In a nutshell
I am a full-stack staff developer who has worn many hats and worked with many teams of all sizes to build applications and services for a wide range of organizations including startups, not-for-profits, and fortune 500 companies.
I have been known to contribute to open source , write about technology , experiment with home automation , and advocate for cord-cutting . I like to build things to scratch my own itch like publier , a SaaS product that translates PLEX webhooks to actions on third-party services.
Technology focus
Career
Staff Software Engineer and Technical Lead @ ecobee
I started as a senior developer and quickly moved to a staff position. I have been the technical lead for two teams and have helped launch four recurring revenue subscription products ecobee SmartBuildings , ecobee Airfilters , ecobee Haven , and ecobee Pro Connect.
I led the design and development of the underlying scalable microservice architecture for most of these products and the integration with multiple partner platforms.
Software Engineer @ Acquia
I joined the Acquia Cloud UI team building production-ready components in vanilla Javascript and AngularJS to support the beta launch of the new Cloud UI product. I later joined the Acquia Lift team. I was one of two frontend developers that designed, built, and launched the next-generation Acquia Lift frontend application.
Web Developer @ Myplanet
- Unofficially the Rōnin developer moving from project to project where needed to help different teams to meet critical deadlines.
- Lead developer on multiple prototyping engagements in both Drupal and Javascript.
- I developed an internal communication tool in my spare time which was adopted by the company and resulted in several open-source contributions.
Web Developer @ Freeform Solutions
- Lead developer on many Drupal and CiviCRM projects for not-for-profit organizations.
- Led initiatives to introduce DevOps to the development teams to improve the developer experience.\
- Due to the small team size, I wore many hats on different projects which included developer, scrum master, QA, designer, and technical account manager.
Freelance Drupal Developer
- Acquia certified Drupal developer
- Worked on a number of solo and team development projects.
- Focused on providing services to not-for-profit organizations and small businesses.
- Planning, architecting, design, theming, development, implementation, deployment, and training represent the wide range of services I provided.
Hobbies
Since the start of the pandemic, I have taken up several non-tech-focused hobbies including solving a Rubik's cube, juggling, and lockpicking. Basically, all things I wanted to learn as a kid.
Education
University of Windsor
BSc, Computer Science
2000 – 2005