Experience

Nuvation Engineering

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Developer

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  I am currently the project manager and technical lead on a team with 3 other software developers. Our team's primary responsibility is developing and maintaining a large software system that controls a suite of security and home-automation devices. My responsibilities include: Project Management: • Perform time and resource estimates for new software features • Manage tasks, tickets and release schedules • Weekly progress reporting and resource tracking • Run client meetings and manage client communications • Interview new team members • Consult on various other projects Technical Lead: • Plan and architect new server features and mobile apps • Run daily team meetings • Manage integrations with several third-party APIs • Maintain various mobile applications on the Google Play and Apple App stores • Write process documentation • Manage feature and release branches • Planning a migration from dedicated physical servers to Amazon AWS cloud servers Software Development: • Currently building upon a large PHP system using Zend Framework • SQL programming for MySQL Cluster database • Previously helped develop a Java web server using the Spring MVC framework, along with Spring Roo and Hibernate • Maintained native Android and iOS apps • HTML5 app development using Cordova • JavaScript and HTML • Some development in various other languages Server administration: • Manage various web and application servers and a MySQL NDB Cluster database server, running on Ubuntu • Performance testing and optimization • Build debian packages and perform production database upgrades and server deployments • Write database upgrade and roll-back scripts • Build and maintain staging and test VMs running on VMWare ESXI Server



LoyaltyMatch

• Canada
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Developer / Consultant

  • May 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Worked on a Java-based software system using the Spring, Struts 2, and Hibernate frameworks • Created websites that integrate with the software package for customers • Wrote SQL scripts and maintained several MySQL databases • Performed server administration on a variety of Apache Web, Tomcat, and MySQL servers on CentOS machines • Worked on a Java-based software system using the Spring, Struts 2, and Hibernate frameworks • Created websites that integrate with the software package for customers • Wrote SQL scripts and maintained several MySQL databases • Performed server administration on a variety of Apache Web, Tomcat, and MySQL servers on CentOS machines



D2L

• Canada
• E-Learning Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Support Tier 3

  • Apr 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Investigated and resolved technical client issues under tight time constraints • Identified and documented bugs in the system and deployed bug fixes and service packs • Wrote batch scripts in a variety of shells • Provided client services including: generating database level reports, data-loss restoration, and generating information reports • Performed a wide variety of tasks using MS SQL Server including: SQL traces of website activity and database profiling, writing T-SQL scripts, and analyzing source code efficiency using SQL execution plans



Conestoga College

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Technician

  • May 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Built and deployed Windows 7 images using ImageX, Windows Deployment Service, and PartedMagic (Linux) • Troubleshot a variety of different computer and networking issues • Converted Conestoga College’s directory system from Novell to Windows Active Directory • Set up the computer systems for the Canadian Skills Competition at RIM Park • Built and deployed Windows 7 images using ImageX, Windows Deployment Service, and PartedMagic (Linux) • Troubleshot a variety of different computer and networking issues • Converted Conestoga College’s directory system from Novell to Windows Active Directory • Set up the computer systems for the Canadian Skills Competition at RIM Park



Charles Bell Real Estate Appraisals Ltd.

• Sudbury, ON

• Real Estate Appraiser

  • Jun 2006 - Dec 2009

  • Valued many different types of commercial, residential, and government properties • Built and maintained a strong client base • Performed a wide variety of financial and market analysis • Prepared valuation reports • Valued many different types of commercial, residential, and government properties • Built and maintained a strong client base • Performed a wide variety of financial and market analysis • Prepared valuation reports