Aug 2014 – Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Development lead of a scrum team; Managing cloud infrastructure (VMs, web apps, load balancers, MongoDB and Elasticsearch clusters); Architecture team member; Requirements gathering from customers
• Implemented a web crawler to discover and validate data in C# and C++; ASP.NET MVC, AngularJS, and D3.js frontend for monitoring and leveraged Elasticsearch for users to query the data.
• Enabled enterprise accounts by creating separate enterprise deployments, administration accounts, and enterprise user interface using ASP.NET and AngularJS.
• Created centralized dashboards for system status using custom data shippers, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Migrated from TFS, Visual Studio and IIS to git, Node.js, and gulp solution.
• Architecture roles: Azure solutions, microservice advocate, RPC framework educator (Thrift, gRPC)
• Organizational roles: Training, interviewing, QA and customer support integration

Feb 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Responsible for learning the existing system architecture and P2P network, identifying and fixing issues in existing C++ and C# components, and designing and implementing new system components introduced to solve performance and security concerns. Interacted with customers of our software including on-site visits.
• Architected and developed resource catalog, account system, and licensing backend and front end
• High availability and redundancy requirements; deployed in Microsoft Azure cloud
• 1st generation implementation using MySQL and ASP.NET MVC
• 2nd generation implementation using MongoDB, ASP.NET Web API, and AngularJS
• Full controller unit test suite in NUnit

May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Calgary, Canada Area

• Instructor for a second year course ENCM 339 - Programming Fundamentals
• Offered the course using blended learning.

Sep 2012 – Feb 2013 · 5 mos

• Research on large-scale power systems optimization
• Robust optimization, multigrid, geometric programming, GPU and parallel algorithms

Oct 2012 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Calgary, Canada Area (Remote)

• Developing and marketing a efficient math library written in C using patent pending techniques deriving from research performed by myself and a professor at the University of Calgary.
• Multithreaded C library for linear algebra/matrix operations. Sample results: Google’s PageRank computation on millions of web pages 15% faster than standard methods.
• Provided solutions to data analysis problems in MySQL, Access, MATLAB and Python
• Analytics apps, song/artist ranking, collaborative filtering recommendations, geospatial queries

May 2012 – Aug 2012 · 3 mos · Fremont, California

• Designing and implementing clustering algorithms in C++
• Experimenting with new formulations for large-scale circuit placement problems
• Contributing to a core product

Jan 2012 – Apr 2012 · 3 mos

• Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits and Machines course
• Organize small teams of teaching assistants in labs
• Resolve conflicts among students and assistants
• Instruct assistants on how to perform the labs

May 2009 – Apr 2010 · 11 mos

• Review applications for scholarships and grants
• Participate in discussions determining award winners

Sep 2008 – Sep 2012 · 4 yrs

• Design automation algorithms for physical design problems including clock network synthesis, placement, and circuit clustering
• Algorithm implementations in C/C++ with STL and OpenMP, MATLAB
• Linux BASH script testing frameworks
• Mathematical optimization tools: IBM ILOG CPLEX, Mosek

Sep 2007 – Apr 2012 · 4 yrs 7 mos

• Assisting in teaching the following courses:
• Computing for Engineers
• Programming Fundamentals
• Numerical Methods
• Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits
• Fourth Year Engineering Team Design Project

Sep 2008 – Jul 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos · Calgary, AB

• Writing C driver code for special imaging devices to work with Linux 2.6+
• Providing remote support during the installation phase
• Design documentation writing

Aug 2007 – Nov 2007 · 3 mos · Málaga, Spain

• Investigating the utility of different mathematical techniques in solving global routing and circuit clustering problems
• Collaborating with experts in the area

May 2006 – Sep 2006 · 4 mos · Calgary, AB

• Design and implementation of circuit clustering algorithms using C++
• Publishing research work at IEEE conferences
• Funded by National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr · Calgary, AB

• Digital circuit design and implementation
• Upgrading C software to control a CAN bus network
• Documentation writing
• Design reviews

May 2005 – Sep 2005 · 4 mos · Coaldale, AB

• Conducted energy audits on public facilities
• Created a database of public assets (heating, lighting) using Microsoft Access