Welcome to the CHEFS Homepage

CHEFS = Common Hosted Electronic Form Submission

What is this Product?

We provide a common hosted service for all form design submissions for all areas of government. Our goal is to ensure teams do not have to build and maintain custom form components, or purchase multiple solution licenses, or work without developer or UX design capabilities to achieve their goals.

Who are we?

CHEFS consists of two teams:

The Red Team

Client-focused. Responds to reported issues, and improves and refines existing features.

The Blue Team

Future-focused. Explores and builds new features to extend the capabilities of Chefs.

Useful Links

Blue Team Jira Board: https://bcdevex.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/FORMS/boards/90?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiODEwYWJmMDY1Mjk3NDM2ZjlkODY2YTMxMzU0ZjRlNDEiLCJwIjoiaiJ9
Red Team Jira Board:
Blue Team Sprint Schedule:
Red Team Sprint Schedule:

Blue Team: Research and Development - Experiment, Extend, Explore

Name	Skills	Email
Mohammed Bah - Scrum Master		Mohammed.Bah@gov.bc.ca
Ryan Birtch - Application Developer (Contract)	Frontend Development, Software Design, Backend Development	Ryan.Birtch@gov.bc.ca
Shannon Farguson - Sr. UX Designer (Contract)	UX Research, Design Thinking, Usability Testing, Wireframing & Prototyping	Shannon.Farguson@gov.bc.ca
Matthew Hall - Chief Product Owner	Chief Product Owner	matthew.hall@gov.bc.ca
Abhilash Kattampalliesh Rayaroth - Sr. Full Stack Developer (Contract)	Web Application Development (Javascript Frameworks), Software Architecture & Design, Devops & Deployment	AbhilashKattampalli.Rayaroth@gov.bc.ca
Chris Robinson - Principal Architect (Contract)	Architecture, Strategy, Software Development Lifecycle	Chris.1.Robinson@gov.bc.ca
Jason Sherman - Sr. Full Stack Developer (Contract)	Systems Design, Application & Services Development, Devops	Jason.Sherman@gov.bc.ca
Duncan Strong - Sr. Product Owner		duncan.strong@gov.bc.ca
Minshen Wang - Service Designer / Sr. Business Analyst (Contract)	Strategic User Research, Requirement Gathering, Solution Design	Minshen.Wang@gov.bc.ca

Name	Role	Email	Skills
Mohammed Bah	Scrum Master	Mohammed.Bah@gov.bc.ca
Ryan Birtch	Application Developer (Contract) Frontend Development, Software Design, Backend Development	Ryan.Birtch@gov.bc.ca	Frontend Development, Software Design, Backend Development
Shannon Farguson	Sr. UX Designer (Contract)	Shannon.Farguson@gov.bc.ca	UX Research, Design Thinking, Usability Testing, Wireframing & Prototyping
Matthew Hall	Chief Product Owner	matthew.hall@gov.bc.ca
Abhilash Kattampalliesh Rayaroth	Sr. Full Stack Developer (Contract)	AbhilashKattampalli.Rayaroth@gov.bc.ca	Web Application Development (Javascript Frameworks), Software Architecture & Design, Devops & Deployment
Chris Robinson	Principal Architect (Contract)	Chris.1.Robinson@gov.bc.ca	Architecture, Strategy, Software Development Lifecycle
Jason Sherman	Sr. Full Stack Developer (Contract)	Jason.Sherman@gov.bc.ca	Systems Design, Application & Services Development, Devops
Duncan Strong	Sr. Product Owner	duncan.strong@gov.bc.ca
Minshen Wang	Service Designer / Sr. Business Analyst (Contract)	Minshen.Wang@gov.bc.ca	Strategic User Research, Requirement Gathering, Solution Design

Red Team: Client Focused - Refine and Respond

Name	Role	Email	Skills
Mohammed Bah	Scrum Master	Mohammed.Bah@gov.bc.ca
Jason Chung	Full Stack Developer	Jason.Chung@gov.bc.ca
Matthew Hall	Chief Product Owner	matthew.hall@gov.bc.ca
Nimya John	Test Automation / QA Analyst (Contract)	Nimya.1.John@gov.bc.ca	Develop Test Scripts, Performance / Load Testing
Walter Moar	Sr. Full Stack Developer	Walter.Moar@gov.bc.ca	Backend Development, Systems Design, Systems Tuning
Bhuvanesh Pattanashetti	Client Success / Sr. Application Architect (Contract)	Bhuvanesh.Pattanashetti@gov.bc.ca	Client Communication, System Design, Backend Developer
Keyvan Torkanpoory	Scrum Master (Away until May 2024)	Keyvan.Torkanpoory@gov.bc.ca
Vijaivir Dhaliwal	Full Stack Developer	Vijaivir.Dhaliwal@gov.bc.ca