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