About Me
I’m a software engineer and application architect with more than 20 years of experience designing, building, and improving software systems.
My work often involves applications with multiple connected parts: complex business rules, detailed data models, integrations with external services, different types of users, approval workflows, document generation, and security requirements.
I can take an idea or a business problem, convert it into technical requirements, design the architecture, and build the technical foundation of the product. I remain involved in implementation, helping ensure that the system works as a whole rather than only looking complete at the interface level.
I have worked in large and small companies for a long time, but in 2017 I started my adventure as an independent contractor across client engagements and original software products. I operate through my incorporated company, Cascade Programming Solutions Inc.
Capabilities
I work with product ideas, business requirements, and existing operational processes to determine what the software needs to do. This includes clarifying requirements, identifying constraints, defining system responsibilities, and converting an idea into an implementation plan.
I design applications in which data, workflows, integrations, permissions, and user-facing features must work together. The goal is an architecture that supports the immediate product while remaining understandable and maintainable as it grows.
I provide technical direction while remaining directly involved in implementation. I coordinate the technical work, make architectural decisions, help resolve difficult engineering problems, and keep the different parts of a project moving toward the same result.
Technologies
Working Range
A range of products and systems where data, workflows, integrations, and users have to work together.
Experience
Independent products and client work following the final part of my time at Sentry Investments.
Software Engineer, Architect and Technical Lead
Independent product development and client work spanning application architecture, system design, integrations, data modelling, technical leadership, and hands-on implementation.
Principal Engineer
I designed and developed a job-discovery and application-tracking platform that processes approximately 800,000 job postings each day. The system identifies fresh opportunities, removes old and repetitive postings, and matches jobs against users’ skills and experience.
Full Stack Engineer
Helped build a pre-launch ERP platform for dance studios, delivering features across a React/TypeScript frontend and Node.js/TypeScript backend that included but were not limited to weekly dynamic calendars, merchandise purchase, permissions levels
Principal Software Engineer
I conceived and developed a financial workspace for Canadian businesses to organize transactions, expenses, receipts, categories, and information required by accountants. The work included translating the product idea into workflows, data models, application architecture, integrations, and a working product.
Full Stack Engineer
I worked on business applications and integrations that needed to operate reliably around evolving external APIs and operational requirements.
Principal Software Engineer
I conceived, designed, and built a dedicated platform for sharing sensitive files outside ordinary email workflows. The work included product design, application architecture, backend and frontend development, data handling, security design, and complete product implementation.
Senior Staff Engineer
The final portion of a longer role working on business-critical systems for the financial-services industry. My work included complex data-driven applications, integrations, regulatory document workflows, compliance systems, and internal business platforms.
Résumé
The timeline above highlights my work from the last ten years. My résumé includes earlier roles and additional technical experience.
