About

Medina Development Corporation

Telephone (613) 656-2436 / (416) 347-0603

Strategy:
Based on the Agile Development Methodology, the aim of this small consulting company is to deliver quality products, on schedule and on budget ▪ This is achieved by organizing developers into multidsiciplinary teams, whose members all participate in the analysis, design and testing process ▪ Other tools and methodologies have included Extreme Programming, the Unified Modeling Language and the Rational Unified Process ▪ Design diagrams are produced for objected-oriented software and entity relationships that reflect business requirements ▪ Implementation involves daily builds, constant testing, frequent integration and short, iterative development cycles ▪ Effective results follows from clear Use Cases/Functional Specifications, design documents, daily tracking of tasks, patient mentoring, constant client feedback and early identification of potential issues for developers.


Execution:   
Business proposals, analysis and requirements ▪ Support, mentoring and guidance ▪ Technical specifications ▪ Leadership of development/production ▪ Project management ▪ System architecture ▪ Database design ▪ Business intelligence ▪  Accounting and Finance ▪ Corporate strategy ▪ Marketing ▪ Business development ▪ Teaching, at the university and corporate level

Emphasis, Methods and Tools:

Careful definition of project goals ▪ Flexible design and implementation ▪ Effectively solution of relevant technical or business challenges, through rapid prototype development/testing ▪ UML/RUP ▪ Rational Rose ▪  ER/Win ▪  WebLogic/Web Shere ▪  ANT/J-unit ▪  BEA Workshop ▪  Java/JSP/JDBC/EJB/J2EE ▪  Hibernate/Spring/Eclipse ▪  JavaScript/Perl/HTML ▪  Visual Age/Visual Café/Visual Basic ▪  ASP/DNA/XML/JINI/.NET ▪  Oracle/SQL Server/Sybase/DB2 ▪  I-Planet ▪  Clear Case/ Cruise Control ▪  Rational Robot ▪  Performance Studio ▪  Visibroker ▪  PR Tracker ▪  TouchNet Payment Server ▪  Netscape Enterprise Server ▪  Macromedia Director/DreamWeaver ▪  Oracle Developer ▪  Endeca.

Pierre Roozmon

Senior Consultant and Founder

E-mail: proozmon@rogers.com 

Summary

Business skills:

Specialized in guiding small technology-based businesses towards stability and sustainable growth ▪ In depth knowledge of corporate strategy, marketing, organizational behaviour and the hiring/evaluation of employees ▪ Excellent communication skills, extensive experience with presentations ▪ Thorough understanding of the enterprise-wide challenges faced by high tech  businesses ▪ Experienced with complex systems and international projects ▪ Strong leadership and mentoring qualities  ▪  MBA concentrations in finance/financial services, risk management and accounting

Technical skills: 

Expert with Agile Software Development techniques ▪ Extensive experience in directing and optimizing development teams ▪ Familiar with management of multimedia groups for interactive learning, game programming, retail web sites, etc. ▪ Skilled in modeling complex systems (e.g. electrical, mechanical, biomedical and financial engineering) ▪ Experienced  with the design of object-oriented software and relational databases, data flow diagrams, data warehousing, data mining and business intelligence ▪ Familiar with business requirements/proposals and technical specifications ▪ Knowledgeable in various disciplines of science and engineering ▪ Comfortable with various software development platforms and porting/converting of legacy systems to Internet applications 

Recent Professional Experience

2008-present: President, EIBR Development Corporation, Ottawa

This is a family owned real estate development company that is based on the ownership of single family rental properties. It is intended to be the foundation for eventually establishing a chain of retirement homes. The business was established in 2008 and incorporated in 2011.

1997- present: Owner/Senior Consultant. Medina Development Corporation, Toronto and Ottawa

Clients and mandates: Some key roles during this period have included the following

• VP/Director of Technology. Business Innovation Inc, Boston
• System Architect. Hatch Energy, Niagara Falls
• Director of Development. Passport New Media, Toronto
• System Architect. Global Commerce Systems, Colorado
• Instructor, Interactive Multimedia & Design. School of IT, Carleton University, Ottawa
• Director of Development. Gametronics and IGSS, Toronto
• Solutions Architect. LGS Group, Toronto
• Technical Project Manager. CIT Canada, Toronto
• Director of Software Development. Medius Communications, Toronto
• Director of Software Development. Delfour Corporation, Toronto
• Business Development Consultant, Tekstrom, Toronto

Other Professional Experience

1996-97: Project Manager and System Architect. Lancité Networks Ltd, Montreal

1995-96: System Architect. Proxima Systems Ltd, Montreal

1994-95: System Architect and Software Engineer. Famic Technologies Inc, Montreal

1993-94: Technical Group Leader, Software R&D. ABL Canada Inc, Montreal.

1990-93: Software Design Engineer, Group Leader/Graduate Student. Spinex Medical Technologies, Montreal

1989-90: Software Design Engineer. Control Microsystems Inc, Montreal

1988-89: Software Engineer. Valmet Automation, Paper Machine Controls Division, Software R&D, Toronto

1987-88: Research Engineer. Concordia University, Centre for Building Studies, in  collaboration with Gaz Métropolitain, Montreal

Research Interests

Risk management for non-financial institutions ▪ Application of artificial intelligence to the automation of strategic planning and daily business decisions ▪, Optimization of software development team practices ▪ Biomedical engineering ▪ Medical image processing ▪ Application of engineering systems to the understanding of physiology.

Work Status

Available as a consultant or an employee, but would prefer a long-term, permanent position.▪ Multilingual and ready to relocate ▪ Eligible to work anywhere in Canada or the European Union ▪ Worked previously in the United States, through renewable TN permits ▪ Also eligible, with sponsorship, for either an H-1 visa, or an L-1 visa (e.g. to transfer into the USA after managing any affiliate of an American company for 1 year) ▪ References are available on request.

Education

• Master of Business Administration (specialties in finance, risk management, corporate strategy), Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, 2007 
• Master of Applied Science in Engineering (biomedical and mechanical engineering), Concordia University, Montreal, 1992
• Bachelor of Engineering (building engineering), Concordia University, Montreal, 1987 Bachelor of Science (mathematics and computer science), McGill University, Montreal, 1983

Languages & Citizenship

• Fluent English and French; working knowledge of Spanish; some German, Hungarian, Italian and Portuguese
• Canadian and French citizenship