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Ontario, Canada

Founded a company offering talent cultivation as a service to software organizations. I mentor software professionals for both career development and self-care.

Martinsburg College: Instructor for online IT and Project Management coursesTyndale University: Teach a Masters-level course and a two doctoral-level courses annuallySioux Falls Seminary: Faculty Mentor in the CBE-based Kairos Project programRocky Mountain College: CBE Coach and Instructional DesignerGrace Theological Seminary: Faculty Instructor for the Resolving Leadership Conflict competency

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for talent acquisition and cultivation and process improvement at a small software company (~10 developers). I managed the team’s remote work during COVID and launched a remote worker initiative that expanded the organization’s recruitment to cover all of North and South America. I also developed a complete professional development matrix for software professionals, defining 5 competency levels in 10 knowledge areas and how to develop and assess those competencies.

Faculty member in the Master of IT Management program. Weekly individual calls with 100+ students for academic coaching, accountability, and counseling. Won several awards, including Outstanding New Hire 2018 and Team MVP 2018 and 2019.

Burlington, On

Sole pastor, responsible for preaching and leading the Sunday service, pastoral visitation, and leading a small group.

Burlington, Ontario

Associate pastor with responsibility for the Sunday Service, Mission and Discipleship

Burlington, Ontario

Responsible for managing innovation projects, as well as fostering improvement in processes, tools, and professional development. Initiatives included: acting as Scrum Master for two agile projects, designing and implementing a professional development ladder for software developers, recruiting new developers, authoring two white papers, and managing the Team System installation, including workflow optimization.

Kitchener, Canada Area

Adjunct professor for Spiritual Classics distance education course (Summer 2016)Grader for New Testament Survey distance education course (Fall 2016)

Kitchener, Canada Area

Directed Expedition, an intensive four-month discipleship and missions program. Provided spiritual direction for the Expedition staff (i.e. two ministry interns), and coach them in their direction of the students. Developed the spiritual formation and ministry training curriculum for the program, and led the teaching of that curriculum.

Brazil

I developed and launched a SaaS portal for small colleges. I also consulted with MindQuest (Harvard Business School’s localization partner in Brazil) to restructure their IT team. My duties included: proposing new tools and procedures, interviewing candidates for the senior developer and IT department manager positions, documentation of legacy system, and development of new features in the e-learning portal.

Curitiba, Brazil

Taught classes in the areas of Christian Spirituality and the History of Christianity. Duties also included technical administration of a Web-based distance education portal.

Burlington, On

Managed software projects totaling $720,000 in projects in 2008 alone. Duties included requirements engineering, estimation, project management, test case design and implementation, build and deployment management, and end-user support.

Waterloo, On

Produced the user interface for the master installation utility and VirusScan 11, as well as the back-end ASP framework for Internet installs and updates for all products.

Toronto, On

Team leader for desktop refresh deployment project with TD Canada Trust Wealth Management.

Waterloo, On

Duties included Web programming, software design, e-learning instructional design and development.

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Responsible for e-Learning product management and customization as well as research and development of new uses of technology for learning. Developed in-house learning management solution using the .NET Framework.

Toronto, On

Technical coordinator for an email migration project

Mississauga, On

Conducted design, testing, implementation, and training for computer-based training software.

Toronto, On

Implementation manager for nation-wide rollout of 450 Windows 98 workstations.

Toronto, On

Taught biology at the OAC level (i.e. advanced studies for students in their final year of high school).

Toronto, On

Team leader for nation-wide rollout of 300 workstations

Malaysia

Assisted in the design and construction project management of water treatment plants in Malaysia.

Doctor Of Ministry (D.Min.), Spiritual Formation, 3.97

Master Of Education - Med, Instructional Design

Master Of Arts, Church History, 3.9

Master Of Science, Computer Systems Management (Software Development Management Track), 3.77

Master Of Theological Studies, Theology/Theological Studies, 3.53

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Civil Engineering, 3.0