Chantal Michaud

Chantal Michaud

$40/hr
Application developer/ project manager extraordinaire
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
Age:
35 years old
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Experience:
10 years
Chantal Michaud SKILLS ● ● ● ● ● Independent Fast learner Driven to action Proactive Adaptable to change TECHNICAL SKILLS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● PHP (Laravel, Cakephp, Symphony, Zend) Javascript ( jQuery, VueJs, Angular, React, Node.js, CoffeeScript) .Net C# Ruby on Rails MySQL Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies Quality assurance Training Git (GitHub, Gitlab) Docker EXPERIENCE University of Ottawa - faculty of medicine, Programmer analyst September 2016 - present Analysing requirement documentation as well as suggesting and implementing solutions to improve or fix applications. Work with the QA department to ensure good quality in the applications delivered to the clients. Because of lack of resources, I had the opportunity of managing some of my own projects. Ex: contact clients, gather requirements, plan my execution and present it to the client. I also had the opportunity to play a bit of a scrum master role. Took on a lead role in multiple high profile projects. Train, advise and lead co-workers and students in their onboarding stage. Coordinate releases of applications to staging, préproduction and production servers. University of Ottawa - Faculty of medicine, Web content developer November 2016 - September 2016 Connect with clients to plan and execute the changes or fixes needed on their webpage. Coordinate with the networking and marketing team as we were in the midst of restructuring the faculty's many websites. I was also included in application development projects as developer, quality assurance and also business analyst where I would make gap analysis, develop and test different parts of the applications using the waterfall methodology. Soshal, Front-end Developer Ottawa December 2015 - March 2016 I was hired for a three-month contract to complete the front-end of a web app designed to help ESL and FSL educators create lesson plans. This project was completed using Ruby on Rails with CoffeeScript and SASS. My role was not only to build and troubleshoot the app's features but also brainstorm with the team and clients and find the best possible solutions to problems and challenges encountered. Took on extra responsibility such as QA and back-end development when the original back-end developer decided to take a job elsewhere. Studio Lettrage,Web developer Hawkesbury July 2014 - September 2015 Build and maintain websites and apps for clients. Host small CMS formations for clients and provide information regarding their presence on the web. In addition, once I volunteered to create content for a few websites, I was appointed content manager and was given the responsibility of creating a plan for the company's blog content, managing their social media accounts, as well as creating relevant content for the company as well as their clients. Help build a business case for a project for CSDCEO to create an application that will facilitate their business card creation and plan, create and test this app. The People Project, Web Developer Hawkesbury July 2012 - January 2015 My principal role was to design, develop and maintain the company's website and e-commerce as well as working with the team to find the best solutions for the growth of this start-up. Design merchandise such as t-shirts and posters. I've also written a few articles which were hosted on their website and worked as editor for a few months. Giant Tiger, fashion clerk/cash manager Ottawa June 2010 - July 2012 Receive and process merchandise. Train and coach new employees. I was often called to deal with unsatisfied customers. As cash manager, I was responsible to answer cashier's and clients' questions as well as handle floats, change, cash pickups etc.. EDUCATION La Cité collégiale, Computer Programming Ottawa September 2010 - April 2012 La Cité collégiale, Respiratory Therapy Ottawa September 2008 - June 2010 LANGUAGES Proficient in English Proficient in French CERTIFICATIONS Certified Scrum master- scrum.org Certified Project owner certification - scrum.org Six sigma white belt certification - MSI Lean Six sigma yellow belt - ICYB Scrum Fundamental Certified - SFC Project manager associate - PMI (in progress) Interpersonal skills - LinkedIn Six Sigma : Green Belt - Lynda.com Statistics Foundations:3 - Lynda.com Operation Excellence Foundations - Lynda.com Cert prep: Certified Scrum Master - Lynda.com Creating Positive Conversations with Challenging Customers - Lynda.com Scrum: Advanced - Lynda.com Scrum: Basics - Lynda.com Leading Productive Meetings - Lynda.com/ PMI Time Management Fundamentals - Lynda.com/PMI PERSONAL PROJECTS Blog - Too Many Books Too Little Time I have created and maintained a personal blog where I published book reviews on a weekly basis. This small project permitted me to meet and discuss with authors and other book fanatics. It has also helped me grow as a writer and improve my time management skills. Contributing Writer - Fridge Media I've had the opportunity to write a few posts on budgeting for Fridge media. Volunteering - council secretary at "La maison de la famille" Discuss, plan and bring to life ideas for activities for the kids who attend the playgroup. Volunteering - instructor at Flowater Martial Arts When needed, I help animate kids martial arts classes.
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