Azwar Khalid

Azwar Khalid 768 Eyer Dr, Pickering, Ontario L3W 3C2 - 1/3- Objective To utilize my e-learning development experience, communication & problem solving skills in a fast paced environment to deliver business value and create excellence. Notable Projects Motorola Retail Training applications         2014 - 2017 Created an e-learning engine that allows marketing members to create various courses on the fly to train store front sales reps on latest features of new Motorola products Created follow on applications that included a quiz functionality with SCORM integrations Deployed the solution into Motorola’s partners’ environments such as Bell, Verizon and Best Buy. Created an new application that includes gaming component and a scoring system to increase engagement between the sales reps and the teaching points. Debugged and fixed challenging problems with various browser compatibility issues on the same codebase related to supporting IE8+, FF, Safari, Chrome and mobile devices with features like video, animation, photo gallery and authentication. Built the application to make it SCORM compatible and integrated with scorm cloud system. Created a mobile app of the learning solution that deploys to the app store. Optimized the application thru various techniques including refactoring, minification, concatenation, image/video/audio optimization and other backend server performance enhancements techniques. Government Funding Management Solution -  Architectured & Developed an application for Ontario’s funding agencies to help disabled individuals and government agencies manage & track expenses, funding and the whole process.  Developed the app to be HIPPA, AODA and WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliant.  Improved the application by designing and implementing additional features such as future date deployment and roll back to previous deployment versions using Unix shell scripts & cron jobs that run automatically on multiple servers. GM OnStar Hotel Booking Application 2015  Developed a hotel booking application for GM's OnStar agents to help them provider over-the-phone reservations to OnStar members.  Included near by restaurants and offers section that integrates with GM’s api to provide users with sms & email offers sharing ability.  Integrated the application with priceline’s api to extend search and reservations features. Work Experience Lead Application Developer, 247 Labs, Toronto, Ontario, CA Sep 2014 – pres.  Lead various development teams to develop, maintain and extend web & mobile applications.  Projects worked on include Motorola Retail Training, General Motors and Ontario Government.  Technologies worked on included Angular js, Ionic, Cordova, MEAN, LAMP, Spring, html, bootstrap, less, jquery and python. Azwar Khalid 768 Eyer Dr, Pickering, Ontario L3W 3C2 - 2/3- Architect & Front-end Lead, http://www.terapeak.com Terapeak Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CA Feb 2013 – Sep 2014  Lead the UI development team to architect and fully own a dozen user-facing web & mobile applications as well as develop new features and integrations on these applications.  Maintained fast paced development environment through agile daily standups, weekly demos and monthly release cycles.  Debugged and fixed various issues in different application layers that effected production and development environments. Software Developer, http://www.thoughtwire.com Thoughtwire Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CA Aug 2011 – Feb 2013  Researched, designed, developed and tested web widgets to be configured for use in customer and demo web applications.  Worked with business analysis team to lead development implementations and ensure web application is developed as per client requirements within agile constraints.  Built web applications that cater to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation & several hospitals in Ontario supporting their HIPPA, AODA and WCAG 2.0 Level AAA compliance. Lead Application Developer, http://www.syndakit.pro Syndakit Media Corp., Vaughan, Ontario, CA July 2010 – July 2011  Helped establish a web development company offering branding & internet marketing solutions.  Lead all project initiation, execution and closing stages including requirements gathering, specifications, development, training and delivery.  Successfully completed design, architecture and implementation of over 110 database driven web projects of small, medium and large scales in complexity using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) technology.  Initiated an agile scrum process and project management tools to speed up customer projects and improve team work efficiency.  Hired, trained & managed interns and junior developers to develop websites. Application Developer, http://www.its-dispatch.com Internet Truck Stop, New Market, Ontario, CA June 2009 – July 2010  Developed a PHP web based application for the trucking industry.  Created various modules and additional functionalities for the application based on quality control team requests.  Gained extensive experience through research, design, implementation and development of the application. Technologies used include HTML, CSS, MySQL, PHP, Apache and Linux server management. BlackBerry Application Developer, http://www.rim.com Research In Motion, Mississauga, Ontario, CA Jan 2008 – May 2009  Developed the BlackBerry eBay application as a part of a team. My responsibility was to create user login, inbox and favorite sellers components of the application.  Provided help and support to other team members regarding technical issues they had with environment set up and application development.  Gained extensive experience in HTML, WSDL, XML, JavaScript, MDS Studio, Java, Perforce & ecoe client. Azwar Khalid 768 Eyer Dr, Pickering, Ontario L3W 3C2 - 3/3- Software Developer, http://www.ibm.com/ca IBM Canada, Toronto Labs, Ontario, CA May 2007 – Jan 2008  Created a database web application to be used to help developers understand DB2 migration data.  Developed in-depth knowledge of large-scale software products by creating test cases and debugging techniques using Java, JUnit, XML, WSDL and eclipse IDE.  Built a demo MVC web application for Websphere’s assembly editor using Adobe Flex and flash action script. Education B.A. Computer Engineering York U, Toronto Certificates & Awards      Python Programming Course by PyCamp Foundations of Project Management, U of T Web Marketing Association Best Toronto Website Award IBM’s Web 2.0 Business Technology Case Competition 1st place York’s Engineering TekNix24 Competition 1st place -