Stephen Michaud

Senior Manager, Learning Applications, Integrations, and Analytics at UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, CA
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Lesia Payne

It was a joy to work with Stephen at Luxoft. He was always kind, considerate and respectful of my needs and made me feel as though I was an important addition to the company. I would be very happy to work with Stephen again in the future.

Kazem Naderi

Stephen stands out among mangers in many areas. He trusts his employees greatly, he is extremely approachable and facilitating, he is always open to new ideas, he never stops learning and increasing his knowledge, he always encourages and recognizes his team's achievements, he is supportive of his team when there is pressure, he is detail oriented and can be helpful in any level. I worked with Stephen closely for over a year. He helped building Luxoft Canada and his responsibilities were increasing day by day. His skill in taking care of Luxoft Canada and well-managing his increasing responsibilities allowed the company move forward and be successful.

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Credentials

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)®
    Project Management Institute
    Dec, 2012
    - Oct, 2024
  • Certified Scrum Master
    Scrum Alliance
    Jun, 2005
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Manager, Learning Applications, Integrations, and Analytics
      • Dec 2019 - Present

      The Senior Manager provides overall management and technical leadership for a major functional area with multiple lines of service. Has responsibility for the planning, budgeting, resourcing and execution of tasks that deliver systems, projects, enhancements, maintenance and production support throughout application lifecycles. The Senior Manager is also responsible for co-managing the Learning Technology Hub, where staff from the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology (CTLT) and UBC IT provide IT and pedagogical support to instructors. The Learning Technology Team develops software, deploys, integrates and operates applications that form part of the Learning Technology Ecosystem, which supports teaching and learning across all Faculties on both campuses. Show less

  • Electronic Arts (EA)
    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Development Director - FIFA
      • Sep 2017 - Nov 2019

      Lead a team of developers, cinematic designers, and animators Responsible for the delivery of all cinematic content for the EA Sports title FIFA Coordinate dependencies across shared asset and audio teams Responsible for Closed Beta release Lead a team of developers, cinematic designers, and animators Responsible for the delivery of all cinematic content for the EA Sports title FIFA Coordinate dependencies across shared asset and audio teams Responsible for Closed Beta release

  • D2L
    • Canada
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Technical Product Manager (Product Owner)
      • Sep 2013 - Sep 2017

      • Successfully transitioned from a start up into a new corporate home • Product Owner that brought Brightspace LeaP, a disruptive adaptive learning product, to market • Confident communicator, customer demonstrations, analyst Q&A, and conferences • Subject matter expert for the algorithms and heuristics, ensuring the architecture and implementation are on firm theoretical ground • Researched and validated the predictive analytics approach of Brightspace Degree Compass, a course recommender system • Product Owner for key feature of central tool, Quizzing in Learning Management System Show less

  • Knowillage Systems Inc.
    • Vancouver, Canada Area
    • Head of Research and Development
      • Jul 2011 - Aug 2013

      • Founding member of a successful startup venture • Patent US 9,064,017 “Systems And Methods For Providing Information Incorporating Reinforcement-Based Learning And Feedback” • Research machine learning and semantic mapping theory and approaches • Developed an executable model of learning to which reinforcement learning could be applied • Devised study and simulator to validate model and algorithms • Translate theory into concrete designs for practical implementation • Review and Influence architectural and technology decisions and practices Show less

  • Pearson
    • United Kingdom
    • Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Product Manager, Scrum Master, and Senior Technical Project Manager
      • Sep 2008 - Dec 2012

      • Creating user stories for an enterprise eLearning platform • Consulting with business owners and marketing to elaborate requirements • Collaborating with the scrum teams to ensure the timely and effective implementation of user stories • Piloted and aided in the transition from waterfall to agile software development using Scrum with a team spanning 3 sites and timezones (EST, PST, IST) • Guiding the development of an enterprise eLearning platform for a large publishing client. • Responsible for the successful deployment of 11 major releases comprising 80 developers, 60 testers, and a PMO group of four mostly located in India over the span of six months • Coordinating activities with integration partners in North America, Europe, and India • Introduced forecasting models and concepts of velocity and capacity • Collaborate with management team to develop strategic goals and process improvements Show less

  • Luxoft
    • Switzerland
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Director of Development
      • Nov 2006 - Sep 2008

      • Founding member of Luxoft Canada, opened office and hired staff • Owned profit and loss responsibility for Canadian operation • Responsible for the strategic direction and execution of Luxoft's Canadian operations • Planned globally distributed software development projects • Provided expertise and coaching for Luxoft Global SQA and Agile practices • Organized activities of the development team of 10 locally and up to 40 offshore. • Defined project goals, made proposals on project tasks and activities in consultation with customers • Reviewed and refined architecture with Project Manager, System Architect and Solution Experts • Made analytical, project, and realization decisions for all projects • Approved project deliverables before reviewing with the customer Show less

  • Blackboard
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Development Manager
      • Jul 2004 - Nov 2006

      • Managed three teams of QA analysts, an automation development team, and a third party integrations development team • Responsible for the direction of QA for all WebCT’s products • Worked with rest of the development team to adopt Agile development processes • Implemented test case tracking tools and continuous improvement processe • Provided coaching and feedback for 24 full time staff • Managed three teams of QA analysts, an automation development team, and a third party integrations development team • Responsible for the direction of QA for all WebCT’s products • Worked with rest of the development team to adopt Agile development processes • Implemented test case tracking tools and continuous improvement processe • Provided coaching and feedback for 24 full time staff

  • IBM
    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Development Manager
      • Feb 2002 - Jun 2004

      • Managed a team of 5 quality and 3 software developers • Ensured quality of Rational Software Development products (including Rational XDE, Rational Developer for Java, Rational ClearCase and others) • Configured and maintain all Rational development products • Developed and coach staff through their career • Responsible for the successful delivery of UML Model diff/merge functionality for Rational XDE • Managed a team of 5 quality and 3 software developers • Ensured quality of Rational Software Development products (including Rational XDE, Rational Developer for Java, Rational ClearCase and others) • Configured and maintain all Rational development products • Developed and coach staff through their career • Responsible for the successful delivery of UML Model diff/merge functionality for Rational XDE

  • Nortel Networks
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Integration Prime / Project Manager / Verification Engineer
      • May 1997 - Oct 2001

      Integration Prime • Integrated the overall project plan for a new Metro Optical Network product • Determined resourcing conflicts for a project of 120 people and proposed solutions • Tracked scheduling discrepancies and managed recovery plans • Coordinated software and hardware integration testing for twenty sub-components Project Manager • Organized and implemented the development of a Java graphical user interface • Presided over all technical and scheduling decisions for a team of forty designers • Evaluated risks and returns for new technologies and development strategies • Evaluated the performance and aided in career development of a small team Verification Team Leader • Coordinated verification activities for a Java graphical user interface • Mentored a team of eight verifiers as acting manager • Developed and executed verification test plans for many Nortel products • Deployed and commissioned may Nortel Optical products Show less

Education

  • The University of British Columbia
    Master of Educational Technology
    2020 - 2023
  • Simon Fraser University
    Diploma, Management Skills in Advanced Technology
    2006 - 2006
  • University of Waterloo
    BASc, System Design Engineering
    1992 - 1997

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