Martin Dicaire

Martin Dicaire

Computer Technician (Geek Squad agent)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Entrepreneur

  • Education

    • University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa

      2008 - 2013
      Computer Engineering with Management Option (CO-OP) Engineering
  • Experience

    • Best Buy Canada

      Jul 2007 - Aug 2009
      Computer Technician (Geek Squad agent)

      -Fixed computer software and hardware issues-Trained 2 new computer technicians to provide complete and professional customer service-Identified customer needs and recommended services based on them

    • University of Ottawa

      Sept 2008 - Apr 2013
      Student

      -Managed a Smart Virtual Mirror project as Team Lead through Microsoft Project by defining the project's tasks, milestones and timeline, and by assigning tasks to developers based on their capabilities-Developed cross-platform components providing an OpenGL GUI, Voice recognition and Gesture recognition-Encouraged team collaboration by collectively creating the project goals, requirements, specifications and UML diagrams

    • Communications Research Center Canada (CRC)

      May 2010 - Aug 2010
      Research Software Developer CO-OP

      -Developed a 2D to 3D image and video conversion software in CUDA and C++

    • Research In Motion

      Jan 2011 - Apr 2011
      Embedded Software Developer CO-OP

      -Developed a Build System in Python with build break detection, automated email notification, compiled files packaging and build report generation-Fixed Makefile and source code errors-Developed performance benchmark package-Automated basic device testing and report generation

    • Research In Motion

      Sept 2011 - Dec 2011
      Embedded Software Developer CO-OP

      -Developed drivers for Accelerometer, Magnetometer and Camera Flash using Data Sheets and Schematics documents-Optimized I2C, GPIO and LDO interactions in drivers-Automated driver packaging and report generation tasks-Trained hardware team on driver usage and modification-Created a Wrapping Library to provide standard and efficient software library usage-Redesigned an XML parser and wrote xml files-Created an API for Camera Flash feature usage-Designed a multi-threaded driver feature testing script Show less

    • Wind River

      May 2012 - Aug 2012
      Software Developer

      -Created a Multi-Threaded application supporting parallel device loading and testing-Developed and extended modules using FTP, SFTP, SSH and Telnet-Provided the ability to do unattended Release DVD installs through SSH-Made use of the processing power of Virtual Machine Infrastructure by deploying VMs that are automatically configured and used through an SSH connection-Added support for non-standard code building through data parsing and build parameter extraction-Built and executed VxWorks projects-Applied PEP8 code style standard to Python code Show less

    • Wind River

      Jan 2013 - Aug 2014

      - Collaborated with OVP and OpenStack product development teams to find ways to improve their product quality and delivery time- Created test automation infrastructure development plan and distributed work across teams- Developed automated and distributed cloud testing solution saving hundreds of manual testing hours every day - Collaborated with colleagues in the development of VirtIO based serial device driver and multiplexed serial devices (AMIO) for VxWorks 7 Hypervisor Profile- Assisting development of Wind River automation framework -Created Hypervisor configurations allowing Windows, VxWorks and WRLinux to run in parallel on the same board with AMIO, HPET and VNIC enabled-Created C testcases measuring performance through interrupt latency, benchmarks and NetPerf while stressing VxWorks and Windows -Created a Tcl to Python conversion tool using regular expressions allowing an old test framework to be compatible with a new test framework with code coverage and multi-threading capabilities-Developed a benchmark text result to CSV format conversion tool with result grouping support allowing results from 2 different dates to compared and allowing separate results to be merged together

      • Team Lead

        Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
      • Senior Engineer

        May 2014 - May 2014
      • Engineer

        May 2013 - Apr 2014
      • Python Engineer

        Jan 2013 - Apr 2013
    • The Founder Institute

      Feb 2015 - now
      Founder

      - Identified business idea by determining customer pain through interviews and surveys- Built pitch desk with a focus on the value proposition, the market size, the revenue model and the competition- Designed product road-map based on financial professional feedback- Used Meteor,js to develop an MVP

    • WealthTab

      Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
      Co-Founder and CTO

      - Interviewed contractors and software developers to fulfill specific areas of expertise- Translated company vision into goal driven milestones- Distributed and tracked tasks among team using agile sprints and daily scrums- Used Meteor.js, Node.js, WebRTC, Chart.js, CSS, DDP and REST to build a wealth management platform

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CompTIA A+

    • Driver's license