Simon Fraser University

CTO, The Movie English Project

🚀 Built and maintained a robust API on a multi-tenant enterprise application with over 850 unique endpoints.
🚀Operated across the full spectrum of the Laravel Framework including areas such as notifications, queues, jobs, middleware, validations, workflows, file systems, pipelines, caching, tasks, and scheduled console commands.
🚀Implemented a comprehensive Test Platform for 15 Excel Import Templates which leveraged a Data Transfer Object (DTO) to specify information about the Export.
🚀Leveraged Test-Driven design to create a robust PDF authoring microservice, adhering to SOLID design principles, to consolidate user documents into a single, indexed PDF. 
🚀Integrated a scalable microservice into CurrentSCM's documentation module, resulting in significant time savings for developers and reduced maintenance costs through enhanced reusability across 9 different exports.
🚀Enhanced CurrentSCM's invoicing for milestone payments. Overcame challenges with floating point numbers and rounding errors via test-driven development for successful feature delivery.  
🚀Constructed Json and PDF Reports by pulling data from internal systems.
🚀Completed 1800+ developer hours of support, responding to Github Features and bugs listed on the issue board.
🚀Attended daily scrum meetings with the team to align goals and objectives.
🚀Regularly updated skill set by completing 33 LaraCast lessons and videos about Laravel, Repository management, and General Software development.

Vista Projects

Laravel Backend Software Developer

🌐 Transformed a legacy Jquery-coded YouTube Video Clip authoring tool into an AngularJS / Laravel solution.
🌐 Optimized the processing time of 1M+ subtitles by 73% using Amazon SQS, ElasticSearch indexes, S3, and RDS.
🌐 Managed the deployment of  1 Staging, 3 Production, and 1  Jenkins Test server as EC2 instances, and over 20 Heroku Worker nodes.
🌐 Acted as Project Manager, Administer, and Lead Developer utilizing a  Jira Scrum board to direct a 5-person team.
🌐 Guided design-focused discussions with the CEO, resulting in the implementation of user-centered features that drove a 25% increase in average revenue per customer.

Globify

Full-stack Web Application Developer (Laravel / Angular / Jquery / Aws SQS RDS / MYSQL)

💻Established a virtual learning environment in Second Life for educators called English Village where teachers and students would engage in language tutoring attracting 3000 educators worldwide.

💻Programmed in-world educational games including a Puzzle Game, and a Game Timer engaging educators and students at learning summits in Second Life.

💻Assembled a quiz chair module for Sloodle which allowed teachers to provide quizzes and grading for students in Second Life. 

💻Designed the first ever Facebook to Second Life connector branded as the “Second Life Link” using Facebook's newly released API.

English Village

Learning Management System Developer (Moodle / Sloodle / Second Life)

👨‍🏫Implemented an English language curriculum for students of various ages, resulting in an average proficiency improvement of 20% and increased student retention by 35%.

👨‍🏫Created and delivered fun and interactive lesson plans incorporating multimedia, printed flashcards, and other teaching props.

👨‍🏫Conducted parent-teacher interviews to discuss student progress, addressing concerns and establishing strong home-school partnerships resulting in improved student engagement and a 20% increase in parent satisfaction ratings.

👨‍🏫Programmed a report card database and reporting tool for the principal and fellow teachers.

Paul Preibisch