Jason Cook
IT Specialist at Dennis Group
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Cook is an IT Specialist with nine years of hands-on experience bridging AV and IT in small business and organizational settings, currently leading Canadian IT integration and automation for a global firm. He manages servers (VMware/Hyper-V), Microsoft 365, backups, and end-user support while supervising teams and driving RMM/PSA automation efforts. Equally comfortable in front-of-house production, he has designed and installed auditorium and conference-room AV systems and contributed front-end fixes to open-source projects like the Xibo CMS and Home Assistant icon libraries. His background includes running a consulting/A/V business and leading volunteer technical crews, demonstrating a knack for rapid skill acquisition and cross-functional stakeholder communication. He also brings governance experience from condo leadership and policy drafting, blending technical delivery with budgeting, compliance, and people management.
10 years of coding experience
Servant Leadership InstituteOntario Secondary School Diploma, Communication Technology High Skills Major, Graduated as an Ontario Scholar, Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Communication Technology High Skills Major, Graduated as an Ontario Scholar at Grand River Collegiate Institute
Github Skills (6)
home-assistant10
javascript10
twig10
glyph-icons10
file-icons10
iconsets10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
elax46/custom-brand-icons
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Custom brand icons for Home Assistant
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 5 PRs in 14 days
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the implementation of custom brand icons for Home Assistant, as evidenced by the addition of new icons across multiple commits. Their work involved modifying a JavaScript file (`dist/custom-brand-icons.js`) to incorporate the visual representations of various brands, including YouTube-related icons and Apple HomeKit. The user's additions expanded the library's offerings, which improves the Home Assistant user experience by providing a more comprehensive set of visual brand representations.
home-assistanthacshomeassistantcustom-iconsicons-pack
xibosignage/xibo-cms
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Xibo Content Management System
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 1 PR in 27 days
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the front-end of the Xibo Content Management System. Their work involved addressing JavaScript syntax errors within the dashboard status page, ensuring compatibility. They implemented conditional rendering of elements and made updates to the display of media status. The user also co-authored a change to the dashboard-status-page.twig file.
content-management-systemdigital-signagexiboxibo-cms
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