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.
I'm a technology enthusiast, strong believer in test driven development and I want to get involved with people that can challenge me.
Hummingbird
Senior Software Developer - R&D
Rapid Spiral Development Inc.
Development Manager - BubbleShare
Eidenai Inc.
Development Team Lead - Lemontonic Inc.
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
École Secondaire Étienne Brulé
1983-09 to 1987-06
University of Windsor
1987-09 to 1993-04 B.C.S. B.Comm.