Highlights
Professional Work
- Landlord Web Solutions
- Tech Director. Team Leader. Software Developer.
Volunteer Efforts
- Software Niagara
- A community-led grassroot initiative to connect the software community in the Niagara Region.
- Founding member. Volunteer. Supporter.
- Animal Aid Foundation
- A not for profit charity organization dedicated to funding animal charities and animal well-being initiatives.
- Web Developer. Technology Adviser.
Hobby Apps
- Ball Hockey Team App
- Mini-app built for the players of my ball hockey team (including myself) to use for checking our schedules.
- Pickup IceTime
- Software service for finding local pickup hockey games and players.
- Cash Tracker
- Blackberry Playbook App.
Open Source Projects
- MongoDB Shell Backup
- Script for backing up all Mongo Databases on a server.
- Omg Validator
- Ruby Gem, a bunch of Rails validators to extend ActiveModel.
- Redmine Plugin
- Redmine (open source project management software) plugin to color code issues based on status.
About Me
I don't like talking about me, how are you? Oh right, that's not gonna work. I'll start over: Hi! Thanks for coming my way!
I'm a sports & tech enthusiast who's been hacking HTML since the days of geocities, who found his passion in web & software development and turned it into a career.
I'm also a lover of the outdoors, being active & playing sports:
snowboarding
ice hockey
ball hockey
long distance running
hiking
Growing up I had a love of modifying tech components, taking things apart only to rebuild them, sometimes better than the original. Over the years, my love of creating/building physical objects has turned into a love of creating virtual works of art; in the software that I write.
I consider myself to be in a constant state of learning, I have a broad range of knowledge in many facets of Information Technology and Computer Science. I enjoyed learning and working with new technologies and tools.
Talks I've Given
Prototyping in Rails
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Date: unknown, 2013Event: Software Niagara DevTricks
DevTricks talk about using Ruby on Rails to build working prototypes of features and ideas
Building an Online Web Presence
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Date: May 11th, 2011Location: Hamilton, OntarioEvent: Hamilton & District Apartment Association (HDAA) Monthly Dinner Meeting
Talked about website development to a room full of property managers and landlords. Went over website fundamentals, including benefits of having a website, including mobile websites. Discussed how to develop an effective strategies for creating an online presence and how to measure performance of websites and the behaviour of website visitors using Google Analytics.
Fun Projects
Computer Case Mods
There was once phase in my life where I was passionate about case modding, before computer cases were commonly shipped with side panel windows and lighting. This stemmed from a love of technology and a hobby of creating contraptions.
Here are my favourite mods: