Michael Pierson

Current

• Identity and Access Management Consultant at Sun Microsystems
• Consultant at Brighton Consulting Inc
• Owner at Haystack Professional Services

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Past

• Architect / Team Lead at In-Touch Software Corporation
• Senior Developer at In-Touch Software Corporation
• Software Developer at In-Touch Software Corporation

• Research Engineer at University of British Columbia

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Education

• University of British Columbia
• University of Waterloo

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Michael Pierson’s Summary

I've been developing software for over ten years, specializing in high performance Internet applications, SOA design, and cloud-based application deployment.

Michael Pierson’s Experience

• Identity and Access Management Consultant

  Sun Microsystems

  (Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2007 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  Architecture, design, and development of identity and access solutions for customers in Canada and USA.

• Consultant

  Brighton Consulting Inc

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

• Owner

  Haystack Professional Services

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2006 — Present (4 years 3 months)

• Architect / Team Lead

  In-Touch Software Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2001 — May 2006 (5 years 1 month)

  Responsible for overall architecture, best practices, and technology selection for customer driven development team.

• Senior Developer

  In-Touch Software Corporation

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

  January 1999 — May 2001 (2 years 5 months)

  Responsible for design, development, and deployment of various web applications.

• Software Developer

  In-Touch Software Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1997 — December 1998 (2 years )

  Responsible for developing and maintaining client software using C/C++ and Java.

• Research Engineer

  University of British Columbia

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  January 1995 — December 1996 (2 years )

  Software development for Impact, a tool for predictive analysis of the
  impact resistance of FRP materials. Architecture: FORTRAN computational engine, Visual Basic user interface.

Michael Pierson’s Education

• University of British Columbia

  MASc , Civil Engineering / Materials Engineering , 1991 — 1994

  Thesis: "Modelling the impact behaviour of fibre reinforced composite materials"

• University of Waterloo

  BASc , Mechanical Engineering , 1986 — 1991