Andrew Johnson

Promoted from original role of Senior PHP Developer

Staff Engineer I at VS Media (2023-03 – 2026-05)

Promoted from original role of Senior PHP Developer

• Worked with a medium-sized team to add stability and increased functionality to a high-traffic network of PHP 5 websites
• Built new features and systems including extending login to OAuth with multiple providers (Google and Twitter A.K.A. 𝕏)
• Integrated financial APIs to enable the company's first cryptocurrency payments (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron and others)
• Designed an internal framework using modern tools (PHP 8, Composer, PSRs, Slim Framework, Symfony components, etc)
• Created developer workflows to improve testing and development using open source tools (PHPCS, PHPStan & PHPUnit)
• Developed plans to introduce these best practices to new projects while continuing support of existing legacy systems
• Introduced the company's first AI development strategy with OpenAI's ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot and Claude Code

Co-founder and Lead Developer at Create to Convert (2010-08 – 2023-02)

• Responsible for the full lifecycle of projects from a design phase to production deployment as a full-stack lead developer
• Focused primarily on the online travel and ticketing verticals by scaling websites from low traffic up to millions of users
• Worked with a number of different brands from single-person businesses all the way up to Fortune 50 companies
• Communicated with clients from all over the world with a variety of styles and backgrounds
• Managed hiring, firing, legal and accounting processes for the corporation
• Released multiple open source tools and libraries under the MIT license written in both PHP and Javascript
• 2010–2016: Worked with many of Expedia's affiliates as the top "preferred developer" of the company
• 2016–2022: Managed the full stack of AirportRentalCars.com, an affiliate site wholly owned by Booking.com (then known as Priceline) handling thousands of monthly rental car reservations

Web Developer at Tipping Canoe (2010-05 – 2010-09)

• Worked on front-end solutions and standards documents for websites serving millions of unique users per month
• Scaled up a unified CSS and Javascript policy to scale developer efforts without duplicating work or adding conflict

Web Developer at Travel Professionals International (2010-01 – 2010-05)

• Integrated multiple "off-the-shelf" software packages to create a unified gateway for all of these systems for end-users
• Modernized a white-label platform used by hundreds of travel agencies throughout the country

Programmer at Priceline Partner Network (2009-01 – 2009-12)

• Worked as the primary developer for the HBC Web software consultancy arm of the business
• Built multiple websites in the online travel space on top of the Priceline FlexRez API for dozens of travel affiliates

IT Assistant at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (2008-01 – 2008-08)

• Designed, developed and launched management tools for the 2008 Winnipeg Fringe Festival
• Began work through a co-op work placement program and later continued on as a paid consultant

Consultant at Freelance Software and Web Development (2006-07 – 2010-08)

• Worked on a variety of projects for an array of different clients during college and afterward
• Gained my first experience negotiating with clients and delivering finalized projects

Computer Analyst/Programmer in Computer Science – Red River College (2006-08 – 2008-12)

High School Diploma with ITS Dual Diploma – West Kildonan Collegiate (2002-09 – 2006-06)