steve veerman

• Conceptualized, architected, designed and developed “HITCH” smart mesh networking hardware.
• Hired and managed multi-disciplined team consisting of software engineers, hardware engineers, and designers.
• Applied Scrum agile methodologies to meet and deliver scheduled milestones.
• Coordinated development of test hardware, device software, cloud platform, and HTML5 end-user application.
• Finalist at the University of Waterloo Velocity Fund Finals for Spring and Fall.

• Provided WordPress software development, systems integration, and support.
• Developed HTML5 web applications which relied heavily on Google Maps API.
• Built data mining framework using Node.js to crawl, scrape, and index web content.
• Outspoken Open Data community advocate and creator of busmaple.com transit navigation software.

• Conducted market research for a document management system aimed at the Commonwealth and United States.
• Held interviews with law firms to discover document management pain points and explore possible cloud integration.
• Updated Thomson Reuters regularly on the progress of the engagement and received clarifiers on any issues.

• Analyzed business expansion opportunities by conducting market research interviews.
• Identified workflow inefficiencies and built automated order confirmation, fulfillment, and delivery systems.

• Built web applications which relied heavily on Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon.com Web Services (AWS) APIs.
• Generated revenue using Google Adsense and Facebook Credits.
• Negotiated SaaS agreement for Desalt developed web services.
• 1st Place at Facebook HACK Toronto for best overall application (slideshow-app.com).
• Presented at two DemoCampHamilton events and coached at two CoderCamp seminars.

• Spearheaded the creation of multiple open source projects hosted on Postmedia GitHub (MIT Licensing).
• Led application prototyping and development using Node.js, PHP, and Ruby on Rails.
• Developed WordPress plugins to manage and consume existing Postmedia systems and services.
• Added features into the C# based Postmedia CMS, including DART (DoubleClick) integration and TV Listings guide.

• Developed the Student Exchange application system using PHP and MySQL running on Linux and Apache.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define prioritized project requirements and meet deadlines.

• Developed web navigation features using JavaScript for new AT&T administration panel.
• Managed developer tasks in a Scrum environment while tracking project issues and requirements with JIRA.

• Migrated uwo.ca’s proprietary CMS database to Joomla using VB.NET and MySQL.
• Produced a Google Gadget using the Google Desktop API to promote multiple University RSS feeds.

• Developed enterprise COBOL and C applications on IBM ESA/390 mainframe systems.
• Collaborated in a team environment using Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Project, SharePoint).

• Developed content management system built with ASP, Access SQL, JavaScript, and CSS, which ran on IIS.
• Presented ideas, concepts, and demos regularly at Mohawk College Alumni Committee meetings.