Randy Charles Morin
P.O. Box 93042,
499 Main Street South,
Brampton, ON, L6Y4V8, CA
Email: randy@kbcafe.com
Website: http://www.kbcafe.com
Cell: 416-802-7968
Resume
Executive Summary
I’m a rapid application developer, architect and manager. I think I’m a perfect employee for the time-to-market needs of today's software development organizations. This is why 724 Solutions named me a key employee in their organization. I helped lead 724 Solutions to Canada's greatest IPO success story, peaking at a valuation of $10 billion. Since leaving 724, I have helped many Toronto area software development organizations; In my spare time, I like to write books and articles and maintain my websites and blog.
Objective
I'm a technology enthusiast, strong believer in test driven development and I want to get involved with people that can challenge me.
Employment History
Hummingbird
Senior Software Developer - R&D
2005-02 to present
Led the development and architecture of the next generation Hummingbird Forms initiative. Skills - XForms - XHTML - Java - Eclipse - C# - .NET - Visio - XML - XSD - XSL - XSLT - XPath - CSS - HTML - Javascript - NUnit - Subversion
Rapid Spiral Development Inc.
Development Manager - BubbleShare
2004-03 to 2005-02
Helped create the bubbleshare network. Bubbleshare is a social network for sharing digital pictures. The Bubbleshare client is an C#/MFC/C++-based native client. Skills - PHP - XML - CSS - HTML - Javascript - SOAP - WSDL - HTTP - MySQL - WiX - NUnit - NUnitForms - Dotfuscator - .NET - C# - C++ - MFC - XML - XML-RPC
Eidenai Inc.
Development Team Lead - Lemontonic Inc.
2004-04 to 2004-09
Led the development and architecture of the Lemontonic Website and IM product. Lemontonic is a next generation online dating Website with integrated Instant Messaging and digital picture sharing. The Lemontonic Web application is an ASP.NET Website and the Lemontonic IM is a C# native client. Lemontonic was a struggling project before I took the reigns and led them to a successful Web and IM product launch. I led a team of 10 developers and 2 QA testers. The product was eventually sold for $15.2 million. Skills - C# - Microsoft Live Communication Server - Microsoft Commerce Server - Microsoft CRM Server - .NET Passport - .NET - SQL - SQL DDL - SQL DML - ASP.NET - Visio - SQL Server - XML - CSS - C++ - HTML - Javascript - SQL Server - ADO.NET - MSDE - COM - SOAP - WSDL - HTTP - MS Project - NUnit - Dotfuscator - MSMQ
Opencola Inc.
Development Manager - Opencola
2002-06 to 2003-02
Hired to bring the companies application to a standard that is acceptable for a general public release. The Opencola product was an alternate browser with built-in P2P searching, file sharing and Instant Messaging. The Opencola client was an MFC/C++ native client. I managed a group of 9 developers. Skills - C++ - MFC - MS Project - COM - XML
1X Inc.
Chief Architect - Sportmarkets Development Inc.
2001-04 to 2002-05
As the first employee of this company, I hired and managed all the development staff for the company. We completed the initial 1-year product development cycle on schedule. The Sportmarkets product allowed sportsbooks to hedge their bets on a central shared exchange. The Sportmarkets Web application was an ASP Website and the client was a Java applet. I managed a group of 6 developers. Skills - C++ - SQL Server - SQL - SQL DDL - SQL DML - COM - COM+ - SOAP - WSDL - XML - XSD - Visio - MS Project - Java - HTML - Javascript - ASP - VBScript
Bayshore Capital Inc.
Department Manager - 724 Solutions (and RPMTec)
1997-11 to 2000-11
724 Solutions was the greatest IPO success story in Canadian history. I was one of the leaders in making 724 a success and was awarded an official status of key employee. 724's primary product was called Financial Services Platform (FSP). FSP was a wireless Web application for doing financial transactions on wireless devices. FSP was originally build in C++, but was latter ported to Java. I was responsible for their application framework, data access components and content and alerts technology. Managed a group of 20 developers. I was also technical lead on some merger and acquisitions. The company was often featured in well-known business and trade magazines; Red Herring – Banks Need 724 Solutions and American Banker – 724 Develops Niche with Banks. Skills - Java - C++ - Sockets - DCOM - XML - XSLT - PalmOS - CORBA - Inprise Visibroker - SGML - OFX - SQL - SQL DDL - SQL DML - Perl
Atlantis Aerospace
Team Lead - Casebank Development Inc.
1996-11 to 1997-11
Led development of industry ground breaking 3-tier client-server case based reasoning tool, SpotLight. Promoted after two weeks and again after five months from Senior Developer to Team Leader and to Project Leader. Managed a group of 11 developers. Skills - C++ - SQL Server - SQL - SQL DDL - SQL DML - DCOM - COM
Education History
École Secondaire Étienne Brulé
1983-09 to 1987-06
University of Windsor
1987-09 to 1993-04 B.C.S. B.Comm.