Experience

H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd.

• Canada
• Design
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Software Development Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada I am excited to manage a bright team of enthusiasts from a diverse background of experiences in the pursuit of Cloud based and full stack solutions to IoT and Big Data problems. Smart Buildings and Digital Twinning are a rapidly evolving technological innovation in our industry. H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd. is uniquely poised to apply our 100+ years of engineering knowledge and experience to this exciting new ecosystem of services.

• BIM Software Development Specialist

  • Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

  Toronto, Canada I continue to provide software engineering and development services, now with a greater BIM focus. Development of Revit and AutoCAD tools is of critical importance to the fast evolving AEC industry. H.H. Angus recognizes the need for innovative solutions and tools and I am excited to join their BIM Team and direct greater focus on this important and growing segment of our industry.

• Software Architect

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2019

  Toronto, Canada Area Introduced or enhanced the implementation of more advanced software concepts such as a greater focus on Event Driven architectures; MVM and MVVM; AGILE management methodologies; and more. Acquired full P.Eng. membership in 2018 Interesting New Tools Developed or in Development "TAG Project Services" a workflow and document management platform designed upon the MVC framework CakePHP and MVVC UI toolkit Sencha ExtJS. Integral to the day-to-day operations of H.H. Angus, TAG… Show more Introduced or enhanced the implementation of more advanced software concepts such as a greater focus on Event Driven architectures; MVM and MVVM; AGILE management methodologies; and more. Acquired full P.Eng. membership in 2018 Interesting New Tools Developed or in Development "TAG Project Services" a workflow and document management platform designed upon the MVC framework CakePHP and MVVC UI toolkit Sencha ExtJS. Integral to the day-to-day operations of H.H. Angus, TAG Project Services provides powerful workflows and metrics to enable project and group managers to track staff and project deliverables through Design, Tender and Construction phases. Recognizing the need for greater transparency and auditing of company workflows, and enabling a transition to paperless this project has not only improved efficiencies and costs but also ensures timely deliverables and maximum client satisfaction for H.H. Angus. "AnguSIM" provides a translation and manipulation tool that brings together AutoCAD, Excel, MongoDB, Node.js and the "EnergyPlus" (E+) whole-building energy simulation engine to provide a powerful interface to aid in data-translation and model management. A greater and greater focus on Green Initiatives and LEED at H.H. Angus lead to this tool conceived by Electrical Engineering at H.H. Angus. The AnguSIM product makes delivery of complex and accurate energy models for entire hospitals such as CHUM a reality on minimal budget and resources.

• Senior Software Developer

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Toronto, Canada Area Development of high quality and use-specific tools for engineering consulting lead me to become focused as a developer. I still spent a good amount of time acting as an IT Administrator but I was provided with a small team of dedicated developers to help me with the software I was producing for H.H. Angus. - Management of small team (1-2) of junior software developers focused on industry specific solutions. - Designed, developed and managed implementation of tools including… Show more Development of high quality and use-specific tools for engineering consulting lead me to become focused as a developer. I still spent a good amount of time acting as an IT Administrator but I was provided with a small team of dedicated developers to help me with the software I was producing for H.H. Angus. - Management of small team (1-2) of junior software developers focused on industry specific solutions. - Designed, developed and managed implementation of tools including industry-specific calculators and apps. - Designed, developed and managed implementation of company-wide Intranet 'super tool' which is essentially a web-platform that provides secure user environment in which engineering, project management, marketing, human resources and other apps are developed. - Designed, developed and managed implementation of wide variety of Apps on our Intranet platform providing, among other features, a document-centric ability to manage, approve, track and audit various aspects of the consulting engineering work that is HHA's core business. - Improved company efficiency considerably, while reducing common communication errors by introducing client relations management into the project management and document processing applications of our Intranet platform. Tools: AutoCAD, AutoLISP, RoR, PHP, JavaScript, Java, C#, Apache, Novel Netware, Cisco, etc.

• IT Administrator

  • May 2003 - Jan 2006

  Toronto, Canada Area - Administration of all IT related services and functions for office of approx. 200 employees. - Management of IT resources and resource planning strategies - Development of novel tools and solutions for Mech/Elec engineering consulting field Tools: Novell Netware v3-6; HP printers, computers, networking devices; Cisco networking devices; CallPilot telephony; MS Office; Word Perfect Office; Apache; Bind; PHP; RoR; Java; C#;



Self Employed

• Contract Developer

  • Jun 2014 - Dec 2019

  Toronto, Canada Contracted to create and maintain a Parking Pass System for use by Concierge service at the TSCC Towers (3) downtown Toronto. The web app provided user self-registration, self-checkout of passes, administrative control of pass duration and quantity-per-resident, and web-based reports for parking attendant inspections. As of December 2019 the product has been discontinued due to management changes at the TSCC Towers.