Hello,
My name is Jamieson McNeil and I am a senior IT professional with over 20 years’ experience.
18+ years ColdFusion experience; Certified Adobe ColdFusion Developer and Instructor
Project and program management expertise in Agile and Waterfall management environments.
Full stack development; concept, analysis, design, database and application architecture and development and UI/UX design.
Development expertise; ColdFusion, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, ASP.Net (C#), JavaScript/jQuery, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML, Photoshop, Fireworks.
Database development and administration; SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase.
Remote development and management experience. Self-managed and able to work independently as part of a remote team and manage a remote team.
I live and work from Halifax, Nova Scotia in a telecommuting role primarily but can travel to be on-site as required.
Please contact me at your convenience.
Regards,
Jamieson
ac8vvm@r.postjobfree.com
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer and Strategic Leader with a Proven Track Record of Delivering Results
In depth understanding of what it takes to succeed in each facet of systems design and development. Over 20 years experience in a senior software development role responsible for application architecting and development, database development and administration and graphic/usability design. 20 years of project and program management in application development and professional services. This depth of expertise encompasses IT service delivery to industries including medical, financial, pharmaceutical, government, education, travel, union, military, real estate, and e-business with clients throughout North America.
Areas of Expertise
Application Development
Database Design and Development
Graphic and Usability Design/Direction
UI/UX Design and Development
System Architecting Specialist
Agile/Scrum Management/Development
Outsourcing Specialist
Remote Project Management and Development
Content Management Solutions
Project/Program Management
Technical Skill Summary
Management
Agile, SCRUM, JIRA, Atlassian, Airtable, MS Project, Visio, Office
Development
ColdFusion, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, ASP.Net (C#), LAMP, JavaScript/jQuery, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML, Photoshop, Fireworks, Powerbuilder, PL/SQL.
Database
MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase ASA, MS Access, PostgreSQL, SQLite
Multimedia
Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Premiere, Adobe Lightroom, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase
Frameworks and Version Control
Laravel, Magento, Slim, CakePHP, Moodle, .Net MVC, MVC, Fusebox, Model-Glue, ColdBox, FW/1, Subversion, Git, Visual Source Safe, CVS
Career Summary
Independent Consultant, Halifax, NS (2002 – Present)
Operating in many roles including project manager, full stack developer, analyst, and business liaison. Worked with companies throughout North America in various industries to provide senior level professional services.
WinMill Software, New York, NY (1998 – 2002)
Partner, Senior Professional Services Manager, Senior Project/Program Manager and Senior Consultant
Joined a mid-sized professional services firm in 1998 as an entry-level developer and was quickly promoted through each level to senior consultant, manager, senior manager and partner due to strong performance and an unmatched ability to bridge technology, sales and business to maximize efficiency and profit.
Responsibilities:
Program manager for a team of 8 senior project mangers across two state offices
Senior project manager
Department manager and Art Director for the New Media department
Lead developer
Liaison between technical team and sales/marketing department
Key technical sales resource in final sales process on key accounts
Senior Instructor (Project Management, ColdFusion, HTML, Professional Development, Professionalism, Sales Training)
Selected Project Experience
In addition to management responsibilities and experience, the list of projects below showcases some of the diverse industry experience gained over a 20-year career.
Senior Developer
Online Testing and Training provider, Edmonton, AB
Senior developer refactoring existing code and architecting new functional development.
Lead Engineer
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Santa Monica, CA
Lead developer and architect to refactor an existing website for funding and contractor management.
Project Manager, Developer
Nova Scotia Breast Screening, NS
Extensive customization of Caisis for the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland Breast Screaming Programs. Caisis is the leading open source oncology system built on ASP.net and SQL Server.
Project Manager, Developer
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Customization of Caisis for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons to develop a custom patient satisfaction survey engine.
Project Manager, Developer
Densitas, NS
Custom asp.net website for researchers to access the Densitas service for evaluating breast imaging.
Project Manager, Developer
Dalhousie University, NS
Customized Moodle implementation.
Architect, Lead Developer, UI/UX Designer
Grocery Deals and Coupon Website
MyGroceryDeals.com, Ottawa, ON
Managed and developed a new website and membership application. Website included multi-level security, member management, member profile and resume management, community support, e-commerce, discussion forum and content management. Substantial use of jQuery and Endeca.
Senior Developer, UI/UX Designer
Doctor Lookup and Plan Management Portal
32 BJ Funds, NYC, NY
UI/UX design and custom .Net development on a DotNetNuke based doctor search application.
Senior Developer, UI/UX Designer (ColdFusion to .Net Conversation)
Corporate and Employee Portal
Undisclosed, London, UK
Conversation of a ColdFusion website to ASP .Net using DotNetNuke (through my cf2net.com service). This project required significant custom development to match existing functionality and new site enhancements.
Senior Developer, UI/UX Designer (ColdFusion to .Net Conversation)
Social Media Portal
Jibberisms.com, Halifax, NS
Conversation of a ColdFusion website to ASP .Net using MVC4 (through my cf2net.com service). This website was created using ColdFusion, jQuery and AJAX for the proof of concept for investor approval. The final website is currently being completed in MVC4 for a late summer launch 2013.
Senior Developer, UI/UX Designer
Custom CMS/Architecture for Law Firms
ICVM Group, Mattituck, NY
Worked in a support and development role for the companies many client websites built on their custom CMS and architecture.
Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer, UI/UX Designer
Enterprise Membership Application Development
Motion Picture Editors Guild, Los Angeles, CA
Managed and developed a new website and membership application. Website included multi-level security, member management, member profile and resume management, community support, e-commerce, discussion forum and content management.
Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer, UI/UX Designer
Speaker Management and Booking System Development
The Harry Walker Agency, New York, NY
Managed and developed a web application that supports management and booking of high profile public speaks including BONO, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. This is a dynamic and secure system allowing Harry Walker agents to manage their speakers’ profiles and engagements and allowing the online booking of speakers for events.
Project Manager, Architect and Lead Developer
Doctors Web Application Platform Development
Novartis Pharmaceuticals, New York, NY
Managed and developed a web application platform for Novartis that can quickly generate and customize individual sites to meet individual doctor’s needs as incentive to utilize their services and products. This platform is focused on corporate information delivery and content management. The system includes multi-level security, content management system and style sheet driven design to easily customize each doctor’s image.
Project Manager, Senior Developer
Y2K Certification, PeopleSoft Implementation
Ernst & Young, Lyndhurst, NJ
Project manager and quality assurance technician for large scale quality assurance effort of companywide PeopleSoft implementation and customization testing and Y2K certification. Managed a team of 14 consultants and 5 client resources in testing every major application used by the company. Created a proprietary database aging and comparison utility critical to Y2K certification using PowerBuilder and PL/SQL
Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer, UI/UX Designer
E-Learning Platform Development, Workshop Creation and Facilitation and Product Implementation
WinMill Software, New York, NY
Project manager and producer of an e-learning platform and executive workshop delivered with former Pepsi and Apple CEO John Sculley. The workshop was designed to benefit from the participants’ experience and contributions to the event. The workshop was aimed to educate the participants about e-learning in terms of ROI, training program strategy, valuation techniques, technology, speed to market, and content considerations. Implemented with key clients including NY Public Library, Penn State University and Pfizer.
Project Manager, Architect and Lead Developer
Client Management and Communication Portal Development
WinMill Software and Creel Solutions
Managed and developed a secure client management and communication portal to facilitate and improve project success. This web application includes multi-level security, content management system, discussion board, gallery, online payment processing, project task and resource management, change management, cost management and reporting functionality.
Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer, UI/UX Designer
Union Web Application Platform Development
WinMill Software, New York, NY
Managed and developed a web application platform for unions that can quickly generate and customize individual sites to meet individual union needs. This platform meets the needs of marketing, member management and online document delivery. The system includes multi-level security, content management system, document management and delivery, and style sheet driven design to easily customize each union’s image. Implemented with several unions including the American Federation of Musicians and I.A.T.S.E.
Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer, UI/UX Designer
E-Learning and E-Commerce Web Application Development
LearnATest.com, New York, NY
Project manager, ColdFusion developer and art director for the creation of an online education and e-commerce service from concept through implementation.
IT Department Strategist
Management Consulting for the CIO on Department Strategy
AIFS, American Institute for Foreign Study, Stamford, CT
Consulted the CIO for AIFS (which is the parent company many subsidiaries including ACIS) on systems re-architecting and project team efficiencies and dynamics.
Project Manager, Architect and Lead Developer
Rapid Application Development Platform Development
Creel Solutions, Halifax, NS
Managed, designed and developed an enterprise website architecture for creating database driven websites with a content management system in less time and for less financial investment than ground-up solutions
Project Manager, Architect and Lead Developer, UI/UX Designer
Enterprise Content Management System Development
Creel Solutions, Halifax, NS
Managed, designed and developed a full-featured Web CMS and website architecture giving business users the ability to control everything on their sites. The system includes multilevel security, user management, file management, multi-language support, versioning, extensible component model, and Search Engine Optimized.
Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer, UI/UX Designer
Corporate Website and Online Training Registration System Development
WinMill Software, New York, NY
Managed, designed and developed the corporate web presence, online classroom training registration and course management system. This web application includes multi-level security, content management system, discussion board, course management, registration and enrolment management, online payment processing, and reporting functionality.
Project Manager and Lead Developer
Enterprise E-Learning and B2B Portal Development
NY Public Library, New York, NY
Managed and developed a small business portal for business owners to communicate and participate in workshop and other events. This web application includes a robust forum, multi-level security and a content management system.
Project Manager
Online Forum Implementation and Customization
NYC Department of Environmental Protection, New York, NY
Managed the implementation and customization of an e-Learning system and forum for use by the department’s many users.
Project Adviser and Lead Developer
Multi- Company Travel Application Development
ACIS, American Council for Independent Studies, Boston, Mass
Worked with ACIS as a Web Application Specialist, project manager/adviser and developer. Primary responsibility was to advise on web-enablement strategy and then support development efforts.
Project Manager
Benefits System Implementation Management
Union and Benefit Fund, New York, NY
Interim project manager brought in after two years of implementation and growing concern among the Board of Directors as to the quality of a new benefits system and the effectiveness of the previous management team. This project required a considerable amount of political navigation in addition to strong project management abilities.
Project Manager, Architect and Lead Developer
Enterprise Web Portal for College Sports
Penn State University, Penn State, PA
Managed and developed an enterprise web application for college sports. This application has advanced public and intranet functionality including CMS, multi-level security, advertising, video and photo galleries, and live media.
Education
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (1994)
Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance Concentration
iti, Information Technology Institute, Toronto, Ontario (1997)
Applied Information Technology Diploma (Honors)
Certifications
Certified Macromedia Developer, ColdFusion (Advanced)
Certified Macromedia Instructor, ColdFusion and HTML
Sybase Certified Professional, PowerBuilder
Dale Carnegie Sales Professional
Associations
Project Management Institute (PMI)
All client information herein is strictly confidential including names, project details and contacts. References are available upon request.