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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As a Release Train Engineer (RTE), I was responsible for overseeing the development and release of software within the Deposit and Cash Management Product Group of the Business Banking Product Family (Platform). Key responsibilities included the development and maintenance of a schedule to plan, test, and deploy new software releases, monitor and report on software quality metrics, analyze and troubleshoot software issues as they arose, maintain a library of release notes and documentation for each release, and worked with stakeholders to identify and prioritize features, bug fixes, and security patches.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As the Product Group Delivery Lead for the Digital Product Group within the Enterprise Currency Factory, I ensured that multiple currency teams delivered on currency items. Working with Technical Asset Owners and other senior management, we created and maintained a prioritized currency backlog. I managed delivery blockers, taking feedback from stakeholders regularly, and unitizing the SAFe (Scaled Agile) framework.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Was responsible for ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality infrastructure designs that align with business needs for the large, dynamic portfolio of projects in the Channels Technology Segment (CTS) of the Strategic Planning and Segment Delivery Team (SPSD). \I functioned as the main point of contact for CTS infrastructure architecture and interfaced with the segment leaders to maintain priorities and the right resourcing levels.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As a stretch goal, I assisted Enterprise Technology Segment (ETS) Managing Architect with the day-to-day management of the group while he was assigned to a SWAT team.

Toronto, Canada Area

As the Design Lead in the Enterprise Technology Segment (ETS) of Segment Planning & Segment Delivery (SPSD) I was responsible for providing expertise, leadership and direction for the creation of infrastructure designs. Interpreted requirements from application development team and translated them into implications for infrastructure designs.A key function of this role was to provide infrastructure continuity throughout the project lifecycle, supporting the Solution Architect, SPSD and TD's Operations groups as a project proceeded through its lifecycle.

As the Infrastructure Architect - I led and contributed to the conceptualization, development, delivery and enhancement of integrated solutions based on various web/mobile technologies at TVO. In this role I took on the primary responsibility for meeting and exceeding all reliability, availability and scalability standards for customer facing web properties and services set by the TVO executive. In this role I was also responsible for the end to end implementation of technical solutions, based on customer requirements. I led multi-disciplined teams of subject matter experts across various lines of business, using a combination of contract, vendor and internal services, hardware, software and labor.• Led the Change Management Process for all customer facing and Oracle based systems at TVO• Led the Problem Management Process for all customer facing and Oracle based systems at TVO • Led the implementation of large complex IT Projects.• Effectively translated business requirements into technical solutions• Developed solution architectures and worked with IT and business teams to build consensus• Defined and determined solution design objectives & led/guided the efforts of others in these areas.• Provided technical guidance to implementation team members throughout project life cycles.• Conceptualized, designed and implemented: -- middle-ware infrastructure environments -- web infrastructure environments -- Oracle based infrastructure environments• Performed activities such as infrastructure capacity planning and application and system performance analysis and troubleshooting.• Conducted assessments to identify gaps and developed recommendations to address• Developed operational models and infrastructure road maps• Led and supported various RFP/RFQ responses and product selections• Supported and mentored other technical team members

As a infrastucture specialist - I contributed to the conceptualization, development, delivery and enhancement of integrated solutions based on various web/mobile technologies at TVO. In this role I took on the responsibility for meeting and exceeding all reliability, availability and scalability standards for customer facing web properties and services set by the TVO executive.• Effectively translated business requirements into technical solutions• Provided technical guidance to implementation team members throughout project life cycles.• Conceptualized, designed and implemented: -- middle-ware infrastructure environments -- web infrastructure environments -- Oracle based infrastructure environments• Performed activities such as infrastructure capacity planning and application and system performance analysis and troubleshooting.• Conducted assessments to identify gaps and developed recommendations to address• Developed operational models and infrastructure road maps

I was a senior consultant and practice lead for the UNIX and Database practice within Long View Systems.I was the second consultant within this practice area. Under my leadership I created a three million dollar a year business within Western Canada and the Western United States, with well over 20ty consultants working within my team.

I started off in the service department as a 'System Consultant' in implementation services. Evolved into the role of 'Pre-Sales System Engineer'. Then when the pre-sales technical arm was re-organized back into the SunPS professional services arm I found myself back as a 'Systems Consultant'.