Benjamin Martin

Experience

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  "Self Employed"

  May 2007 - Jun 2009

  Freelance Programmer

  During my time as a freelance programmer/consultant, I provided advice as well as coded the core back end framework for a variety of websites, all of which were rooted in LAMP. This experience gave me the opportunity to utilize my skills with programming and entrepreneurship to provide the best solutions to my clients.- PHP, LAMP, MySQL, PayPal, SEO, JavaScript, HTML/CSS

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  AEON Corporation

  Aug 2009 - May 2014

  English Teacher

  - Provided top-quality lessons custom-tailored to the needs of my students- Heavily involved with marketing campaigns for all courses- Managed training new teachers and staff and counseling with students- Regularly hit and surpassed sales targets - Took on a leadership role based on my vocal tendencies and experienceDuring this time in a new country, I also spent my free time studying Japanese and expanding my worldview and networking. I discovered a lot and learned to look at problems from a new perspective. Show less

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  Norrizon Sales and Marketing Group - Norrizon groupe de ventes et marketing

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2017

  Information Systems Manager

  - Managed the sales of various accounts at head office for various clients such as Wal-Mart, Shoppers Drug Mart and Sobeys- Provided logistics support for our accounts, managing transportation and warehousing costs- Established updated SOPs to increase efficiencies in the office- Contributed critical IT support in the local offices and to clients alike

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  MartinDevNow

  Oct 2014 - Feb 2019

  Founder / Lead Developer

  - Provided consulting to Norrizon Sales and Marketing with regard to developing an online presence- Revamped websites of clients to enable eCommerce, customer and purchase behavioural tracking to increase internal awareness of product and marketing successfulness- Established user-friendly internal portals to manage many facets of business analysis including: QA, product registration, sales management and reporting

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  NeWave Sensor Solutions

  Aug 2015 - Mar 2017

  Technical Development Manager

  - Technologies Used: Python, PHP (Laravel), MySQL, VueJS, Vagrant, OpenVPN, AWS EC2...As the primary IT lead in the group, my role was key in getting face-time with prospective clients by handling all of the cloud software development. I helped to give the organization focus, direction, and a clear path to success as an RFID enabled smart inventory monitoring and tracking solution provider.

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  Univeris

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Technical Team Lead

  Joining Univeris as a MEAN stack developer, I quickly pivoted into the role of the Team Lead. From there, I orchestrated the launch of our investor-facing portal, developed in Angular and MongoDB, and deployed to AWS and on-premises installations.- Facilitated the launch of Connect3, the company’s third-generation of an investor portal- Managed a team of 3 developers, QA, and UX in an Agile context- Quickly got up to speed with a new framework and assisted in the transition from Angular 2 to Angular 4- Attended conferences on Agile, Web Technology and helped host our company summit to demonstrate our product to current and potential clients Show less

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  Ariad Communications

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  Senior Fullstack Developer
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  Rangle.io

  May 2018 - Aug 2020

  Senior Software Developer

  Consulted on FrontEnd and Full Stack projects in Angular 4+ with Redux/ngRx, RxJS, and Node on AWS Serverless technologies (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3...). Leveraged scrum and agile practices to deliver scalable code to take advantage of CI tools. - Provided architectural guidance and developer expertise on three enterprise projects for two Insurance companies and an Airline using Angular 4+ and NodeJS- Built and maintained various JS libraries to support requirements from multiple teams- Orchestrated with AWS Serverless technologies (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, etc) as well as Serverless CLI- Built and maintained Continuous Integration pipelines on various technologies and stacks- Leader in knowledge-sharing initiatives, mentoring, workshops, book clubs, and culture-building events Show less

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  THRILLWORKS

  Aug 2020 - Oct 2021

  Engineering Manager

  Lead the charge to foster technologists' continuous growth by launching a book club for the tech team, starting an Agile guild, and Providing constant, fast feedback in code reviews and architecture to establish and maintain best practices. Created several internal tools for synchronizing various systems: a tool for facilitating company AMAs, and a slackbot for collecting eNPS scores. Regularly captained client project teams while managing a team of direct reports. Built POCs to win business with big clients.- Projects: Delivered five projects to happy clients in industries ranging from retail, finance, and marketing as well as a movie studio, and credit card company.- Built the backend cloud infrastructure for projects on either AWS or GCP, including CICD pipelines to deploy CloudFormation templates leveraging a wide variety of AWS resources/services including Cognito, - Jobs/Queues, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SES, SNS, etc- Worked with Headless CMSs, such as Contentful, Prismic, Sanity.io with Gatsby as the Static Site Generator to deploy performant, highly available, and easily scalable, SEO-optimized websites Show less

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  ATB Ventures

  Nov 2021 - Jan 2024

  As the inaugural engineering manager at ATB Ventures, I played a pivotal role in shaping and leading our technical teams, contributing both strategically and hands-on to the success of our projects and initiatives while working closely with the Product team and Senior leadership teams to successfully launch our product to market. I created a robust and efficient development environment and culture while overseeing the evolution of our engineering team.- Hired and led a team of 6 developers to launch our first Self-Sovereign Identity product, Oliu.id, in cooperation with the Government of Alberta which leveraged Blockchain and Hyperledger Indy.- Drove lean full-stack team to deliver a document-based and digital identity verification integration within the platform while delivering a custom integration to replace our Enterprise’s fraud detection system within 3 weeks from requirement gathering. - Conducted regular interviews, performance evaluations, 1-on-1, and additional KT and mentoring/pairing sessions leading to record low turnover within the Engineering department. Show less

  • Senior Engineering Manager

    Jun 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Engineering Manager

    Nov 2021 - Jun 2023
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  BuildOps

  Feb 2024 - now

  Engineering Manager