Jason Hurst Email & Phone Number

The most recent project I've worked on involved integrating multiple backend systems (including payment) into a combined front-end experience that allows package booking across multiple platformsTook on a new role that involves:- travel to client sites to both pitch skills/services and determine project requirements- presenting solutions for client review.

has been a good year at verb... here are some examples of stuff I worked on:- site optimization after launch - using newrelic to identify performance issues with drupal/wordpress sites and then code fixes- using CDNs (cloudflare/cloudfront) and reverse proxies (varnish) to increase site performance- setting up SSO using SAML and various authentication.

Halifax, Canada Area

With an ever-increasing focus on Digital, things at the Herald progressed to a point where a combined 'Team Lead/Sysadmin'​ role was no longer feasible... there was simply too much work for either role to be handled by one personTo that end, I chose to be re-tasked as a Senior Web Systems Administrator responsible for the user-facing portion of the.

Halifax, Canada Area

When I started, there were 3 people in the 'Digital'​ groupI was initially brought on as a Drupal developer but quickly expanded my roleAs 'Digital' became more and more of a focus, more people were added to the group (and some left) and I became the Digital Team LeadI was also tasked with the Systems Administration duties after our sysadmin.

Dartmouth, NS

Initially brought on as a consultant to troubleshoot.Net scalability issuesOnce they were resolved, I stayed on to become their 2nd developer and sysadmin by defaultMigrated the infrastructure out of a basement to a proper hosted datacenterAlso transitioned much of their user-facing properties to Drupal while the back-end processes remained MS-based

Halifax, Canada Area

The group was formed from former colleagues at NBO who saw a chance to continue to ply their skills in a lucrative niche when NBO was closed down/merged to New BrunswickWorked primarily as a Vignette developer on project-based contracts for larger integrators... we were essentially their Vignette development teamInitially it was an American outfit based.

Halifax, Canada Area

Worked as a Vignette developer on a number of projects such as:- MTT Vibe front-end interface- Softworld2000.com... used a text based search engine as a matchmaking tool for conference attendees- NBO Intranet for scheduling rooms/resources/etc.

Dartmouth, NS

Worked as a computer service technician troubleshooting and repairing both macs and pcsAlso started a transition to a more services-based model where companies opted into a service plan that allowed more strategic planning rather than just reactive troubleshooting