Marc Gagne
Permanently Retired After Doing Contract Work For The Federal Government Over The Last 13 at Government of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMarc Gagne is a seasoned procurement and contracting professional with over four decades of experience supporting major Canadian federal departments, including long-standing leadership roles at DND and large projects exceeding hundreds of millions in value. Since officially retiring in 2012 he has continued as a senior consultant, advising on complex procurements, risk assessments and Treasury Board contracting policy across Defence, CBSA, NRCan, Health Canada and other agencies. He combines hands-on procurement operations—SAP, GCDocs and FMAS—with staff management and selection-committee experience, having led recruitment and deployment decisions for overseas posts. Marc’s work on high-profile programs (Chinook helicopters, Canadian Surface Combatant, vehicle modernization) demonstrates an ability to translate technical requirements into defensible, auditable contracting strategies. He also contributes to code-quality and accessibility improvements in open-source front-end tooling, showing curiosity beyond procurement into web accessibility and testing. Based in Ottawa with a Secret security clearance, he brings deep institutional knowledge and pragmatic risk-focused advice to complex government acquisitions.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Staff Writing, Staff Writing at Canadian Forces Staff SchoolBachelor's degree Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor's degree Business Administration and Management General at Université du Québec en Outaouais
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Github Skills (11)
accessibility10
webaccess10
javascript10
jquery10
testing9
regex8
html6
windows6
webview6
smartwizard6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MicrosoftEdge/static-code-scan
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Run this quick static code scan on any URL to check for out-of-date libraries, layout issues and accessibility.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Marc primarily addressed issues related to web accessibility and jQuery code. They fixed a bug related to infinite quantifiers in jQuery regex and enhanced tests for missing or empty alt attributes in images, improving the accessibility of the code. Further work included resolving issues with asynchronous requests in website tests and removing unnecessary console logs, demonstrating a focus on code quality and debugging.
accessibility
mauricionr/Microsoft-Azure-Demos
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:16 commits in 17 days
azuredemo-scriptsmicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
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