Philip Oliva

Philip Oliva has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Philip'smost recent role is as the Director of Engineering at Forma.ai, where they started in October 2022. Prior to that, they worked at TD for five years, starting in 2017. At TD, they held two roles, first as a Senior DevOps Engineer in the Cloud Software team from May 2017 to July 2018, and then as a Senior Engineering Manager in the same team from August 2018 to October 2022.

Before joining TD, Philip spent a significant portion of their career at BlackBerry, where they held various roles over a span of ten years. Philip'sroles at BlackBerry include serving as a Senior Infrastructure Software Developer from January 2014 to April 2017, an Automation Software Developer II from December 2009 to January 2014, and an Automation Software Developer I from January 2007 to December 2009. In these roles, they were responsible for developing automation frameworks and managing the deployment and configuration of core BlackBerry services.

Philip's career started at Milano Software in 2005, where they worked as a Quality Assurance Tester in a co-op position. Philip gained initial exposure to quality assurance practices and agile software development during this role. Prior to that, they had an internship as an Assistant Automated Test Specialist at BlackBerry in 2006, where they focused on improving automation testing within the Software Verification and Validation group.

Overall, Philip Oliva has extensive experience in engineering, software development, and management roles in various companies, with a focus on automation, infrastructure, and cloud software.

Philip Oliva earned a Bachelor of Computing degree in Computer Science from the University of Guelph from 2003 to 2007. In addition to their formal education, they also obtained several certifications, including Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft in February 2022, SaltStack Certified Engineer from SaltStack in November 2017, and Academy Accreditation - Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals from Databricks in December 2022.