MICHAËL BONTYES
Technical Lead and Architect / Senior Data Analyst
with strong interest for emerging technologies and innovation
contributing to the UN
sustainable development goals.
Download as a PDF
About
In 2005, I built a website that contributed to change the immigration fate of one of my friends in college,
which made me realised how the technology can help to bring people together and support great initiatives.
Since then, I had the chance to work on enthralling projects with teams in Europe, Asia, and North America.
Profile
Proven
Experience
- 10+ years of background in
technical and projects positions - Long-run experience working
as part of local, decentralized,
and remote teams - Experienced and certified Agile PM
- Building estimates and budgets while
seeking for business optimizations - Leading clients and teams through challenges,
decisions, and changes - Delivering large-scale projects
with complex scope and context
Personal
Competencies
- Tough-minded optimist and solution oriented
towards the common interest - Stimulating trust, mutual cooperation,
and smooth communication flows - Focusing on service delivery and client experience
- Encouraging human and adaptive approaches,
balanced with guiding processes and structure - Improving organizational
performance with Kaizen thinking - Fluent in English and French
Technical Skills
Productivity and project management
Atlassian products (Jira, Desk, Confluence) in Agile and waterfall methodologies, Slack, Microsoft Teams
Web Development
ReactJS, Gatsby, JavaScript/jQuery, CSS/SASS, UiKit, Enterprise-level WordPress
Back-end Development
Node, PHP, CodeIgniter, Java, Latte, SQL, MongoDB, Composer, VBA, Shell, WP-CLI, ETL
Architecture and DevOps
GCP, Rackspace, Azure, IIS, LAMP, JamStack, Docker, K8S, Ubuntu, SSH, Vagrant, Puppet, Cloudflare
Continuous Integration / CD
Git, Stash, Bamboo, Gulp, Grunt, ScreenerIO, Usersnap, Qualys, New Relic
Data and tools
Tableau BI, PowerBI, D3, Echarts, data compliance (GDPR, CASL), Photoshop, InVision, Google products
+ Continuous learning
Python for data sciences (Microsoft/Datacamp course in progress)
Recent
Work
Experience
Technical Lead and Architect, Digital Production
2015 – Present
Studio: Focus on day-to-day service and quality delivery, mid/long term operational and technical processes improvement as well as business optimization opportunities.
Projects: Prepare requirements with local and decentralized clients and account management teams (America/Europe/Asia), estimate budgets (5-100k) and manage multiple short and long-term (2 days-2 years+) projects concurrently (5-8+) mainly with Waterfall/Agile approaches (management methods and development practices).
Team: Work on staff development, hunting for new talents, conduct interviews and coach new teammates.
Technology: Scout for and assess new technologies and practices as opportunities of innovation and improvement. Continuous industry monitoring to position technical and business development decisions.
Senior Data Analyst, Business Intelligence
2009 – Present
Data: Collect, reshape and prepare data for multidimensional analysis through Tableau Software.
Analysis: Design, develop and validate executive dashboards and insights (30+/year) regarding field workers and missions in more than 90 countries.
Training: Coach international teams to dive into numbers and manipulate visualizations using interactive dashboards.
Full Stack Developer, Digital Production
2013 – 2015
Development: Craft high-end websites (mainly WordPress) based on in-house made designs, themes and modular plugins for single page, global and multilingual projects for world’s largest organizations.
End-to-end: Work on DevOps and Agile practices (CD/CI, virtualization, automation, processes), back-end (ETL, MVC, OOP, API, modules), front-end (Susy, Sass, Gulp) and QA tools (UAT, regression, security, performance, AODA).
Improvement: Focus on optimization of the performance, security, reusability and quality of the code.
Technical Project Facilitator
2010 – 2013
Drive and support the implementation of a global Human Resources Management System (HRMS) solution (SAP) to better the international people management in headquarters and in the field.
Trainings
and certifications
Advanced Agile Project Management
Technologia | Montreal, 2018
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure Training
Google Office | Montreal, 2018
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals
Google OnBoard | Montreal, 2017
Kubernetes Training - 101 Workshop
Apprenda | Montreal, 2017
Building testable PHP applications
Confoo Conference | Montreal, 2014
Agile and Git training
Atlassian workshop | Montreal, 2014
Java application development
Technologia | Montreal, 2013
Activities
Volunteering
YMCA, Canadian Women Foundation, Santropol, Sentier Urbain, Oxfam, Robin des Bois, Greenpeace, Le Chainon, Moisson Montréal, Equiterre, WWF, etc. | 2006 - Present
Member of the global citizenship network (Edelman)
Corporate social responsibility, environmental footprint and volunteering initiatives | Montreal, 2004 - Present
Speaker and volunteer at WordPress Montreal
Involved in the WordCamp organization in 2014, conference talk in 2015 and WP-React workshop in 2017
President of the association “L’Autre Pack”
Education for sustainable consumption in universities | Belgium, 2009-2011
Education
Master’s degree in Management, specialization in Non-Profit Organizations
Haute Ecole HENALUX | Belgium, 2011
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management
Haute Ecole HENALUX | Belgium, 2009