Work Experience

Senior Research And Development Engineer @Virtual Marine Technology

November 2021 - Current

Senior Research Engineer (Hydrodynamics) Is primarily responsible for expanding, improving, and validating the motion model library. They will also be researching and prototyping with bleeding edge technologies that would enhance the immersive factor of the simulation software. They are involved in day-to-day software design, development by working closely with a team of electrical, mechanical, and software engineers to develop immersive simulation technologies. Other duties include regular planning, reporting, mentoring, system tests and documentation.

Lead/Senior Programmer @Virtual Marine Technology

June 2008 - November 2021

Senior Programmer with multiple commercial and research projects both completed and ongoing. Specializing in performance applications for motion modeling and simulation. Target areas include vessel maneuvering, stability and seakeeping, sensor modeling (RADAR, Positional) and ocean modeling. Other duties include development network programming, testing, and integration tools, continuous integration services and validation.

JAVA Tools Developer / Programmer @Research In Motion

September 2007 - December 2007

Programmer with primary responsibilities include design, development and maintenance of Blackberry JAVA testing / reporting tools. Responsible for phase 3 deployment of internal web tool using GWT. Set up and maintenance of Apache Tomcat web server. Maintenance of internal Inventory tracking tool in C#

Database Tools Developer / Programmer @General Dynamics Canada

January 2007 - April 2007

Lead programmer with primary responsibilities include design and development of database tools in C++. Held NATO Secret security clearance. Access to Controlled Goods Program. Testing of various helicopter hardware subsystems. Use case development for helicopter mission control system

Software / Hardware Design and Implementation @Marine Institute CMS Group (Centre for Marine Simulation)

May 2006 - August 2006

Worked on/with new ship bridge simulation software in CMS group. Designed and developed hardware & software controls interface for new bridge simulation software. C++ MFC design and implementation of multi-threaded application using proprietary hardware. Trouble shooting of MATLAB modeling programs. JAVA development of on line web navigation simulator

Education

Computer Engineering @Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

2001 - 2008

IEEE award for outstanding capstone project demonstration 2008

Secondary School @Cobequid Educational Center of Truro Nova Scotia

1998 - 2001

Honors award grade 10, 11, 12

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