1988

It's showtime!

I was born this year on December 21st.

2006

Graduate high school, brief emo phase...interesting time.

Okanagan Mission Secondary!

2008

Finish art school, pass resumes out at all Starbucks in 50km radius (they weren’t hiring).

My diploma is actually in 3D Animation and Art. I got this from the Centre for Arts Technology in Kelowna BC. While I didn't puruse this in the end, the experience was invaluable to my career.

2009

Navigator Multimedia in the hooouse! My first industry job.

My position here was to work as a developer and web/graphic designer. I was mostly slicing up PSD designs either myself or other designers had done. I also dabbled a bit in WordPress development and other custom CMS solutions. My main skills used here were HTML, CSS and jQuery.

2011

Attempt freelancing. Should have saved emo phase.

2012

Major change ahead! Move to Vancouver. Begin work at Electronic Arts.

A lot to say about this one. I did a ton here! I mostly worked on FIFA as a front end developer on the Ultimate Team Companion App. This was a massive project that was completed by a team of six devs, and is still ongoing. It's a Cordova based mobile app written with a custom JS framework, and uses Less.js. My main role was to work on the CSS and markup, but I did work in the JS quite a bit. I also worked in their marketing department on easports.com using Angular.JS for a few months before getting a bit of Unity and C# experience. This was from working on a mobile game called Sundown Boogie Frights, which unfortunately is no longer live, on the EA Mobile Game team

2015

Let’s try start up life, eh? Head to Red Stamp Agency.

After gaining a metric f*** ton of experience at EA, I wanted to try something totally different. I met the great guys at Redstamp and worked with them for a little under a year. I coded websites for clients, marketing materials and did a bit of product work in Vue.js. While I ultimately decided the brand new start up life wasn't quite for me, I had a good experience and got to work with some very smart people.

2016

BroadbandTV is calling! Head there as a senior front end developer.

My time at BBTV was a huge learning experience for me. I had my first real introduction into React and Chrome Extensions. I also began working as a Scrum Master and dev lead on a team working on a pretty large project. It was pretty chaotic for me in a good way. I worked and shipped 4 projects that are currently being used in the company. VISO Catalyst for Chrome, VISO, and two internal tools for sales.

2018

Back to EA! At least for the next little while..until the next adventure!

I took a little break and needed to get back into something I know for awhile. I'm working again on the Ultimate Team Companion Apps now on a contract.