## BIO
EDUCATION
Winter 2001, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL, USA
- Successfully completed Windows Programming with MFC.
Spring 1999, Niagara College, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
- Successfully completed An Introduction to GIS.
1995 - 1998, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Successfully completed the Bachelor of Science degree program majoring in Computer Science.
1993 - 1995, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
- Successfully completed two years of the Bachelor of Engineering degree program majoring in Civil Engineering.
**EXPERIENCE**
2002 - OnGoing, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD
- Programming Experience: PHP, InterBase, and Delphi.
- Software Tools Used: CodeGeenie (for PHP and HTML editing), InterBase - IBConsole, Delphi, Linux, and Apache.
2002, Vastera, Dulles, VA
- Programming experience: Java, JDBC, XML, JavaScript, DHTML, and HTML.
- Software tools used: WebSphere, Oracle, TOAD, and Microsoft Visual J++ (for JavaScript debugging).
2000 - 2002, Axis Software, Indianapolis, IN
- Programming experience: Visual C++, ActiveX/COM, ATL (ActiveX Template Library), STL (Standard Template Library), XML (SAX based), Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, Active Server Pages (ASP), and ActiveX Data Objects (ADO).
- Software tools used: Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 (Enterprise Edition), Microsoft FrontPage 2000, Rational Rose (Modeler Edition), and Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.
1998 - On Going, Data Magic, St. Catharines, ON, Canada Sole Proprietor
- This is my own freelance consulting business. I like to keep my skills sharp by doing small projects in the evenings and on weekends.
- Developed the "Logger Analysis" program for Professor Tony B. Shaw (see references). The "Logger Analysis" parses and analyzes hourly temperature readings and groups them into daily, weekly, and monthly climate values.
- Designed and developed a customized database application to track employee work hours (data collection via Palm IIIx devices).
- Designed, planned, and administered a large database application to maintain student records for a research project for Dr. Darla J. MacLean (see references).
- Developed a web survey form using Perl to process data and save it to a delimited text file.
- Developed a centralized website to maintain links to contractor and property management websites.
- Developed and designed several Access databases to track customers and sales. Linked the databases into Excel and Word for reports and data entry forms.
- Developed several PHP scripts to update data that resides in a MySQL database. - Experience with VBA, ADO, DAO, Excel, Access, Publisher, Homesite, Perl, JavaScript, Visual C/C++, PHP, MySQL, MapInfo, and MapBasic.
1998 - 2000, Dromey Design, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Software Developer (Full Time)
- Received the position of full time programmer/software developer immediately following graduation.
- Dromey Design develops DESS (Distribution Engineering Software Solution) that is used by local electrical utilities. DESS analyzes load flows, feeders, short circuits, and transformer operation for reporting.
- Experience with Visual Basic, Visual C/C++, Borland Delphi, ActiveX/COM technologies, MapInfo, MapBasic, MapX, DAO, and ADO.
1997 - 1998, Gill Residence, Dunnville, ON, Canada
Windows '95 Tutorials and Computer Maintenance
- Tutored Mrs. Jackie Gill (see references).
- Experience with Windows 95, Corel WordPerfect Suite 7, and Microsoft Word.
Summer 1997, Hunter Drums, Burlington, ON, Canada
Laborer
- Full-time summer student employment at a steel factory which manufactures industrial storage drums.
**OTHER ACTIVITIES**
April 7, 1999, Direct Access Workshop, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Office 2000 Features
- Main features and enhancements to Microsoft Office 2000.
March 30, 1999, MSDN Developer Night, Mississauga, ON, Canada
ASP and ADO with Visual Studio 6.0
- Creating dynamic web applications with Visual Studio 6.0.
Febuary 9, 1999, MSDN Developer Night, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Building Data Driven Intranet and Internet Applications
- Linking databases to dynamic HTML pages using ADO.
- Exposure to XML and the DOM.
Spring 1998, Haldimand Board of Education, Cayuga, ON, Canada
Windows development using Visual Basic 5.0
- Learned techniques for teaching Windows '95 development using Visual Basic 5.0.
Fall 1997, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Alias | Wavefront PowerAnimator
- Participated in a tutorial for the Alias | Wavefront PowerAnimator.
- Exposure to Alias | Wavefront 3D animation studio on the Silicon Graphics O2 machines.
**SKILLS AND INTERESTS**
Programming Languages and Technologies:
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft Visual C/C++
- Borland Delphi
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
- Java 1.4
- Perl
- MapBasic
- COBOL
- Linux C programming
- COM/ActiveX technologies
- Microsoft Foundation Classes
- Windows API
- ActiveX Template Library
(ATL) - Standard Template Library (STL)
- Data Access Objects (DAO)
- ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
- Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
- Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
- OpenGL programming for Windows 95/NT
- GL programming for UNIX/X-Windows
Web Languages and Technologies
- Java
- Perl
- JavaScript
- VBScript
- HTML and DHTML
- Extensible Markup Language (XML)
- Microsoft Front Page 2000
- Allaire Homesite 4.0
- Macromedia Flash
- Active Server Pages (ASP)
- Java Server Pages (JSP)
- PHP
- MySQL
- Macromedia DreamWeaver
Operating Systems
- Windows 95/98/NT/3.1
- MS DOS 5.0/5.1/6.2
- UNIX (with X-Windows)
- Linux (RedHat 6.0 and Mandrake 5.3)
Other Software
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- 3D Studio Max
- Microsoft Office (including: Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and FrontPage)
**Other Skills and Interests:**
To maintain a balance and physical health, I am a regular member at the Edge Fitness Center in Peoria where I weight and aerobic train. During the summer months, when time permits, I enjoy golfing at various Golf and Country Clubs.
**REFERENCES**
Professional references available on request.
## Area of Expertise
-ActivX/COM
-Visual C++
-Visual Basic
-Delphi
-Java
-JavaScript/VBScript
-ASP
-ADO/DAO
-Oracle
-Servlets/JSP
-PHP
-Perl
-Python
-OpenGL
-.NET
