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Hamilton

Plan and implement solutions to ensure Fotaflo's web and photography systems are scalable, secure and reliable as the company grows.- Designed and implemented auth, CORS and analytics for HTML widget allowing 3rd party sites to embed guest photo albums within their own sites- Implemented analytics pipeline joining and de-normalizing various data-sources with AWS Glue - Migrated legacy systems from Bare Metal servers to AWS- Augmented legacy systems with third party image processing and CDN services- Implemented cloud image and video upload queue using AWS S3 and SQS improving upload speeds and reliability- Rebuilt Android image and video monitoring and upload processes into job based background services in Java- Updated iOS app written in Swift- Rebuilt legacy Java web app in Ruby on Rails so we could get new features out faster with higher quality- Aid business-level decisions to streamline the product, focus team resources and empower sales- Technical generalist doing what needs to be done: cloud architecture, devops, rails backend, front-end, android, api development, SRE...

Hamilton, On

Lead developer responsible for platform development, project management, estimation, systems administration and cloud architecture. At home with Linux, bash, Ruby on Rails, git, code reviews and agile development methodologies.Roles at factor[e]- Identify, scope and estimate projects- Manage development team, ensure critical projects are delivered based on client needs- Oversaw, researched, promoted and implemented transition to cloud server infrastructure and software upgrades (5X reduction in average server response times)- Helped client site grow to ~5 million pageviews per month, ~500k unique visitors per month(125% growth in pageviews, ~50% growth in unique visitors from 2013 - 2016)- Created background image processor using resque and redis (~40,000 images per day)- Integrated Google Maps API and Google Maps Engine data- Handled critical events (database failover, server failures, connectivity issues…)- Developed MySQL based server side map pin clustering algorithm- Created offline synchronization engine for JS web app using localStorage and custom web API- Created kinect powered gestural image gallery for Tourism Hamilton

Ontario

Successfully completed 4 separate contracts for Home Depots across Ontario- Security server replacements and troubleshooting- Point of sale cash register replacements- PC Terminal replacements- Sale server replacementsVery methodical overnight work which needed to be complete by store opening in the morning. Role included re-cabling servers, troubleshooting problems with replacing old hardware and imaging new machines.

Guelph, On

- First project archivist for the Improvisation in Community and Social Practice project at the University of Guelph- Primarily responsible for videotaping related projects. Jazz festival colloquia and performances as well as workshops for Jazz in the Schools- Audiovisual editing and compression to DVD and web formats (using mencoder and ffmpeg)- Co-produced/filmed/directed/edited short documentary on AIMToronto

Hamilton, On

- Primary php/MySQL developer creating and maintaining custom back-ends for commercial websites.- Build and update ecommerce modules- Converted large static sites to templated php and asp- Web server and database management

Hamilton, Ottawa, Remote

- Developed open source modules for use with the Drupal content management system- Created og2mlm module to link and synchronize Sympa mailing lists with an online forum (using organic groups).- Upgraded lobby module to php5 and drupal 4.7.- Worked on civilingua, a civicrm component to internationalize/translate the content.