Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

• I created a system for posting content in order to scale my personal brand, Dev Leader, across digital social media platforms. From this, BrandGhost was formed to allow other creators to create content the same way.

Aug 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 9 mos · Redmond, Washington, United States · Remote

• Currently at Microsoft:
• I manage a very talented team of engineers in the routing, reverse proxying, and DDOS protection areas of M365 / Substrate. My core areas of responsibility include:
• Pushing the limits on the throughput and lowering the latency of our high-performance caching solution
• Ensuring we have extremely high routing accuracy so callers get to their destination with as little overhead as possible
• Protecting all of Microsoft 365 (Substrate) services with our firewall technology, helping to thwart DDOS and other types of attacks on our platform.
• Previously at Microsoft:
• I work with and manage the awesome teams that are in charge of deploying changes for all of the M365 / Substrate services. We focus on going as fast as we can as safely as we can 🙂
• In addition to my core role of managing two deployment teams, I also:
• Participate in early in career mentorship
• Teach sessions on C# development
• Provide mentorship to engineers outside my team

May 2012 – Mar 2020 · 7 yrs 10 mos · Waterloo, Ontario

• Magnet Forensics, Waterloo — Technical Manager
• Managed multiple agile teams while contributing to the codebase on different product domains
• Coached high-performing individuals on building confidence and becoming “multipliers” themselves
• Worked closely with project managers to help resource and strategize deliveries
• Designed foundations for most of the critical software solutions for Magnet Forensics Inc
• Filed for two additional patents for technology critical to Magnet products
• Led initiatives around sustainable test strategies, helping teams focus on different types of test coverage
• Constructed data ingestion systems for metrics analysis for both scrum and kanban teams
• Collaborated with engineering managers on continuous improvement of the engineering organization
• Effectively communicated complex systems, designs, and problem spaces to stakeholders in many different functions with varying - degrees of domain/technical expertise
• Provided technical guidance in strategic build/buy/partner scenarios
• (Prior) Magnet Forensics, Waterloo — Team Lead (Manager)
• Managed agile teams (10+ people) in a dynamic startup environment while contributing to codebase
• Worked with employees through performance improvement plans, mentorship, and career progression
• Evolved processes and tools for our agile teams as the company transitioned from startup to small-business phase
• Worked with engineering teams to ensure high-velocity and ability to pivot while ensuring quality in our digital forensics domain was paramount
• Received patents for targeted searches based on heuristics and cloud/remote-based digital forensics
• Created a mobile device acquisition tool Magnet Acquire, allowing in-house expertise & ownership
• Created the foundation for leveraging telemetry and reporting in our core products

Sep 2011 – Dec 2011 · 3 mos · Mountain View, California

• Created tablet-based annotation tools for a document viewer
• Implemented binary space partitioning and bezier compression algorithms
• Analyzed mobile device memory usage and cache performance
• Manipulated 2D geometry with affine transforms
• Worked with gesture input to improve user interactions
• Implemented display mirroring on the first generation iPad

Sep 2010 – Dec 2010 · 3 mos

• Developed TCP and UDP application programming interface
• Implemented DirectShow video streaming application programming interface
• Created graphical editor for ATM screen design
• Demonstrated functionality of the graphical editor to engineering and services teams
• Extensively used WPF and WinForms together
• Designed generic object cloning algorithms
• Developed software both independently and with a small team
• Participated in requirements and implementation discussions of new features

Jan 2010 – Apr 2010 · 3 mos · Uxbridge, Ontario

• Architected and implemented a client-server application for medical environments
• Designed a network-controlled high definition video recording and playback device
• Created functional abstractions for object-oriented software
• Developed communication interfaces to various third party medical devices
• Managed and co-ordinated with supplementary development team
• Created and documented workflow processes
• Designed code integration tests and end-user tests
• Worked in a Rapid Application Development environment
• Refactored code to suit changing software requirements
• Actively used source control (Subversion) to manage revisions
• Performed software demonstrations to end users

May 2009 – Aug 2009 · 3 mos · Richmond Hill, Ontario

• Architected and implemented a client-server application for medical environments
• Designed a network-controlled high definition video recording and playback device
• Created functional abstractions for object-oriented software
• Developed communication interfaces to various third party medical devices
• Managed and co-ordinated with supplementary development team
• Created and documented workflow processes
• Designed code integration tests and end-user tests
• Worked in a Rapid Application Development environment
• Refactored code to suit changing software requirements
• Actively used source control (Subversion) to manage revisions
• Performed software demonstrations to end users

Sep 2008 – Dec 2008 · 3 mos · Markham, Ontario

• Designed embedded analysis code for analogue to digital systems
• Researched code size optimization for embedded systems
• Created a user interface for embedded systems
• Implemented LCD display code for an embedded device
• Utilized python scripts for pc based applications
• Developed applications using a test driven approach
• Worked in an agile programming environment
• Built confidence pair programming and solo programming

Jan 2008 – Apr 2008 · 3 mos · Markham, Ontario

• Designed embedded analysis code for analogue to digital systems
• Researched code size optimization for embedded systems
• Created a user interface for embedded systems
• Implemented LCD display code for an embedded device
• Utilized python scripts for pc based applications
• Developed applications using a test driven approach
• Worked in an agile programming environment
• Built confidence pair programming and solo programming

Jun 2005 – Sep 2005 · 3 mos

• Designed two applications which were able to speed up the rate that the sales department could process data
• Tested for and reported bugs in an error log for software developers
• Setup and monitored computer boards during their “Burn-In” process