Sylvain Gravel

Saguenay, Canada

Member since October 18, 2016

Due to his good business sense and dedication to his work, Sylvain always goes beyond expectations by looking for the newest improvements and the next problem to solve. This way of working is what brought him to freelancing, he was never able to find the same satisfaction simply as an employee.

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Portfolio

Le Rond-Point
Xamarin, C#, .Net, Unity, iOS, Android, PHP, Wordpress, Scrum
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Scrum
BlooBuzz
C#, Unity, NGUI, iOS, Android, Scrum

Experience

C++, 15 years
C#, 10 years
Scrum, 10 years
.NET, 10 years
Unit Testing, 7 years
Unity, 6 years
iOS, 6 years
Xamarin, 4 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Xamarin, Unity, .NET, Scrum, iOS

The most amazing...

...part of being a freelancer is that I get to push my limits on every contract!

Employment

Programmer | Scrum Master
Le Rond-Point
2016 - PRESENT
- Developed a WordPress web marketing (AB split testing) plugin.
- Developed a cardio fitness training app for iOS using the Wahoo Fitness API.
- Built a blood pressure logging app for the Singapore Health Foundation.
- Developed the iPad version of the Xcellerate.co athlete evaluation service.
- Made the visual regression test extension to the Xamarin UITest.
Technologies: Xamarin, C#, .Net, Unity, iOS, Android, PHP, Wordpress, Scrum
Scrum Master
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
2015 - 2016
- Helped video games major students with project management.
- Supervised and coached students for the Ubisoft 2016 university contest.
Technologies: Scrum
Senior Programmer
BlooBuzz
2012 - 2014
- Converted the Pyramid Rising 2 game to a free-to-play model, tripling it's revenues.
- Performed time management for the gameplay mechanics, animation, pathfinding, audio, and more.
- Helped the team put together working Agile processes.
- Coached the junior programmers.
- Created level and game designs.
- Helped the marketing team with their AB tests and metrics collection and analysis.
Technologies: C#, Unity, NGUI, iOS, Android, Scrum
Programmer | Designer | Customer Support
Freelance Work
2008 - 2013
- Built plugins for the Sportracks training log PC software.
- Setup the training sessions and managed the schedules for Garmin Fitness.
- Performed data distribution analysis.
- Did data mining to match relevant training segments.
- Tested units and integrations.
Technologies: C#
Programmer
Media5 Corporation
2010 - 2012
- Developed packet cable 2.0 cable modem firmware.
- Worked on development for iOS and Android VoIP SoftfOne.
Technologies: C++, Objective-C, Java, iOS, Android
Gameplay Programmer
Ubisoft
2006 - 2010
- Developed the weapons, gadgets and character navigation in the game, Splinter Cell Conviction.
- Created the tools in the game Assassin's Creed.
- Developed the multiplayer matchmaking and chat in the game Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
- Built the anti-piracy system in the game Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands for the PC.
- Prototyped experimental gameplay for a new franchise.
Technologies: C++, C#, .NET
Programmer
AGE Technologies
2003 - 2004
- Developed a Photoshop and Illustrator plugin for the fashion industry.
- Built a vector graphics recoloring plugin for Nike's catalog creation.
- Worked on PNG and JPEG codecs.
Technologies: C++, Photoshop, Illustrator, macOS
Logistics
Lantic Sugar
2001 - 2002
- Worked on VBA macros programming in Excel.
- Performed single-serve sugar pouches production planning.
Technologies: VBA

Experience

Distribution (Development)
https://code.google.com/archive/p/st-distribution/
A SportTracks plugin for data distribution within workouts.
Filtered Statistics (Development)
https://code.google.com/archive/p/st-filteredstatistics/
A SportTracks plugin that helps to isolate relevant training segments using data mining and editable criteria.
Xcellerate.co (Development)
http://xcellerate.co
An iPad version of the Xcellerate.co athlete tryout evaluation service.
GA Experiments+ (Development)
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ga-experiments-plus-dev-edition/
A WordPress A/B split testing plugin. Only the first free tier is currently available but plans are to continue the development to make it more accessible to non-technical users. There are also plans to create a mobile edition for A/B testing in apps or games.
Xamarin.VisUITest (Development)
https://github.com/LeRondPoint/Xamarin.VisUITest/tree/dev
A visual regression testing extension for the Xamarin UITest. Under development.
Garmin Fitness (Development)
https://code.google.com/archive/p/garminworkouts/
A SportTracks plugin to setup and schedule advanced workouts and athlete profiles on Garmin Fitness devices such as the Edge and Forerunner series.
Agrocentre (Development)
https://appsto.re/ca/6LI7gb.i
The Agrocentre app is a news portal for the Agrocentre stores which sell agriculture products and services. It contains archives of their journal, video tips and tricks, seed plots growth and selling numbers. Available on iOS and Android for phones and tablets. Built with Xamarin Forms.
Chrono Solution (Development)
This is a sport events RFID chip timing software. It can handle multiple simultaneous races. It has a USB or TCP/IP connection to the hardware. It can read and write on RFID chips, import athletes' and registration information from Excel, and export or print race results.
Xamarin Forms, MVVMCross, and SkiaSharp: The Holy Trinity of Cross-Platform App Development (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/mobile/xamarin-mvvmcross-skiasharp-cross-platform
Developing a mobile app for multiple platforms can be quite costly. Implementing the same functionalities in multiple programming languages and dealing with a plethora of unique libraries for each platform requires a massive amount of time and knowledge. In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Sylvain Gravel talks about Xamarin and its companion technologies that let you build mobile applications for multiple platforms without compromising familiarity, performance, and uniqueness.

Skills

Languages
C++, C#, PHP, JavaScript
Frameworks
Codeception, NUnit, .NET, Unity3D, Xamarin.UITest, Unity, AngularJS, MVC 4.5, ASP.NET, Laravel 5, Entity Core
Libraries/APIs
Xamarin.iOS, jQuery, Xamarin.Android, SyncFusion
Tools
Visual Studio, Amazon SNS, Jenkins
Paradigms
Unit Testing, Scrum, Acceptance Testing, DevOps, Kanban
Platforms
Xamarin, iOS, Windows, WordPress, Android, Unix, Azure
Misc
Xamarin.forms, Xamarin Forms, Scrum Master, Lean Startups, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Storage
MySQL, SQL Server

Education

Short program certificate in Adult Education
Téluq - Online (www.teluq.ca/)
2016 - 2018
Master's degree in Organization Management (Business Management)
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi - Saguenay, Québec · Chicoutimi, Canada
2015 - 2018
Professional Scrum Master I certificate in Scrum
Scrum.org - Online (scrum.org)
2015 - 2015
Certificate in Business Management
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi - Saguenay, Québec · Chicoutimi, Canada
2012 - 2015
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Université de Sherbrooke - Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
2004 - 2007
Associate's degree in Computer Science
Collège Lionel-Groulx - Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
2000 - 2003

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