## BIO
0. CURRENT POSITION
October 2008 - Present
Software Developer
Department of Justice, Canada
- ASP.Net
1. EDUCATION Bachelor of Computer Science with honours Carleton University September 1999- May 2003 Ottawa, Canada - Major in software & computing - Minor in mathematics 2. TECHNICAL SKILLS PROGRAMMING Procedural - C (advanced) - Pascal (advanced) - Perl (intermediate) Object Oriented - Java (expert) - C++ (advanced) - Smalltalk (advanced) - ObjecTime/Rational Rose (intermediate) - UML (intermediate) - Visual Basic (novice) Functional/Logical - Scheme/LISP (advanced) - Prolog (intermediate) Database - SQL (advanced) - Oracle (intermediate) - Access (intermediate) Internet - HTML (intermediate) - CSS (intermediate) - JavaScript (intermediate) - CGI (novice) - JSP (novice) - XML (novice) Miscellaneous - Assembly/Machine-level (intermediate) - Linux/Unix scripting (intermediate) - Batch Files (advanced) SOFTWARE APPLICATION PROFICIENCIES Operating Systems - Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP (expert) - Linux/UNIX (intermediate) - DOS (master) - Mac O/S, Solaris, FreeBSD (novice) Business Applications - Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint (advanced) - Corel Office: WordPerfect, Paradox, Quattro Pro, Presentations (advanced) - Lotus Notes (advanced) - ACCPAC (advanced) Graphic Design - Corel Draw (intermediate) - Adobe Photoshop (intermediate) - Macromedia Fireworks (intermediate) Web Design - Macromedia Dreamweaver (intermediate) - Microsoft FrontPage (intermediate) - Netscape Composer (intermediate) - IBM WebSphere (novice) Servers - IIS (intermediate) - Apache HTTP (novice) - WebSphere Application Server (novice) - Various third-party FTP (intermediate) Integrated Development Environments - MS Visual Studio (advanced) - Sun One Studio/ Forte (advanced) - Borland JBuilder (intermediate) - Borland Visual C++ (intermediate) 3. PERSONAL SKILLS - Superior analytical and cognitive ability - Superior written communication skills - Independent and extremely quick to learn - Am bilingual in French - Strong interpersonal skills - Easily meet deadlines - Hard-working with a professional attitude - Typing, 80 words per minute 4. EXPERIENCE February to March 2004 Software Developer Air Strategy LLC - Designed and implemented a euchre card game for use on handheld devices. This included the user interface for four separate devices as well as artificial intelligence for five levels of play. Programming was performed in C using the BREW software development kit from Qualcomm. December 2003 to Present Freelance Software Programmer Various Clients - Implement small to medium software solutions for international clients. Platforms of implementation include Linux and Windows operating systems using Java, C++ and C. December 2003 to Present Freelance Writer Various Clients - Perform article writing services, optionally search engine optimized. May 2003 to present OCD Productions Ottawa, Ontario Technical Support and Quality Control Consultant Responsibilities: - Promptly assess and correct technical problems as required in order to provide a reliable platform (Windows XP, Macromedia MX, pppoe internet connection) upon which website development can be reliably conducted. - Provide English language Editing and Proofreading services. December 16 2003 Volunteer Canada Ottawa, Ontario - Delivered Microsoft Office training workshop to Volunteer Canada employees. May-August 2002 City Living Ottawa, Ontario Housing Assistant - Responsible for processing and dispatching all maintenance requests for over 2000 housing units at sites throughout West Ottawa. - Assessed the validity and urgency of each request and dispatched labor based on analysis of available resources. - Demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment. May-August 2001 City Living Ottawa, Ontario Arrears Clerk - Primary duties involved daily contact with tenants in rental arrears. - Secondary responsibilities included aiding housing officers with clerical, customer service and administrative duties. June-August 2000 City Living Ottawa, Ontario Archives Clerk - Responsible for implementation of an archiving project for former and current tenant files, which was finished in less than one third of estimated completion time. - Upon completion of above project, was assigned to assist with clerical and customer service duties related to daily dealings with current tenants and housing of new tenants. August 1995 - February 2000 McDonald?s Restaurants Ottawa, Ontario Manager - Led a team of employees to quickly deliver quality products to customers in a high-volume restaurant. - Side duties included accounting, employee scheduling, ordering and receiving product, and maintenance and repair of equipment. - Certified workplace health and safety representative. 5. ACHIEVEMENTS - Recipient of a 1000 dollar entrance scholarship from Carleton University. - In 1992, was selected as one of four high school students representing the Ottawa area to attend a two-week workshop at the Ontario Camp Leadership Centre at Bark Lake, Ontario. - Played lead saxophone in a high school band to win the gold medal at an international competition in New Orleans in 1993. - President of Gloucester High School chess club 1993-1994. - Operated a computer bulletin board system (BBS) in 1993-1995 which attracted over 700 members. - Obtained a score of 91% (50/55) on the Graduate Recruitment Test (GRT) and 86% (43/50) on the Written Communication Proficiency Test (WCPT) offered by the Public Service commission of Canada. - Member of the program for the intellectually gifted throughout high school.
## Area of Expertise
TECHNICAL I have implemented software solutions using all of the following technologies: Java, C/C++, HTML, Perl, Scheme/LISP, Smalltalk, JavaScript, PHP, XML, CSS, CGI, Visual Basic, SQL, Oracle and others. I have implemented solutions on all Windows platforms and on various Linux/UNIX platforms. Some samples of previous work are available at my website, which is not available from this description as it contains my personal contact information. OTHER Superior English written communication skills. Writing samples are available online.
