Simon Richard Eames

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Simon Richard Eames gets things built.

He is a certified scrum master with an agile & pragmatic approach. This approach aims for real value without costing quality.

He has worked with small startups, our defence force, and in multinational teams across Europe, North America and Australia.

Skills

  • Agile
    agile scrum master scrum kanban training mentoring
  • Enterprise Stack
    .net c# csharp mvc.net .net core mssql marklogic powershell iis specflow x/nUnit
  • Client Side
    node angular(js) react webpack gulp grunt sass
  • Open Stack
    python flask heroku bash solr
  • Infrastructure
    vagrant docker teamcity jenkins atlassian github
  • Release Management
    teamcity jenkins heroku powershell app store apple store microsoft store
  • Tools
    emacs git jira confluence trello visual studio

employment

Senior Developer, BCA Research

2014-01 — Present | scrum master development team lead multiple languages remote

Help create this global macroeconomic analyst's newest products, BCA Edge, BCA Analytics, and EM Equity Sector Strategy.

  • In a Scrum Master role, collaborate and support the product owner for the implementation of EM Equity Sector Strategy.
  • Client architect for BCA Research's latest product.
  • Development team lead during agile transformation as contractors where phased out for full-time staff.
  • Work across multiple companies, multiple teams, multiple time zones, and multiple projects large scale work
  • Currently trusted with 100% remote work
  • Architect and build the development environments for use by external contractors.

Technical Lead, Concordia University

2015-01 — 2016-01 | minimum viable product client management requirement gathering

Create the full MVP build for The Global Engineering Initiative.

  • Complete MVP build for new client to for funding pitches
  • Collaborating with clients to elicit requirements and manage their expectations.
  • Install reusable/maintainable code and release processes.

Software Engineer, Eventsage

2013-01 — 2014-01 | requirement gathering agile scrumbut open stack

Third hire at Eventsage, an event-planning startup based in Vancouver.

  • Design and build initial customer engagement process for an Python, PostgreSQL, Heroku stack.
  • Promote, teach and develop agile practices in a small fast startup environment.

Software Engineer, icemedia

2009-01 — 2013-01 | team lead identifying business opportunities continuous integration release management technology refresh defence project enterprise development mobile development

Extensive experience up and down the stack at this digital service provider.

  • Team lead for multiple Umbraco.NET sites including Defence Reserves Support and RAAF Amberly Heritage.
  • Initiated and built the proof for the Australian Defence Force Cadet's Occupation Health and Safety iOS application.
  • Build deployment and CI processes for restricted environment for a complex system containing.
  • Replace hand built build and release processes with automatic and single click build and release processes.
  • Integration and combine authentication across multiple services (Exchange, SharePoint, Web Services, 3rd party access, FuseTalk, Moodle, mobile applications) to a single signon model.
  • Replaced a custom Single Sign On Solution with a customized Unified Access Gateway implementation.
  • Build in-house testing framework.
  • Major tools and technology refresh including major bumps for .NET, Spring, nHibernate, Visual Studio, Exchange, MSSQL, SharePoint, and adding Unified Access Gateway.
  • Multiple in-house tools to increase business function, EG. Commit and Time Logging Analysis.

education

Bachelor of Engineering (Software), University of Queensland

2000-01 — 2008-01

Bachelor of Engineering (Software)

Bachelor of Business Management (Management and Organizations), University of Queensland

2000-01 — 2008-01

Bachelor of Business Management (Management and Organizations)

Senior Certificate, Anglican Church Grammar School

1999-01 — 1999-01

affiliation

Member, Scrum Alliance

2016-01 — Present

Scrum Alliance Member since 2016.

Member, Apple Developer Network

2010-01 — Present

Member of the Apple Developer program since 2010.

Member, Google Play Developer

2017-01 — Present

Registered member of the Google Play Developer program since 2017.

recognition

Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance

2016

testimonials

Nisha Chaganlal, Independent IT Consultant/Contractor

Simon is a resourceful individual, dependable, agile to the core. He's constantly looking for ways to grow personally and professionally, learning new technologies, techniques and acquiring soft skills that wil help him perform at a high standard. When embebed in a team, his expertise allows him to make a big impact on how the team performs by coaching, guiding and resolving dificult situations in a short period of time in a pragmatic way. He enjoys understanding the business domain he is working with from the customer point of view which is extremely valuable to help businesses grow by understanding the user base better, pitching in new ideas and ensuring features being developed are actually delivering value to the business. I strongly recommend Simon and I believe he would be a great asset to have if you are looking for success.

Keegan George, QA Analyst

I had the pleasure of working with Simon for over a year, at BCA, on one of their financial products. What has always impressed me the most about Simon is that, in addition to his strong programming skills, he posses an incredible ability to explain complex technical concepts in a very clear and understanding manner. Needless to say, my own programming knowledge has improved considerably since working with him. In addition he is a great team player that is always willing to help out those in need or offer insights on how the team can best tackle a program. Whether it's in a leadership or technical role, Simon will make a great addition to any team or project.

references

You just have to contact me.

interests

Running

Current

I've been running a bit lately, raised the marathon count to two at the 2017 Gold Coast Marathon.

Photography

Current

I carry a camera with me most places, film or phone works for me.

Coding

Current

I've been building something each month for one game a month (#1GAM) since 2015.