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
