Independent Software Consultant
Montreal, Canada Area
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- Consultant (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Director of R&D at Dakis Decision Systems
- Software Developer at Dakis Decision Systems
- Intern Software Developer at Dakis Decision Systems
- Software Engineer Intern at Maestro Technologies
- Technical Support at Toitures Couture
- Education
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- Université de Montréal - Ecole polytechnique de Montréal
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Jean-Francois Couture’s Summary
Software engineer focused on developing good software using agile methodologies and web applications built with Ruby on Rails. I'm always on the lookout for new promising technologies and tools that can help create better software.
Jean-Francois Couture’s Specialties:
Agile software development, Ruby on Rails
Jean-Francois Couture’s Experience
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Consultant
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
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Director of R&D
Dakis Decision Systems
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)
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Software Developer
Dakis Decision Systems
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2006 — December 2006 (1 year)
- lead the migration of the Dakis Expert from .Net to Ruby on Rails
- Coached 3 developers on Ruby and Rails
- Defined the new architecture
- Developed the web and kiosk version of the Dakis Expert and the client inventory management system -
Intern Software Developer
Dakis Decision Systems
(Computer Software industry)
May 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 4 months)
- Development of the natural language decision explanation module: maintenance and amelioration of a French and English grammar in Prolog and integration of the interface for C#, development of the data analysis heuristics and the generation of the final text in both language (.NET platform)
- Development of the graphical interface in Flash MX2004, mainly the Web Service communication architecture
- Automated the deployment of the application by creating the installer and internal tools to manage the client customization process
- Automated the build system using NAnt -
Software Engineer Intern
Maestro Technologies
(Computer Software industry)
May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)
- Analysis, design and developement of a graphical form generator for the Maestro financial system
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Technical Support
Toitures Couture
(Construction industry)
1997 — 2002 (5 years)
- Development and deployment of the company’s intranet, translation of the ISO 9000 doumentation in HTML
- Development and deployment of a pay management software with Access
- Development and deployment of a cost-job analyzer software with Access, Goldmine and Maestro ( accounting software for the construction industry)
- Deployment of Windows 2000 Terminal Services across all offices
Jean-Francois Couture’s Education
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Université de Montréal - Ecole polytechnique de Montréal
bacc , Software Engineering , 2001 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Treasurer Software Engineering Student Committee, Student representative on the software engineering program committee
