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Open Digital Delivery Foundation (ODDF) was created to align, accelerate, and amplify the impact of practitioners and teams working on digital products by enabling them to openly collaborate, co-design, and share practices and products across organizational boundaries.

KeyStone is a boutique technology consulting company that has helped companies at all stages of maturity to design, build and manage innovative software systems. Our recent work has focused on working with public sector organizations who are adopting modern practices such as Agile and DevOps and technologies such as containers and cloud.

The Province of BC's Enterprise Multicloud Platform initiative is a logical continuation of the establishment of the Province's on-premise managed container platform and is aimed at expanding the set of technical options available to teams building the Province's next digital services. The principle of the multicloud initiative is to provide the Province's digital delivery teams with frictionless access to services from multiple cloud providers through a single managed and well-governed… Show more The Province of BC's Enterprise Multicloud Platform initiative is a logical continuation of the establishment of the Province's on-premise managed container platform and is aimed at expanding the set of technical options available to teams building the Province's next digital services. The principle of the multicloud initiative is to provide the Province's digital delivery teams with frictionless access to services from multiple cloud providers through a single managed and well-governed platform operated by the OCIO. My role on the team is to direct and participate in the work to design, implement, and operate the key technical elements of the platform. Specific elements include:- conceptual and technical design of overall structure of new public cloud tenancies for the Province, characterized as development team-friendly without sacrificing compliance or governance,- configuration and operation of a portfolio of enterprise public cloud tenancies across multiple providers, - deployment and management of best-practice "Secure Environment Accelerator" (SEA) deployment in multiple AWS environments,- design and implementation of "Open Cloud Toolkit" (octk), an automation framework based on HashiCorp Terraform that enables rapid technical scaffolding within enterprise public cloud environments such as integration with existing enterprise services, account and user provisioning, and configuration management,- leading a growing team of technologists and advising leadership on technical strategy Show less

The Province of British Columbia’s “DevOps Platform”, which is based on Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift, has been a key accelerator of Digital Transformation for BC’s public service. Leveraging the platform, dozens of digital product teams have delivered high quality digital services for the citizens of British Columbia, typically dramatically faster and at lower cost than using traditional technical platforms. In his role as Technical Lead with the Province of British Columbia’s DevOps… Show more The Province of British Columbia’s “DevOps Platform”, which is based on Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift, has been a key accelerator of Digital Transformation for BC’s public service. Leveraging the platform, dozens of digital product teams have delivered high quality digital services for the citizens of British Columbia, typically dramatically faster and at lower cost than using traditional technical platforms. In his role as Technical Lead with the Province of British Columbia’s DevOps Platform initiative, Shea was involved in all technical design, implementation, and operational elements and decisions that enabled the platform to evolve from its initial fledgling state into a robust, reliable enviornment that enhances the productivity of a large community of developers, and hosts many high-profile citizen-facing digital services. Show less

MAXIMUS BC provides operational and information technology services to the BC Ministry of Health.Projects:Designed and implemented a system to integrate a legacy pharmacy and drug information system with British Columbia's centralized patient information system. Technologies used included HL7v3-over-SOAP, and Oracle Service Bus.Designed and implemented a system to integrate a legacy pharmacy and drug information with British Columbia's general-purpose web-services-based… Show more MAXIMUS BC provides operational and information technology services to the BC Ministry of Health.Projects:Designed and implemented a system to integrate a legacy pharmacy and drug information system with British Columbia's centralized patient information system. Technologies used included HL7v3-over-SOAP, and Oracle Service Bus.Designed and implemented a system to integrate a legacy pharmacy and drug information with British Columbia's general-purpose web-services-based health information integration hub (HIAL). Technologies used included HL7v2, Oracle Service Bus, Java and JAX-WS.Designed and implemented an automated software build and release management system using Gradle, Jenkins, and an in-house configuration management repository. Show less

Sierra is a systems integration and management consulting firm. MedPlus, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, is a developer of health information systems.Projects:Recommended and implemented core Java technology stack which formed the basis of an HL7 v3-based Medical Laboratory Information SystemDesigned and implemented a highly configurable, protocol and data format-agnostic services handling framework to support various types of application integration scenariosImplemented… Show more Sierra is a systems integration and management consulting firm. MedPlus, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, is a developer of health information systems.Projects:Recommended and implemented core Java technology stack which formed the basis of an HL7 v3-based Medical Laboratory Information SystemDesigned and implemented a highly configurable, protocol and data format-agnostic services handling framework to support various types of application integration scenariosImplemented data transformation services to convert to/from HL7 v3Designed and implemented an Aspect-oriented log, audit, and alerting framework that allows a system’s log and audit requirements to be met in a configurable, non-invasive manner.Designed and implemented a configurable data extraction frameworkProvided general technical oversight on the design and implementation of various system sub-components, as well as championing software engineering best practices Show less

GenoLogics develops software products and services designed for life sciences research.Projects:Analyzed and documented existing configuration management practices and policies and issues related to these.Migrated the company's build infrastructure from Apache Ant to Apache Maven2.Introduced productivity improvement tools to configuration management and build processes.

CardioComm specializes in information management systems for cardiac medicine.Projects:Designed and implemented an enterprise-grade ECG management system; process included comprehensive domain modeling, technical architecture, and technology stack selection (JBoss app server, Seam, Hibernate/JPA, jBPM, Drools, Facelets, Mule ESB, JasperServer)Championed the adoption of the Feature-Driven Development agile methodology for the above projectImplemented a sophisticated software… Show more CardioComm specializes in information management systems for cardiac medicine.Projects:Designed and implemented an enterprise-grade ECG management system; process included comprehensive domain modeling, technical architecture, and technology stack selection (JBoss app server, Seam, Hibernate/JPA, jBPM, Drools, Facelets, Mule ESB, JasperServer)Championed the adoption of the Feature-Driven Development agile methodology for the above projectImplemented a sophisticated software build system based upon Maven 2, Subversion, and Continuum Show less

Maximus/HIBC provides operational and information technology services to the BC Ministry of Health.Projects:Evaluated and selected a complete F/OSS web application technology stack (Spring Framework, Spring Webflow, Acegi Security, Java Server Faces); developed best practices/core design patterns and framework components to support the development of enterprise web applications based on the selected technology stackImplemented a comprehensive Software Configuration/Release… Show more Maximus/HIBC provides operational and information technology services to the BC Ministry of Health.Projects:Evaluated and selected a complete F/OSS web application technology stack (Spring Framework, Spring Webflow, Acegi Security, Java Server Faces); developed best practices/core design patterns and framework components to support the development of enterprise web applications based on the selected technology stackImplemented a comprehensive Software Configuration/Release Management system and related processes based on industry best practices and F/OSS and commercial tools (maven2, Borland StarTeam, Selenium)Participated in Domain Modeling, Business Rule, and security teams in support of a large mission-critical application Show less

Avue is a US-based software and services firm specializing in HR solutions for the US federal government.Projects:Designed and led the development of a web-based, user-configurable reporting system.Designed and implemented a rule-driven data extraction and transformation engine.Designed and implemented a metadata-driven form generation and processing engine.Designed and implemented a process engine for managing and presenting short running business processesDesigned and… Show more Avue is a US-based software and services firm specializing in HR solutions for the US federal government.Projects:Designed and led the development of a web-based, user-configurable reporting system.Designed and implemented a rule-driven data extraction and transformation engine.Designed and implemented a metadata-driven form generation and processing engine.Designed and implemented a process engine for managing and presenting short running business processesDesigned and implemented a lightweight web-services integration mechanism between Avue's recruitment system and Monster.comDesigned and implemented an "executive dashboard" systemDesigned and implemented a configurable persistence subsystem for storing Java beans as XML in a relational databaseDesigned and implemented a configuration subsystem for Avue's workflow system.Integrated Avue's product with Oracle's BPEL Process Manager Show less

AeroInfo Systems is a Boeing subsidiary that develops a suite of Java-based enterprise software applications for managing aircraft fleet maintenance.Projects:Designed and implemented a web services framework and supporting development process for use in enterprise application integration.Designed and implemented a configuration “backplane” to enable a plug-in architectureDesigned and implemented complex enhancements to AeroInfo's applications.

BroadVision is a vendor of e-business, e-CRM, and personalization software. BroadVision Field Engineers apply technical and functional knowledge and superior interpersonal and communication skills to support pre- and post-sale activities.Projects:Developed e-business applications to showcase BroadVision's capabilities.Developed and delivered technical sales presentations and training.Provided pre- and post-sale consulting to customers and prospective customers. Wrote… Show more BroadVision is a vendor of e-business, e-CRM, and personalization software. BroadVision Field Engineers apply technical and functional knowledge and superior interpersonal and communication skills to support pre- and post-sale activities.Projects:Developed e-business applications to showcase BroadVision's capabilities.Developed and delivered technical sales presentations and training.Provided pre- and post-sale consulting to customers and prospective customers. Wrote technical RFP/RFI/EOI documents. Worked with Account Executives to develop and execute sales strategies. Show less

Sierra is a technology and management consulting firm headquartered in Vancouver. Projects:Implemented a content management and personalization system for BCTel's corporate website.Provided e-procurement consulting and implementation assistance to Boeing, Shell, and Netscape Communications. Developed content management and legacy integration components for BC Lotteries. Developed a logistics automation system for Progistix (a BCE company) and Xerox. Provided consulting… Show more Sierra is a technology and management consulting firm headquartered in Vancouver. Projects:Implemented a content management and personalization system for BCTel's corporate website.Provided e-procurement consulting and implementation assistance to Boeing, Shell, and Netscape Communications. Developed content management and legacy integration components for BC Lotteries. Developed a logistics automation system for Progistix (a BCE company) and Xerox. Provided consulting services to ICBC on the design and implementation of an SAP-based e-procurement application. Show less

US TechnoMedia (USTM) was the developer of the web's first career development portal, careerxeperience.com. As a developer with USTM, I designed, implemented, and maintained several key components of the portal's infrastructure.Projects:Designed and implemented clients for a proprietary "instant messaging" platform. Designed and implemented personalization components. Designed and implemented content management components. Installed and administered… Show more US TechnoMedia (USTM) was the developer of the web's first career development portal, careerxeperience.com. As a developer with USTM, I designed, implemented, and maintained several key components of the portal's infrastructure.Projects:Designed and implemented clients for a proprietary "instant messaging" platform. Designed and implemented personalization components. Designed and implemented content management components. Installed and administered careerexperience.com's production hardware and software environment. Show less