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Vice President of Technology
I am Michael
La Plante
A Software Engineer
A Software Engineer
I'm a Software Engineer who makes beautiful interfaces, that work to convey each client uniquely.
I'm web designer & front-end developer with 15 years of professional experience. I'm interested in all kinds of visual communication, but my major focus is on designing web & mobile interfaces. I also have skills in other fields like startups, entreprenuership or web development.
I was responsible for assisting in the continued development of the companies multi-million dollar business management solution software. In my role I was tasked with leading the development teams in executing greenfield and remediation tasks, monthly trainings with team members, coaching of team leaders and providing 1-1 feedback. I was also responsible for 12 month timelines, customer relationships and support, manager training and growth.
I was responsible for assisting in the continued development of the companies multi-million dollar business management solution software. In my role I was tasked with leading the development teams in executing greenfield and remediation tasks, monthly trainings with team members, coaching of team leaders and providing 1-1 feedback.
I was responsible for assisting in the continued development of the companies multi-million dollar business management solution software. In my role I was tasked with leading the charge on framework decisions, implementing best practices with technologies like Angular, and teaching the entire software team of these practices.
I was responsible for creating all Front End Development practices for Fireeye's next generation threat portal, Fireeye Intelligence Portal. This meant I worked closely with the design team and managers and stakeholders to come up with a plan and realize that plan into a web application for the company. In doing this we focused with latest technologies in HTML, Css, and Javascript with a focus on React and Redux
I was responsible for helping to shape the mobile interfaces for many of the companies clients. This would include transitioning designs to phonegap markup and applications, or delivering content management systems to match the matching mobile designs. This was a remote job, where most communication was handled through Skype or other communication mediums.
I was responsible for creating the front end development curriculum and teaching the basic core principles of front end development to our students. After the base core principles are instilled I teach the more advanced front end specific related courses in the program, including Angular.js and Advanced JavaScript.
I worked on a small team responsible for managing all the user interface and interactions of an online web application. My day to day consists of helping to design a new concept and bring it to conception, using modern technologies like HTML5/CSS3 with a mixin of Knockout.js.
I was responsible for managing the User Interface for the companies many clients. I worked mainly with taking a photoshop mockup and converting it to a usable interface. I also dealt with writing custom markup for facebook applications.
I was responsible for managing the companies internal systems in addition to making constant updates to their client facing websites. This job mainly focused on creating a design in photoshop and converting it to be usable on the client facing sites.