Currently Senior Backend Developer / Co-Owner at Open Dev Solutions Inc.
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About

Hi, I'm Jordan.

Creating custom applications, websites and tools primarily with .NET while baking on the side.

I'm a backend developer based in Waterloo, and I've been building software professionally since 2013. I started at Hitachi Solutions as a SharePoint consultant, building custom solutions for clients like Suncor, Sleeman and Mawer, then spent three years at Sandbox Software Solutions building and supporting custom applications for government, medical and retail clients.

In 2019 I co-founded Open Dev Solutions, where I lead backend development on Portico CMS, an intranet platform we built from the ground up with dynamic metadata, site building and document editing. A highlight so far has been moving our first major client, more than 1,000 users, off SharePoint and onto Portico. Day to day I work in C# and ASP.NET Core, with React and TypeScript on the front end and MySQL, OpenSearch and AWS underneath.

Outside of work I build small apps that make everyday things a little easier. Today's Lift, an offline workout planner with no account and no ads, is on Google Play, and Today's Split, a shared-expense app with no central server, is on the way. I've been tinkering with Android since my first app, Audio Mashup, back in 2012.

When I step away from the keyboard you'll find me in the kitchen cooking for friends and family, at the gym, or on the golf course sending a few balls into the trees.

01 / Experience

Where I've worked.

Newest first. Open a role to see highlights and the skills it used.

  1. May 2019 – Present · Waterloo

    Senior Backend Developer / Co-Owner

    Open Dev Solutions Inc. · Current

    Co-founded the company and lead backend development of Portico CMS, an intranet platform we built from scratch after SharePoint could no longer keep up.

    • Led the migration of our first major client, 1,000+ users, from SharePoint to Portico.
    • Cut the client hosting bill from about CAD$16,000 a month to under CAD$1,500 by replacing multiple 8-core servers with a 4-CPU application server and a 4-CPU database server.
    • Serves hundreds of concurrent users worldwide at 3,000 to 4,000 transactions a minute at peak.
    ASP.NET CoreAWSAzureC#MySQLOpenSearchReactTypeScript
  2. Jun 2016 – May 2019 · Guelph

    Software Developer

    Sandbox Software Solutions Inc.

    Built and supported custom applications, utilities and solutions for government, medical and retail clients.

    • Cut load times on the largest client forms from up to two minutes to about 15 seconds.
    • Hit the limits of SharePoint for large, data-heavy forms, which became the case for building Portico CMS.
    C#JavaScriptReactSQL ServerSharepoint
  3. May 2013 – Jun 2016 · Toronto

    Software Support Consultant

    Hitachi Solutions

    SharePoint development for enterprise clients: web parts, solution packages and migrations.

    • Helped Sleeman unify its intranets and branding following its merger with Sapporo.
    • Connected Suncor's SharePoint sites to its aging custom Visual Basic applications, through an enterprise-scale testing and approval process.
    C#JavaScriptSQL ServerSharepoint
  4. Jun 2012 – Sep 2012 · Kitchener

    Technical Support (Coop)

    Sunlife

    Provided technical support with hardware and software related concerns. Supported custom tool development for internal staff for improved automation.

    • Supported the company wide migration from Windows XP to Windows 7
    CC#
02 / Skills

What I work with.

Data

MySQLOpenSearchSQL ServerSQLite

Frameworks

.NET 10ASP.NET CoreBlazorReactReact NativeSharepoint

Infrastructure

AWSAzure

Languages

CC#JavaScriptPowershellTypeScript
03 / Interests

Away from the keyboard.

Cooking Weeknight dinners and long weekend projects.
Fitness Keeping in shape so I can keep gaming.
Golf I may not be very good, but who doesn't love a sunny day to send a few balls into the forest.