James Higgins

Experience

1. Technical Project Manager

   Falcon Software Company Inc. Sept 2020 – Present

   • Managing enterprise-level web projects through an IBM partnership delivering software and services to the Government of British Columbia
   • Led the development phase of BritishColumbia.ca's redesign and migration to WordPress; currently managing ongoing feature requests and enhancements
   • Managed the successful redevelopment of Healthstream.com and continue to oversee maintenance and enhancements
   • Leading redesign and development of a WordPress application for the Health and Science Association of Saskatchewan
   • Provide fine-grain time and cost estimates, advise on code architecture and DevOps strategy, and direct UX/UI decisions for stakeholders
   • WordPress
   • Kentico
   • Sitefinity
   • JIRA
   • Microsoft Azure
   • WP Engine
   • UnderStrap
   • Microsoft Teams

2. Technical Project Manager

   NativeAds July 2019 – May 2020

   • Managed web-based advertising projects including website builds, PPC funnels, landing page development, and lead generation systems
   • Created and managed InvestorWebinars.com, a video streaming marketing platform
   • Managed the technical implementation of a private CPA network
   • Led a company-wide initiative to establish a knowledge base and introduce Git version control
   • WordPress
   • PHP
   • Google Analytics
   • Monday.com
   • Git
   • Slack

3. Web Developer / Project Manager

   Ryders Eyewear Nov 2016 – Nov 2019

   • Reverse-engineered and rebuilt an automated build and deployment strategy for a WordPress/WooCommerce e-commerce store supporting ~$1M in annual sales
   • Implemented Kanban workflow via Trello for development task management
   • Delivered feature requests including third-party marketing tools, checkout modifications, and site restructuring
   • Generated MySQL reports for stakeholder analysis
   • WordPress
   • WooCommerce
   • PHP
   • Pantheon
   • Lando
   • Docker
   • Git
   • MySQL
   • Gulp
   • Basecamp

4. Web Developer

   The Rand Group June 2017 – Oct 2018

   • Managed and developed internal and external client websites for a Microsoft Dynamics solutions partner
   • Worked across a range of high-profile client sites with multilingual support and CRM integrations
   • WordPress
   • Microsoft CRM
   • Microsoft Azure
   • WPML
   • jQuery
   • Bootstrap 4
   • Asana

5. Web Developer

   Noble Pixels 2017 – 2018

   • Developed CMS interfaces for user stories across three production applications in an in-house Agile environment
   • Built and modified REST API endpoints consumed by reusable Vue.js components
   • Developed admin reporting tables and interfaces using Eloquent ORM and raw SQL
   • Laravel
   • Vue.js
   • MySQL
   • jQuery
   • Git

6. Independent Web Developer

   Self-employed (contract) 2013 – 2019

   • Delivered hourly and full-project contracts on the LAMP stack for agencies and direct clients
   • Scoped and estimated projects with clients, advised on design, and carried them through to implementation
   • Built and maintained Magento, WordPress/WooCommerce and Shopify sites, including HornbyIsland.com for Ventureweb
   • Set up stable development and deployment workflows for client projects
   • PHP
   • WordPress
   • WooCommerce
   • Magento
   • Shopify
   • jQuery
   • MySQL
   • Git
   • Trello

Education

• Applied Web Development

  BCIT 2014

• BA Philosophy

  University of British Columbia 2006 – 2010