# Jason G. Butterfield (@jasonbu.online)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/jasonbu.online
Headline: Make things simple
Website: https://jasonbu.online

## About

Fueled by coffee, guided by logic, sustained by sarcasm. Stoic humanist, vet, and indie author trying to make sense of the noise. 🇨🇦🍁 He/Him.
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## Experience

- **Senior Manager, Application Development at Meridian Credit Union** (2014 – 2019)
- **Infantry NCM at Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes** (2018 – present)
  As an NCM in the Primary Reserves, I balance leadership responsibilities with the development of new personnel. My expertise lies in strategic planning, resource management, and operational leadership. I am committed to fostering a culture of excellence and preparedness, both in the field and through comprehensive training programs. My focus on mentorship ensures that each new recruit is equipped with the skills and discipline necessary for success. Serving with pride, I uphold the values of our military and contribute to the collective mission of national defense and personnel growth.
- **Senior Consultant at Caprivi Solutions CapEx360® Software** (2012 – 2014)
  Analyze, manage and implement Business Process workflows for various industries and various process automation requirements. Manage cross purpose teams and external solutions providers to deliver solutions based on K2’s tool set include integration with Microsoft SharePoint and other business applications.
- **Director, Emerging Technologies & Enterprise Architect at Meridian Credit Union** (2014 – present)
  With over two decades in the software industry, I’ve built a career at the crossroads of technology, strategy, and innovation. My journey started in hands-on technical support and evolved into executive leadership, guiding teams and projects across companies of all sizes—including an impactful 10-year chapter at Microsoft. There, I held roles ranging from Technical Support and Program Manager for MSN to SharePoint Specialist in MCS, gaining deep experience across products and platforms.
  
  After Microsoft, I launched a digital portal startup that caught the attention of Penton Media and was ultimately acquired. At Penton, I stepped into the role of Director of Digital Strategy, leading major web platform rollouts for sites like WindowsITPro.com, SQLmag.com, and Winsupersite.com. This role sharpened my skills in product vision, cross-functional leadership, and digital transformation at scale.
  
  Today, as Director of Emerging, Process, and Cloud Applications at Meridian Credit Union, I lead forward-thinking teams focused on Enterprise Data, CRM, AI integration, and next-gen technologies like blockchain and process automation. I’m especially passionate about using technology to transform operations and uncover new value through data.
  
  At heart, I'm a builder—of teams, of systems, of stories. Outside of tech, I’m an aspiring indie author exploring speculative fiction and the ethical frontiers of technology through storytelling.
- **Senior Manager, Emerging & Process Technology at Meridian Credit Union** (2019 – 2022)
- **NPIcenter.com at V.P. E-Media & Operations** (1999 – 2006)
  Responsible for the day-to-day financial operations of the company; overseeing the development and implementation of technologies both from a corporate infrastructure to the outfacing B2B platform. Co-founder of the company.
- **Lead Program Manager, MSN Canada at Microsoft** (1996 – 1999)
  Specified scenarios/requirements/product designs effectively managing a small/outsourced team of developers to build prototypes and proofs of concept around short-listed ideas. Implemented and maintained areas of the MSN site and worked with international PM's to ensure synergy and forward thinking vision. Instrumental in helping to start up MSN Canada.
- **Product Support/Manager at Microsoft** (1989 – 1995)
  Managed Excel/Project; Windows supports teams through the Launch of Windows 95.  Started prior part-time developing Marketing analysis database and providing IT assistance with the helpdesk while in college.
- **Director, Emerging Technologies & Enterprise Architect at Meridian Credit Union** (2022 – present)
  Manage multiple teams of IT professionals focused on data management, business process automation and emerging and cloud technologies. Implemented updated strategies for data management, enterprise-wide CRM deployment, enterprise API Management infrastructure and processes and multiple business process automation solutions. Through strong collaboration, communication, leadership, and change management skills continue to lead teams to bring efficiency, data quality and leading-edge technology to bear on business problems.
- **Group Development Manager at Penton Media** (2006 – 2011)
  Manage and direct the operation efforts to support existing platforms. Gather and create web specifications for development and implementation of new online products. Evaluate business plans and strategies with market leaders, providing technology recommendations, resource requirements and timelines for implementation of online product solutions. Provide leadership and direction to development team.

## Education

- **Sheridan College** — Diploma CS Co-op, Computer  Science (1987 – 1991)

## Skills

- Agile Project Management
- Business Process
- Workflow Analysis
- Team Leadership and Team Building
- Solution Architecture
- Software Development
- Content Management Systems (CMS)

## Certifications

-  The Data Scientist’s Toolbox By John Hopkins University — Coursera Course Certificates (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/KLTQ9S9HNFSB)
- R Programming By John Hopkins University — Coursera Course Certificates (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/JPYLB744Q2BF)
- Reproducible Research by John Hopkins University — Coursera Course Certificates (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/PKF94AQRYBSP)

## Publications

- The importer: WXR, dry-run, idempotency, and why slugs are sacred — jasonbutterfield.offprint.app (https://jasonbutterfield.offprint.app/a/3moxvq7ltjw23-the-importer-wxr-dry-run-idempotency-and-why-slugs-are-sacred)
- Why AT Protocol, and Where WordPress Ran Out of Road — jasonbutterfield.offprint.app (https://jasonbutterfield.offprint.app/a/3moearnjhdd23-why-at-protocol-and-where-wordpress-ran-out-of-road)
- Thirty Years Online, and I Never Owned the Ground — jasonbutterfield.offprint.app (https://jasonbutterfield.offprint.app/a/3mobazrgvdi23-thirty-years-online-and-i-never-owned-the-ground)
- The Win Was Never Bluesky. It Was the Protocol. — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/the-win-was-never-bluesky-it-was-the-protocol/)
- Testing a Plugin by Writing About Not Knowing What to Write About — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/testing-a-plugin-by-writing-about-not-knowing-what-to-write-about/)
- Behind the Pages of Pejorative: With the Author — jasonbu.pckt.blog (https://jasonbu.pckt.blog/behind-the-pages-of-pejorative-with-the-author-rvxwuz7)
- The Gander Passport: Why a Sovereign Node Beats a Digital Bunker — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/the-gander-passport-why-a-sovereign-node-beats-a-digital-bunker/)
- Gander Social Community Based New User Guide — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/gander-social-new-user-guide/)
- Rage Bait Disguised as Patriotism — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/rage-bait-disguised-as-patriotism/)
- Wearing Too Many Hats (and Writing Anyway) — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/wearing-too-many-hats-and-writing-anyway/)
- The Alberta Sovereignty Crisis — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/the-alberta-sovereignty-crisis/)
- I’m not a Patriot — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/im-not-a-patriot/)
- Chronicle #011: Post-Launch Signal Drift — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/chronicle-011-post-launch-signal-drift/)
- Pejorative: Echoes of a Nation — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/book/pejorative-echoes-of-a-nation/)
- The Grievance Gateway — jasonbutterfield.ca (https://jasonbutterfield.ca/the-grievance-gateway/)
- Shadow Diplomacy and the Slow Erosion of Democracy
- Why Information Literacy Matters in 2025
- Memoir Fragment #010: Uneven Dystopias
- Dispatch #009: Guardrails
- Memoir Fragment #008: While the Cottage Slept
- Transmission #007: Red Marks & Heatwaves
- Dispatch #006: Chapter One, Take Two
- Transmission #005: Between Edits and Empires
- Dispatch #004: Signal Received, Doubt Pending
- Dispatch #003: Smoke, Slogans, and the Signal Beneath
- Memoir Fragment #002: Fall-in-May, Discipline-in-Chaos
- Chronicle #001: Fog Over the Week – Dispatches from the Threshold
- Fractured Futures - Alberta Conundrum
- Hope in the Code: Love, Loss, and Disunity
- The Poet, the Soldier, and the Haggis: A Legacy of Resilience
- Echoes of Redemption: 4 Short Stories of Sacrifice & Redemption
- Short Fiction: Hyperopic Dissidence
- Short Fiction: Dust off
- Short Fiction: A.D.A.M.
- Short Fiction: Disunity

## Languages

- English (native)

## Other profiles

- Website: https://jasonbu.online
- GitHub: https://github.com/jasonbutt
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasongbutterfield
- bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonbu.online