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● Provide empowering and curiosity inspiring experiences which facilitate self-determination● Ensure the physical and emotional safety of students through daily check ins● Deliver diverse and equitable lessons following the 7 E model of Environment, Elder, Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, Evaluate● Scaffold lessons to ensure curriculum is delivered within each student’s individual and unique Zone of Proximal Development● Engage in praxis by reflecting on the impact and efficacy of lessons, followed by implementing appropriate alterations to continuously improve my personal teaching practice ● Provide and showcase continuous feedback through low stress channels on the progression of students to assist them in accomplishing their learning goals

● Lead organization’s first migration to AWS, replacing on-premise infrastructure for the entire Portugal region. Following AWS best practices, our team used Terraform to build EC2s and load balancers configured automatically, providing more consistent production environment ● Built PokerStars in-house monitoring dashboards using Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch to smooth out CPU throttling, improving service during peak hours by 18%● Developed pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Artifactory automating thousands of software deployments while preventing hundreds of manual entry update errors● Excelled in disaster recovery resolving 90% of TSO’s within 3 hours, and 99% within 8 hours● Revamped DDoS prevention methodology in the wake of a successful DDoS attack, preventing future attacks which lack specific and protected internal system knowledge● Represented my 30 person team during weekly check ins with over 20 external stakeholders

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

● Built an application using Python and an API, transforming the availability of weather data from manual uploading and downloading to full integration with existing software systems ● Executed project to implement caching, improving load time of map image tiles by 2000% ● Created SSH tunnels to bypass VPN bandwidth bottleneck, increasing connection speed from 30 Megabits per second to up to 10 Gigabits per second● Document development and usage of new tools to increase accessibility throughout our team● Created SSH tunnels for internal access, bypassing the VPN bandwidth bottleneck● Performed unit testing, edge testing, and load testing to ensure performance matches targets

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

● Reduced failure rates by 80% in prototype die castings by using iterative pressure circuit tests● Provide continuous feedback to designers to better understand how and why failures occurred● Conducted unit testing, edge testing, and load testing to ensure all target metrics were met

● Received Rookie Instructor of the Year Award for outstanding performance in Ski Instructing● Supervise and provide Duty of Care to a group of 6 children ages 3-5 years old while skiing● Plan and implement engaging ski improvement lessons for each days training schedule● Attend staff meetings before each teaching day to review curriculum goals and policies

● Provide courteous advice with a focus on customer service to help customers complete their unique projects, resulting in 7% year-to-year sales growth● Assist customers to locate products, and clerical work such as process returns, calling in special orders, closing cash registers