Anthony Parsons

Experience

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  Matrix Technologies

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1994

  Senior Software Engineer

  Recruited and led development team in the creation of ship navigation software and image archival systems.

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  JetForm

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  Senior Software Developer/Senior Consultant

  Feature development for the Filler 5.0 electronic business forms application.Feature development for the IDEA financial auditing software application.

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  CyberArts

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Senior Software Developer

  • Developed features and resolved defects for the GamesGrid internet backgammon client/server system.

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  Nortel Networks

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Senior Software Developer

  • Developed features and resolved defects for development tool projects supporting C++ and Protel development activities.

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  YOUtopia Canada

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2001

  Project Manager

  • Coordinated development activities for multiple web site initiatives for YOUtopia – a teen loyalty website in the music / entertainment industry.

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  ZeddComm

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2002

  Project Manager

  • Coordinated development activities for Federal Government website update / conversion project, ensuring compliance with requirements, customer expectations and schedule.

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  Reunion.com (formerly GoodContacts)

  Jan 2003 - Feb 2004

  Senior Software Developer

  • Developed features and resolved defects for GoodContacts client software – an Outlook add-on to facilitate easier, automated maintenance of contact lists.

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  Research In Motion

  Jun 2004 - Jul 2011

  Created and managed multi-disciplined group of 5 teams (35 individuals) responsible for product development and cross-organizational services specializing in automated / performance testing, continuous integration (CI) services, data analytics / reporting, and customer issue escalation. • Provided strategic and service overview presentations during vision / strategic planning sessions at VP and Senior VP levels; focused group strategy to align with organizational and corporate vision.• Formed software development team and provided management oversight for design and development of Unified Search for BlackBerry 6.0 OS; delivered framework and public API to provide real-time search capabilities to all on-device content and targeted off-device sources. Attained buy-in for technical direction and coordinated collaborative development involving multiple teams crossing organizational boundaries.• Improved build processes by forming Release Engineering team to provide software build frameworks and continuous integration (CI) infrastructure and services; supported over 100 software products across multiple organizations.• Formed and guided data analytics team to increase stakeholder visibility of product usage and adoption rates of multiple products; provided ~200 reports for 8 in-field products.• Provided management direction to test automation team; improved QA practices within multiple projects by providing knowledge transfer and testing infrastructure, tools, and services for automated and performance testing; championed adoption of multi-level test automation to reduce software defects and promote earlier detection of issues.• Formed and managed Software Development Support (customer escalation) team to remove communication disconnect between RIM’s Customer Support Organization and development teams; responsible for ~15 consumer-focused products. • Defined issue escalation processes, coordinating efforts of support, Beta, testing, and development organizations. Show less Created and managed 2 software teams (~20 individuals) responsible for desktop server components, reporting and analysis utilities, software installers and user interface development.• Gathered requirements and coordinated development activities of process-scheduling and reporting components of BlackBerry Unite product; ensured compliance with QMS process guidelines, meeting product expectations and deliverable timelines.• Commissioned back-end reporting infrastructure to provide stakeholder insight into customer adoption and product feature usage.• Initiated the development of internal-use tools for automated upload and analysis of customer log data, reducing issue troubleshooting time by a factor of 10.• Gathered requirements and coordinated installer and UI development activities for 2 consumer-focused products ensuring uniformity of user interface elements. Show less

  • Manager, Development Shared Services

    Jan 2008 - Jul 2011

  • Team Lead, BBSI Operations

    Apr 2007 - Jan 2008

  • Team Lead, BlackBerry Enterprise Server

    Oct 2005 - Apr 2007

  • Senior Software Developer, BlackBerry Enterprise Server

    Jun 2004 - Oct 2005
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  Distill Mobile Inc.

  Sept 2012 - now

  Solutions Lead

  Design and implementation of mobile software for iOS, Android and BlackBerry.Specialization in application architecture, data models, and UI development.