Carleton University

Dynamic Engineering Leader with extensive success guiding highly productive teams in Agile/SCRUM environment

Givelify

Director Of Engineering

Strategic Information Technology

Development Manager

Requested to return to role of Software Development Manager to help organize software development team activities. Provided team leadership including performance reviews to ensure high levels of quality and productivity. Regarded as Cultural Ambassador with success improving overall team environment by championing organizational values focused on employee satisfaction and retention as well as end user success.
- Introduced metrics to track and report deliverables and provided critical insights during architect review process for various systems feeding data into and out of the core system, including those from external vendors requiring data manipulation during the input or extraction processes.

360incentives

Software Development Manager, Technology & Development

Developed and managed application portfolios for each department and obtained IT service-level agreements (SLA) for user community within organization. Orchestrated client deliverables valued at $10K - $100K while effectively planning, streamlining, and directing IT department operations, including six employees, to achieve short- and long-term objectives.
- Transitioned start-up technology to more robust infrastructure with augmented reporting and performance management capabilities, and redesigned reporting and alerting notification system to enhance usability.
- Led development and design process to build multifaceted online portal presenting more than seven years of data.
- Migrated code hosting to AWS from Azure to save $50K/year and drove growth initiatives to position company for lucrative sale.

SqueezeCMM

Determined business requirements, developed strategies, and managed IT department resource allocation. Planned and executed all aspects of multifaceted projects using project management and open source software.

360insights.com

Aligned IT department strategy and activities of 15 employees with overarching organizational mission to provide SAP-integrated eCommerce platform for small- to medium-sized charities utilizing technologies such as open source systems. Gathered business requirements, orchestrated projects, planned resource allocation, and guided project delivery teams to develop client-focused solutions. Managed multi-million-dollar budget.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for technological improvement to ensure project delivery on time and within budget as well as PCI compliance.
- Successfully proposed initiatives to Board of Directors to align technology, marketing and sales deliverables. 
- Designed and implemented performance reviews to elevate team performance and work quality.
- Orchestrated data integration from core system to SAP for financial reporting and tracking.

CanadaHelps

Technical Director / CTO

Responsible for providing architecture and technology guidance to both project delivery teams as they develop client solutions. Also provides expertise and counsel; ensuring technology teams and business areas understand the architectural options and technology choices in support of their business.

Navantis

Architecture and Technology Team – Architect

Responsible for acting as interim IT Manager/Director during a period of re-organization until new IT Director hired. Provide technical and design expertise in the areas of Microsoft .NET application development to ensure standards are met including SOA, Security and data integration.  Projects delivered on time and within budget.  Staff trained on the latest technologies and best practices through group learning to enhance individual presentation skills and reducing training costs. 
- Technologies utilized: .Net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, SSIS, SSRS, IIS 6 and 7, SOA and WCF. Others including SharePoint 2007, FBML (Facebook Application) and Objective C (iPhone Application).  
• Provide technical leadership role on projects that included project management, design, deployment and infrastructure support.
• Employed SDLC and PMLC processes on large projects to improve deliverability of projects to ensure timelines, quality and budget are met. 
• Managed vendor relationships during period of organizational restructuring thereby providing stability to the overall group.
• Provide long term capacity planning and performance analysis to ensure scalability of infrastructure and applications over time to increase uptime.
• Work with stakeholders in the Foundation to understand requirements, assess priorities and communicate progress.  Work with stakeholders to build solutions that are inline with the business of fundraising.
• Expanded streams of revenue generation through the implementation of new technologies involving social media including Facebook, Twitter and Blogging. Also developed a prototype iPhone application to demonstrate future potential opportunities.

SickKids Foundation

Senior Application Developer

Directed CCO development processes on the Wait Time Information System. Co-ordinated the development efforts on a multi-million dollar project with a dedication to provide a reliable product delivered on time and within budget. Provide architectural documentation that would provide a greater understanding of the application. 
- Technologies utilized: .Net 2.0, 3.0, SQL Server 2005 and 2008, DTS, SSRS, IIS 6, BizTalk Development and Deployment, SOA and AD Integration.
• Managed a team of seven direct reports including Senior Developers, DBAs and System Administrators by providing communication, collaboration and leadership. Provided performance reviews for each team member and “Working one to one” sessions. 
• Managed vendor relations to ensure costs are being monitored and timelines are met.
• Reviewed change requests to determine feasibility and effect on overall product.
• Initiated a Developer Lunch-n-Learn group consisting of over twenty developers thereby cutting operational training costs and providing code reuse throughout the organization.  
• Ensured product design to ensure standards through code reviews and performance testing through entire SDLC process.
• Worked with management team to ensure budgetary and resourcing needs met.

Ken Waugh