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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Ontario, Ca

Toronto, Ontario , Ca

* Led effort to reduce technical debt in our organization by prioritizing upgrading technologies and conducting migrations to new patterns and products where appropriate* Strategized with team-leads to build technical roadmaps in order to achieve product and organizational goals* Aided teams with resourcing constraints by balancing organization priorities, value, and risk* Created spaces for knowledge-sharing such as scrum-of-scrums meetings to help foster inter-team communication and collaboration which led to better knowledge sharing and improved morale and buy-in* Mentored, coached, and provided guidance to fellow Tech Chapter individuals via one-on-ones and dedicated conversations* Created performance plans with developers to help them achieve their career goals and address areas of growth* Organized DevOps culture discussions with Developers and the DevOps team to improve processes in the ODS that led to:** Better observability practices for product teams** More agency for developers within their product infrastructure** Reduced burden for a DevOps team struggling with resourcing*Instituted periodic syncs between individual product teams and their DevOps support resources to identify priorities and bottlenecks* Led Full-Time-Equivalent and Fee-For-Service hiring strategies, panel interviews and the associated HR practices

Toronto, Ontario , Ca

* Strategize with the Director of Product, Chapters Manager, and the engineering management team on initiatives to help set an organizational vision and priorities* Collaborate with the talent team to forecast resourcing and address constraints* Work with the Digital Tools Specialist and procurement team to address gaps in our organizational compliance and procurement strategy* Lead skip-level meeting with Lead Developers to share organizational knowledge and identify improvements that can be made in our Tech Team and broader organizational processes

Toronto, Ontario , Ca

* Joined the team during a migration and successfully lead the team to an alpha 1.0 launch by helping prioritize features and development work, while making code releases more agile and tightening feedback loops between clients and developers* Lead the effort to move Ontario.ca from hosted sandbox environments to local virtual machines, leveraging VirtualBox and Vagrant virtualization software, thereby freeing DevOps from managing these environments and allowing developers to work at a higher velocity* Lead collaboration with the DevOps team to implement cloud infrastructure patterns, NGINX routing solutions, CI/CD pipelines, and other infrastructure enhancements* Lead the team to implement new testing automation in our pipelines with Behat behavioral testing and PHPUnit testing, while researching best practices and 3rd-party testing integrations* Create collaborative environments for developers to tackle tech debt via team working sessions, leading to better team morale and faster turnaround times addressing that debt* Support the Product Manager in creating a platform vision and developing a strategic roadmap to meet Ontario’s Future State Modernization goals* Collaborate with Product Managers and clients to help address user stories and business needs by creating roadmaps and prioritizing development efforts* Mentor Junior Developers via monthly 1-on-1s, professional development plans, 1-on-1 learning opportunities and code reviews* Champion coding best practices such as: ** Defensive code, for flexibility and maintainability** Clean code, for better collaboration** Secure code, to protect against vulnerabilities* Support senior management through regular briefings to help with wider technology strategy, skills-gaps analysis, and team planning activities

Toronto, Ontario , Ca

Technical Lead && Lead Developer on covid-19.ontario.ca (2020 - present):* Lead hands-on development (PHP, Symfony, Drupal 8, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, SASS) of new features in a high-demand and fast-paced environment with extremely tight deadlines* Lead development integrations with other products, leveraging a variety of technologies (React, Elasticsearch, Amazon S3) and government APIs* Collaborated with Product Managers on product vision and prioritizing feature development Technical Lead on Ontario API Guidelines (2019):* Collaborated with Product Managers, ministry partners, and Civic Tech partners to support Ontario’s API Guidelines* Researched and implemented API best practices from other government jurisdictions and standards such as OpenAPI 3.0 and RFC 3339 Technical Lead && Lead Developer on Environmental Registry of Ontario (2017 - 2019):* Lead hands-on development with Drupal 8, Vue.js, JavaScript, SASS, RESTful API and web service integrations* Worked closely with the Product Manager on product vision and roadmap, agile sprint planning and priorities, and breaking down tasks for the team to meet those priorities* Collaborated with entire team from discovery to alpha, beta and full product launch leveraging Google Ventures sprint cycles philosophy* Collaborated with DevOps on product architecture and cloud infrastructure integrations

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Certificate, Web Design & Development

B. Ed., Mathematics & Physics

B.Sc. (Hon), Mathematics & Physics