Canada
I have been developing software applications on a professional basis since 1987 with my first engineering project being a SCADA system for a hydroelectric company in central Newfoundland. From there I found myself taking on bigger and broader projects ranging from mere database applications (dBASE) for various University faculties to GPS navigation systems (C/C++) for clients involving the Canadian Navy training facilities in Esquimalt, B.C. and the Norwegian Ferry service compliments Karl Kenny. 

In 1992 my very first GPS programming experience started with a geosurvey firm based out of British Columbia but situated in Newfoundland principally to do work for the Hibernia Project. It was really fun writing more SCADA software for use offshore linking live satellite data with in house crafted industrial strength hardware to resolve DGPS issues. Occasionally asking my old colleague Sandy Walsh on what hardware to buy (and what hardware not to buy) for industrial applications.

In 1993 I would find myself with a company called Matrix Technologies in St. John's, NL where I was asked to put together what was described as a 'Media Dissemination Server' for a project called Think Visual as per Benoit Maneckjee's inspiration. It's functionality was comparable to the very first commercial Internet browser known today as Netscape (Firefox). Everything Benoit foresaw in the Think Visual project became manifest in the very first Internet browsers Mosaic and IE.

After that I did some work for a firm specializing in ice berg forecasting and vessel navigation and dynamics under the direction of Mona El-Tahan, P Eng. Working along side graduates with advanced degrees and doctorates in civil and mechanical engineering and other specialists from all over the world. I would also be asked to mentor my programming expertise in object-oriented programming and software design with work-term engineering students out of MUN on a regular basis.

United States
In 1997, after a project to modernize Sperry-Univac migration software for a company in Mississauga, I found my way into the United States as a Borland C++ mentor to train programming staff at West Publishing. In time I would be recruited as a consultant for Object Systems Group out of Dallas, TX.

Primarily subcontracted to do systems analysis consulting work for various departments of Capitol One in Richmond, Virginia addressing Y2K issues before the start of 2001. It was there that I would meet one of the greats of the world of RUP/UML, an assistant to Ivar Jacobson, a lady by the name of Else-Marie Östling. It was Else-Marie who was the inspiration for the name of my company Unified Objects a derivative on the trademarked Rational Unified Process .

After Y2K I was sent to Indianapolis, Indiana to help a company modernize their niche credit union software. The focus was on creating a 'Persistence Engine' middleware to simplify C++ and Java applications working together (with OSG colleagues: Ron Smith and Sam Griffith). A project not unlike what you see with Parse.com today. It was there that Bjarne Stroustrup called me up one day out of the blue and asked about my website cplusplus.org.

Newfoundland
Since 2007 I did some work for the Newfoundland Provincial government including a centralized credit card application utilizing Web Services. This combined with applying my Java skills for another database migration project for a niche company specializing in data masking in St. John's, NL. 

Today
My latest projects have been focusing on the creation (and modernizing) of interfactive websites for businesses needing a presence on the web as well as the iPhone and Android platforms. Also, I have to give special thanks to Rob Percival and the people at udemy.com for helping make the modern world more eco-friendly!