Dan Merino

Experience

• Software Engineer2013 - present

  CollegeMobile

  Provide technical guidance in practices related to scrum such as automated testing, code reviews and process management. Develop apps for entrepreneurs and enterprise for iOS and Android. Architect cloud web services to transform, augment, secure and scale data for mobile devices. Prototype/Spike research and development projects.

• Software Developer2012 - 2013

  VendAsta

  Develop and maintain software as a service applications for online reputation management. Integration and data analytics to provide full automation in the following services: Visibility Reporting - verifies the accuracy of the data in online business listings. Online Reviews monitors ratings and reviews from sites like Yelp and Citysearch. Mentions Analysis - compiles mentions from unstructured sources including news sites, blogs, and social networks, and highlights the most positive and negative mentions using automated sentiment analysis. Competitive Analysis - reveals how often a business is mentioned online compared to its key competitors. Social Mentions - tracks audience growth on social sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare.

• CEO2011 - 2012

  PushPort Technology Solutions Inc.

  Managed projects dealing with integrating and porting different types of services to suit business needs. The main focus was on combining multiple online services to augment the user experience concentrating on mobile device, tablets and IPTV

• Graduate Researcher2010 - 2011

  TRLabs

  Development of dependable IPTV frameworks, architectures and ecosystems. Development of Mediaroom applications

• Analyst2008 - 2010

  Saskatoon Health Region

  Develop and maintain .NET applications to support the operations of 12,000 employees

Publications

• Resilient service ecologies for IPTV: Using RESTful services to enable resilienceJune 3, 2011

  Dan Merino and Ralph Deters - Digital Ecosystems and Technologies Conference (DEST)

  Delivering TV services via internet protocols over high-speed connections is commonly referred to as IPTV (internet protocol television). Similar to the app-stores of smartphones, IPTV platforms enable the emergence of IPTV service ecologies in which 3rd party developers provide services to consumer that add value to the IPTV experience

Presentations

• HTML5 Hybrid Mobile ApplicationsFebruary 9, 2012

  IEEE presentation in Regina

• HTML5 Hybrid Mobile ApplicationsDecember 16, 2011

  IEEE presentation in Saskatoon

• Microsoft AzureDecember 10, 2010

  IEEE presentation in Saskatoon

Education

• M.Sc. - Computer Science2010 - 2012

  University of Saskatchewan

• B.Sc. - Computer Science2006 - 2010

  University of Saskatchewan

  Entrepreneurship Minor

• General Associates - Mathematics2004 - 2006

  Lansing Community College