Radio-Canada/CBC, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Web Developer, and Team Lead (starting April 2012) – Back-End & User Tools (January 2012 – Present)

• Refactored the primary back-end services, which supply the major web sites and mobile applications of the enterprise, to greatly enhance performance and reduce server and database load.
• Extended and developed new WCF services and XML/JSON REST services.
• Rewrote several of the user tools used by journalists and content editors to improve performance and user experience.
• Built new CMS to replace 5 to 10 year-old systems.

Web Developer – Front-End Development (August 2011 – December 2011)

• Performed development, updates and maintenance for the corporation’s primary web site: www.radio-canada.ca
• Implemented optimizations to reduce server load and enhance web site performance.
• Migrated web sites from ASP.NET WebForms to ASP.NET MVC 3.

Cactusoft, Laval, Québec, Canada

Co-owner and Partner – IT consultation for businesses (May 2010 – July 2011)

• Clarified client requirements, business needs and project objectives, via feedback sessions and client meetings, in collaboration with all stakeholders.
• Conducted business analysis.
• Produced technical specifications and business proposals.
• Developed customized enterprise applications (in C#), including operations management and resource planning softwares.
• Lead the development and graphic design of an Internet application (ASP.NET MVC 3) for home and business owners to find local renovation and construction contractors and retailers: www.recons.ca
• Designed corporate websites, including Cactusoft’s own: www.cactusoft.ca

Software Developer (August 2009 – May 2010)

• Developed business logic and designed WinForms user interfaces for an integrated submissions, contracts and scheduling application.
• Completed and optimized a malfunctioning price comparison web site, thus salvaging the project.

Orthosoft/Zimmer CAS (Computer Assisted Solutions), Montréal, Québec, Canada

Software Engineering Intern

• Worked on their next generation embedded system built to assist surgeons during orthopaedic surgeries.
• Customized Linux operating systems and kernel to fit the needs of the system.
• Developed tools for the operating system and for the system developers.

École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Undergraduate Researcher working with Professor Pierre Langlois

• Researched and tested various video deinterlacing algorithms with Matlab.
• Implemented the best algorithms in VHDL for use in embedded systems.

CMC Electronics, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Computer Engineering Intern – Cockpit System Integration

• Wrote specifications and test documents.
• Developed tests for an aircraft cockpit’s system software.
• Integrated hardware simulation tools and test tools together to automate testing.

Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

B.Eng. in Computer Engineering. Outstanding commendation award. GPA: 3.59/4

HEC Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Took evening classes in management.

ENSTA ParisTech (École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées), Paris, France

Participated in an exchange program for a semester at one of the top Schools of Engineering in France.