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Ottawa, On, Ca

React native developer working on Shopify Inbox.

Baxter, Mn, Us

Developed a React Native application using Azure resources to manage IoT devices.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led development of the next generation e-commerce platform. Used VueJS, GraphQL, MongoDB, PostgresSQL, Docker containers, Kubernetes, and Azure.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Managed development for HelpSystems' enterprise monitoring web application. Working with the Product Manager, Support Manager, and Marketing, grew our installed base from 250 customers to over 650 customers last year. * Acted as product owner for three scrum teams and coordinated development with three additional teams to deliver quarterly releases. Defined feature MVP, managed scope, and refined features into user stories. * Mentored development staff, worked with engineers to design new features, including adding new filtering to our popular dashboard feature. * Developed proof of concepts, defined code standards, and organized learning teams to transition from Backbone.js to React.js and improve our SpringMVC framework.Tech Stack: React.js/Redux, Java/Spring, PostgreSQL, Tomcat, Kafka, Zookeeper, Vault, and Cassandra.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Led multiple global teams as we developed HelpSystems' enterprise monitoring web application. Conducted code-reviews, cross-team meetings, managed the product roadmap, and designed new product integrations. * Designed a responsive web-dashboard feature, in JavaScript and Backbone.js, that became our most popular feature. * Shipped three major versions and dozens of minor updates to the web application. * Managed our technical debt by reviewing all libraries, initiating upgrades to fix our security issues, and updating features that were under-performing.Tech Stack: jQuery/Backbone, Java/SpringMVC, PostgreSQL, Tomcat.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Acted as the web application lead developer. Mentored existing Java staff on JavaScript fundamentals and introduced JavaScript frameworks. As the JavaScript expert, I maintained our front-end stack and our core framework stack. * Created HelpSystems' enterprise monitoring web application, by creating a modular jQuery/Backbone.js front end, independent Java/SpringMVC web applications using JMS, and a PostgreSQL back-end. Tech Stack: jQuery/Backbone, Java/SpringMVC, PostgreSQL, Tomcat. * Initial front-end developer on HelpSystems' multi-platform scheduling project. Defined code-standards and mentored two teams on best practices. This product is used by hundreds of customers world-wide.Tech Stack: Ext.js/Dojo, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL. * Created JavaScript front-end proof of concepts and advocated the new standards with management for use on our web products going forward.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Designed and developed an ASP.Net and SQL Server claims processing system. It could handle hundreds of users. Created an object oriented design that reduced development time from weeks to a day per project. Helped standard business processes and defined claim processing requirements. * The claims management system was used for Rust Consulting's largest settlement. * Defined code standards and best practices for Rust Consulting's .Net development projects. * Worked closely with claims administrators to define product requirements and develop custom SQL Server queries to get project information.Tech Stack: VB.Net, SQL Server, and IIS.