ANDREW YOUNG
PROFILE
Qualified Information Technology professional with extensive web development skills and over 13 years of full-time professional experience managing data and building web sites and applications for world-class organizations across industries with the latest technologies.
Founder of Vaccine Hunters Canada.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
- Proven ability in initiating and completing project lifecycles from start to finish
- Experienced in building and supporting high-quality web sites and applications, as well as managing data: proficient knowledge on a wide array of software applications, tools and techniques
- Strong work ethic and attention to detail: accustomed to working collaboratively in accordance to usability, structured information architecture, and accessibility guidelines (e.g. AODA, WCAG)
- Excellent communication and analytical skills: experienced in communicating technical data to a diverse set of stakeholders, establishing KPIs, and working with vendors
- Background in developing web and desktop applications to automate processes and significantly increase efficiency at various organizations (e.g. from 2 business days down to 10 minutes)
TECHNICAL SKILLS/ABILITIES
- Content Management/Collaboration Systems: Adobe Adobe AEM (formerly CQ5), Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, Google Apps, Interwoven TeamSite, Microsoft SharePoint, WordPress
- Programming Languages: ASP, Batch, ColdFusion, CSS, Excel VBA, HTML, JavaScript (AJAX, jQuery), PHP
- Data Management: Google Drive, MySQL, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Oracle, KDB
- Social Media Platforms and Development: Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn
- Software Experience: Adobe (Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro), Eclipse IDE, FileZilla, KDB+ Studio, Microsoft (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Word), Rational Rose, SPSS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Digital Publishing
Web Developer/Designer
Toronto, Ontario
November 2013 - Present
- Support web projects and over 600 content editors across the entire University
- Revamp the campus map to utilize the latest Google Maps version with building polygons, seamless directional services and increased accessibility
- Tools/Languages: Adobe AEM (formerly CQ5), HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel/Word, Google Drive, JIRA, Git, Eclipse, SonarQube, Oracle Database
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Ted Rogers School of Management
Web Developer, Office of the Dean
Toronto, Ontario
September 2012 - September 2013
- Provided technical web support and training to 6 Schools in the Ted Rogers School of Management, the Career Centre, the MBA program, 11 research centres and institutes, and 26 student groups
- Engaged stakeholders to create an inclusive site architecture as a foundation for the new website
- Established a web site change request ticketing system using Google Forms that has notably improved efficiency and transparency of the change request process
- Tools/Languages: Adobe AEM (formerly CQ5), HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel/Word, Google Drive
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Project Analyst
Toronto, Ontario
February - August 2012
- Managed and prioritized simultaneous projects to ensure milestones, deliverables and timelines were met
- Created training material and trained a total of 15 new and existing employees on the in-house project management system
- Corresponded with various vendors worldwide to gather data and complete several RFPs
- Tools/Languages: Microsoft Excel/Word/Project, Project Management Information System
TD Bank Financial Group
Intranet Publishing Associate
Toronto, Ontario
June - September 2011
- Contributed to a large-scale data migration project from Microsoft documents to TeamSite
- Developed 3 web-based tools to increase branding consistency and efficiency of online document publishing by at least 25%, such as a web document conversion tool and intranet crawler
- Tools/Languages: TeamSite, MS SharePoint, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Adobe Photoshop
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)
Business Analyst/Data Analyst
Toronto, Ontario
January - August 2010
- Re-engineered the vendor data repost process from 2 business days to 10 minutes
- Tools/Languages: Microsoft Excel/Word, Confluence, JIRA
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Computing and Communications Services (CCS)
Web Application Developer
Toronto, Ontario
May - August 2009
- Developed the Honorary Degree Nomination system, which reduced manual work and rework from 5 days to 5 hours through digitizing a paper-based process
- Tools/Languages: Confluence, ColdFusion, Oracle, Eclipse IDE
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
Web Developer
Toronto, Ontario
May - December 2008
- Created 3 web applications to improve productivity by 33%, one of these was an Employee Vacation Tracker system which replaced a tedious Excel-based tracking process
- Tools/Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Microsoft Access/Excel/SharePoint
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Commerce (Business Technology Management, Co-op, Honours)
Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Toronto, Ontario
2006 - 2011
- Accomplishments:
- 3.82 / 4.33 CGPA (88.2%)
- One of the Top 100 Student Leaders at the Ted Rogers School of Management
- Served as President of the IT Management course union for 2,000+ students
- Achieved Dean's Honour List standing throughout undergraduate career
- Recipient of Entrance and 3 consecutive Renewable In-Program Scholarships
- Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society
- Awards:
- Canada Millennium Excellence Award: national award for academic excellence
- Dennis Mock Student Leadership Award: outstanding voluntary extracurricular contributions and participation in University affairs
- Sapphire Canada Award: high standing in Managing Information Systems
- Diane Dunn Memorial Award: outstanding academic performance in Business and Information Systems and Fundamentals of Programming
- Pearson Education Award: highest grade in Business and Information Systems
ANDREW YOUNG