CV

Experience

Scorpius Consulting — Founder/Owner

Oct 2011 - Present
  • Software development and web design services
  • Technologies: Ruby (Rails, Jekyll), JavaScript, PHP (CraftCMS)

First Nations Technology Council — Instructor

Sept 2018 - May 2019
  • Taught introductory classes in networking, web development and software testing
  • Delivered courses in Indigenous communities all over British Columbia
  • Developed curriculum and course materials for four different courses

Domain7 — Technical Analyst

Jul 2018 - Sept 2018
  • Designed and documented migration strategy for legacy lottery platform
  • Produced technical diagrams describing existing and future APIs

Tickit Health — Full Stack Developer

Sept 2017 - Apr 2018
  • In charge of synthesizing legacy APIs into single RESTful API for v2.0 of Tickit product
  • Greatly increased code coverage and confidence of legacy modules
  • Lead TDD efforts and internal code review system
  • Technologies: Ruby (Rails), JavaScript (Angular, NodeJS)

Rock Sauce Studios — Software Developer

Nov 2016 - Aug 2017
  • Developed and designed JSON API microservices with Go and Kubernetes
  • Built out web frontend with in-house JavaScript tooling bundle
  • Worked remotely full time with team distributed across 6 time zones
  • Technologies: Go, JavaScript (React/Redux, ES6, Webpack)

Intel — Full Stack Developer

Sept 2014 - Apr 2016
  • Joined Intel Security’s “Safe Identity” team as part of PasswordBox acquisition
  • Lead the Web team, building public facing websites and internal analytics APIs
  • Primary technical liaison for marketing team and outside agencies
  • Technologies: Ruby (Rails), JavaScript, Go, Python

PasswordBox — Web Developer

June 2012 - Sept 2014
  • Member of the original development team before Series A growth
  • Lead development of onboarding flows and data API to support web and mobile clients
  • Designed analytics, AB testing and product optimization tools
  • Technologies: Ruby (Rails), JavaScript

Le Site — Project Manager

Feb 2011 - Oct 2011
  • Lead day-to-day management of custom web software projects (~300 to 2500 hours)
  • Coordinated communication between clients, development team and management

Mate1.com — Media Buyer & Advertising Sales Manager

Oct 2009 - Jan 2011
  • Lead efforts related to the sale and management of internal advertising space
  • Built custom tracking and CMS tools for daily reporting systems (PHP, MS Access)

Volunteering

Extraordinary Lives Foundation — Technology Advisor

Dec 2017 - Dec 2019
  • Designed, migrated and built new website using Jekyll
  • Primary support person for website and online communication tools and system
  • Assist with planning and promotion of mental health awareness and fundraising events

Education

McGill University — Bachelor of Commerce

Sept 2005 - August 2009
  • Marketing Major
  • English Minor (Cultural Studies)