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Varun Patel

IT Service Delivery Specialist at Seaspan Ship Management Ltd.

I am currently a Student working as an IT Service Delivery Specialist at Seaspan Ship Management Ltd. and providing IT consulting services through my business VP IT Consulting.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified: Azure Devops Engineer Expert
Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate

Experience

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Vancouver, BC

Seaspan Corporation is the world’s largest owner and manager of container shipping vessels.

IT Service Delivery Specialist

September 2023 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Provide systems, applications and hardware support for shore and vessel systems
  • Provision and maintain user accounts for enterprise ID and other systems
  • Image and configure devices for new employees and kiosks
  • Develop automations for business processes using the Adaxes platform
  • Create tooling and powershell scripts to automate IT processes
  • Maintain configurations and app deployments on the Intune MDM platform
  • Implement and maintain CIS benchmarks for user endpoints
  • Visit ships in port and provide on-site technical & break-fix support
IT Service Delivery Intern

May 2022 - August 2023


Vancouver, BC

Luscinia is an established not-for-profit society working on increasing access to education by leveraging the latest technologies.

Lead, Software Development

August 2018 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Apply skills in Java to create Spring Boot applications
  • Use Python to create a Flask backed machine learning API
  • Create and maintain DevOps pipelines using GitHub, Azure DevOps and AKS
  • Manage production deployments of applications and dependencies to AKS using Docker
  • Write and upkeep Docker build files and Helm charts
  • Administer multiple deployments of MongoDB, Redis and PostgreSQL
  • Issue and secure TLS certificates for servers and endpoints
  • Manage networking, DNS and domain registration
  • Provisioned Microsoft 365 and G Suite for employees, volunteers and admin
  • Solicit sponsorships, grants and in-kind donations valued at $XX XXX annually
  • Supervise a team of developers and web designers working on the Aristotle Platform
Secretary, Board of Directors

August 2021 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Advise the Chair of the Board on matters of procedure
  • Manage documents and procedural filings for the society
  • Call for and provide notice of meetings and take comprehensive meeting minutes
  • Complete financial filings with the CRA and BC Government
  • Act as sole signing authority for the company and keeper of the corporate seal
Chair of the Board of Directors

August 2020 - August 2021

Responsibilities:
  • Supervised the board of directors in the undertaking of administrative duties
  • Work with the Board of Directors on long-term directional guidance for the society
  • Reviewed and approved new business venture filings by members, creating Plato Learning
  • Ensured that cash & in-kind grant funding valued at $XXX XXX is allocated effectively
  • Worked with accountants on financial statements and increasingly complex payroll filings
  • Maintained filings with multiple government entities
Founding Director

August 2018 - August 2020

Responsibilities:
  • Implemented a clear and direct governance structure for the company
  • Provided directional guidance for the society
  • Established development plans for Aristotle
  • Brokered multiple sponsorship deals
  • Revised and proposed updates to society bylaws
  • Issued directives to hold the first election of the board of directors
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Elections BC

Contract - June 2023

Vancouver, BC

Elections BC administers provincial general elections, by-elections, recall petitions, initiative petitions, initiative votes, referenda and plebiscites, and oversees campaign financing and advertising rules at the local level.

Technical Supervisory Voting Officer

Contract - June 2023

Responsibilities:
  • Administered a referendum with the assistance of the Supervisory Voting Officer
  • Ensured voting technology is set up and operated correctly
  • Set up, monitored and performed initial count for electronic ballot tabulators
  • Supervised Ballot Issuing Officers and assist with technical and electoral issues
  • Set up and monitored status of Electronic Voter Books issued to election officials
  • Ensured secure transport of electoral materials to and from the polling site
  • Advised on issues relating to the BC Elections Act
  • Reported election results to the District Electoral Officer

City of Vancouver

Contract - October 2022

Vancouver, BC

City of Vancouver Municipal Elections oversees the elections of the Mayor, councillors and various board members as well as public referenda.

Presiding Election Official

Contract - October 2022

Responsibilities:
  • Supervised the polling place with the assistance of an APEO
  • Ensured voting technology is set up and operated correctly
  • Supervised Registration Officials and assist with technical and electoral issues
  • Set up and monitored status of Electronic Voter Books
  • Assisted with the secure transport of electoral materials to the voting place
  • Ensured City of Vancouver Elections policy was maintained
Registration Official

Contract - October 2018

Responsibilities:
  • Verified that voters were on the voting list and had acceptable ID
  • Prepared and explained the ballot to voters including candidates and referenda
  • Ensured voters understood the electoral process
  • Assisted non-resident and University Endowment voters with special ballots
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Elections Canada | Élections Canada

Contract - September 2021

Vancouver, BC

Elections Canada is the independent and non-partisan agency responsible for conducting federal elections and referenda.

Central Poll Supervisor

Contract - September 2021

Responsibilities:
  • Managed polling place as the highest ranking election officer present
  • Implemented COVID-19 measures including physical distancing and distributing PPE
  • Conducted site accessibility assessments prior to and during election day
  • Assisted poll workers with their tasks, relaying directives from the elections office
  • Successfully handled one of the longest lines in the country at 3.5 hours
  • Supervised the count of ballots at the end of the voting day, including secure transport
  • Secured transport of sensitive election materials including voter rolls and ballots
  • Enforced the Canada Elections Act at the polling place
  • Reported election results to the Returning Officer
Poll Clerk

Contract - October 2019

Responsibilities:
  • Managed counting of votes while ensuring scrutineering process is protected
  • Recorded eligible voters and filled out relevant forms
  • Ensured secrecy of the ballot by maintaining and enforcing rules of the Elections
  • Enabled accessiblity during the voting process

Projects

Aristotle Education Platform
Aristotle Education Platform
Owner August 2018 - Present

The Aristotle Education platform is a project currently under development that aims to provide an interactive education experience using machine learning to help teachers access deeper and more relevant insights into their students’ learning.

Aristotle Resources Service
Aristotle Resources Service
Contributor August 2018 - Present

An API service built to integrate with the Aristotle Education Platform that extends advanced machine learning and algorithmic intelligence capabilities to the platform as well as performs advanced analysis on databased information.

luscinia.ca
luscinia.ca
Owner Aug 2018 - Present

Website for Luscinia Enterprises Assn. a B.C. registered not-for-profit society specialising in advanced education technologies.

Ubuntu Tutorials
Ubuntu Tutorials
Contributor December 2017 - February 2018

Tutorials that provide step-by-step process to set up development and dev-ops workflows on Ubuntu machines, servers or devices.

GCompris
GCompris
Contributor Jun 2019 - Present

GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but still educational.

KDE Partition Manager
KDE Partition Manager
Contributor Jun 2019 - Present

KDE Partition Manager is an application to help you manage the disk devices, partitions and file systems on your computer. It allows you to easily create, copy, move, delete, resize without losing data, backup and restore partitions.

Skills