High School Software

Brendan Brothers

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Objective

To gain knowledge through work experience in the field of computer engineering with emphasis on network

management, systems integration and web -based applications.

Education

Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John s, NF

1 996 Present

Completed Term 7 Computer Engineering (86% average). Dean s List Winter 2002

Brother Rice High School, St. John s, NF

1 992 1996

Completed High School program, graduating with Honors

Shad Valley Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

July 1996

Attended the Shad Valley summer program at the University of Waterloo

Studied Engineering and Entrepreneurship with 48 students from across Canada and 2 students from Columbia

Work Experience

Mitel Networks, Ottawa, ON

Jan. 2001 April 2001, Sept. 2001 Dec. 2001

Developed applications for network portal devices using C/C++ on vxWorks platform

Completed a performance analysis of applications running on vxWorks platform

Developed demos and proof of concept applications using ASP and other web technologies

Wrote code documentation and application design documents

x wave, St. John s, NF

Sept. 1999 Dec. 1999, May 2000 Aug. 2000

Implemented several components of the Remote Monitoring Service using BMC Patrol 3.3, including history data

collection, internet server monitoring and the Patrol Web Viewer

Involved in the planning, development, testing, production and training phases of the project

Analyzed several Virtual Private Network (VPN) devices to choose which solution to use at xwave

Researched and prepared architectural white papers on various enterprise wide topics

Assisted in troubleshooting and updating the Patrol service on my second work term with the company

NRC Institute for Marine Dynamics, St. John s, NF

M ay 1998 Aug. 1998, Jan. 1999 April 1999

Performed network analysis of the LAN using Bay Networks Optivity and HP Openview

Wrote VB code to process logs generated by Optivity and graph usage statistics automatically

Provided desktop and server support (PCs, NT Servers and VMS Servers)

Programmed a control systems application for the dynamic position of vessels using Visual Basic

Software handled analog inputs, performed calculations and then generated motor controller signals

Involved analyzing, editing and combining of other programmer s work into an updated version of the software

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Partners in Education Regional Committee, Avalon East School Board, St. John s, NF

Sept. 1993 - Present

Designer and administrator of the Work Placements Inventory, a 800 record registry of all Co-operative Education

placements on the Avalon Peninsula

Provide ongoing support and administration assistance as the database is now fully accessible and updateable

over the web providing a very user friendly interface and allowing for easy management and reporting

Also developed many database driven forms using Microsoft s Active Server Pages (ASP) scripting language for

the committee

Capital Coast Development Alliance, St. John s, NF

A pril 1999

Performed contract work to develop the Zonal Employer Directory

Involved using Microsoft Access and ASP to provide a fully secure updateable web database

C-CORE, St. John s, NF

Aug. 1996 April 1998

Administered the web page, provided hardware and software technical support and aided with presentation

graphics as part of the Shad Valley program

Paragon Information Solutions / newcomm, St. John s, NF

Dec. 1995 Feb. 1996

Programmed CGI in Visual Basic to enable accessing of a FoxPro database over the World Wide Web

Wrote, tested and released software on a schedule to fit the required needs of the company

Department of Computer Science - Memorial University, St. John s, NF

Oct. 1995 Dec. 1995

CGI programmer in Perl. Wrote scripts for three automatic web page generators

Skills

Programming Languages Enterprise Software Desktop Software

C/C++ including MFC BMC Patrol 3.3 Microsoft Office, Visio, Project

Microsoft Visual Basic HP Openview, HP NNM Sun Star Office

ASP, Perl, PHP Bay Networks Optivity Corel Draw, Photoshop

Java/Javascript Microsoft SQL Server 7 Macromedia Flash

Assembly (x86) Oracle 8i Various Internet Applications

VHDL mySQL

WinNT, Win2K, WinXP, IIS

Linux, Solaris, vxWorks

Awards and Achievements

Sun Microsystems Scholarship (Term 5), Shlumberger Scholarship (Term 3), SGE Scholarship (Term 2)

Extracurricular Interests

I sang in the Brother Rice Chamber and Concert Choirs, where I sang a solo on the stage of Carnegie Hall in New

York in the summer of 1995. I also played piano and saxophone in the Orchestra and Jazz Band. Theater and

musicals also filled my time in High School. I have been in dramatic productions since Grade 1 and held the lead in

Brother Rice s production of Damn Yankees (1995).

I was the Public Relations Officer of the Student Council at Brother Rice, as well as Publisher of the school

newspaper, CQ, and a member of the Yearbook Committee.

References

Available upon request

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