Dane Bertram

Experience

• Director of Engineering, Articulate Global

  • Promoted to Director of Engineering in June, 2019
  • Promoted to Engineering Manager of "360 Web" team in May, 2017
  • Refined existing desktop "feature flag" implementation into a declarative framework enabling release-channel- and build-configuration-specific features along with in-app UI for configuration of pre-release features
  • Spearheaded transition of SpecEasy into its own GitHub organization while adding NUnit 3.x support as well as numerous bug fixes and usability improvements
  • Implemented full-stack "Stock Media" feature including desktop search & browsing interface (C#) and corresponding backend REST API (Node.js) for "Content Library Stock Images & Videos" release
  • Dev lead for "Side-by-side installation" feature crew that enabled side-by-side installation of multiple desktop release channels easing internal QA testing as well as customer-facing release management
  • Ported desktop build scripts from home-spun batch files + TeamCity-specific build steps to a unified set of Cake-based build scripts maintained under version control alongside core application code

• Member of Technical Staff, Fog Creek Software

  • Spearheaded Fog Creek's first internal developer mentoring program
  • Led team of three full-time developers, three interns, and one designer to create FogBugz' notification center, personal activity feeds, and periodic email notifications as part of Fog Creek's 2014 “Project Jackalope” intern class
  • Among first employees to successfully transition from working in Fog Creek's NYC headquarters to working entirely remotely, improving internal communication tools and policies in the process
  • Designed and implemented re-architecture of FogBugz “search and filter” interface from a poor performing SQL-centric search service to a hybrid SQL/NoSQL service backed by Elasticsearch yielding 10-100x reduction in query response times
  • Co-authored initial single-page application rewrite of FogBugz using ASP.NET MVC for JSON API backend and our own client-side MVC framework frontend
  • Co-created WebPutty, a real-time CSS editor, taking the idea from initial concept to public release within six weeks (and later prompted the open-sourcing of the project)
  • Mentored a group of three interns who modernized the core wiki article editing experience within FogBugz moving from a home-grown WYSIWYG editor to a widely-used, commercially supported editor
  • Implemented, refined, and wrote sample widgets for WikiBlock plugin API for creating custom widgets within FogBugz wiki articles

• Computing Consultant, University of Windsor

  • Self-initiated and co-authored UWindsor.ca website template redesign to increase web and accessibility standards compliance
  • Designed and implemented reusable bulk-emailing web application that recorded readership statistics and campaign tracking information
  • Maintained and enhanced multiple existing Lotus Notes Domino web applications across multiple departments on campus
  • Independently captured requirements for, designed, and delivered multiple new Lotus Notes Domino web applications
  • Successfully coordinated multiple time-sensitive projects between various faculties, departments, and external consulting firms

• Co-Founder, Dabsoft Solutions Inc.

  • Designed, developed, and maintained custom (5+), commercial (2), and freeware (2) software titles
  • Wrote desktop clients and web applications utilizing multiple server-side platforms, backend data stores, and client-side scripting languages
  • Successfully negotiated multiple contracts for custom software development, enhancement, and maintenance projects
  • Ran all aspects of the business including international sales and technical support as well as company bookkeeping and corporate tax filing