Experience

Strut

• Canada
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Technology

  • 2016 - Present

  Strut is a creative agency that brings advanced technology to communication - offering strategy, advertising, corporate communication and web and application development services.As Director of Technology I develop strategies to help our clients overcome their challenges by leveraging existing and / or new technologies. As a senior leader within the organization I manage people, projects and client relationships.Being a boutique agency means that we all wear different hats. This flexibility allows me to keep my programming skills sharp, specifically devOps to maintain our large number of cloud assets (AWS), Linux, PHP, SQL, HTML/CSS, Bash, Javascript to name a few.Clients include Shell, Canadian Geographic, Métis Nations of Saskatchewan and Ontario, TC Energy, Alberta Primary Care Networks, Glenbow Museum, Closer to Home, Royal Canadian Geographical Society, CP, Suncor and CAPP...to name a few!

• Project Manager

  • Feb 2011 - 2016

  As a member of the account service team, embedded in the technology department I was able to effectively manage projects from inception through delivery for all our clients. Implemented agile methodologies within the team of 10 developers, increasing productivity, team morale and overall client satisfaction.This position continued to expand into a team leadership role which resulted in the eventual title change to director.



Dave Cunnington Consulting

• Technology, Information and Media

• Founder and Senior Technology Consultant

  • 2010 - Present

  Advisor to C-suite and board level for independent and bespoke projects including auditing, mentorship and guidance to internal teams. Freelance technical consulting from InfoSec project management, web and application development or general IT and tech stack audits. Often involves pro bono work for not-for-profits organizations that are close to my heart. Advisor to C-suite and board level for independent and bespoke projects including auditing, mentorship and guidance to internal teams. Freelance technical consulting from InfoSec project management, web and application development or general IT and tech stack audits. Often involves pro bono work for not-for-profits organizations that are close to my heart.



RallyEngine

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Member Of The Board Of Advisors

  • May 2016 - Jan 2019

  As a senior founding architect of the platform, I served as a technology advisor on the board once the company went solo. The scope of this position included governance, platform direction, investment and partnership strategy, platform security, scalability, performance and technical hurdles. The start-up folded after six years but lead to many other opportunities for our partner organizations. As a senior founding architect of the platform, I served as a technology advisor on the board once the company went solo. The scope of this position included governance, platform direction, investment and partnership strategy, platform security, scalability, performance and technical hurdles. The start-up folded after six years but lead to many other opportunities for our partner organizations.



Maven Technologies

• Perth, Western Australia, Australia

• Owner/Operator

  • Feb 2003 - Aug 2006

  Website and IT network creative design, development, and maintenance. Clients included SMB and start-up mining corporations. Website and IT network creative design, development, and maintenance. Clients included SMB and start-up mining corporations.