Jared Fiorali

Solutions Architect

Key Points

• Involved in getting projects off the ground from a technical solution perspective, handing the project off to a dedicated team after a few months of work
• Dealing with the infrastructure configuration for projects, beyond the initial coding
• Created a custom analytics service, leveraging Github Actions to deploy to AWS ECR, and hosted using AWS SQS queues, ECS Tasks, and API Gateways

Accomplishments

• Lead technical architect for ad network redesign of the core company business
• Involved in leveraging Cloudflare workers to pre-render pages, improving core web vitals
• Implemented caching mechanism which improved response times by 10x, and significantly reduced server load at origin

Software Engineer

Key Points

• Managed a Kubernetes cluster hosted in GCP which serves over 1200+ production sites, receives over 1 billion requests weekly, and 300+ TB of data transferred monthly
• Team lead for the forum-based platform, developed using a PHP backend and JS frontend
• Provided various technical training meetings for junior developers (Network fundamentals, DevOps overview, etc.)
• Key contributor to the next generation platform, leveraging Golang, GraphQL, and React
• Lead weekly release process to 1200+ production sites
• Frequently involved in hiring process for new employees

Accomplishments

• Technical lead for a project to develop a tool for operations management (Consul, internal services, etc.)
• Developed a tool to dramatically reduce site downtime by 75% during weekly releases, allowing for more ads to be served to users, generating new income of over six figures a year
• Transitioned the team development tools from Minikube to Docker Compose, which dramatically improved the speed of the local development environment

Software Engineer Manager

Key Points

• Provided insight in company direction when migrating services for US customers
• Involved in the successful integration between 2 major codebases (Golang and PHP)
• Conducted meetings between various offices to ensure a successful product release
• Conducted one-on-ones with direct reports, with the goal to further their skills

Accomplishments

• Successfully implemented an enhancement which sped up application load times by 50%, by including an offload cache-based mechanism for processing user data
• Finalized the conversion of the core application from a VM-based service to a docker-based container system, using an AWS hosted kubernetes cluster to deploy various environments

Lead Developer

Key Points

• Involved in planning future sprints for the team
• Lead bi-weekly deployments to production environment
• Responsible for the delivery of tasks assigned to the team
• Included in important interview decisions for prospective hires

Accomplishments

• Participated in planning and execution of adapting the application for multi-province support
• Successfully released months of work in a key application milestone
• Fundamentally altered the application to allow for tiered subscription methods

Senior Full Stack Developer

Key Points

• Developed an all-in-one solution for Real Estate Transactions
• Application back end designed in PHP (Phalcon framework), with Postgres as the DB
• Using HTML5, CSS3, and a custom Javascript framework for front end
• Next-generation application overhaul written in Go (golang), GraphQL, and ReactJS
• Worked closely with Product and QA to ensure application was delivered to specifications
• Pioneered the implementation of RabbitMQ for off-loading non-critical tasks
• Proficient in git for local branch management, and BitBucket for remote repository hosting

Accomplishments

• Integral part of the launch team for a major application release
• Involved in the research, design, and implementation phases for the next-generation rewrite of the application
• In the span of 3 months, was able to optimize the time it took to execute actions in the application, which resulted in saving anywhere between 25% to 75% of request time per back end call
• Part of the infrastructure decisions for the office as well as the application stack

Cofounder - Full Stack Web Developer

Key Points

• Created Ontario's first cloud-based prescription portal, ScriptNow
• Developed Ontario's first connection between Doctor's note software (Oscar) and ScriptNow
• Prescription portal is designed using PHP, HTML5, CSS, Javascript with MySQL for the DB
• Worked closely with stakeholders (Doctors, Pharmacists, etc.) in order to meet expectations
• Designed and implemented the necessary infrastructure to run ScriptNow's cloud software
• Familiar with validation tests in order to verify that prescription data is unaltered in transport

Accomplishments

• Ongoing development for a prescription portal used by 10+ Doctors and Pharmacists
• Was first to market with a cloud-based prescription solution
• Developed around a security conscious design, using TLS 1.2 for transport security and at-rest encryption for sensitive patient data

Technical Analyst - Collaboration

Key Points

• Lead Web Developer for all internal and external sites in the entire Baxter Canada region
• Work with the business to design and develop SharePoint solutions for 500+ employees
• Develop and maintain websites using Javascript, JQuery, HTML5, CSS and REST API
• Leverage Bootstrap front-end framework templates to develop responsive sites
• Build and maintain numerous public Drupal sites to showcase various products
• Exercise Git to maintain version control
• Manage several ongoing application development projects
• Planned the site migration for a company spin-off

Accomplishments

• Created an automated vacation tracker entirely in Javascript and HTML5 for employees to request vacation, alert their manager for approval, and track used vacation days
• Designed and implemented a set of HR forms built in Javascript, C#, and HTML5 which enabled managers to submit job related change notices regarding their employees (new hire, promotion, termination, etc.)
• Created a product complaint and adverse event forms for sales representatives to report any discovered issues with products to the appropriate teams

Infrastructure Analyst

Key Points

• Deployed desktop images to employees via System Center Configuration Manager
• Managed installation of software to end users via Marimba BMC
• Supported desktop images integrated with McAfee EndPoint Encryption
• Resolved tickets in a timely manner based off of pre-determined SLA's via Remedy BMC
• Facilitated the move and infrastructure migration to a new Data Centre
• Managed users via Active Directory Services with an Enterprise Group Policy
• Configured a remote server to deploy Windows 7 to 100+ remote sales staff
• Designed an automated SharePoint site to manage Infrastructure's ongoing demands
• Responsible for laptop and phone deployments for over 500+ employees nationwide

Accomplishments

• Improved the global VOIP phone request process by creating a web page to automatically generate all necessary user information (email, account ID, etc.) via LDAP replacing the manual lookup process
• Automated the computer replacement process for end users allowing the infrastructure team to complete up to 8 machines a day, saving several hours a day for each team member.

Lakehead University