Peter Pressacco

a .NET developer and LEED NC AP

Location: Toronto, Canada Area
Industry: Computer Software

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Peter Pressacco's Overview

Current

Software Developer at Visual Defence
Software Developer at Independent Contractor
Group Manager at Think Green

Past

Software Developer/Analyst at VisionWare Solutions Inc
Software Developer at Zerofootprint Software Inc.
Software Developer at Astral Media

Software Developer at Standard Radio
Software Developer at Iceberg Media
Software Developer at CHUM
Teacher's Assistant at Algonquin College
PC Technician at Environment Canada
Intranet Developer at Canadian Transportation Agency

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Twelve year career as a generalist: a programmer who has been exposed to the complete software development lifecycle in a variety of business and technology domains. Project experience includes: automation, communicating with hardware devices, and workflow management. As a software developer or project leader, am attentive to the organization’s objectives as well as the client’s needs.

Integrity. Creative. Results driven.

Specialties

* new product development; from conception and design to deployment
* working in startup environments
* developing supporting infrastructure; application and service level solutions

A summary of language and methodology experience is listed in the `Skills` section below.

Software Developer

Visual Defence

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Security and Investigations industry

December 2011 – Present (6 months) Toronto, Canada Area

Software Developer

Independent Contractor

Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry

March 2011 – Present (1 year 3 months)

Going beyond web development to create prototypes and supporting infrastructure (services, utilities, device drivers, “backend” solutions, etc.) to help clients address their technological challenges.

Group Manager

Think Green

April 2008 – Present (4 years 2 months)

With more than 17,000 members, the objective of Think Green is two fold:
(1) to promote environmental awareness,
(2) to facilitate the introduction of like minded individuals.

To become a member, simply browse to the following URL:
http://goto.pressacco.com/thinkgreen

Software Developer/Analyst

VisionWare Solutions Inc

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry

July 2010 – January 2011 (7 months)

Designed and developed a remote telemetry unit (RTU) device driver in C# for a SCADA supervisory station to be used as part of a supply chain management solution. The entire process was guided by Scrum; an agile software development methodology.

Software Developer

Zerofootprint Software Inc.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Environmental Services industry

January 2009 – May 2009 (5 months)

Contributed to the development of a prototype enterprise carbon management system used to generate a new line of revenue.

Software Developer

Astral Media

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry

October 2007 – February 2008 (5 months)

( ( ( Astral Media purchased Standard Radio ) ) )

Furthered the development of an enterprise service bus written in C#.

Software Developer

Standard Radio

September 2002 – October 2007 (5 years 2 months)

( ( ( Standard Radio purchased Iceberg Media ) ) )

Took the initiative to design and build a C# enterprise service bus to replace a flawed third-party application. Benefits included a 90% reduction in errors, and client complaints being virtually eliminated.

On my initiative, acted as project lead in the construction of a mobile ringtone store. Collaborated with individuals in sales, copy, graphics, and third-party organizations.

Conceptualized and successfully executed an on-line environmental public awareness campaign that ran across 25+ websites on Earth Day 2007. This project required my leadership and editorial expertise.

Software Developer

Iceberg Media

Public Company; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

December 2001 – September 2002 (10 months)

( ( ( Iceberg Media purchased CHUM's interactive group ) ) )

In order to reduce bandwidth costs and improve the user’s listening experience, successfully developed a prototype peer-to-peer audio streaming server in C++.

Furthered the development of the radio automation system.

Software Developer

CHUM

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry

February 2000 – December 2001 (1 year 11 months)

Played a key role in the development of a scalable radio automation system that was core to the business. Designed, built and implemented:

>> a radio station editor that enabled 300 channels to be created. The division realized savings as commercially available software cost over $10,000 per radio station.

>> an application that managed a music library consisting of 60,000 tracks. The software solution resulted in a man-hour productivity increase of over 400%.

>> a service in C++ that generated advertising revenue. The software aggregated audience profiles in real time which then aired select commercials according to target consumer markets.

Audio encoding software instability issues resulted in lost revenue potential. Volunteered to lead the investigative team that successfully eliminated the problem.

Teacher's Assistant

Algonquin College

Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry

September 1999 – December 1999 (4 months)

Responsibilities included grading tests and assignments.

PC Technician

Environment Canada

Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry

September 1998 – December 1998 (4 months)

( ( ( internship ) ) )

Gained a greater understanding of user interface design and human computer interaction.

Designed and developed an application using Borland C to convert satellite log files into Excel format.

Intranet Developer

Canadian Transportation Agency

January 1998 – April 1998 (4 months)

( ( ( internship ) ) )

Designed and developed an application using Borland C to transform the existing Intranet site into one that is accessible by the blind. The project was completed in half the allotted time.

LEED NC Accredited Professional
- Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)
- January 2010

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Interests:

For leisure: photography, graphic design, beach volleyball and soccer. In the environmental space: renewable energy, carbon management, CleanTech, and GreenTech.

Groups and Associations:

Think Green Alliance (Toronto): member Beach Blast: member Not So Pro: member Toronto Sports and Social Club: member Toronto Ultimate Club: member 2009 Ride to Conquer Cancer: $2900 raised 2010 Kids World of Energy Festival: volunteer