31 Mar 2021

Resume of Jeff Nicholson

jeff@thejnich.com

Objective

Business foused technical leader and senior full stack developer interested in solving complex, meaningful problems.
Currently CTO @ ResolvMD.

Strengths

• Proven leader of software development teams building business critical applications across a range of domains and technologies.
• Skilled in all aspects of software development, from design and planning, to implementation and testing.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Quick learner. Can rapidly understand large unfamiliar software systems, and immediately add value to any team. Love learning and applying new technologies and skills.
• Consistently demonstrate an exceptional attention to detail, and pursuit of excellence.

Qualifications

• Eight years of professional experience as a Software Developer. Five years as a Technical Lead and Senior Developer on multiple successful projects across multiple industries including Compliance, Water Utilities, Oil and Gas, Agriculture and Mobile Phone Operating Systems where responsibilities included:
  • Working closely with Clients, Project Managers and other stakeholders to ensure projects meet requirements while staying within time and budget constraints.
  • Owning all technical aspects of a product, including technology choice, architecture, implementation, testing and deployment.
  • Leading and mentoring other developers of all skill and experience levels.
  • Estimating technical tasks. Evaluating and managing the risks associated with these tasks.

Technical Skills

Experience

• ResolvMD - CTOCalgary, ABJune 2020 to Present
• Arcurve - Technical LeadCalgary, ABAug 2017 to May 2020
  • Senior developer leading teams delivering Enterprise applications across a range of industries.
  • Work closely with clients to achieve business objectives by implementing technical solutions on time and on budget.
  • Provide mentorship to other developers. Work with them to grow their skills by providing challenges and consistent feedback.
  • Work within Arcurve to foster a culture of technical excellence.
  • Key member of the team responsible for interviewing and hiring all levels of technical resources (developers, QA analysts, Business analysts, Project Managers).
  • Instrumental in growing Arcurve’s Internship program by recruiting and interviewing students. Provided mentorship to many students throughout their internship.
  • Refer to Projects for further details.
• Arcurve - Contract Software DeveloperCalgary, ABMay 2017 to Aug 2017
  • Providing software consulting services - including technical guidance, maintenance and feature development - to an E&P service company in support of their in-house team developing an electronic drilling recorder (EDR) application and related Windows services.
• i2O - Senior Software DeveloperSouthampton, United KingdomOct 2016 to April 2017
  • Senior Developer on a small team building a new product to provide clients in depth analysis of water network data - including visualization, anomaly detection and diagnosis.
  • Main responsibilities included design, review, and development of backend REST API, F# services and infrastructure.
  • Collaborated closely with developers working on a front end web application (React, Redux) to ensure successful integration with the REST API.
  • Technologies included F#, ASP.NET Web API, AWS, React, Redux, Postgres.
• Arcurve - Technical Lead and Software DeveloperCalgary, ABDec 2013 to Sep 2016
  • Technical lead and Developer on multiple successful projects utilizing a range of technologies including ASP.NET MVC, React, TypeScript, WPF, Android, and iOS. Refer to Projects for further details.
• Microsoft, Windows Phone - Software Development Engineer in TestRedmond, WASept 2012 to Sept 2013
  • Member of the Device Interaction Platform team, owners of Windows Phone touch input pipeline.
  • Owned testing of platform components supporting public WinRT API’s.
  • Consistently improved quality of my own code, and that of my team, through code reviews and design collaboration.
  • Worked with team to develop and maintain input injection infrastructure used by all of Windows Phone in automated testing.
  • Strived to streamline and improve engineering processes while consistently delivering a high quality product.
• University of Calgary- Undergraduate Research AssistantCalgary, ABMay to August 2012
  • Computer Graphics research, awarded NSERC grant.
  • Focused on Anthropometric Modelling using Kinect, and interactive data visualization.
• Microsoft, Windows Phone - Software Development Engineer in Test, InternRedmond, WAMay to July 2011
  • Interned with Debugger and Compiler team as well as Touch Input team.
  • Developed an application (Windows Phone Touch Test) to allow third party developers to easily test their unique touch scenarios on a device.
• Devon Energy - Business Information and Technology, Summer StudentCalgary, ABMay to August 2010
  • Developed a .NET 3.5 application which saved the business over $100k per year.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Distinction - University of Calgary 2009 to 2012
  • Graduated with 3.9 GPA, top of class.

Awards

• Silver Medallion, University of Calgary 2012, for highest GPA in graduating class.
• NSERC research grant.
• Dean’s List, multiple scholarships, University of Calgary.