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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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