Software Developer Development

Location:

Brantford, ON, Canada

Posted:

October 18, 2012

Contact this candidate

Resume:

Zenwerx

Development and Consulting

Brantford Harlequins

Content Recruiter

Findie Rock

Findie Rock Mobile

Giftopia

Giftopia Mobile

Hawk Uranium

Neuromancer (Unofficial)

Rogers

Stormgate

Translate This Now

Trelawney Mining

Projects

Copy Gallery

TwitFeed

Daytimer+

DB Converter

Group Retrieval Utility

IDRIS

Period Table Control

Pi (Digits)

4 Million Digits of Pi

Pi (Picture)

Visualize Pi

Random Rooms

Rockbox Album Art Converter

SmartRSS ZWX Version

Tournament Tracker

Development Blog

Oddities

EZ-Cash

Game

Pi (Digits)

Pi (Picture)

Shadow Saints

SysProject

Michael Carpenter

12 Woodlawn Avenue, Brantford, Ontario, N3V 1A5

Email: ********@*******.***

Website: http://zenwerx.com

Relevant Experience

Desire2LearnSenior Software Developer Mobile

Jan 2012Present

Software Developer Mobile

Jan 2011Jan 2012

Responsible for design, creation and maintenance of mobile app configuration tool. Allows

for quick and easy web-based development of native mobile apps. Feature configuration

using plugins created by Desire2Learn and 3rd party developers. Also supports custom

backgrounds, styles, and a areal-time build system.

Maintenance and expansion of cloud based tools to support mobile apps.

Created a native Android Class List plugin for the Campus Life product which interacts

with the Desire2Learn LMS.

Created a native Android Flickr plugin for the Campus Life mobile product.

Created a build-monitoring tool to interact with the Hudson/Jenkin build system.

Moxy Media (Guelph)

Intermediate Software DeveloperOct 2010Jan 2011

Responsible for creating and maintaining high quality tools to facilitate advertising and

media activities.

Responsibilities include:

Maintenance and development of tools

AlertCentre

Automated and assisted bidding of keywords.

Identification of keywords without use and activating them.

Alerts based on specified filters (clicks, revenue, profit, loss, etc).

Interactive reporting based on all of the above.

Keyword Expansion Wizard

Select top sites and return advertising keyword ideas.

Modification of lists and grouping to support campaigns and ad groups.

Automated expansion of keywords

Integration with large advertising APIs

Google

YahooMSN

HighJump Software (Waterloo)

Software Developer IIOct 2008Mar 2010

Responsible for maintaining existing applications by fixing bugs, as well as implementing

new functionality.

Responsibilities Include:

Maintenance and Development of Mobile Applications

RouteXpress ( C++ ) Delivery application for Beverage Industry

Complete GUI makeover.

Performance increases.

Survey application integration.

Certification of new hardware.

Survey Management Server ( C# ) Web application for capturing competitive data

Add support for standalone clients, including new administration and reporting

functionality.

New host and client import routines.

Modification and addition of reports

Survey Management Client ( C# ) Client application for capturing competitive data

Concurrently developed for desktop/tablet and mobile.

Implemented ability to record all user actions and play back to help diagnose errors.

Standalone, command line, and plug-in systems for varied implementations.

Virtual Cooler ( VB ) Tablet based sales application

Bug fixes and rewrite.

Quoting and estimating enhancements

Updating documentation and specifications

Rogers Wireless (Brampton)

Network TechnicianJan 2003Oct 2008

Responsible for building new and innovative tools, services, and reports for use by the

Field Support Centre and all related departments within the Network Operations group. This

includes diverse requirements from warehouse tracking/management to looking for trends and

information in collections of data.

Responsibilities Include:

Design, develop and maintain multiple web based applications as part of an online suite

of services available to the Wireless and Cable groups.

Web Development Framework ( OO PHP w/ AJAX )

Timesheets ( OO PHP w/ AJAX )

Vehicle Mileage + Vendor Tracking ( OO PHP w/ AJAX )

Training Calendar + Online Testing ( PHP )

Warehouse / Asset Tracking ( PHP )

Tool development to make repetitive and time consuming tasks more efficient.

Batch Mailer Daemon with Plugin system for adding additional functionality ( C++)

Wrapper libraries for MySQL to allow for easy replacement of back-end databases rather

than using DB specific code ( C++ )

Remote log tracking on Windows based machines using a client/server system to watch log

files and transmit details across the network using serialization ( C# )

High-Availability Linux server management including databases, web servers, code

repositories, and backups.

Reporting based on multiple data sources to extract important operational information in

a timely manner.

Working closely with project coordinators and support staff to deliver a flawless user

experience.

Personal Development/Projects

Mud Development and Coding ( C )

Creating new skills and abilities

Debugging and fixing existing code

Translation from Unix to Windows

Add support for moving from flat files to databases for information storage

System Tracking Application ( C++ )

Take snapshots of registry and file system

Compare different snapshots to look for modifications

Database Converter ( VB )

Translate MS Access database structure and data to alternative systems

Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle

Command line support for automatic scheduling

Computer Skills

Programming Solutions

PHP

Java

JavaScript (AJAX/Web 2.0/DOM)

C and C++

.NET ( C# / VB )

SQL

XML, XSL

AJAX / XHTML

BASH / Shell Scripting

DBMS

MySQL and PostrgreSQL

MS SQL Server

Business Objects

Server Administration

General Linux Administration

Linux-HA

Apache

MySQL

Subversion

Education

BSc, Computing and Information Systems

Athabasca University

20042010

Diploma, Computer Programmer/Analyst

Conestoga College

19992002

You must be logged in to post a comment.