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Nova Scotia, Canada

• Designed and implemented the server infrastructure for and helped to build a dynamic video rendering platform capable of scaling to over 5000 instances, used to power several high-profile creative ad campaigns.• Obtained an A+ TLS security rating for the above platform to ensure protection against various threats (i.e. POODLE, BEAST) and proper implementation of security protocols (i.e. HSTS headers, secure cookie flags), validated using services such as Qualys SSL… Show more • Designed and implemented the server infrastructure for and helped to build a dynamic video rendering platform capable of scaling to over 5000 instances, used to power several high-profile creative ad campaigns.• Obtained an A+ TLS security rating for the above platform to ensure protection against various threats (i.e. POODLE, BEAST) and proper implementation of security protocols (i.e. HSTS headers, secure cookie flags), validated using services such as Qualys SSL Labs.• Rapidly developed countless prototype APIs, websites, Android apps, etc. with turnaround times from less than a day to roughly a week, depending on complexity and dependencies on external assets.• Responsible for management and security of all AWS resources, becoming AWS Certified in Oct. 2015 both to better fill that role and to provide infrastructure guidance to clients. Show less

• Promoted from what was intended to be a four month-long minimum wage internship in the logistics department to a contracted role as a software developer in the understaffed yet selective IT department, for continuous demonstration of excellent analytical and programming skills.• Single-handedly developed the administrative back-end and customer-facing portions of a flagship web application project designed by STI. The site saw great success and helped to develop a new branch… Show more • Promoted from what was intended to be a four month-long minimum wage internship in the logistics department to a contracted role as a software developer in the understaffed yet selective IT department, for continuous demonstration of excellent analytical and programming skills.• Single-handedly developed the administrative back-end and customer-facing portions of a flagship web application project designed by STI. The site saw great success and helped to develop a new branch of business between STI and pharmacists across Canada.• Assisted in the design of a new database and created the related set of reports based on STI's Pharmacy Partner Program, another project designed to improve communication between STI and thousands of Canadian pharmacies.• Analyzed and improved upon sparsely-commented internal applets that other developers were unwilling or unable to decipher. Show less

Computer Science, 3.0

Took some introductory programming and web design courses, but was already far more advanced than the antiquated subject matter being.

Theoretical And Mathematical Physics