Welcome to my portfolio.
I’m a 29-year-old software engineer raised in Saskatoon and based in Vancouver. Drawn by the mountains, you can find me enjoying them through my 4K monitor behind 23 browser tabs and a half finished project. Out of the house, you'll find me shelled into my homelab, grabbing a coffee at a trendy cafe, soaking up the sun on a paddleboard, or shredding fresh snow on my snowboard. When it’s rainy, you’ll find me at the gym getting my cardio in.
With years of experience in web development and system administration, I manage a custom-built, rack-mounted server running Ubuntu Server that hosts multiple Docker services. Some publicly accessible through my domain, while others are secured behind a WireGuard VPN. Everything is routed through Traefik as a reverse proxy, and I use Grafana and Prometheus with various exporters for monitoring and performance tracking. For networking, I have an Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE with access points throughout my home. I use Cloudflare to manage my domains and handle dynamic DNS updates, ensuring my A records are automatically updated when my public IP changes.
A little more about me.
I love blending creativity with functionality. Beyond my passion for technology, I'm also passionate about automotives and love getting dirty in the garage. I have a Mustang with a fully built engine, sporting a V8 and 76mm turbo running 16psi of boost on 94 octane fuel with water methanol injection. Whether it be a simple oil change, a transmission swap, or replacing a head gasket, I'm always eager to twist some wrenches.
I'm also enthusiastic about home automation, where I used an ESP32 to implement the HDMI-CEC protocol to turn an old TV into a smart TV controllable through Home Assistant. I've also used an ESP8266 with an IR emitter to control my fan remotely, and to trigger a relay opening my garage door communicating through an MQTT broker. Being interested in audio, I've also installed a full Sonos multiroom home audio system with speakers in every room. My interest doesn't stop in the home, where I've also installed a Focal audio system in my car with a digital signal processor and amplifier.
Software Engineer
May 2024 — Present
- Engineered a real-time voting platform with live results displayed on jumbotrons for large venues. Deployed by companies including Ticketmaster and Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment for fan engagement, data collection, analytics and sales leads.
- Refactored the platform’s outgoing integrations system, enabling customizable pushed fields for various APIs, including Oracle, Attentive, Campaign Monitor, Marketo, and ExactTarget, allowing for flexible mapping to different fields on each platform. The new architecture streamlined data synchronization and reduced configuration complexity across clients.
- Developed a customizable and themeable call-to-action link page generator for ticket vendors to promote upcoming concert dates, with built-in tracking for user ticket purchases and reservations.
- Maintained a key role in converting the platform’s campaign builder to an in-house custom single-page application infrastructure, leading to improved cache compatibility, database performance, and user experience.
- Engineered an interactive client-engagement campaign that allowed users to upload text, images, and videos, with integrated voting and download features. The platform generated hundreds of thousands of entries and was used by global brands such as NASCAR.
- Reworked the platform’s language localization system and user interface, enabling default language settings with flexible options to add or remove languages and apply specific overrides per campaign or business. These enhancements provided teams with greater control over multilingual content and simplified localization workflows.
Projects
Mag Plex
A web based interpreter and stalker portal client to use your Infomir MAG set-top box without needing the device. Support for Plex Live TV, electronic program guide, web based player, channel filtering and more.
- 🛠️ Built with Flask, Postgres, Redis and APScheduler for background tasks. Docker image includes gunicorn and nginx for easy deployment.
- 💡 Custom-built UI with a single page architecture designed ground up with only vanilla JavaScript.
- 🚀 Integrates with Plex and Jellyfin emulating a HDHomeBase device.
Edge Runlist Builder
A script which generates vehicle runlists for Edge Pipeline auctions and automatically calculates currency conversions, break-even costs, profits and line prices. Easily export your results to a Excel template.
- 🔍 Use presale auction data and find inventory using the point of sales system REST API.
- 📊 Effortless integration with Microsoft Excel and Teams for easy collaboration on shared documents.
- 📝 Complete column customization with result sorting and filtering using regular expressions.
Kijiji Scraper
Never miss another deal and promptly receive notifications for new listings sooner than everyone else. This tool runs a background task which finds new listings and price reductions - then notifies you on Pushover a deal is found.
- 📨 Receive notifications on your mobile device with Pushover, including the title, description, price and phone number.
- 💲 Get notified when the seller lowers the price of an item, or when they paid to have the ad bumped.
- 🏷️ Supports multiple searches, and filter by category, location, private sellers and businesses.