be integrated across multiple existing web applications utilizing various front-end frameworks • Added and maintained re-usable Angular components within a privately hosted library utilized across multiple Angular applications

Waterloo, Ontario

• Developed and maintained web components in Angular 6 using TypeScript, HTML, CSS and RxJS• Developed and integrated custom directives, services, REST APIs and form validators within an Angular application• Prototyped server-side logs using JSNLog to aid troubleshooting issues• Performed extensive unit testing using Jasmine and Karma

• Designed and developed a web prototype based off detailed problem analysis as part of an innovation team• Defined clear and concise software requirements to support retail insurance software projects• Created and executed software test cases to support lead QA Tester• Consolidated and summarized data from in-force life insurance applications to make data-driven decisions on up and coming life insurance tools• Increased team communication by leading daily stand-up meetings and training individuals in Agile software management tools to aid in the transition from Waterfall to Agile software development

Waterloo, Ontario

• Defined software requirements and managed the release for a net-new application, BlackBerry Privacy Shade with 100,000+ installs and an average rating of 4.7 stars• Coordinated with development, testing, user experience design, marketing and legal teams to successfully release application updates• Managed relations with the translation vender and development teams to ensure proper translations were received• Implemented process improvements by developing a VBA software tool to reduce the time spent creating and managing product roadmaps for key stakeholders• Conducted market research, competitive intelligence and consolidated user reviews to support feature release planning