Christopher Fraser
*** ******** *******://www.eatsleepcode.ca Hamilton, Ontario L8P 2N1
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Summary
A passionate developer who is highly motivated. Skilled at problem solving and
seeking multiple solutions to issues. Recognized by managers, colleagues, and peers
as a personable and dedicated performer who demonstrates innovation,
communication, and teamwork to ensure quality, timely project completion.
Skills
.NET Framework & Visual Studio 2005-2008, ASP.NET MVC Framework and
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Entity Framework, LINQ, Expression Toolkit
Programming Languages - .NET (C#/VB.NET), C, C++(Win32/MFC, STL,
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Boost, gcc), Java(Eclipse & Netbeans, Swing), x86 Assembly,VB6, COBOL
Database Systems - SQL Server 2005/2008, PostgreSQL, MySQL
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Source & version control - Team Foundation Server, Subversion, git
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Scripting Languages - PowerShell, Python, Perl, PHP, bash
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Web Languages - HTML, CSS, Javascript (AJAX, jQuery, prototype, JSON)
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VMWare - Workstation, Server, ESX Server, vSphere, P2V conversions
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Other Skills: All phases of the software development life-cycle (requirements,
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design, development, testing, release, support), utilizing multiple development
methodologies, including OOD, Extreme Programming, Structured
Programming.Experience
Lead Application DeveloperJun. 2008 to PresentTrue North Consulting & Associates, Mississauga, Ontario
Lead developer responsible for design, implementation, and ongoing
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maintenance of Clearica business intelligence dashboard for diagnostic imaging
departments within three major GTA hospitals.
Designed customized business intelligence dashboard, backend applications,
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and numerous reports with drilldowns to enable management level decision
makers with useful KPI information within diagnostic imaging modalities.
Built embedded deep packet inspection hardware and tools to harvest relevant
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DICOM image BI data promiscuously from diagnostic imaging modalities.
Implemented and managed source control, testing, and continuous integration
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systems to ensure code quality.
Maintined developer documentation wiki, an integral resource used daily.
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Programmer, Systems AdministratorJan. 2006 to PresentComputer Support Experts Inc., Oakville, Ontario
Developed custom payroll, timekeeping, and ERP software for clients, also
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maintening legacy software and operating systems. Managed and coordinated
numerous successful software and hardware installations.
Worked directly with customers to resolve software support issues, and issued
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timely resolutions to problems encountered.
Responsible for implementing/maintenance of backup and data redundancy
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system which proved highly useful in restoring operations from downtime in a
timely manner.
Performed on site systems administration for multiple clients using Windows
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Server(Active Directory/IIS) and Linux(LDAP/SMB/NFS) operating systems.
Software DeveloperSep. 2008 to Dec. 2008Mohawk College Applied Research Centre In Health Informatics, Hamilton, Ontario
Temporary co-op position and software engineering capstone project to develop
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a web based frontend application for electronic healthcare records project.
Managed a team of four other developers using test driven development
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practices to deliver a functional project in a short time period.
Frontend application was written in ASP.NET with .NET Framework 3.0, utilized
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a local SQL Server 2005 database, and communicated with the MARC
enterprise service bus through HL7 3.0 XML web services.
Intern Web DeveloperSep. 2005 to Dec. 2006Vision Design, Hamilton, Ontario
Architected and implemented an automated search engine optimization
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software suite to optimize and integrate client websites with the Vision Design
web presence.
Created a custom website editor for clients to perform modifications in a secure
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manner, drastically reducing manual labor requirements for updating web site
content.
Provided designers with functional HTML and CSS based layouts from
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Photoshop designs.
Education
Software Engineering May 2009
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton, Ontario
Bachelor of Technology Computing & Information Technology May 2012
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Currently taking night courses,1-2 courses per semester, expected graduation 2012
Professional References & Portfolio
Available upon request.
Blog and portfolio also containing non-professional volunteer, personal, and open
source projects are available online at http://www.eatsleepcode.c