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Canada

Welland, Ontario, Canada

As a project leader, collaboration is fostered with a diverse team of users and technical staff to drive the development, installation, and implementation of intricate system solutions. Active engagement is maintained with users, vendors, management, and provincial groups to comprehensively assess needs and expectations, conduct analysis of existing systems and procedures, and formulate automated solutions that align with organizational goals. Responsibilities encompass the design and development of robust systems, establishment of essential business rules, evaluation of potential change impacts, and facilitation of seamless procedure adaptations. By leveraging consultation and expertise, effective communication and collaboration are ensured across all stakeholders, resulting in successful system implementation and heightened operational efficiency.

Welland, Ontario, Canada

In this technical development role, responsibilities entail developing and analyzing PeopleSoft applications and web applications. Also provide consulting to leadership team on efficient implementations of new and upgraded application procedures.Serve as primary PeopleSoft Developer, spearheading the development and integration of all functionality expansions including meeting with clients to understand requirements, drafting functional requirement documents, developing functionality in PeopleSoft (using App Designer, PeopleCode, and SQL), coordinating testing cycle, and pushing to the Production Environment.Leverage C# to develop and enhance web applications built in ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, and .NET Framework, creating in-house solutions to key functions such as automated report generation, letter generation, and more.Introduced Power BI to Niagara College during the height of the pandemic to share vaccine data needed to inform policy writing.Facilitated a successful transition to SharePoint as primary document management system. Developed an application for the International Students Department to automatically move documents from the legacy system into SharePoint.Reduced code duplication and error risk substantially across college systems via the development of multiple RESTful APIs.Redeveloped data and metatags within the Information Technology Services team’s knowledgebase following the transition into SharePoint in order to increase searchability.

Welland, Ontario, Canada

Directed all lesson planning and delivery to classes of 25-30 students for 2 Niagara College courses, “Community Sponsored Project” and “The Art of Script Programming”.Outlined structure for practical lessons in lab-based scenarios and guided students towards meeting client milestones.Graded student projects and provided developmental feedback to facilitate continuous improvement on target skills.Taught first-year students programming basics using JavaScript as well as conveying a variety of other technical skills.Delivered dozens of comprehensive lectures online using Blackboard Collaborate and Microsoft Teams.Facilitated labs, quizzes, and tests to determine students’ knowledge of the material and inform lesson delivery improvements.

Burlington, Ontario

Joined the health integration network to support the development and optimization of a wide range of critical technical solutions.Employed event-driven architecture to develop a simplified API using JavaScript to display location details within Google Maps.Implemented a Ruby on Rails website, setting up a server, modifying/fixing code, deploying site, and setting up OpenVPN for access.Ensured exceptional data integrity to effectively inform senior leaders of home and community care service utilization, implementing SQL scripts to gather and store data based on requests from the Business Analyst team.Facilitated report management and development, creating reports on departmental KPIs using SSRS and Power BI.Personally developed new applications using C#, JavaScript, ASP.NET, and PowerShell to meet the needs identified by internal clients.Managed and updated legacy applications written in VB.NET on behalf of the entire LHIN network.

St. Catharines

Completed a 12-month secondment in this manager role to oversee the health network’s digital health application portfolio.Evaluated the need for new software applications as well as supervising the installation of those new applications.Reviewed all bid specifications and developed documentation for new digital health applications.Developed and maintained standard operating procedures and policies to guide all digital health application management.Ensured frontline and management staff received training on operational processes to optimize their performance.

Welland

Supporting operations within the Niagara College Research and Innovation Agricultural Department, this role entailed development of a platform in which farmers could upload data from multiple types of tractors in order to map out their fields and analyze fertilizer needs by location.Integrated with Google Maps to map field boundaries using data gathered from a wide range of tractor brands, conducting research to implement interpolation and boundary algorithms which enabled the successful automated mapping of fields.Met regularly with target end users to discuss needs, gather context, and collaborate on product testing and optimization.Programmed a real-time analytical web portal in C#, ASP.NET, and JavaScript.Translated and reimplemented C++ and Python code/features into the C# analytical web portal. Leveraged microcontroller-based (Arduino) devices to create robotic sensor platforms.Worked with ZigBee-based radios to create sensor networks and robot command.

Welland

Supported ITS service requests submitted by all Niagara College campuses to enable the rapid resolution of technical issues.Supported staff and students with PeopleSoft, application software, hardware, and login issues to minimize usage interruptions.Dispatched technicians to support classroom audio visual issues.