Software Solutions Specialist for SMEs & Non-Profits↳ Leveraging technology for business transformation with a strong emphasis on community engagement for sustainable growth.↳ Development of innovative, tailored web applications using Ruby on Rails & JavaScript.↳ Provisioning and management of IT infrastructure to support business operations.Key Skills & Solutions↳ Consultative Approach: Identifying business challenges and devising software solutions to streamline operations and automate processes.↳ Web Development: Expertise in designing and deploying applications, with a focus on open-source platforms.↳ E-commerce: Proficient with Spree and Solidus platforms for optimizing online retail presence.↳ Community Engagement: Utilizing the Discourse platform to foster business growth through community connections.↳ On-premises cloud storage: Enhancing business collaboration using the NextCloud platform.↳ Infrastructure Management: Managing servers and hosting platforms (Cloudflare, Digital Ocean, Heroku), and tools (Google Workspace, Google Analytics, HubSpot) for optimal performance and security.↳ Hosting & Management: Specializing in hosting solutions for Discourse, Ghost, NextCloud, Spree, Solidus, WordPress, and other open-source platforms to ensure reliable and efficient online services.

Better Together Community builds Accessible Community Technology (ACT) to discover, connect, and empower kind people to #BeBetterTogether and collaboratively address climate change & inequality in their communities.

As Regional Engagement Coordinator for the $32M federally funded Find Your Future In Tech program, I connected prospective learners and organizations with the fully-funded tech training opportunities to kick-start or elevate their careers in the Newfoundland and Labrador tech industry.My experience in the tech sector and community-minded approach allowed me to build authentic connections and allow people to envision themselves bringing their unique skills and experiences to tech in Newfoundland and Labrador.

At Colibri Software, I designed, developed, deployed, maintained, and monitored custom Ruby on Rails and Python Django and JavaScript web apps.I identified, provisioned, managed, and maintained cloud-based infrastructure and services such as Cloudflare, Heroku, AWS for Colibri Software and its clients.I regularly met online with clients in Nova Scotia and the United States to help them identify and overcome business challenges and create effective systems for their web apps, insightfully translating multi-stakeholder business objectives into actionable and accessible software solutions.

ClimateDataRescue is a framework for generating crowd sourced transcriptions of image-based documents. It was built with Ruby on Rails, javascript and JQuery. It provides a system for generating templates which combined with a magnification tool guide a user through the process of transcribing an asset (an image). While this application was developed for the purpose of transcribing images of historical weather observation logs, it can be adapted for use in transcribing other kinds of documents as well.https://github.com/open-data-rescue/ClimateDataRescue

Full-stack developer. I worked primarily with Ruby on Rails for backend, HTML, CSS and Javascript for frontend. I used the Backbone and Marionette frameworks regularly, and have extended our API endpoints using Swagger-UI and Rocketpants. I've worked with the Spree E-Commerce codebase to develop and deliver an Artist Portfolio functionality for DecoPhotoPlus.com.

Photography, marketing, billing, photo editing, web design, web server.

Providing quality technical support and troubleshooting hardware, software and networking issues. Managing the finances, acquiring new tools and hardware.

Uses Esri's ArcGIS Javascript API and firebase.https://github.com/ESRIChallengeMcGillTeam2/Open_Wi-FinderBuilt for the Esri Canada Center of Excellence 2015 App ChallengeRobert Smith, Matt Kalebic, and Suthee Sangiambut // McGill University—What it does:Open Wi-Finder was built to address the existing paucity of information regarding Wi-Fi access in Canadian cities. It employs a scalable, platform-independent approach and requires an existing connection for GPS functionality. The application serves two purposes: On the citizen-facing side of the application, users use their GPS location to either a) find a Wi-Fi hotspot nearby or b) contribute the location of a Wi-Fi hotspot. Each Wi-Fi hotspot will possess attribute information regarding SSID, whether or not it is free, and hours of accessibility. The Wi-Fi point locations, embedded with the aforementioned information, are available for download on the analytics side of the application. Governments and civic hackers can identify pockets and clusters of Wi-Fi access, overlay census tract data to conduct socioeconomic analyses within these areas, and formulate policies accordingly.We hope that Open Wi-Finder will allow for steps to be taken toward mending the digital divide caused by the confluence of cities and networked infrastructure. Furthermore, the application aids governments in establishing a comprehensive catalogue of public and private wireless access points via a novel, crowdsourced approach.

https://github.com/rsmithlal/Bike-Theft-MapperOpen-Source app built HTML, CSS and Javascript, using Esri's ArcGIS Javascript API and Firebase.Bike Theft Mapper was built to address the existing difficulty of obtaining information regarding the location of bike thefts in Canadian cities and the overwhelming feeling of inaction my Police agencies in pursuing cases of bike theft. It employs a scalable, platform-independent approach and requires an internet connection for GPS functionality. The application serves two purposes:On the user side of the application, users use their GPS location to either a) view the incidents of bike thefts near them or b) contribute the location and identifying information of a bike theft. Each Theft Report will possess attribute information regarding type of theft, location, identifying information for the bike as well as whether or not the theft was reported to the police.The Theft Incident point locations, embedded with the aforementioned information, are available for download on the analytics side of the application. Governments and civic hackers can identify pockets and clusters of Bike Thefts, overlay census tract data to conduct socioeconomic analyses within these areas, and formulate policies accordingly.