Christopher M. Farrell
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Application & Programming Experience
Languages: C & C++, CSS, HTML, Java/J2EE, JavaScript, JavaServer Pages,
Lingo, PL/SQL,
SQL, Shell Script.
Applications: Adobe - ColdFusion, Director, Dreamweaver, Flash,
Illustrator, Photoshop;
Microsoft Office Suite; CVS; Crystal Reports; Interwise; MyEclipse;
Oracle Forms;
QuarkXPress; Toad.
Database System: MS Access, Oracle.
Platforms: Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, UNIX.
Web/Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, BEA Weblogic, Macromedia JRun.
Web Frameworks: Struts.
Employment
Freelance Graphic Work, 1994 - present
Web page design, desktop publishing, brochures, illustration,
advertisements, and photography
. Web site design, Paint Studio Furniture: www.paintstudiofurniture.com
. Web site design, Accurate Collision Center:
www.accuratecollisioncenter.com
. Blog development, Strategic Radio Solutions, Boston, MA
. Web page consultant, Schizophrenia Research Program, MGH
. Illustration and graphs for psychiatry journal publication
. Note card design (original art and children's art)
. Brochure, SMARTS Collaborative, Summer Institute, Norton, MA
. T-shirt design, Brigham & Women's Hospital Road Racing Team
. Photographs for "Up Country" column, The Brockton Enterprise
. Real estate advertisement
Shaw's Supermarket, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 2000 - 5/2008
Software Engineer II
. Created mock-up prototypes for new and existing web applications
. Responsible for front end development of internal websites using Java
J2EE and Struts framework, ColdFusion, and JavaScript
. Modularized code to add features to meet end users requirements for
existing web applications
. Wrote and implemented unit and user acceptance test scripts
. Prototyped and created on demand reports using Excel, Crystal
Reports, and SQL packages & functions
. Conducted overview training for Crystal Reports via Interwise
. Collected and organized application information and usage for
corporate applications
. Application support and development using shell scripting, SQL
functions/procedures & Oracle Forms
Omni Multimedia Productions, Tiverton, Rhode Island, 1998 - 2000
Graphic Designer
. Website design and updates
. Newsletter and brochure layout and design
. Photography
. Editing of promotional and training CD ROMs in PowerPoint and Director
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts,
1998
Teaching Assistant, Electronic Imaging I
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989 - 1995
Endocrine-Hypertension NIH GCRC Core Laboratory/Clinical Assays Laboratory
Clinical Laboratory Technician
United States Army Reserve, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1986 - 1992
Company D, 187th Support Battalion
Unit Armorer (rank: Sergeant)
Education
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Psychology
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Design Department Master of Fine Arts Program
All course work complete except thesis
Upper Cape Cod Technical School, Bourne, MA
.NET Training, in progress
Online certificate program offered in partnership with Gatlin Education
Services
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Waltham, Massachusetts
C++ Certificate Program
UNIX Certificate Program
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Continuing Education