Omar Himada

Led the ML Source Control team within the Ads ML Automation organization, owning proposal authoring, metadata, and quality systems used daily by ML Engineers and Research Scientists to develop and validate model changes.

Designed and improved backend systems supporting device manufacturers’ integration with internal Retail services, enabling smoother onboarding, higher reliability, and better operational visibility for partner workflows.

Improved reliability and maintainability of telematics data APIs by modernizing legacy components and enforcing OWASP-compliant design, reducing long-term support load and increasing system resilience. These changes also improved the user experience.

Led architectural design and implementation of an event-driven, microservices-based system responsible for both front-end and back-end operations. Integrated Retention Science ETL pipelines with S3 ingestion triggers to automate data flow and downstream processing.

Core software developer contributing to classified initiatives focused on protecting Canada’s national digital infrastructure and safeguarding citizens from cyber threats.

Core full-stack engineer for iTrak, an incident reporting and risk management platform used by casinos, hotels, law enforcement, and universities across North America — supporting mission-critical security and compliance workflows.

Developed new modules and features for a large-scale SaaS platform used by high-traffic enterprise clients including HP, ASUS, and Bayer — extending core platform capabilities and improving customer experience.

Developed full-stack web applications for clients including York Region’s Energy Management System (EMS) and Camp One Iron Rings, supporting high-availability workflows for public sector and education organizations. Designed and implemented SQL stored procedures — gaining early exposure to backend data architecture and reinforcing strong database development practices.

Urgently contracted to deliver a critical feature for a C# ASP.NET MVC application; analyzed and diagrammed an existing database schema to support rapid development and integration.

Engaged as a contractor to rebuild a failing PHP-based web application for a senior-focused wellness studio, migrating the system to C# ASP.NET MVC while preserving existing customer data and improving stability and usability. Reverse-engineered the existing MySQL database via phpMyAdmin and used EDMX to generate entity models for a new .NET solution, enabling clean integration with legacy data.

Contributed to large-scale ASP.NET applications, fixing bugs and developing features while gaining hands-on experience with ASP.NET WebForms, ASP.NET MVC, and MS SQL Server. Introduced a model-first development approach using EDMX scaffolding in Visual Studio, significantly streamlining model and controller generation and improving team productivity and workflow efficiency.