Injecting engineering context into organizational decisions, setting technical direction, building relationships, exploration, writing software

I have worked with the following clients:Qantas Hotels: migrating the hotel booking engine from Rails monolith to an event-driven micro-services platform.

I worked as a full stack Ruby on Rails developer in a globally distributed team. I was able to take existing codebases and quickly get up and running with them, improving test coverage and delivering enhancements and bug fixes.Projects included:- two content management and translation sites with their admin section separated into a Rails engine, using gems such as devise, globalize, paper_clip and wicked_pdf- migrating an extensive API from Java to Rails while maintaining… Show more I worked as a full stack Ruby on Rails developer in a globally distributed team. I was able to take existing codebases and quickly get up and running with them, improving test coverage and delivering enhancements and bug fixes.Projects included:- two content management and translation sites with their admin section separated into a Rails engine, using gems such as devise, globalize, paper_clip and wicked_pdf- migrating an extensive API from Java to Rails while maintaining compatibility with the Flash front-end- adding web hook functionality to an existing site, triggered through AR callbacks Show less

I worked on a PHP application that transcodes video using:- Amazon ElasticTranscoder, Amazon S3 for storage and Amazon RDS for the database- SLIM framework to handle POST requests- PHPUnit for testing

I worked in the Information Services Department of an international organization with around 1000 staff members in a team with some brilliant developers from all over the world. We introduced new technology into the organization, changing the way people think about I.T. and creating solutions that will be used for years to come.As an analyst my work involved consultation with decision makers at all levels of the organization about overall direction, standards and practices, and… Show more I worked in the Information Services Department of an international organization with around 1000 staff members in a team with some brilliant developers from all over the world. We introduced new technology into the organization, changing the way people think about I.T. and creating solutions that will be used for years to come.As an analyst my work involved consultation with decision makers at all levels of the organization about overall direction, standards and practices, and evolution and automation of business processes. I gained a profound understanding of the work of the departments, which I conveyed to the project team, preparing requirements documents and project plans for the relevant stakeholders. I also worked with the team developing solutions, accompanying the staff of the departments in applying these solutions.As a developer I was responsible for on-call support, bug fixes, feature enhancements and interface revamps for several mission-critical software systems around the Enterprise Content Management space, used by hundreds of staff, as well as being the lead developer for a few new systems.I used practices such as:- Agile Development - Test Driven Development & Code Coverage- Continuous Integration- Source Code Control- Issue Tracking internally and externallyPatterns:- SOA with REST-like web services- ActiveRecord, MVC and MVVM - Dependency Injection, Lazy Loading, MocksI got experience with these technologies:- ASP.NET MVC 3 in C#- jQuery, CSS3, HTML5, Backbone.js- PHP- Oracle, MS-SQL Server- VSTO add-ins, ClickOnce, VBAAnd in supporting legacy technologies such as:- Classic ASP- VB6 with COM- Word, Excel automation using VBA Show less

I worked at a startup company on an engine behind a web based Decision Support System. The engine would dynamically create a wizard-style interface, with each step based on the knowledge model and the user input provided thus far, then finally provide a decision with detailed reasoning to support the decision. Our first client was Victoria Legal Aid who, thanks to this software, was able to reduce their staffing needs by dozens of positions.- used PHP and JavaScript

I did design and preliminary development work on an application for collaboration among experts to produce a shared view of a knowledge domain.- Java coding and GUI- Database design

I worked on adapting a Java application called Argument Developer so that it could be used through a web browser. Applying theory from Knowledge Based Systems, it enabled experts to develop arguments: structured representations of a knowledge domain.- used Java, Apache, MySQL and MyJDBC

I created and maintained an online magazine and community site for Baha'i youth called Heyday Online, along with another web designer, 3 editors and several reporters from around the country. My work included:- conceptual design and market research- web design and content management in HTML and PHP- JavaScript and Flash for menus and titles

I worked as a technician at a computer shop:- assembling PCs and installing software- support and troubleshooting- sales as needed