Information Technology Development

Brief

for

Josh Stewart

February ****

Josh Stewart

Personal Details

Name: Josh Stewart

Date of Birth 26 February, 1983

Address: ***, ******* **, ********, *********

Telephone: +61-417-***-***

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

Schooling: - 1989 - 1995: Saint Francis Xavier College, Ballarat

- 1996 - 2001: Saint Patrick's College, Ballarat.

- 2002 - 2005: University of Ballarat

Academic

2001 Completed Victorian Certificate of Education with ENTER

ranking of 95.1

2002 Accepted into Bachelor of Information Technology

(Professional Practice) at the University of Ballarat with a

scholarship and advanced standing.

2004 Graduated from Bachelor of Information Technology with

Distinction

2005 Completed Bachelor of Computing (First Class Honours) at

University of Ballarat

Details of Results

Copies of academic transcripts can be supplied if required.

Research

I have recently concluded a year of study into Semantic Web portals as part of

my Honours degree through Ballarat University. This involved an extended

period of undergraduate research using appropriate methodologies, culminating

in a thesis paper and accompanying software/documentation.

For this work I received an outcome of First Class Honours.

Employment

2002 Current: IBM Australia, Ballarat.

Over these four years I have been employed at IBM Ballarat averaging around

28 hours per week, undertaking work in both helpdesk and application

development areas. My experience on the helpdesk has ranged across many

different systems from desktop and LAN system maintenance to mainframe /

midrange support, resulting in a far-reaching skill set. After approximately 18

months on the helpdesk I was given the title of Senior Consultant .

I have also performed application development tasks with IBM, focusing mainly

on Lotus Notes based systems for knowledge management.

The experience in both of these roles has given me skills that are both technical

and interpersonal in nature.

2005 Current: University of Ballarat

In addition to employment at IBM, I also tutor in first, second and third year

classes from the Bachelor of Computing and Bachelor of Information Technology

degrees. These subjects are primarily in the programming and software

engineering fields. This has been an excellent opportunity to improve both my

teaching and interpersonal skills. Additionally this teaching also helps strengthen

my own knowledge of the topics being presented.

Computing Areas of Interest

Open Source development

Linux

Attended linux.conf.au 2005 (Canberra)

Attended linux.conf.au 2006 (Dunedin, NZ)

Cross-platform application development

Semantic web applications/services

Attended the International Conference on Web Engineering 2005

(ICWE05)

Other areas of interest

Restoration of 1960's small cars

Practicing Brazilian Ju Jitsu

Member of local basketball team

Music: Playing violin in a small music group

Member of School social club

Specific Skills

Java programming, with a focus on the following areas:

o J2EE database based applications

o Code generation utilities

Creation / Administration of Semantic Web portals (Using OntoViews portal

framework)

Lotus Notes database development, focussing on knowledge management

applications

C programming focussing on SIMD optimisation

Public speaking

Aspirations

Having recently completed university I am now hoping to find an interesting and

challenging position, whilst at the same time being a productive step towards my

career development.

Ideally, I would love to work in an environment that allows me to utilise my

current skills in addition to gaining experience in new areas. I am also very keen

to work in a position that allows me to contribute to emerging technologies, as

this involves a high level of creativity in addition to being a technical challenge.

References

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