Paul Ferry Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I'm very excited to have the opportunity to lead the development of the DevOps practice and culture at Nureva as we continue to deliver products and services globally. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevOps

Calgary, Alberta

A new position where I have the privilege of working with a small team of highly accomplished individuals in developing a range of new software solutions targeted at a range of industries. Drawing on other success creating a globally focused, market leading technology company, Nureva a new business that is starting up to develop ideas that are important and transformational.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I started my own business, EikonWorks to provide higher levels of practical and cost effective software technology consulting and development services. I successfully delivered to my clients state-of-the art project planning, development, and deployment services within the economic and other constraints they faced. I have completed several major projects, including:Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) – Geoptica, an ESRI based GIS emergency medical services location and dispatch… Show more I started my own business, EikonWorks to provide higher levels of practical and cost effective software technology consulting and development services. I successfully delivered to my clients state-of-the art project planning, development, and deployment services within the economic and other constraints they faced. I have completed several major projects, including:Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) – Geoptica, an ESRI based GIS emergency medical services location and dispatch system was developed, deployed, and supported for STARS at the Alberta Emergency Link Center. Work involved extension of the base system developed in 2003 to provide location visualization and EMS dispatch capability for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and the North West Territories.Clynch Technologies – DeltaSystems, a next generation bio-medical CAD/CAM system, was deployed, maintained and supported in Hawaii for the US Department of Defence and now services the entire Pacific Rim.University of Bristol – Alpha Diversity Database, Ask a Biologist, and DinoBase are examples of web-based applications built for Earth Sciences research and development. Show less

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

We originally created ParanoidFish in the early days of the "world wide web" to provide customers with a basic web presence and various services such as email and file sharing.It has since grown into a flourishing design business that not only focuses on designing and developing attractive, interactive, and functional web sites and services but also on the design and implementation of software user interfaces. My position at ParanoidFish involves managing the IT/web services we… Show more We originally created ParanoidFish in the early days of the "world wide web" to provide customers with a basic web presence and various services such as email and file sharing.It has since grown into a flourishing design business that not only focuses on designing and developing attractive, interactive, and functional web sites and services but also on the design and implementation of software user interfaces. My position at ParanoidFish involves managing the IT/web services we provide to customers and managing any software/web development projects undertaken. Show less

During my initial period at SMART I focused on defining and implementing "Visual Analytic" solutions to illustrated how SMART Interactive Displays and Tables could be extended beyond their usual "Presentation" role into a more active "Discovery" or "Analytic" role. This included defining a complete technical/system architecture and identifying, prototyping and producing software components, infrastructure, and products to deliver the capability to customers.After my first 12 months I… Show more During my initial period at SMART I focused on defining and implementing "Visual Analytic" solutions to illustrated how SMART Interactive Displays and Tables could be extended beyond their usual "Presentation" role into a more active "Discovery" or "Analytic" role. This included defining a complete technical/system architecture and identifying, prototyping and producing software components, infrastructure, and products to deliver the capability to customers.After my first 12 months I transitioned into a Software Team Lead role to deliver SMART Custom Software Solutions to a diverse range of clients. Part of this role involved reviewing, refining, and defining an end to end Software production program for Custom Solutions. This involved liaison with a diverse number of groups including Marketing, Sales, Quality Assurance, Product Development, and Legal.This role also involved active project management and execution. I was responsible for and actively participated in initial customer inquires, requirement definition, prototyping, project estimation, project planning, system architecture, technical design, implementation, quality assurance, product release/distribution, product maintenance, and customer service and support.I successfully delivered solutions to a range of high profile customers in North America and Europe. Show less

I have worked for Clynch Technologies, both as an employee and as a contractor/consultant. I have played a central role in realizing plans to develop and commercialize a technology/product called DeltaSystems; a state of the art computer aided specification, design and manufacturing system for the medical industry. I was responsible for conducting necessary research and development and managing projects for the feasibility, implementation, quality assurance, and deployment of this system. I… Show more I have worked for Clynch Technologies, both as an employee and as a contractor/consultant. I have played a central role in realizing plans to develop and commercialize a technology/product called DeltaSystems; a state of the art computer aided specification, design and manufacturing system for the medical industry. I was responsible for conducting necessary research and development and managing projects for the feasibility, implementation, quality assurance, and deployment of this system. I also assisted in providing product technical support and maintenance services for the product once it was launched to customers including the US Department of Defence. I directed product research, development, deployment, and support and was directly involved in software planning, development, funding, and staffing. Show less

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

At KJ Clark Consulting I began the development of "Geoptica" a Location/Dispatch system for STARS Emergency Medical Services in Alberta. This system was required to visualize large amounts of data (over 120 different layers) with a user friendly and robust system that would quickly (10 second time frame) and clearly present necessary visual information to emergency dispatchers. Being a life critical system, this work involved a significant amount of requirements gathering and analysis, project… Show more At KJ Clark Consulting I began the development of "Geoptica" a Location/Dispatch system for STARS Emergency Medical Services in Alberta. This system was required to visualize large amounts of data (over 120 different layers) with a user friendly and robust system that would quickly (10 second time frame) and clearly present necessary visual information to emergency dispatchers. Being a life critical system, this work involved a significant amount of requirements gathering and analysis, project planning and estimation, system prototyping, and quality assurance. The first version was successfully completed in July of 2003 and the system is still currently used (albeit in a more limited fashion) by STARS in their Emergency Link Centre in Calgary. Show less

As VP Software Production at Axion I was responsible for all aspects of software development including project/team management, estimation, requirements definition, development, testing, and deployment. I developed and directed software development and testing practices ensuring alignment with industry best practices and corporate needs. I was responsible for the development and implementation of product-line architectures and worked closely with sales and marketing and the business management… Show more As VP Software Production at Axion I was responsible for all aspects of software development including project/team management, estimation, requirements definition, development, testing, and deployment. I developed and directed software development and testing practices ensuring alignment with industry best practices and corporate needs. I was responsible for the development and implementation of product-line architectures and worked closely with sales and marketing and the business management team to insure products developed in line with market opportunities and needs. Products developed during this time included:Canadian Ministry of Defence – RISIMUT, an interactive 3D urban situation awareness/command and control prototype system.US Air Force - SmartAirports, a command and control system for airfield operation safety.US Department of Transport - SmartHighways, an interactive 2D mapping system for highway maintenance and condition reporting. Show less

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

As a part of Axion’s research and development team, I focused on data compression and visualization. Utilizing expertise obtained from my PhD I helped develop Axion’s Advanced 3D Digital Mapping Toolkit (ADMT) which became an integral part of many of Axion’s software product lines.

Responsible for software component development for a large Geographic Information System. Activities included software specification, design, construction, quality control, and deployment. Worked in a Sun/Solaris environment using C and C++ as primary programming environment.

Software analyst/developer in the finance and assets department. Development and maintenance of internal financial applications including funds transfer, accounts payable etc. Development platform include IBM mainframe, MVS, JCL, PL/I, Rexx. Activities include requirements specification, design, implementation, and quality assurance. Significant responsibility for configuration management and quality assurance activities for large financial applications spanning many of IBMs business units

Phd, Computing Science (Information Visualization)

Bsc, Informatics

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