Integration Consultant, Software Developer

Mark Chan

*** ********* *** ** **** Phone: 403-***-****

Calgary, Alberta E-mail: ******@*******.***

Postal Code: T3K 0B1

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Groundswell Group, Calgary, AB May 2010 – Dec 2015

Senior Integration Consultant

Job Responsibilities:

Provided customized, integrated solutions for customers using the Tibco EAI and Informatica Integration toolsets

Primarily involved in collecting business requirements, creating architectural plans, designing and building EAI-oriented and data integration solutions conforming to clients’ business models and analytical needs

Created unit and integrated test plans and executed them for each solution provided for the client

Assisted in monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining the final products to make sure they were fully functional and with high quality

Employed the Agile/Scrum methodology for product development and project management

Provided documentation, training, presentations, and demos for each of the solutions we built for clients

Client Engagements:

Twister Data Technology May 2015 – Nov 2015

As a project lead, I led the team, using the Agile/Scrum process, to develop a cloud-based application that allowed trucking companies to schedule, manage, and monitor their truck fleet. The application used a web frontend (ASP/VB.net) for tracking truck/driver availability and an iPhone app (Objective C) for drivers to view and pick up tickets created on the web interface

Involved in gathering business requirements, user-interface design, architectural proposals, coding, testing, and presentations under a very tight development schedule

Assisted teammates on task prioritization, problem solving, and presentation preparations

Established repository management process and best-practice standard for the team

Participated in team time management; set deadlines and reviewed code merge for deployments and demos

Conducted client presentations and weekly demos

Investigated the product for known and unknown issues; prioritized, planned and tackled them in a timely manner

The project was successfully delivered on schedule and received excellent compliments from the client

Smart Technology Jul 2014 – Sep 2015

Primary support for all Tibco Integrations including both development and administration tasks

Gathered business requirements from client, provided business analysis and estimates on enhancements and projects

Provided solution architecture options, dependencies, and estimates to the client based on their needs and budget requirements

Created and updated various kinds of documents for client business groups and Groundswell, which included architecture, design, support, process and testing guides

Communicated and worked closely with the client to support both their project and daily activities

Cenovus Dec 2013 – Jun 2014

Provided support for client marketing applications (MDMK and Allegro), and assisted in CWS Wells Tibco Integrations

Acted as a mentor for junior team members

Gathered business requirements from client, provided business analysis and estimates on enhancements and projects

Provided solution options and estimates to the client and helped them decide on what design and technology to use based on their integration needs

Provided Test Case document to assist QA analysis and user testing

FGL Dec 2013

Involved in the POS project from the initial phase where no requirement or plan was in place for the involving parties (Groundswell, FGL)

Assisted in creating guidelines for the business analysis to generate business requirement documents

Involved in project planning, design, resource planning, defining project scope, high level requirements, and team structuring

Explored improvement opportunities and best practices in areas where new methodology and Agile development methodology were needed for Tibco Integration projects

Created a Reference Architecture document and Design Pattern document for FGL

EnCana May 2010 – Nov 2013

Primary support for client financial/accounting applications (OpenInvoice, AFE Navigator, etc.), and assisted in CWS Wells Tibco Integrations

Primary support for all CATS and Option Premium Informatica Integrations

Gathered business requirements from client, provided business analysis and estimates on enhancements and projects

Designed, developed, tested, and deployed Tibco and Informatica Integration solutions

Created and updated various kinds of documents for client business groups and Groundswell, which included architecture, design, support, process and testing guides

Hosted knowledge transfer sessions to help clients better understand the integration design and guidelines for future enhancements

ALTA Genetics Inc., Calgary, AB Jan 2008 – Apr 2010

Programmer Analyst

Designed, developed, tested, and maintained the Business Intelligent Sales Reporting System to ensure all parties received the data they needed every week

Designed, developed, tested, and maintained multiple Web Applications that were used by distributed groups (Ex. International Sales Order Registration)

Updated, tested, and maintained custom-built applications that were used for daily operation of the whole department

Needed to work directly with various applications’ users to solve their problem, gathered feedback or feature wish list in different stages of the development cycle

Helped and guided junior developers on problem solving or issues they encountered

Created Design, User Guide, and Process documents for various applications

Imported and exported large amount of data from different sources in a very tight schedule every quarter

Managed and prioritized requests on updating or creating new BI Sales Reports with the new data for different user groups

Bell Canada, Calgary, AB Jun 2005 – Dec 2007

JAVA Developer

Principle developer to maintain the Vitria Integration engine for Business Apps such as Siebel and SingleView using Java, XML, XSLT and XPath

Developed Java Address Parser/Translator for verifying internal and external data in an Oracle database

Enhanced features for a custom built .Net application

Handled and prioritized multiple projects based on business objectives and timeline

Responsible for creating unit and integrated test cases for the QA department

Participated in meetings regarding BRD, design, status, and deliverables

Responsible for writing design documents and user guide

Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB Jan 2005 – May 2005

Computer Tutor (part time)

Taught sophomore students on COMP 1209 “Introduction to Computing for Applied Degree”

Prepared course contents and schedules

Teaching materials included Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access

Provided guidance to students with emphasis on hands-on approach

Foothills Hospital, Calgary, AB Apr 2005

Database Programmer

Fixed, restructured and upgraded an Access Database

Provided consultation to a group of users who had minimal computer knowledge

Understood the users’ needs and provided suggestions on features in their requirements

Designed and implemented some of the features with Access

Wrote the user document to describe the features

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Expertise in TIBCO and Informatica Integration Technology

Good understanding in Oracle Fusion and IBM InfoSphere Data Stage Integration Technology

Proficient in C/C++/C#, ASP.Net, VB.Net, VB6, Java, JavaScript, JMS, T-SQL, XML, XSLT, SOAP, Tibco EMS

Experienced in Oracle, SQL Server, CVS, SVN, Access, VMWare, TOAD, Microsoft Visual Studio, Git, Visual Source Safe, IntelliJ, Perforce, Office, PhotoShop, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro.

Experienced in various OS such as Unix, Windows and Mac OS X

Experienced in Object-Oriented Design, Relational Database and SOA architecture

Experienced in Agile/Scrum methodology for software development and management

EDUCATIONAL & TRAINING

BS in Computer Science (Concentration on Graphic Programming) and Minor in Fine Art June 2005

University of Calgary

Two weeks intensive project for BCHydro with Tibco BW 6.2

Courses training on Informatica PowerCenter 8.1

Extension course on IBM ESB

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