Stephen Michaud Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

• Managed a team of 17 educational technologists and co-lead the Learning Technology Hub• Was responsible either directly or through the Learning Technology Hub partnership for teaching and learning web strategy, development and operations, support, and learning analytics • Was accountable for an operating budget in excess of $3 million annually• Chaired the Beyond COVID - Learning Technology Tools working group• Lead the evaluation of plagiarism detection and discussion learning technology tools• Managed vendor relationships and licensing for many of the teaching and learning tools• Contributed to the EduBytes Newsletter as a member of the editorial staff• Was project lead for walled garden Large Language Model project

Redwood City, Ca, Us

• Lead a team of 6 developers, 10 cinematic designers, and 9 animators• Was responsible for the delivery of all cinematic content for the EA Sports title FIFA• Coordinated dependencies across shared asset and audio teams• Was responsible for Closed Beta and Demo releases• Responsible for Closed Beta release

Kitchener, On, Ca

• Successfully transitioned from a start up into a new corporate home• Was product Owner that brought Brightspace LeaP, a disruptive adaptive learning product, to market• Confidently communicated during customer demonstrations, analyst Q&A, and conferences• Was subject matter expert for the algorithms and heuristics, ensuring the architecture and implementation were on firm theoretical ground• Researched and validated the predictive analytics approach of Brightspace Degree Compass, a course recommender system• Was product Owner for key feature of central tool, Quizzing in Learning Management System

• Was founding member of a successful start-up venture• Received four patents relating to the methods developed for adaptive learning• Researched machine learning and semantic mapping theory and approaches• Developed an executable model of learning to which reinforcement learning could be applied• Devised study and simulator to validate model and algorithms • Translated theory into concrete designs for practical implementation• Reviewed and influenced architectural and technology decisions and practices

London, Gb

• Created user stories for an enterprise eLearning platform• Consulted with business owners and marketing to elaborate requirements• Collaborated with the scrum teams to ensure the timely and effective implementation of user stories• Piloted and aided in the transition from waterfall to agile software development using Scrum with a team spanning 3 sites and time zones (EST, PST, IST)• Guided the development of an enterprise eLearning platform for a large publishing client.• Was responsible for the successful deployment of 11 major releases comprising 80 developers, 60 testers, and a PMO group of four mostly located in India over the span of six months (approximately $5 – $10 million budget)• Coordinated activities with integration partners in North America, Europe, and India• Introduced forecasting models and concepts of velocity and capacity• Collaborated with management team to develop strategic goals and process improvements

Zug, Ch

• Was founding member of Luxoft Canada, opened office and hired staff• Owned profit and loss responsibility for Canadian operation with a $10 million annual operating budget• Was responsible for the strategic direction and execution of Luxoft's Canadian operations• Planned globally distributed software development projects• Provided expertise and coaching for Luxoft Global SQA and Agile practices• Organized activities of the development team of 10 locally and up to 40 offshore.• Defined project goals, made proposals on project tasks and activities in consultation with customers• Reviewed and refined architecture with Project Manager, System Architect and Solution Experts• Made analytical, project, and realization decisions for all projects• Approved project deliverables before reviewing with the customer

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

• Managed three teams of QA analysts, an automation development team, and a third-party integrations development team• Was responsible for the direction of QA for all WebCT’s products• Worked with rest of the development team to adopt Agile development processes• Implemented test case tracking tools and continuous improvement processes• Provided coaching and feedback for 24 full time staff

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Managed a team of 5 quality and 3 software developers• Ensured quality of Rational Software Development products (including Rational XDE, Rational Developer for Java, Rational ClearCase and others)• Configured and maintain all Rational development products• Developed and coach staff through their career• Was responsible for the successful delivery of UML Model diff/merge functionality for Rational XDE

Ca

Integration Prime• Integrated the overall project plan for a new Metro Optical Network product• Determined resourcing conflicts for a project of 120 people and proposed solutions• Tracked scheduling discrepancies and managed recovery plans• Coordinated software and hardware integration testing for twenty sub-componentsProject Manager• Organized and implemented the development of a Java graphical user interface• Presided over all technical and scheduling decisions for a team of forty designers• Evaluated risks and returns for new technologies and development strategies• Evaluated the performance and aided in career development of a small teamVerification Team Leader• Coordinated verification activities for a Java graphical user interface• Mentored a team of eight verifiers as acting manager• Developed and executed verification test plans for many Nortel products• Deployed and commissioned may Nortel Optical products

Master Of Educational Technology

Diploma, Management Skills In Advanced Technology

Basc, System Design Engineering