PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• Certified project management professional with 9 years experience in directing information technology projects for fast-paced, results-oriented organizations.
• Extensive experience utilizing a plethora of different development languages, technologies and system infrastructures in a broad cross section of both public and private sector working environments.
• Ability to communicate and articulate technical ideas to a non-technical audience.
• Respected technologist whose thoughts and opinions are sought for multiple television appearances (ROB TV, MediaTV, CP24), newspaper articles and online publications.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
• Hon. B.A.A.,RyersonUniversity– Radio & Television Broadcast Management
• Certified Project Management Professional
• Microsoft Certified Professional – Windows Server 2003 and Office 2003 Specialist
• CompTIA A+, N+, S+ Certification
• Adobe A.C.E. – Specialist in Acrobat PDF Solutions
• Programming Languages: C#(4 years), Java(5 years), HTML(9 years), PHP(5 years), ASP.NET(4 years), XML(3 years),
• Development Environments/Source Control: Visual Studio/Source Safe (5 years), Zend Studio/Subversion (2 years)
• Documentation Tools: MS Project 2010, Primavera, ERWin, Rational Suite
• Operating Systems: WS 2008, 7, Mac OS X 10.6, SUSE 10.2, Ubuntu 6.10
• Databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, mySQL 5.1, PostgreSql 8.1
• Other Software: VMWARE Workstation, Office Server Systems 2010 (Sharepoint, CRM), Adobe CS4 Suite, Sugar CRM
EMPLOYMENT
Yangaroo Inc.
Chief Technology Officer, January 2008 – Current
YANGAROO’s patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) is a leading secure B2B digital delivery solution for the music and advertising industries. DMDS replaces the physical distribution of audio and video content for music, music videos, and advertising to television, radio, media, retailers, and other authorized recipients with more accountable, effective, and far less costly digital delivery of broadcast quality media via the Internet. The DMDS Awards platform powers many of North America’s major awards shows.
• Led a team of 10 in the reconstruction of the DMDS platform to enable greater scalability and implementation in new market verticals such as video and advertising distribution.
• Work with and cultivate relationships with key broadcasters in the development of automated file based workflows.
• Business development and sales related to new product and vertical initiatives.
Cubic Health Inc., Toronto – ON
V.P., Information Technology, Dec. 2003 – Dec. 2008
Cubic Health Inc. is an innovative drug plan management and clinical integration company. Combining proprietary systems and applications with an expertise in drug therapy and plan design, Cubic Health works with stakeholders in both the private and public sectors to analyze and optimize the drug plan benefit and ensure its sustainability through cost management and improved health.
• Designed, architect and directed the development of Cubic Health’s Canadian Drug Database; a web-based .NET application that combines a searchable/browseable drug directory and claims analytics & reporting system.
• Provide leadership, coordination, planning and integrative management for all technology resources & services.
• Responsible for long-range technology planning, vision, budgeting and staffing.
• Provided management with on-going insight related to the management & growth of their entrepreneurial venture.
Idealogical Systems Inc., Markham – ON
Director of Development & Project Manager, Dec. 2003 – Present
Idealogical is a full service information technology management company working in the Greater Metropolitan Toronto and surrounding area. For nearly a decade, Idealogical has taken a holistic approach to providing managed systems support specifically designed for Small and Medium sized businesses.
• Brought on board to initiate the creation of a development department within the organization to enhance service offerings to new & existing clientele.
• Built and led a team of internal & external developers who worked on the following projects:
• Advantex Marketing International Inc.
– Advantex-Aerogold.com Content Management System Implementation & Site Construction
– Inventory & Advertising Media Management System Development
– Business Intelligence/Analytics Consulting
• CUPE Local 79
– Membership Management & Grievance Tracking System Development
• Millwrights Regional Council ofOntario
– Hiring Hall Membership Tracking Database Systems Development
– Jurisdictional Document Management System Development
• Community of Maple Childcare Services
– Childcare Management System Development
• Caley Wray Labour Lawyers
– Matter Folder Management & Label Printing System Development
• Smart Systems For HealthOntario
– Digitally Downloadable Form and Automated Data Submission System (PDF Workflow)
• Idealogical Internal Projects
– Sugar CRM Software Specialist & Deployment
– Business Management Consulting
J!VE Media Technologies Inc./J!VE Player, Toronto – ON
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Oct. 1999 – Nov.2003
J!VE Media developed one of the first enterprise level digital rights management and content syndication systems for digital media assets through decentralized and peer based networks.
• Hired and Directed multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, database developers, QA Testers and graphic designers in researching, modeling, designing, developing and integrating multiple projects including:
• A rich-media ad serving engine;
• A proprietary container format for the distribution and dynamic delivery of interactive rich media content;
• A digital rights management system which included both server-side and client-side components;
• A WIN32 app – Active-X control and new MIME type for creating static links for dynamic content;
• And two websites with three million+ visitors a month.
• Researched and wrote white papers and prepared detailed technical documentation for international patent filing.
• Developed business strategy.
• Presented proposals to senior level executives and investors.
• Initiated, developed and maintained relationships with key content, distribution and advertising partners.
• Developed unique online marketing initiatives that increased product awareness by more than 60% on a limited budget.
• Demonstrated ingenuity through innovative accelerated product development cycles and successful product launches.
RAK Productions Ltd. , Richmond Hill – ON
President, Sept. 1995 – Present
Contract production and consulting company principally involved in development projects for the information technology, broadcast and entertainment sectors.
• ComponentArt
– Project Management & SR&ED Tax Credit Documentation Preparation
• FLIPR Inc.
– Technical/Industry Consulting for Implementation of Media Center Software
• TechDrive Inc.
– Techdrive.net Collaborative Project Management Site
• RAK Internal Research & Development Projects
• MPEG-4 Micro-Payment Server Client Tools
– Server Side Commerce & Transaction Processing Engine
– Windows Media/QuickTime Client Side File Creation Utility
•DigitalMediaCenter, Home Automation Control & Personal Content Publishing /w Digital Rights Management
– Open Media Distribution Server Software (XML/SOAP Syndicator, FreeGuide)
– Open Media Web Based Client Software
– Massive Media Catalog Plug-In
• Radio Frequency Identification Database and Trending/Analytics System
– Open Object Inventory System
– OLTP to OLAP Algorithms and Procedures
• Voice Integrated Scheduling, Billing & Project Management Database
– Voice Cataloging Database
– Web-based Application Front-end with low level procedure calls
• MPEG-7 Automated Media Database & Tracking System
– Application and Database for the Automated Cataloging of Video/Audio Data Based on File Signatures
• MPEG-21 Descriptive VideoMetaTagging Project
– Development of a Temporal Search Engine Based on the Unique Digital Signature of a File
– Development of Definitions of Signatures for Common Graphical/Video Elements
• RSS Enclosures Syndication Model & Objects
– Implementation & Testing of ‘Enclosures’ Object Model for the Dynamic Delivery of Syndicated Content
– Object Caching – ‘SWARM’ Delivery and .Torrents Utilizing RSS
• HTML File Explorer v1.0
– Application for the Conversion of Data Hierarchy to Structured XML Package
– Creation of XSLT Parsing Object (javax.xml.transform.dom) for Outputting Interactive Data Object to the Document Object Model (DOM)
•MediaBridge
– Creation of a Java Based Management Console for the Aggregation & Integration of Multiple Media Servers with Multiple Media Rendering Devices
– Research into the Driver & Transmission Architecture of a WMB54G. Testing Potential for ‘Push vs. Pull’ Media Capabilities of a Dummy Terminal
• Music Genome Project –AJAXImplementation
– Creation of a ‘Middleware’ layer Utilizing XMLRPC and SOAP to Communicate with Genome Servers
• SugarCRM SharePoint Webpart
– Creation of NTLM component for use in Sugar Open Source as a Translator for LDAP Information
