Nick Bouton is currently a software developer for OpenRoad Communications in Gastown, and is also product manager and lead developer for their ThoughtFarmer intranet wiki product. Nick has worked in web application development in Vancouver for over ten years, and has worked with the Microsoft .NET Framework, Java/J2EE, PHP, Perl and a variety of open source development frameworks and content management systems. He works primarily in developing content management systems, but has extensive experience in custom software architecture and development, business intelligence applications, wireless technology, and knowledge management solutions.
In addition to a significant amount of freelance consulting work, Nick has previously worked as Technical Director for Tribal DDB Canada in Vancouver, developing web-based advertising and marketing systems for a variety of large agency clients. He also spent a year and a half as a software engineer at Versatile Mobile Systems, building intranet systems as well as internet-based monitoring tools for the agricultural sector in south-east Asia.