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Researched and developed an application to help copywriters, journalists, academics and bloggers turn research into writing. - Architected the application to be horizontally scalable with the ability to auto scale based on resource monitoring- Implemented a full duplex communication system that still supported a horizontally scalable infrastructure - Built an Operational Transformation system that enabled simultaneous modifications to a document from different sources without data loss- Invented a new algorithm that would determine longest common sub-sequence of elements shared within two arrays. The algorithm was optimized for the needs of the application and proved to be as fast as dynamic programming while using a fraction of the resources.- Developed a JsonML diff algorithm that generated operations describing the changes between two documents similar to how a human would describe them

Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada

Researched and developed a content sharing application that helps keep people organized.- Designed and currently implementing an end-to-end encryption system that will allow users to interact with the application without anybody, including people at Packs, being able to access their data- Designed a scalable server architecture and built the application to support it- Built a custom file uploader that would utilize multiple servers to speed up the upload process - Applied Lean Startup techniques to SCRUM process to iterate faster and determine focus- Conducted user interviews to define problem space

Worked on a team to deliver a billing and entitlement system that could be used by all offerings within Intuit. - Joined a cross-team collaboration effort to plan the structure of external REST APIs- Drove adoption of Mule as the ESB to handle communication between systems and to support external APIs - Designed the platform for running web services that were used internally by the team - Built the internal entitlement system to be used by QuickBooks Online - Presented new solutions and concepts at three separate "Demo Days" where innovative developers where asked to showcase their ideas to inspire others

Managed a team of developers in charge of global marketing and e-commerce solutions (excluding the US).- Designed a system that would allow new country specific marketing sites to be created in less than an hour where previously it would take several days - Designed an embeddable widget solution for QuickBooks Online, which removed resource dependencies- Introduced the concept of test automation to the team and drove its implementation - Drove a multi-team tech refresh project, which enabled the team to use modern libraries and practices when delivering solutions - Led an initiative to improve monitoring, which resulted in greater uptime, performance improvements and a decrease in errors - Successfully transitioned the team to follow SCRUM processes - Arranged team training to improve the overall skillset in areas such as development processes and new technologies - Led a team of developers as Intuit Canada transitioned to Intuit Global - Restructured the team and codebase to better support the growing global need - Helped merge the team with a larger development organization within Intuit

Worked on platforms supporting the marketing and e-commerce needs of Intuit Canada and UK.- Took the initiative to rescue a failing project, which resulted in designing and developing a Headless CMS system that fundamentally changed how marketing sites were built by the team- Restructured and modified the codebase to make the marketing and e-commerce sites more resilient to failures in dependent systems as well as unexpected spikes in traffic - Architected and implemented an active/active failover system for the e-commerce sites as part of a larger high availability initiative- Collaborated with a U.S. team to create a self-serve support platform that would support both US and global needs.- Drove development best practices within the team

Supported the e-commerce sites for Intuit Canada and the UK. - Implemented automation to speed up common tasks like code deployments- Established a common toolset for all developers to use and learn - Introduced development best practices into the team

Developed a desktop application, the supporting server side code, and the communication protocol used to control and communicate with a smart lock solution.

Web development contract work.