Sylvain Boisse

I offer consulting services to startups and small businesses looking to make their business model more digital. I help my customers integrate digital technologies in their processes so they can increase in performance and quality, but reduce costs. Projects I work in usually involve digital solutions, digital transformation and custom software development and architecture, mainly around media, mobile and web related technologies.

I assisted the customer in migrating a legacy application (a 911 emergency calls management software) from the desktop to a web application running on the cloud. - Architecture of the solution on the server and client side. - Complete rewrite of the code from C++/C# to TypeScript. - Trained the existing team of developers to make them able to participate in the development of the new application, considering they had never coded a web application before. - Took under charge the complete architecture and developement of all the backend of the solution.

I offered my services as a full stack developer to accelerate the development of cashflow.io platform which is based on a Node.JS, TypeScript, React, MySql and GraphQL stack.

Founder of one of the largest coworking spaces in Montreal.

I offered my services to Locnest to maintain and modify the legacy project, then reverse engineer, architect and completely recode from scratch the whole solution. Technologies involved: .NET Core 3.1, C#, TypeScript, Node.JS, ReactJS, Redux, AWS, Docker, MongoDB, Stripe, PayPal, SendGrid, HTML5, CSS3, WebPack, GIT.

C#, Direct Show, WPF, WCF, XAML, MVVM, H.264, Flv, AAC, AVC, MP3, VP6, Tortoise SVN StreamTheWorld inc. is one of the world leaders in large scale media streaming services. Our mandate with StreamTheWorld was to assist them in the development of a Video Encoding solution that would allow converting an audio and/or video signal coming from a capture device into a Flash Flv format ready for broadcasting. - Reviewed the software architecture brought changes to it in order to make it more efficient, maintainable, reusable and scalable. - Coached StreamTheWorld development team by suggesting software design patterns and coding standards in order to improve maintainability of the source code and the application. - Completed major refactoring of the whole user interface in WPF and XAML using a Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) approach. - Assited in the Video Encoding implementation with Direct Show to support new encoding formats and resolve application stability issues. - Implemented a Flv multiplexer allowing to encapsulate an audio and video streams into an Flv stream. - Ensured forward and backward compatibility of new components of the encoding solution with components already in production with the use of the .NET Add-In framework.

Flash Action Script 3.0, C#, .NET 3.5, Linq, Sql Server 2005 Express Edition, Tortoise SVN Canadel Furniture is a North American leader in manufacturing of dining room furniture. We took in charge the architecture and development of a virtual furniture catalog using Adobe Flash with Action Script 3.0 and PHP 5.5. We also took in charge the architecture and development of the back end features, including database server queries, stored procedures, backup procedures, and maintenance tools for furniture data being used by the Flash application. - In charge of defining the architecture of the Flash application and the databases used by the Flash application. - Developement and maintenance of the application using Adobe Flash Action Script 3.0. - Development and maintenance of various tools to update the application database according to changes brought by Canadel to its wide collections of furniture. - Developement and maintenance of the databases (tables, data, scripts, stored procedures) using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Developement and maintenance of a web based furniture database maintenance tool using ASP.NET and Sql Server 2005 Express Edition. - Developement and maintenance of an automated furniture database generation tool using C#, .NET 3.5 and Linq.

C#, C++, SqlServer, DirectX 10, HLSL, Virtools 4.1, Linq, Flash ActionScript 3.0, Scaleform GFx 3.0, Tortoise SVN Canadel Furniture is the North American leader in manufacturing of dining room furniture. We took in charge the complete architecture and engineering of a virtual 3D catalog to be used in several hundreds of furniture stores throughout Canada and United States to promote Canadel Furniture products. The project totalized over $3 million budget. - In charge of defining the architectue of the whole system, including the application itself, the databases, the maintenance tools and the production pipeline tools (furniture modeling and integration to the application). - Coordinated a team of up to 5 developers in order to implement the whole system over a period of 18 months. - Managed R&D efforts for enhancing the visual aspect of the catalog using the latest graphic hardware technologies available and focusing to reach highest level of photorealism. - Coordinated and participated to prototyping and integration of instant radiosity algorithms (realtime global illumination) using Virtools and HLSL 2.0 shaders based computer graphics research articles. - Coordinated to prototyping and integration of other cutting edge special effects including reflection, normal mapping, fresnel effect, ambient occlusion, light refraction and soft shadows. - Wrapping of Virtools 4.1 API and Scaleform GFx using Managed C++ so it could be used from C# code. - Designed and coordinated development of the application UI using Adobe Flash with Action Script 2.0 and Scaleform GFx to make Flash applications usable in a 3D environment. - Designed and coordinated development of the update system that relies on .NET remoting and WCF technologies to provide automatic dispatch of application updates or catalog furniture data updates remotely from Canadel offices. - Coordinated developement of a web based furniture database maintenance tool using ASP.NET and Sql Server 2005.

C#, C++, C, OpengL 2.0, GLSL, DirectX 9, Direct Show, FFMPEG, Tortoise SVN Xtranormal Technology inc. is a young company that specializes in technologies of automatic generation of 3D movies and animations from text. I took in charge the engineering, development and integration of technologies related to Medias in a suite of products being developed at Xtranormal Technology inc. - In charge of the engineering of all technologies that relate to Medias for use in the company products under development, using C++ and C# with VS2005. - Coordination of a team of 3 employees for developing all media technologies required for the company products. - Integral design and development of the 3D engine, using OpenGL. - Development of the Audio engine, Text To Speech engine, integration of their related 3rd party technologies. - Development and integration of audio and video encoding and decoding technologies. - Development of various tools for the Media engines, using C# and C++.

C#, VB.NET, MS SQL Server 2005, VB6, VC++, Perforce, Visual Source Safe Positron Public Safety Systems is the leader in fully integrated, end-to-end public safety solutions for call handling and dispatching. It endeavors at developing new technologies for telephony systems along with dispatching software used in 911 responding centers. I contributed to the software engineering and maintenance of the existing products, as well as developing new products to be added to the suite. - Participated to the elaboration of a Computer Aided Dispatch system, implemented using .NET technologies and working in the context of a distributed system. - Software development of products executing in real-time and interfacing communication between 2 already existing products that were using different communication protocols. - Major contributions on the front end, the back end, clients, servers, remoting technologies, COM Objects, GUIs, Win32 DLL Wrapping for .NET.

C/C++, Sybase Power Builder, MS SQL Server, .NET, Clearcase Motorola Canadian Software Center inc. is a subsidiary company of the Motorola Corporation, specializing in seamless mobility and telecommunications. Motorola also offers a large suite of software applications being used by public safety agencies (police, prisons, fire dept, courthouses) throughout North America. I contributed to the software engineering and maintenance of the Law Record Management System (LRMS), used in police cars. - Implementated and documentated the new LRMS features following a fully certified SEI-CMM Level 5 software development process. - Contributed to the LRMS client front end development using Sybase PowerBuilder. - Contributed to the LRMS back end and database development using C++, .NET and SQL Server scripts. - Participation among a team of up to 14 resources, including managers, developers, testors, configuration managers and dispatchers.

C/C++, Directx 9.0c, XBox, PS2, Alienbrain DC-Studios was a small game development business focusing mainly on releasing titles for PS2, Game Boy Advanced and the Web. - Participated to the development of a 3D game engine, emphasized on cross platform aspect and support for PC, XBOX, PS2 and Game Cube. - Designed, developped and integrated cutting edge graphics technologies using HLSL 2.0 shaders. - Implemented numerous engine features such as render targets, projections, shader effects, texturing, lens flares, particle systems and alpha blending effects. - Developed production pipeline tools and plug-ins for diverse game development applications such as 3D Studio Max and Game Editors.