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Milton, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Milton, Ontario, Ca

Part Time role (evenings/weekends) - Elected Municipal Position

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Leading multiple scrum teams of C++, Java and Web Developers in creating industry-leading software solutions that fuel attendee engagement, ticket sales and advertising solutions for sports, music and theatre.

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Managing Sun Life Financials Group Retirement Savings, Content Management Systems and Client Solutions software development teams.Providing leadership on waterfall to agile transformation including an Agile Assessment focused on evaluating practice, capabilities and corporate culture to help direct further organizational change. Evaluated DevOps technology tools to assist in the automation of an end to end delivery pipeline to allow faster time to market.Creating group and individual training programs to ensure development teams remain proficient and current with technology changes.Utilizing and negotiating with third party vendors to hire contractors both onshore and offshore to fill in short term resource gaps.Review and approve invoices, expenses and third party SOW (Statement of Work) contracts.Leading automated development testing initiative to improve both quality assurance and development productivity.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Conducted reorganization of resources into new Agile (Scrum) multi-functional teams along with the hiring/interviewing of new employees and contractors to fill gaps where needed.Led development on implementation of new subscription paywall system (Globe Unlimited) that helped open up a highly lucrative new source of revenue.Supervised the functional excellence of development work produced, in adherence to best practices. Oversaw on-going evaluation of productivity and quality, and adjusted processes when needed. (Java, Spring and AngularJS, XML, CSS, HTML)Oversaw operational and capital expenditure budgets meeting cost containment controls while maximizing performance.Directed creation of automated test scripts to test and analyze new or modified code examining functionality, reliability and data integrity (Cucumber, JMeter).Ensured software development that was in-scope for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance maintained in adherence to security requirements. Created a Kanban style support team to handle production critical issues on a 24/7 basis from initial incident tracking to successful issue resolution.Directed third-party payment integration with Beanstream for online credit card payment processing of Globe and Mail subscriptions and purchases.Initiated and handled full Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL) compliance across multiple products company wide.Oversaw employee career development with individual and team training programs geared towards business needs.

Milton, Ontario, Ca

Analyzed and helped interpret the needs of the community in regards to library service. Ensured new branch libraries are established in a fair and cost effective way providing services equally to all residents. Approved budgets, establish governing policies and establish library objectives.

Milton, Ontario, Ca

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Managed all phases of software development of Metavante’s Corporate Online Banking platform for multiple financial institutions in both Canada and the United States.Established guidelines and procedures that led to an increase in development productivity and quality. Managed the day to day development, support and direction of multiple applications ensuring business needs were met.Led Oracle performance improvement initiative that resulted in increased scalability, client satisfaction as well as substantial hardware cost savings. Maintained current versions of Oracle, Websphere, Solaris and additional third party software through phased infrastructure upgrades.Created a 24/7 on-call production support group of senior developers to assist operational staff response to critical production defect issues.Led on-going security improvement group that evaluated and resolved issues discovered by both internal and external client executed security penetration testing.Managed resource staffing including hiring, mentoring programs, performance appraisals and employee led process improvement objectives that resulted in highly effective and productive development teams.Initiated and planned Waterfall to Agile development model transition with customizations to adapt to external client needs.

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Manage development of Metavante's Corporate eBanking products

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Performed detailed audit on software development procedures. Made recommendations involving a phased implementation approach to improve internal methods of software development which when implemented led to both quality and cost savings improvements. Created development team workshops on both iterative methodologies and documentation standards. Evaluated the current performance of the software development management team for senior management allowing them to initiate recommended improvements.