Hello.

I would love to be part of Assembla!

With my background and skills I feel that I am an excellent candidate. Below I’ve listed my experience relative to the position’s requirements:

EXCELLENT WRITING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
I have excellent writing skills honed by creating and editing technical documents over many years. I’ve also written for technical developer journals.

EXPERIENCE IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT.
5+ years as software developer. 8 years as a software development manager.

EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH STARTUPS, DEVELOPER COMMUNITIES OR OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES.
Worked with 3 startups: Legalware Inc, Corplink.com and wmgi.com
Great love of open source development.

UNDERSTANDING OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES
Deep understanding of major software tools and Agile methodologies.

EXPERIENCE WRITING AND PUBLISHING USER GUIDES, SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT OR TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
Wrote the first draft of the CorpLink.com user guide. Worked on a Facebook game.

FAMILIARITY WITH SOURCE CODE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LIKE SUBVERSION, GIT, OR MERCURIAL.

FAMILIARITY WITH AGILE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES LIKE SCRUM, XP, AND KANBAN.
More than 7 years with XP and Scrum. Was a Scrum Master at CorpLink.com

WE WILL CONSIDER CANDIDATES IN ANY GLOBAL LOCATION, WITH A SLIGHT PREFERENCE FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK IN OUR OFFICES LOCATED IN NEEDHAM, OUTSIDE OF BOSTON, MA.
I’m based in Ottawa, Canada which is a short-flight away from Boston.

WE PREFER SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK FULL TIME.
My preference as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read my application. I would be happy to discuss my qualifications further.

Sincerely,
James Portman
<a href="mailto:James_Portman@hotmail.com">James_Portman@hotmail.com</a>
416-410-8899 (cell)