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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, Canada Area

The British Columbia Lottery Corporation is a Canadian Crown corporation offering a range of gambling products including lottery tickets, casinos and legal on-line gambling.During my contract with BCLC, I worked as a front-end developer on the “WebDev” team. My responsibilities included HTML, LESS/CSS and JavaScript development on their main web site, PlayNow.com.Accomplishments* Worked within a well-defined and mature development environment.* Web development using Velocity templates for HTML5, and LESS/CSS based on the Bootstrap framework* Development of a new web site section for their poker product.* Maintenance and development of new site features and functionality.Technical Environment* Desktop: Windows * Server: Apache, Tomcat* Version Control: Subversion* Project Tracking: Atlassian Jira* Documentation: Atlassian Confluence, inVision* Mark-up: Velocity/HTML5, LESS/CSS3* Scripting: jQuery and Vue.js JavaScript* Middleware: Node.js, Java* Automation: NPM, Grunt.js* IDE: JetBrains Webstorm, Visual Studio Code

As a freelance Project Manager, I worked closely with a newly formed Internet Marketing team within an established Affiliate Marketing company in Europe.My responsibilities included training 2 new employees on technical SEO considerations, as well as to offer support and insight to the team’s Senior Development Architect.Accomplishments* Helped to train a team of 3 new employees* Advised on architectural considerations during the planning stage of application development* Development within an Agile project environment.* Collaborative development of the architectural approach for a web-based marketing application* Initial wireframe developmentTechnical Environment* Desktop: Mac * Server: Linux Apache, MySQL, PHP* Version Control: Git/Github* Project Tracking: Atlassian Jira* Documentation: Atlassian Confluence, Sketch

Vancouver, Canada Area

Mogo is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded financial technology company that provides small-to-medium sized loans and pre-paid credit cards to individuals online, with near instant eligibility results.During my contract with Mogo, I worked as a front-end developer on an agile team with a primary focus on the HTML, CSS and JavaScript development of their loan application process.Accomplishments* Worked with several custom MVVM libraries in JavaScript, using Node.js as a build and development tool.* Web development using Jade (Pug) templates for HTML5, and SCSS based on the Foundation framework.* Development within a tightly defined Agile project environment.* Development of various online loan application forms that connected to a Ruby-based SOA/RESTful API.Technical Environment* Desktop: Mac * Server: Docker: NGINX, MySQL, RabbitMQ* Version Control: Git/Github* Project Tracking: Pivotal Tracker - Agile Scrum* Documentation: Github/Markdown* Mark-up: Jade/HTML5, SASS/SCSS /PostCSS/CSS3* Scripting: Vanilla JavaScript MVVM libraries* Middleware: Ruby, Node.js* Automation: NPM* IDE: JetBrains WebStorm

Vancouver, Canada Area

Central 1 is a Vancouver-based financial institution that provides liquidity management, payments, internet and trade association services to over 200 member credit unions in BC, Ontario and Manitoba.As a contract web developer for one of several Agile development teams, my primary responsibilities involved the maintenance and development of the online sign-up process for new bank accounts, and loan calculator online tools.Accomplishments* Worked within a very mature and highly evolved enterprise development environment across dozens of diverse technologies * Web development using HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript* Development within a tightly defined Scrum Agile project environment* Maintenance of financial calculator tools, based on a functional programming architecture* Development and maintenance of new bank account sign up forms.Technical Environment* Desktop: Mac * Server: Jetty* Version Control: Git/Bitbucket* Project Tracking: Atlassian Jira - Agile Scrum* Documentation: Atlassian Confluence* Mark-up: HTML5 + CSS3* Scripting: Angular.js, Polymer, Meteor.js MVC, MVVM and Functional patterns* Middleware: JSP* Automation: Chef* IDE: JetBrains WebStorm

Vancouver, Canada Area

TBA Digital is a full service agency that specializes in video, web and desktop/mobile application production. TBA Digital's target market is primarily in the US, with several enterprise level clients including General Electric, Bayer and Target, to name a few.As a Senior Software Developer, my primary responsibilities included the development of various web sites, mobile and desktop hybrid-applications.Accomplishments* Responsive, mobile-first web development, including several enterprise-level domains using HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript* Mobile web application development* Hybrid-desktop application development usung a NW.js environment.* CSS development using LESS and SASS* Project dependency management and task automation with Node.js, using Bower, Grunt, and GulpTechnical Environment* Desktop: Mac & Windows* Server: Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP, SQLite, Node.js* Version Control: Subversion* Documentation: InVision, Google Documents* Mark-up: HTML5 + CSS3, SASS, LESS* Scripting: jQuery, Angular.js, Raphael.js; MVC and MVVM patterns* Middleware: PHP5/PHP OOP, CodeIgniter* IDE: Sublime Text* Automation: Grunt, Gulp and NPM

Vancouver, Canada Area

As a freelance Front End Developer, I worked with an online casino company to help built out a new product that involved real-time, video-based casino software.My responsibilities included Front End development with a small team tasked with the production of the user interface of the casino software. Accomplishments* Development in Typescript, using various third party JavaScript libraries for graphics and animation* Canvas/SVG development* Development of an in-game logging system to track user actions, game notifications and server events* In-game menu development* Application optimization for performance and speedTechnical Environment* Desktop: Mac * Version Control: Git/Bitbucket* Mark-up: HTML5 + CSS3 + JavaScript* Scripting: three.js, Create.js, Greensock Animation Platform, Typescript 1.5* Middleware: Ruby* IDE: Sublime Text

Vancouver, Canada Area

Red The Agency is an advertising agency based out of Edmonton, with a new office in Vancouver. The company has a strong background in traditional advertising and a small but growing digital team. When I joined Red the Agency in October 2013, the company was in the process of expanding into the BC market. My role with the company was as a Senior Web Developer on the digital team.Accomplishments* WordPress site, theme and plug-in development* Responsive, mobile-first web development with a strong adherence to web standards* CSS development using LESS, SASS with Compass & Bourbon* Development with frameworks including Foundation, Bootstrap and Skeleton* Static web application development using HTML5/CSS3, jQuery, Backbone.js and Kinetic.jsTechnical Environment* Desktop: Mac* Server: LAMP + Node.js (development)* Version Control: Subversion, Git* Documentation: Axure RP, Google Documents* Mark-up: HTML5 + CSS3, SASS, LESS* Scripting: jQuery, Backbone.js, Underscore.js* Middleware: PHP, WordPress, Drupal* IDE: Sublime Text

Malta

GVC Consulting, a newly formed online gambling company in Malta, was focused on the Italian market with a brand called enjoybet.it. The company had been in operation for approximately 4 months when I came to work for them as the production specialist and senior developer for the online marketing team.Accomplishments* Managed team production requirements* Design & development team mentorship* Business intelligence documentation* Developed and maintained 3 web sites* WordPress theme and plug-in development* Live streaming development for events* Facebook Fan Page developmentTechnical Environment* Desktop: Mac & Windows* Server: LAMP* Version Control: Mercurial & Subversion* Project Tracking: Atlassian Jira* Documentation: Axure RP, Atlassian Confluence* Mark-up: HTML 5 + CSS 3 + jQuery* Scripting: jQuery* Middleware: PHP/WordPress* IDE: Zend Studio Eclipse

Vancouver, Canada Area

During this employment as a freelance Full-Stack Developer, I worked with a used-car company to help build out a public-facing web site as well as an inventory management system.My responsibilities included design as well as development of both the server-side and front-end of the web site. This included the public facing property as well as the administration sections of the application.Accomplishments* Web site and administration content management UI/UX design* WordPress theme and plug-in development* Development of a back-end inventory system for managing automobile availability* Front-end development using HTML 5 + CSS3, adaptive design for mobile* Technical SEO development* Ongoing maintenance and development supportTechnical Environment* Desktop: Mac & Windows* Server: LAMP* Version Control: Subversion* Documentation: Omnigraffle + Photoshop* Mark-up: XHTML + CSS2* Scripting: jQuery * Middleware: PHP/WordPress * IDE: Adobe Dreamweaver

San Jose, Costa Rica

Costa Rica-based SBR Marketing was one of the top sportsbook affiliate companies in North America, best known for their web site SportsbookReview.com. The responsibilities of my role were to evaluate, strategize and execute the production of interface development, following conventional ‘best practices’ for valid and semantically structured mark-up. I also acted as a project manager, team lead and mentor for a small user experience team.Accomplishments* Interviewed/hired/trained the design team* Consulted on marketing team development* Strategic roadmap documentation* Conceived & documented cross channel production processes and policies* Interface development of 3 web sites* Interface development of 6 prototype sitesTechnical Environment* Desktop: Windows* Server: .NET/C#* Version Control: Visual Safe Source* Mark-up: HTML5 + CSS3 + RDFa* Scripting: jQuery & Prototype* Middleware: PHP, WordPress* IDE: Visual Studio & Eclipse

San Jose, Costa Rica

Silver Arrow Marketing was the Costa Rica based parent company of 23+ online casino properties, offered to the North American audience. As the Technical SEO Web Developer for this company, my responsibility was to hire, train and manage the Search Engine Marketing team. In this role I also served as the server and interface developer for the team's web sites and campaigns.Accomplishments* Interviewed/hired/trained the SEM team * Designed & Developed 3 web sites * Maintenance & optimization of 5 web sites * Created an SEM production silo * Production management * WordPress site, theme and plug-in development Technical Environment* Desktop: Mac * Server: LAMP * Project Tracking: Basecamp * Mark-up: XHTML + CSS2 + RSS & Atom * Scripting: jQuery * Middleware: PHP/WordPress * IDE: Zend Studio Eclipse

Vancouver, Canada Area

Bodog Entertainment was the umbrella company of a series of web sites that offered online gambling and gambling-related entertainment sites to a North American audience. My role was to facilitate communication between the internet marketing and user experience sub-departments to ensure projects were handled and executed in the best interest of both groups. As a Senior Developer, I helped define Bodog's approach to interface development and content management and personally developed many of the company's second tier web sites.Accomplishments* Defined project scope, budget, timelines & resource requirements with the PMO * Primary Technical SEO developer * Produced and maintained 8+ web sites * Specialization in content-focused web sites * Co-created/managed & trained the interface development teamTechnical Environment* Desktop: Window14s & Mac * Server: LAMP & jBoss * Version Control: CVS & SVN * Project Tracking: Atlassian Jira, MS Project * Documentation: Atlassian Confluence * Markup: XHTML + CSS2 + RSS & Atom * Scripting: jQuery & Prototype * Middleware: PHP/WordPress/CakePHP * IDE: Homesite, Adobe Dreamweaver, Eclipse

Converted the site from Cold Fusion into PHP.Worked with the senior designer to translate designs into functional web pages.

Designed and developed web sites for various online marketing initiatives.

Design and development of the company web site.Designed several magazine covers for a local computer magazine.

Worked to support the initiatives of the senior designer.

Diploma, Interactive Media

General Studies, University Transfer

Associate Degrees In Arts And Science, Studio Art Program