Past Employers
Co-Founder SMEWebsites, www.smewebsites.com Ottawa, Canada 07/2011 – present
- Full stack web and app development for social enterprises and non-profits
- Created innovative apps that blended social benefit, creativity, and technology
- Developed for web, Android, WindowsPhone, Windows 8, and mobile friendly web
- Android and web app for gamifying the mapping of defibrillators across Ottawa
- Global campaign using games, C# HTML5, to empower youth to tackle global poverty
- Episodic HTML5 game to share the stories of men from local homeless shelter
- Engaged media and partners; resulted in numerous TV and print media appearances
Program Manager Microsoft Bing, Seattle, United States 01/2011 – 04/2011
- Performed data driven analysis of an unexplored problem space
- Converted data into actionable recommendations and customer-focused designs
- Came up with creative solutions to problems unique to the field of real-time results
- Managed projects that spanned several teams
- Effectively communicated upwards to senior management
Co-Founder NDWebSolutions, Melbourne, Australia 08/2009 – 04/2010
- Entrepreneurial Co-op term
- Moved to Australia with a class mate and started an online marketing business.
- We offered website design, custom java script, secure e-commerce, cms, and Google and Facebook ad campaigns
- Signed and managed a total of 40 commercial clients
- Implemented a client and project management system
- Learnt Australian tax system and business laws
- Wrote website content, designed websites, and wrote custom php/javascript code
- Successfully sold business as a going concern, to one of several interested buyers
- Worked with customers to help them articulate their needs and objectives
- Learned to deal with difficult and aggressive clients
- Took an active leadership role in the business, encouraging personal development of myself and my business partner
Application Developer GestureTek (www.gesturetek.com), Ottawa, Ontario, 01/2009 – 04/2009
- Lead programmer of GestureTek’s Cube
- Used C# to design and develop custom applications
- Used Perforce Version Control software to manage code branches
- Independently researched emerging technology and ideas for new projects
- Used C to extend an existing hardware interface API
- Wrote a report that highlighted workflow issues that were affecting GestureTek
Jr. Developer Rich Media (www.richmedia.com), Toronto, Ontario, 05/2008 – 08/2008
- Responsible for developing Flash tools and calculators for companies such as Samsung, Scotiabank, and ING
- Learnt new languages, such as Action Script and Lingo within a few days
- Worked in a small company focused on accountability and dependability
- Assigned new projects weekly, forcing me to learn to read and understand code quickly
- Lead Programmer for my last project, learned to manage human resources
Web Officer Transport Canada (www.tc.gc.ca), Ottawa, Ontario, 08/2007 – 12/2007
- Responsible for keeping the main website for Canada’s department of Transport up-to-date: posting news releases, speeches, announcements
- Made layout and design changes to Transport Canada’s Internet and Intranet web pages
- Worked with Photoshop, FrontPage, and notepad to create and maintain pages
- Learnt to cope with very tight deadlines, and lots of pressure
- When the work load was low, worked on a tool to automate the process of converting word documents to HTML
Quality Control Cognos (www.cognos.com), Ottawa, Ontario, 01/2007 – 04/2007
- Performed regression and sanity testing of business intelligence modeling software
- Constantly communicated with the development team to follow up on bugs
- Learnt how to use development tools, such as Perforce, Trakker, and DevCon
- Learnt about the process and structure of software development
- I was self motivated, came up to speed quickly, and asked for more work when I completed my tasks