• Lead service delivery and solutions engineering under the company’s Google Partnership, on a wide range of project types including GCP cloud landing zones, AI/ML solutions, application modernization initiatives, and greenfield software development• Provide guidance to project team leads on varied concerns, including client and stakeholder management, product and project management, as well as technical solutions architecture• Support the company’s business development via presentations and discussions with prospective clients, scoping new projects, and drafting bids and proposals• Engage with a broad array of management activities including stakeholder management, business strategy deliberations, project team composition, recruitment, and development of marketing materialsTechnologies and methodologies: Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, HPC, AI/ML, DevSecOps, GCP

• Led a team of cloud engineers tasked with building a GCP landing zone and a cloud migration POC for a major public sector client, with duties spanning technical leadership, product ownership, and stakeholder relations

• Participated in the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines for a suite of Scala-based micro-services, Terraform IaC infrastructure, and Kubernetes operators (Gitlab, Kubernetes, Helm, Kpt, sbt, Docker, Node.js, and bash)• Implemented a SAST automation solution POC using Fortify’s Software Security Center and its associated command line tools (Gitlab, bash, Tomcat, RHEL, Terraform, MySQL, Docker)• Designed and implemented a secure ingress solution for Kubernetes-based environments (AKS, Terraform, Helm, Kpt, cert-manager, Azure Ingress Controller, and associated networking infrastructure)• Deployed and configured PostgreSQL Citus clusters, and provided support for QA and production environments (Azure Hyperscale, NSGs, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Azure Secrets Manager)• Provided on-call after-hours support and incident handling for a Kubernetes-based production environment hosting a suite of micro-service applications (Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Lens, Kafka, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, internal incident handling tools, and more)Technologies: Microsoft Azure, Gitlab CI/CD, Kubernetes (AKS), Terraform (HCL), Helm, Kpt, Fortify (SCA & SSC), Snyk, Docker, git, bash, JSON, YAML, AGIC, cert-manager, TLS, sbt, MySQL, PostgreSQL (Hyperscale/Citus), Cassandra (k8ssandra, DataStax Astra), Kafka (Strimzi, Confluent Cloud), Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, elasticsearch, Kibana, virtual networking (including subnetting, application gateways, load-balancers, custom routing, NSGs, Azure Firewall & WAF, custom routing, etc.)

• Led the technical design and implementation of the company's 3rd-party integration strategy• Worked directly with the business development and product teams to identify system requirements• Designed, implemented, and deployed web applications and services using a variety of technologies• Developed system reference documentation for internal and external audiences• Provided infrastructure deployment and maintenance support as requiredTechnologies: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Gunicorn, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Jinja, Markdown, Jekyll, git (CLI and GitHub), AWS (S3, SQS, IAM, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, ECS, ECR, ALB, Route 53, Lambda), Docker, bash scripting, Node.js, Vue.js, SASS, Webpack, Babel, OAuth2, JWT, MySQL, Redis, REST

• Full Stack Software Engineering Consultant focused on DevOps and information security• Migrated the company's production database (MongoDB cluster), resulting in improved performance and security• Designed and implemented a global unsubscribe flow for user email communications involving multiple email service providers• Implemented features for internally-facing tools in support of the company's Customer Service team• Performed corporate website maintenance (WordPress)Technologies: Node.js, Express.js, Redis, MongoDB, JavaScript, WordPress, HTML, CSS, Sass, AngularJS, AWS, OpenVPN, JWT

• Took the original idea to a prototype in under 5 months• Launched the platform into production in under a year• Primary role involved on-going product management and development• Also engaged on business intelligence & strategy, process automation, finance, legal, HR and contractor management, and operations.Technologies: Node.js, Loopback, Redis, MySQL, numerous managed services, Pug, CSS/SASS, Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript, AWS (EC2, S3, Route53, RDS, CloudFront), Git

• Information Technology Team Lead at Inktank Communications LLC and Enterprise Ventures LLC • Advised on technology aspects of the company's overall business strategy• Identified, developed, and integrated technologies to streamline company business processes• Managed a team of software developers and recruited new talent as needed• Oversaw and engaged in software development and IT operationsTechnologies: Node.js, Express.js, Redis, JavaScript, WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, AWS

• Open source intelligence and social media analytics technology lead• Data collection, modelling, ETL pipeline maintenance and development• Dashboard design and optimization• Business process analysis and implementationTechnology & Tools: DataSift, BigQuery, BQML, Tableau (Desktop and Server), SQL, Python, AWS

• Design and implementation of a REST API back end for a media sharing platform• Research and evaluation of technologies for data storage and processing• Built a prototype of a social media trend analysis engine based on Twitter, AlchemyAPI, and BingTechnology: Python, Node.js, JavaScript, AWS (EC2, DynamoDB, S3, REDIS, and SQS)

• Engaged on research and analysis of public safety and security issues• Provided technical support to the social media analytics team• Developed methods, tools, and processes for analysis of social media and open source informationTechnology & Tools: DataSift, CSDL, Google BigQuery, SQL, Tableau, Python

• Received the Deputy Minister's Achievement Award for work on cyber-security initiatives under the Beyond the Border Action Plan (2011).• Developed a performance measurement strategy for implementation of Canada’s Cyber Security Strategy.• Ongoing responsibilities included providing coordination and analysis support to working groups of senior executives, policy development, briefings, gap analysis, and issues management.

• Identified a market opportunity, developed a business plan, reached agreement with an enterprise beta customer, and secured modest initial funding.• Conducted a prior art search and co-wrote a patent application.• Took part in system prototype design and development.Technology & Tools: Visio, Java, Eclipse (ADK), Subversion

• Conducted a focus group evaluation of the new CIDA Intranet design. • Performed website traffic analysis to support the re-design of the CIDA Intranet homepage.• Developed and implemented a quantitative media monitoring methodology.• Tools: SPSS, Excel, Webtrends, PowerPoint

• Took part in re-engineering the Department’s public environment analysis process, including business process development and database design.• Ongoing responsibilities included providing advice and guidance to Departmental clients, managing the contracting of public opinion projects, survey data analysis, and reporting.• Tools: SPSS, Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint

• Led the 2009 “72 Hours” advertising post-campaign evaluation, examining advertising efficacy and social marketing indicator trends for the four years of the campaign. The project involved contracting, data analysis, report writing, and oral briefings to senior management.• Supervised a junior research analyst.• Tools: SPSS (Base and Desktop Reporter), Excel, PowerPoint

• While working on an evaluation of the Canadian Forces (CF) Military Family Program, designed an automated process to produce a customized report for each of the CF bases participating in the evaluation (44 reports, >1500 graphs).• Ongoing responsibilities included bid writing, liaising with clients, project management, research design, fieldwork supervision, in-person interviewing, statistical and qualitative data analysis, reporting of research findings, and assistance on information technology matters.• Tools: SPSS (Base, Text Analytics for Surveys, and Desktop Reporter), Excel, PowerPoint

• Was responsible for regular oral briefings to a forum of Directors General Communications on trends in public opinion concerning security issues.• Took an active part in the development of the “72 Hours – Are you prepared?” public awareness campaign by leading the pre- and post-campaign evaluations, and conducted analysis to support audience targeting and media buy allocation.• Ongoing responsibilities included providing advice and guidance to Departmental clients, liaising with stakeholders, and managing the contracting of public opinion projects for the Department.• Tools: SPSS, Excel, PowerPoint

• Led the development of an integrated strategic communications analysis package in support of the resolution of the softwood lumber dispute with the United States. The package was delivered to the offices of the Clerk of the Privy Council and the Prime Minister of Canada. • Managed and coordinated public opinion research activities across a wide range of federal government departments and agencies (defence, international, and public safety sectors).• Tools: SPSS, Excel, PowerPoint

• Chaired an interdepartmental committee of public opinion analysts from eleven (11) departments and agencies, including the Privy Council Office. • Presented research findings to high-ranking officials including the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office and the National Coordinating Committee on Organized Crime.• Ongoing responsibilities included research planning, coordination, project management including procurement and contractor management, data analysis, as well as written and oral presentation of research findings.• Tools: SPSS, Excel, PowerPoint