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I was a contractor for 20 years. Built my first house with my dad when I was 13, programmed my first computer at 10. Love to push the limits, learn lots and have some fun along the way
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Review and restructure Cloud Architecture within Google Cloud
We are using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Happy to accommodate a team trained on AWS/Azure if your team is happy to step up and learn GCP. Is this within your scope? We are using GCP badly in many ways. Examples: No VPC, many problematic development processes, poor DB update process (MySQL), security holes, poor API design. Our problems span infrastructure, development and product design. Goal: with a primary focus on cloud infrastructure, review and then reorganize our development system toward today's best practices.

Data Analysis - residential construction materials
3 students We’d like students to help analyze complex material data and come up with recommendations on how to integrate From this analysis, we hope to not only improve our processes and understanding but also gain insights that will greatly enhance our strategy. These insights will be directly related to business outcomes. Here are some of the topics we’d like students to explore throughout this project: Develop more sophisticated pricing models Understand the interplay between other data sets and how to best integrated it into Quote Kong's data sets

Expansion into the US
Number of individual students required: 4 At Quote Kong, we help Residential General Contractors make quoting easy! We want to expand into the US and are looking for strategic partners To accomplish this, we expect the student(s) will: Pull together our information Creatively add their thoughts Research what is a good way to market into the US What are some of the different important items between Canada contractors and US If you like the sound of our culture, and are ready to tackle this challenge with us, then we'd love to hear from you. A student with excellent writing skills would be the ideal candidate for this project. The final deliverable will include: A maximum 15-page report A 15-minute presentation summarizing findings and recommendations

Web based "simple" drafting program with API endpoints
10 students (up to 3 teams) The drafting program would be more of a 2D line and block program that would connect to our API endpoints It will have to be to scale, show dimensions and move lines Students should be prepared to: Conduct a needs analysis to determine which platform is most suitable. Create a design proposal including mock-ups, budget, and timeline. Build a fully-functioning line drawing program with dimensions Provide training on updating and maintaining the site.