Benjamin Alan Buck

Senior UX / UI Front-end Developer

He / Him

Kingston, ON(613) 266 - 0369benbuck123@gmail.comLinkedInGitHubbenjaminalan.io

Summary

Experienced front end user experience / user interface designer / developer with 6+ years of experience in both private and public sector positions. I've led multiple teams in highly regulated industries from product ideation to product delivery while managing both the user experience and technical architecture solution designs to application development.

Work Experience

Novari Health / VitalHub• Kingston, Ontario

06/2025 – Present11 mo

Novari Health is a Canadian-based healthcare technology company that designs and implements cloud-based software to improve access to care, manage surgical waitlists, and streamline referrals. Acquired by VitalHub Corp in 2025, their platform acts as a digital 'air traffic control' for patient flow, helping hospitals and governments manage surgical wait times and central intake.

Product Designer / SCRUM Master

Full-time

Led the Novari ATC Product Development Team to reconceptualize and rebuild the legacy Waitlist Management Application (Novari ATC) from ColdFusion to a modern React, .NET Web API first application from the ground up, while maintaining backwards compatibility throughout the project.

  • Facilitated all project Agile SCRUM ceremonies, and reported results to upper management.
  • Developed a comprehensive front-end Figma design system, user experience mockups, and high fidelity responsive functional prototypes.
  • Led key architectural, technical, and implementation decisions in both backend (.NET Web API) / front-end (React + BFF) decisions.
  • Managed the complete Novari ATC Legacy and Novari ATC Rebuild product backlog, working with product owners and technical leads to organize, plan, prioritize, and deliver according to product roadmaps.
  • Led critical meetings with Novari ATC clients to facilitate requirements gathering, workflow analysis, and product delivery.

Transport Canada• Ottawa

01/2020 – 06/20255 yr 5 mo

Transport Canada is the federal department responsible for developing and enforcing transportation policies and regulations to ensure a safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally responsible transportation system in Canada.

IT / Business Analyst / SCRUM Master (Maintenance Team)

Full-time

As a Business Analyst / Scrum Master, I facilitate the successful delivery of software development projects by combining business analysis expertise with Agile leadership. I work closely with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document business requirements, translating them into actionable user stories and sprint materials. I work closely with our development team to solve problems and ensure the smooth delivery of well tested, industry level software for use in production.

  • Facilitated all agile SCRUM ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily standups, sprint retrospectives, sprint review).
  • Worked closely with Transport Canada business units to elicit application requirements and provide improvements to already existing business processes.
  • Worked with our development team to strategically plan and successfully execute challenging production developments which involves coordinating with many individuals and procedures.

Business Analyst / User Experience Designer (Project Team)

Led the development team as a Business Analyst on a brand-new Transport Canada application.

  • Worked with Business to document the application's high level business requirements document.

Co-op Student

Worked with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods development team as a user experience / user interface designer on the Regulatory Oversight Management (ROM) application.

Projects

Waitlist Scheduling

Novari ATC

Designed and lead development teams on a legacy software product application re-write from ColdFusion into .NET / React.

06/2025 – Present

Band Account

Personal Project

Designed and developed a full stack band management application including user registration, payment integration, band member invitations, dashboards, task management, song writing tools, setlist organization tools, contact relationship management system, and more.

01/2026 – Present

Real Estate Platform

Awada Group

Developed a full stack real estate platform for the Awada Group of Realtors. Integrates directly with the MLS, user authentication, contact forms integrated directly with BoldTrail CRM, saving listings, and more.

01/2025 – 08/2025

Storible Website

The Storible Company

Built and implemented a full stack WordPress application for The Storible Company. Took the project from initial requirements, development, approval, and deployment of the website.

01/2026 – 02/2026

Education

College Diploma in Interactive Media and Design

Algonquin College

Earned a diploma in web development and graphic design from Algonquin College. Focused primarily on team leadership, UX / UI / Web development, and learned the fundamentals necessary to lead teams of developers to build high-performing software applications.

Skills

AgileAPI DesignAPIsAzure DevOpsCI/CDC#.NETCode ReviewCollaborativeCross-functionalityCRUDCSS3DeploymentDevOpsEF 6.0FigmaGitGitHubGSAPHTML5JavaScript (ES6+)JavaScript FrameworksJestMicrosoft DynamicsNext.jsNode.jsPhotoshopPostgreSQLPostmanQA TestingQuality AssuranceReactReact Testing LibraryReduxSCRUMSQLTailwindCSSTesting AutomationTypeScriptUser Experience DesignUser Interface DesignVercelVersion ControlVisual DesignVisual StudioVisual Studio CodeWordPress

Portfolio

All my latest projects are available and updated here.

References available upon request.