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Campbell River, Bc, Ca

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Worked with a variety of software teams, helping to identify issues, discover solutions, and develop a roadmap to address them.Diagnosed key issues limiting the performance and scalability of a microservice-based architecture hosted on Azure. Coordinated efforts across many teams to improve reliability while massively reducing hosting costs.Guided teams through an Agile reorganization, helping them to redefine their way of working.Ran custom software ideation and discovery sessions, establishing scope and developing backlogs and delivery plans.Developed high-level architectural plans, ensuring development work was in service of business goals and customer experience. Defined what a successful outcome would look like, and how we'd measure it.Mitigated risk by validating assumptions through research and experimentation.Supported delivery by sharing best practices, providing peer review, and troubleshooting issues.

Edmonton, Canada Area

Accountable for the successful delivery of software projects using a product-oriented approach and Agile methodologies.- Managed daily activities associated with project delivery- Monitored and reported on scope, schedule, and budget- Coordinated and lead project discovery sessions- Built and developed project backlogs- Agile Coaching

Edmonton, Canada Area

Planned and led a staged, backwards-compatible rewrite of an existing web service, improving response times by over 100%, repairing inconsistent data, and upgraded from Rails 4.2 to 5.2.Implemented a peer-review process and CI pipeline, increasing test coverage from 70% to 85%, and preventing regressions.Ran security scans to identify issues, eventually reducing critical vulnerabilities to zero.Oversaw dev-ops and deployments, helping to build a robust, highly-available system which was deployed via AWS, and also installed on-premise by enterprise clients.Used Agile methodologies to scope projects, write user stories, estimate timelines, and complete work—overseeing dozens of successful releases.Sourced, interviewed, on-boarded, and mentored three additional developers.(Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (ES6 + Babel), React, GraphQL, REST, JSON API, HTML/CSS, MySQL, Redis, Circle CI, Docker Swarm, AWS, Jira, Github)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Developed key web-app features such as real-time updates, assignment scheduling, and document annotation tools.Built and documented a UI component library with automated unit tests, reducing redundant code, and making it easier to develop new features.(AWS, JavaScript (ES6 + Babel), Ember, RxJS, Redux, Canvas, WebSockets, JSON API, HTML/CSS, Circle CI, Trello, Github)

Edmonton, Canada Area

Planned and implemented a new marketing website with inbound tracking and CRM integration, allowing us to measure conversion rates and calculate acquisition costs.Experimented extensively with pay-per-click campaigns, direct outreach, social media, and case studies—contributing to growing sales over 10% for 12 consecutive months.

Edmonton, Canada

I worked directly with clients to gather requirements, plan, scope, spec, and quote large e-commerce sites. I also advised clients on content strategy, search engine optimization, and marketing efforts. We developed a custom CMS + e-commerce platform.(EmberJS, Node.js, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, MySQL, NoSQL, PHP, Laravel)

Edmonton, Canada Area

I developed a custom CMS that was used for all of our client work. We ended up using our expertise in local search optimization to build a suite of SaaS applications, then bootstrapped them to profitability. I was instrumental in growing the development team from one to three.

web site development, team leader, programming, planning & architecture

web development, design, programming

Certificate, Digital & Interactive Media Design

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