Summary
I am a Senior Analyst - Applications at the Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO), with seven years experience in the IT sector. As part of a small IT team I have had the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills across many disciplines, including: programming, database work, writing specifications, SAP, user training and public speaking. My core value to the organization is the ability to understand business requirements and design technology focused solutions to meet the needs of the business.
Current Work
My day-to-day work includes maintaining and developing the CFO Connects Portal to ensure an excellent user experience. CFO Connects Portal is CFO’s main point of contact with its farmer-members.
This site allows farmer-members to log their business transactions with CFO and chicken processing industry stakeholders. The CFO Connects Portal is critical to maintaining the chicken supply chain
and food safety within the multi-billion dollar chicken industry in Ontario. As CFO’s main point of contact with farmer-members
CFO Connects is always being developed to better serve the chicken industry.
Along with my work on CFO Connects I am also a key figure in the new data governance strategy being implemented by CFO. I have been able to use my SQL skills to create complex database queries to retrieve data
from multiple SAP data sources. This data is then presented in Power BI reports to internal CFO users and the Board of Directors to aid them in making informed business decisions. I am also the technical lead on
a data cataloguing and governance project, implementing the Alation toolset.
Past Work
In 2013 CFO implemented SAP to run all of its operations, I have been an integral part of that transition as well as other projects throughout the organization. Including:
- Writing a C# program to import data from hatchery stakeholders into SAP
- Writing a PHP script and using Twilio to allow transport truck drivers to send real-time information through SMS
- Building a mobile responsive version of the CFO Connects portal, including writing SAPUI5 JS, PHP, CSS, conducting focus groups and creating user guides
- Providing tier 3 technical support to ensure 99.9% uptime
- Managing a ~$85,000 AV implementation in the CFO office, on time and on budget
I have attended SAP’s Sapphire and TechEd events to remain up-to-date on new software and technology.
For potential incidents in the chicken industry CFO uses the Incident Management System (IMS). I have had the opportunity to complete IMS 200 and participate in simulated and real IMS events.
Work Experience
Positions Held at Chicken Farmers of Ontario
- Senior Applications Analyst | October 2019 - Present
- Specialist Technology Services | January 2017 - October 2019
- Web Technology Analyst | July 2014 - January 2017
- IT Technician | February 2014 - July 2014
- IT Intern | September 2013 - February 2014
Education
Queen's University, Kingston
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering | 2009 - 2013
- Comprehensive degree including courses in software engineering and human computer interaction
- Fourth year capstone project focusing on creating a battery saving framework for Android
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