SUMMARY

• Seasoned, versatile IT lead with over 18 years of experience in internet technologies, successfully delivering strategies and solutions enabling business units to maximize their initiatives.
• Proven project management expertise and leadership capabilities demonstrated by managing both in - house/external developers/marketers, and successfully delivering complex projects on time and under budget.
• Well respected for professional competency, establishing alliances, critical reasoning, and decisive leadership. Ability to operate IT projects in chaos and sustain profitability.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Proficient in English, French (written and spoken).

IT Skills: Database, LAMP, Unix, PHP (18 years), MySQL (18 years), JavaScript (18 years), jQuery, AJAX, CMS (Drupal, WordPress, Magento, Custom), MVC, Cloud Computing, Frameworks (Zend, Cake), Load balancing, Caching, System Architecture, High Traffic, Object Oriented Programming, REST API, GIT/GITHUB, E-commerce, CRM, CSS (responsive design), Command line (18 years), SVN, 3rd party API integration, Analytics, AdWords, FB ads, SEO best practices, Social Media APIs (Facebook, Twitter), Blogs, lead generation, Analytics & tracking, Email tools, AdWords, Agile Methodology(sprint, scrum), AWS (Amazon Web Services), Vue.js, Salesforce, Linux (CentOS, Red Hat or Ubuntu)

Projects: CMS, CRM, ERP systems, high-traffic site architecture, social media campaign management, SEO, e-commerce, analytics integrations, lead generation strategies, customer acquisition strategies, customer loyalty strategies, product development

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Confidential

Lead Developer

Responsibilities:

• Integrated 3rd party services and products into teh WHM (web hosting manager) core billing system
• Automated 3rd party product provisioning to reduce delivery time and reduce cost of delivery
• Lead and developed teh flagship company site. Guided teh marketing and design team.
• Key accomplishment: Strategic thinker and influencer. Developed an internal CRM dispatcher to manage incoming calls, tickets, and chats to maximize productivity and track resources
• Managed a team of 2 developers.

Confidential

Digital department manager / team lead and lead developer

Responsibilities:

• Managed digital department resources and projects
• Initiated, architected, and lead various teams in consolidating 8 sites (4 high traffic sites) into one, high-traffic, highly scalable, multi-site platform
• Played a key role in developing marketing and advertising web-strategies
• Initiated teh web analytics and implementations.
• Drupal and WordPress development
• Built an easy to use deploy tool to update staging and production environments for all 8 sites
• Worked on Drupal and WordPress website security

Confidential

Senior Web Developer / Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Application Development, Architecture, CMS (Content Management System), Web Technologies
• Worked closely with sales in deploying customized applications for advertising campaigns.
• Successfully migrated a high traffic site from an old framework to a more advanced platform.
• Played a key role in teh site re-imagining, dat integrates editorial content, advertising campaigns, and e-commerce initiatives into a responsive design for desktop and mobile.
• Project Management, Pre-Sales, IT Architecture, Web Technologies
• E-commerce, CMS, LMS (Learning Management System), Online Applications
• Developed teh L’Oréal Canada product portfolio intranet.
• Developed an online Jewellery retail site (e-commerce) and online marketing strategy (reached annualized sales of 100k within teh first year) using gift cards.

Confidential

Operations & System Development

Responsibilities:

• Project Management, Operations, IT Architecture, Cloud Computing, Development, Pre-Sales
• Executed a turn around strategy for a file delivery and file sharing company (SaaS - Software as a Service) dat was running on a legacy platform.
• E-commerce: Developed a custom invoicing system which was critical to teh growth of teh company by managing numerous operational challenges: high volume of transactions, recurring billing, sales reports, receivables, credit card transactions, payments by check, and more.
• Designed a load balancing architecture enabling scalability while increasing database redundancy.
• Developed a Build and Release Cycle strategy enabling teh deployment of software updates and new software features across numerous servers.
• Directed our file delivery services to enterprise customers by providing customized solutions and integration services, which proved to be a very successful strategy dat increased sales and value to our offerings.
• Selected and negotiated technology services from vendors to solidify a long-term cost saving strategy.

Confidential

Intermediate Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed teh McGill Continuing Medical Education website and content management system.
• Played a key role in directing teh online strategy for distributing teh content to medical Doctors seeking accredited continuing medical education.
• Systems developed include live streaming conferencing, archived content, communication tools and other tools to administer events, content, users and more.
• Developed administrative modules using ASP and MS SQL2000 stored procedures as part of a CMS