Louis-Philippe Carignan

Current

• Analyst / programmer at CGI

Past

• Software engineer at Mentor Engineering
• Technical Lead at Mentor Engineering
• Software developer at Locus Dialog

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Education

• Université de Sherbrooke

Connections

26 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog
• A .NET TimePicker

Louis-Philippe Carignan’s Summary

Software engineer with over 7 years of experience in the industry; evolved in dynamic, innovative and international environments. Natural leader, very enthusiastic and goal-oriented; I enjoy working with people, bring a vision as well as organization in projects. Strong software engineering skills best practices, and methodologies.

Industries: Telecommunications, Oil & Gas, Fixed Route, Mobile, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Methodologies: Object-Oriented, Agile methodologies (XP, Scrum), Lean

Louis-Philippe Carignan’s Specialties:

agile methodologies, lean software, test driven development, unit testing, acceptance testing, continuous integration, software construction, software process, software architecture, business oriented, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), .NET, C#, fixed route transit, computer configuration, computer installation, XML, GPS, ESRI, Ruby, mobile devices, Compact Framework, NAnt, Cruise Control .NET, NCover, Nunit, Sandcastle, MAML

Louis-Philippe Carignan’s Experience

• Analyst / programmer

  CGI

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  - Educated co-workers about Agile methodologies, more specifically about lean software development, through lunch presentations and personal blog
  - Attended the Agile 2007 Conference to gather information about methodologies that can reduce costs and increase software quality throughout the organization
  - Architected core components of the new GIS framework so future GIS projects can quick start development by using the same baseline

• Software engineer

  Mentor Engineering

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2003 — November 2006 (3 years 3 months)

  - Designed and developed, from the ground-up, Mentor Streets, a successful fleet management system aimed at supervising the day-to-day operations of fixed route organizations
  - Incorporated a Test Driven methodology in our development group. This set a precedent at Mentor that is being applied as a strategy to reduce defects in the product
  - Participated in deploying Mentor Streets at American Electric Power in Columbus Ohio, Mentor’s biggest contract to date ever with over 200 users and 4000 vehicles to track
  - Integrated GIS capabilities into Mentor Streets. This was a key selling point as our customers could integrate and use their existing GIS data into our software
  - Orchestrated our development group in an effort to move Mentor Streets to the Microsoft .NET 2.0 platform. This move kept us on the latest technology trend and served as a foundation to improve the software as a whole

• Technical Lead

  Mentor Engineering

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2006 — November 2006 (8 months)

  - Coached, trained and motivated developers joining the Mentor Streets software team. Ensured new members made a positive contribution in improving the product
  - Provided Systems Engineer with quick solutions when troubleshooting customers to minimize their down time

• Software developer

  Locus Dialog

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)

Louis-Philippe Carignan’s Education

• Université de Sherbrooke

  B.Sc. Comp. Eng, Computer Engineering, 1997 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  President of the undergraduate association of engineering (AGEG) - Fall 2001
  Vice-president of the undergraduate association of engineering (AGEG) - Fall 2000
  Student representative on the board of directors - 2001

Additional Information

Louis-Philippe Carignan’s Websites:

• My Blog
• A .NET TimePicker

Louis-Philippe Carignan’s Groups:

Member, Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ)
Certified Scrum Master and member of the Scrum Alliance

•    Le Réseau de l'Université de Sherbrooke
•    Agile Alliance

Louis-Philippe Carignan’s Contact Settings

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