Howard Powell
Verified Expert in Engineering
Teamwork Developer
Howard is a software professional with over 15 years of experience as a leader, coach, mentor, and builder of software and teams within the cloud environment. He is passionate about the use of software and how it can be used to help benefit all of humanity. He believes strongly in working on solutions that help address social issues or gaps and giving back to his community. Howard brings his leadership and technical experience to help guide and mentor the development team.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Agile Software Development, Mentorship & Coaching, Scrum, React, Python 3, Jira, Linux, Slack, PyCharm
The most amazing...
...experience was teaching an undergraduate level university course on mobile application development which helped inspire students to pursue their goals.
Work Experience
Development Team Lead
ServUs Health
- Developed an application used to help coordinate services between providers and seniors to assist with post-hospital care plans using React, Python, Flask, and PostgreSQL.
- Tracked sprint backlog items and defects using Jira.
- Oversaw local and offshore team of developers moving the application from a beta state to production-ready release.
- Defined and executed the long-term technology roadmap for the platform.
Development Team Lead
Blue Spurs (Acquired by Deloitte Canada June 2019)
- Served as a direct people manager for technical leads and resources through regular one-on-one meetings and performance reviews.
- Actively involved in company initiatives for defining serverless approaches, code craftsmanship, and optimizing development processes.
- Led development for cloud-based projects in the healthcare, supply chain, IoT, and financial industries.
- Mentored and groomed developers performing development lead roles on client projects.
Lead Developer
Blue Spurs
- Provided technical expertise and training to client resources along with ongoing mentoring and leadership to team members and coop students.
- Defined the technical standards guidelines for microservice development.
- Implemented APIs using Spring with Java and Django with Python.
- Incorporated component integration with Amazon Web Services for deployment and media file storage.
Senior Software Developer
BlackBerry
- Acted as the lead software developer for a Java-based storefront content payment processing project that serviced a user base of over 50 million.
- Developed a Java server-based mobile top-up service application used by a carrier network of 20 million users.
- Took on team leadership role providing direction for a group of five developers and co-op students.
- Increased code coverage by 50 percent by reducing quality debt, retrofitting unit tests, and adapting Java coding best practices.
Experience
Caring Calendar
https://www.caringfredericton.comI was involved from the start, shaping the architecture and implementation based on the project requirements. I built the entire end to end the first iteration while also helping coach and train developers who are interested in learning how to develop in a cloud environment.
We were able to engage with local groups as early adapters to help validate the design and flows. Having community involvement throughout has been incredibly beneficial. Initial feedback has been positive and is helping shape the next iteration.
Although this is not the largest project as of yet in terms of code and functionality it helps address a gap in the local community. This project is still being actively developed and will continue to grow.
As it helps address social issues within the community it is the most fulfilling project I have worked on.
Skills
Languages
Python, Python 3, Java 8, SQL, JavaScript, Java
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile Software Development
Platforms
Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Other
Mentorship & Coaching, Servant Leadership, Teamwork, Full-stack, University Teaching, Training, Training & Training Content Development
Frameworks
Flask, Django, Django REST Framework, Spring
Libraries/APIs
React
Storage
MySQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB
Tools
Apache Tomcat