Who Am I

SUMMARY

A seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience in developing and maintaining websites, web applications, mobile apps, and digital signage. Skilled in a wide range of technologies and platforms, including ReactJS, ReactNative, PHP, NodeJS, MySQL, and MongoDB. Strong leadership and management skills, having led development teams and overseen operations in multiple roles.

EXPERIENCE

VP of Engineering, Futuri Media (January 2022 - Present)

  • Plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee activities in the Product Engineering department.
    • Work closely with the CEO to develop product strategy and engineering priorities
    • Rebuilt development from a team of four developers to a team of 11
    • Reduced support calls and product escalations by 40%
    • Reduced downtime from product deployments by 30%
  • Ensure the development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet current and future needs of the company.
    • Work with CFO to maintain the budget of the engineering team while delivering projects on time..
    • Manage the cost of product operational expenses - reduced overall AWS cost by 10% while increasing usage of the product.

TopicPulse Application Developer, Futuri Media (August 2017 - December 2021)

  • Led development for the TopicPulse product line that includes a ReactJS frontend, ReactNative mobile app, PHP backend using AWS Aurora MySQL, Redis, and MongoDB.
    • Took least profitable product of company product line to most profitable in 6 months with full frontend redesign and backend optimizations.
    • Designed, architected, and developed implementation with a third-party video creation platform as an up-sell option increasing revenue for the product.
    • Architected and developed multiple feature sets resulting in greater user engagement
  • Took on the lead developer of the PrepPlus product line in November of 2018 that includes NodeJS backend with Angular supporting the frontend using MongoDB and Firebase RTDB.
    • Created API connection to TopicPulse to automate story creation reducing the cost of human content writing.

Digital Architect, Hitchcock Fleming and Associates (January 2015 - August 2017)

  • Developed and maintained websites for clients
    • Built sites including LPSidingSellSheet.com, canexel.ca, toolkit.goodyear.com, and wolfhomeproducts.com increasing customer engagement.
  • Lead architect for digital signage for the Goodyear dealer conference 
    • Built multiple kiosk machines for the conference and an in-store interactive kiosk
    • Built mobile app for attendee survey
    • Designed and built connections to third-party data suppliers for the gamification of surveys.\
  • Built LP siding visualizer mobile app for LP remote sales team
  • Led development team for the last 3 months.

Sr. Developer, SyncShow Interactive (January 2011 - December 2014)

  • Key architect of a proprietary content management system SyncShow CMS, now marketed as Virteom Cloud.
  • Developed websites for clients including: onshift.com, ontechpartners.com, and syncshow.com.
  • Developed a module connecting Drupal websites to the HubSpot Blog API and custom modules per client requirements.
  • Built main and blog sites for clients, developing the design into the HubSpot content optimization system.

Web Application Consultant, Self-Employed Programmer (January 2010 – January 2011)

  • Created an application within Microsoft Excel that was used to convert time-entry exports from a web-based scheduling software to be imported into MAS90 accounting package which resulted in a reduced processing time from 8 hours to 15 minutes.
  • Customized and maintained websites for multiple clients.

SKILLS

  • Programming languages: JavaScript, PHP, NodeJS, HTML/CSS, SQL, Python
  • Frameworks/Libraries: ReactJS, ReactNative, Angular, Express, VueJS
  • Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Firebase RTDB
  • Cloud Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
  • Other Tools/Platforms: Git, JIRA, Trello, Slack

EDUCATION

Associate of Electronic Engineering Technology, ETI Technical College

COMMUNITY

Trustee, The Branch Community Church, February 2007 - Present

  • Serving as Trustee and Secretary of the Board of Trustees

Men's Group Leader, The Branch Community Church, September 2013 - Present

  • Lead men's group in monthly meetings, quarterly outings, and annual community service, preparing and serving a Christmas meal to the participants of the local food pantry.

REFERENCES

Available upon request.