Resume

A software engineer since 2005, I’ve fulfilled in a number of duties ranging from development to design and architecture to leading an agile team of 3 developers. Currently, I’m excited to be part of a new and growing team at Amazon working on some large, exciting, and innovative systems.

As for technology, I’ve spent much of my career in the Microsoft technology stack creating a variety of C# .net database driven web and desktop applications and now at Amazon, I am progressing through the world of Java. I competently discuss architecture, database design and optimization, testing, algorithms, and development life cycle with co-workers on a regular basis. Although the future is hard to predict, I see myself continuing to explore and specialize in software architecture, my favourite part of development.

On the less technical side of things, I have found myself gathering requirements from high level clients at billion dollar companies like Inco, Irving, and Transocean. My article on burn down charts has brought me a modest amount of internet fame on both the PMI Agile Community of Service blog and my own. I’ve also been a member of the steering committee and an ISO 9000 advisory committee at AKA Group during my role as Manager of Software Design.