Education

1. B.Sc. Major in Computer Science (Business Option) with Distinction

   September 1997 — April 2003 University Of Victoria

Software & Technologies

Professional Experience

1. Web Solutions Consultant

   January 1999 - Present : Independant Contractor (chadlindstrom.ca)

   • Design, Implement, Test and Maintain web solutions using industry best practices, to minimize time, optimize effort and reduce project costs.
   • Analyze, Critique and provide Recommendations to process, flow, function and usability of application interfaces to improve user satisfaction and reduce system support cost.
   • Leverage expertise in both front-end and back-end web technologies to improve implementation and reduce maintenance costs of a web system.

   Clients

   Porcaro — Website Solutions and Implementation

   ActiveState — Design, Implementation, Migrate, Test, Deploy and Maintain Corporate Web Systems.

   Protexis — Analyze, Critique, and Recommend improvements to web application interface. Provide Implementation support for front-end development and integration.

   ShutterFly — Design, Implement, Test and Maintain website. Provide ongoing support and training for regular maintenance.

   MoreThanSolutions — Website design and development. Training and System troubleshooting. Application support, training and tutorial development. All services provided as a sub-contractor.

   EverCold — Website implementation. Integrated and implemented new design, and new website with existing reports and legacy systems.

   NewGold — Website implementation. Integrated and implemented new design, custom CMS, and new website.

2. Sr. Web Developer, Technical Lead, Project Manager

   April 2007 - Present : Reinvent Technology : Vancouver, BC. (www.reinvent.com)

   • Ownership, Accountability and Leadership for key technology infrastructure that is scaled, redundant and maintained in several environments by mutliple developers.
   • Technical Leadership and Architect for system that is leveraged across many web domains.
   • Lead, Mentor, Train and provide Recommendations to Development Team to ensure Best Practices and consistency among the team.
   • Concieved, Designed, Implemented and Managed the relaunch of Vancouver.com; Leading the project to win Best Developer of the Year Award from T.R.A.F.F.I.C 2008 Conference.
   • Managed and was Accountable for a small and diverse team (Vancouver.com Project).
   • Introduced Responsible and Robust systems and processes to a mission critical system, supporting this architecture with process and technology to publish and test changes. Reduction of risk and bugs for a more reliable system.
   • Research and Analyze Systems and 3rd Party Vendors to Advise Stakeholders on Technology decisions. Assisting in insightful decision making, ensuring informed decisions are being made.

3. Software Developer

   January 2007 - April 2007 : ActiveState Software Inc. : Vancouver, BC. (www.activestate.com)

   Roles and Responsibilities

   • Lead, Influence, Collaborate and Advocate for the Web Operations and Marketing teams in prioritizing tasks, planning initiatives, adopting best practices and implementing improvements to best serve both the users expectations and company goals and objectives.
   • Design, Develop, Test and Deploy solutions for ActiveState web applications and web sites using best practices, web standards and reliable patterns and maintainable architectures.
   • Improved Process, Optimized Efficiencies and Increased Agility to decrease maintenance costs and lower resource needs and shorten timelines between deliverables.
   • Increased Redundancy, Reliability and Scalability of systems to better support the organizations goals and objectives.

   Results

   • More reliable ecommerce system with consistent system and sales performance
   • Easier system and content maintenance for web properties; utilizing better information architecture with templates, structured content, web standards and consistent organization.
   • Consolidating and reducing the dependency on independent technologies. Reducing the maintenance costs and processes.
   • Introduced automated builds, testing and deployment processes to minimize solution conflicts, software bugs and deployment problems.

4. Interface Developer, Production Lead

   August 2005 - May 2006 : Blast Radius, Inc. : Vancouver, BC. (www.blastradius.com)

   • Envision, Design, Build and Lead production of high profile web projects for key clients such as Nintendo, DirecTV and Electronic Arts to meet and exceed customer expectations both on time and on budget.
   • Implement, Test and Support accessible and standards based web applications built with Java, Struts, Velocity, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX and DHTML to match design and functionality defined by Technical and Interaction Architects and Art Directors.
   • Collaborate, Lead and Influence design and function based on limitations and capabilities of technology and client support.
   • Built high profile websites in an accelerated and agile process to meet customer expectations, requirements and timelines.

5. Web Developer

   August 2003 - August 2005 : ActiveState, a division of Sophos. : Vancouver, BC. (www.activestate.com, www.sophos.com)

   • Collaborate, Lead and Influence design, function and technology for eCommerce Website and Corporate Website to ensure the interface and interaction meets user expectation and user satisfaction.
   • Design, Implement and Maintain web interfaces and applications to support high volume corporate internet using technologies such as XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Perl, PerlEx, Python, MS SQL Server, IIS and Zope.
   • Design, Implement and Maintain Licensing and eCommerce system and the corresponding internal sales, reports and related systems using ASP.NET, C#, Perl, PerlEx, MS SQL Server, IIS among other technologies.
   • Co-Maintained and Co-Supported the high volume and hugely popular ASPN (ActiveState Programmer Network) website in addition to several other more focused ActiveState/Sophos websites and intranets.
   • Self-Managed, Organized and Tracked Web and Marketing projects, tasks and other action items involving public and internal facing web materials.
   • Provided Testing and Quality Assurance for Licensing, eCommerce and the many other Web Applications developed to support ActiveState web initiatives.
   • Reduced page sizes, Improved eCommerce and Website performance, Optimized template and Streamlined website design using Web Standards and CSS to facilitate our users needs and perception of ActiveState vision and beliefs.

6. Web Developer

   September 2001 - December 2001 : BC Hydro : Burnaby, BC. (www.bchydro.com)

   • Conceived, Designed, Managed and Implemented a JSP database-driven web application built on the Jakarta Struts Framework
   • Designed, Built and Managed numerous departmental intranet websites.
   • Collaborated with team mates to solve problems and overcome obstacles in development plans and problems
   • Interacted, Assisted and Socialized with fellow workers and co-ops in fulfillment of an active lifestyle

Interests

An avid sportsman, I enjoy tennis, hockey, volleyball, skiing and curling. I can often be found outside, either snowshoeing on Cypress Mountain, Hiking the Grouse Grind, camping up at Cat Lake or swimming at Kits beach or Alouette Lake.