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PERSONAL PROFILE
A senior-level application/web developer for more than 20 years, with
extensive experience within commercial and science industries. Carries a
strong track-record of accomplishments among scientific, military and
commercial desktop, client/server and web application development projects.
A proven leader, highly skilled in team oriented methods and management, in
addition to superior analytical, organizational and writing skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nicom IT Solutions.
May. 2012 - Sept.2014
Developer
Development, customization and maintenance of desktop, web and database
applications for a variety of clients.
Key Accomplishments
Created the NSSAO Student Portal for the Department of Labour and Advanced
Education, allowing students to access immediate updates on their student
loans and bursaries.
Maintenance, upgrades and new feature developments for the POST custom
project management system at Nova Scotia Environment.
Created new functionality, features and reports for NICOMs Maritime Billing
and Reporting System software.
Created the Christmas Daddies 2012 online donation page.
Completed the Port of Virginia Container Tracking System application,
including a web based Dashboard and substantial SQL stored procedure
development.
Created Crystal reports and attendant SQL stored procedures for St. John's
PORT installation.
Created custom DotNetNuke modules for Nova Scotia Dental Associations DNN
site.
Internet Solutions Ltd.
Jan. 2012 - Mar. 2012
ISL offers a full range of web-presence services to clients utilizing their
own Content Management System, OneWeb. Services include site planning,
design and development with a wide range of informatics to help expand the
clients presence on the world wide web.
Web Developer
Development, customization and maintenance of modular sub-applications used
in deployments of ISLs OneWeb CMS.
Key Accomplishments
. Created Google Maps insert for the Titanic page for Nova Scotia Tourism.
. Created a custom application for lesson completion tracking for Doctors
Nova Scotia.
. Continued development of the Event Calendar sub-application for the next
release of OneWeb.
Skipjack Financial Services
2006 - 2011
Skipjack Financial Services offers numerous products and services which
support both merchants and financial institutions' credit card transaction
processing needs, from reconciliation and accounting to marketing and sales
analysis.
Senior Developer
Lead role in a number of eCommerce web application development projects for
the design and maintenance of client interfaces for this credit card
gateway system.
Key Accomplishments
. Developed and maintained eCommerce applications to process and report on
online credit card transactions.
. Developed web, console and Windows applications for virtual point of sale
and transaction reporting.
. Worked largely in Windows and web applications with .NET/C#, ASP Classic,
PHP and SQL Server.
CGI
2004 - 2006
CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services, including systems
integration, application management, and infrastructure services. CGI
employs 31,000 people in 125 offices worldwide.
Senior Analyst
Focused on web application and database design/maintenance, performed as a
senior team member to develop web and database elements in a Single Sign On
enterprise web presence for a client in the insurance industry.
Key Accomplishments
. Managed and maintained systems and troubleshot data incidents for the
insurance client after deployment of the Single Sign On application.
. Utilized Windows and web apps with C#, Visual Basic, XML and SQL to
create data reporting systems for a major insurance industry client.
1SOUND.com
2001 - 2003
1Sound.com was a website offering online distribution for independent music
artists, live streaming web casts and open blogging accounts for the
general public.
Senior Developer, Head of North American Development/Project Lead Hand
Worked as chief architect and developer in the design and implementation of
databases, server pages and media streaming for a public facing website.
Key Accomplishments
. Balanced additional development duties, assisting in a variety of ongoing
company projects
. Using Linux/PHP, Windows Server/ASP, PostgreSQL, and Windows Media
Server, developed databases and web pages for blogging, independent music
distribution and live streaming audio broadcasts.
. Assisted in tier I, II and III technical support.
Microforum
2000 - 2001
Microforum was a software development and resource management company with
offices in several provinces.
Senior Developer / Team Lead
In this leadership role with the Product Development team, carried out
initiatives for COM module design, requirements/design documentation and
module implementation for a web based content management system.
Key Accomplishments
. Managed the development team responsible for various components of the
ECS_Press project (later Aviniti.Content), including business layer, data
layer and Active Server Page user interfaces.
. Instrumental in creating the project manual and client requirements
analysis used in training users in and deploying ECS_Press software.
. Demonstrated expertise within Windows Server/ASP, MS SQL Server, COM,
C++, and DHTML, allowing a broad range of development and developer
mentoring within the project.
MacDonald - Dettweiler Associates (MDA)
1999 - 2000
Incorporated in 1969, MDA delivers a broad spectrum of information
solutions including complex operational systems, tailored information
services, and electronic information products.
Senior Programmer/Analyst
With this electronic solutions firm, managed design and implementation of
the Oracle database interface, as well as navigational software modules for
the CASWS distributed Sonar systems.
Key Accomplishments
. Worked within Windows NT/C++, Oracle, and Matlab environments to develop
analysis and navigation modules for the CASWS system.
. Performed evaluations on software and website testing tools for use on a
then upcoming web and GPS based based project to track shipments.
Brooklyn North Software Works (later Mailworkz)
1997 - 1999
Brooklyn North Software Works was the developer of the original HTML
Assistant Pro, the world's first commercial web page editor. It was founded
in 1994 By Howard Harawitz, widely known as the 'Godfather of the
internet'.
Intermediate Developer
Worked on the design and implementation of programming interfaces, user
interfaces, databases, and database tiers in an n-tier system with this
software development group.
Key Accomplishments
. Main developer of database modules for the highly successful Broadcast
Desktop bulk e-mail delivery system, followed by similar work with the
Broadcast Server Edition.
. Utilized Windows NT/Visual Basic/C++, ASP, MS SQL Server and a variety of
contact management software to implement database management and user
interface designs for Broadcast.
Satlantic, Inc.
1996 - 1998
Satlantic Inc is an advanced ocean technology company that develops
precision optical sensors for aquatic research and water quality
monitoring. Satlantic was also a developer of satellite imaging and
analysis software.
Intermediate Developer
Core developer for StarSoft, a Windows based desktop satellite imagery
navigation/analysis software package. Handled features such as user
interface design and image analysis design/implementation for the Ocean
Features Workstation (OFW) project, as well as the UNIX port of Starsoft
for integration with OFW.
Key Accomplishments
. Yielded the development of image navigation modules for the Ocean
Features Workstation - Synthetic Aperture Radar (OFW-SAR) images and
various NOAA satellite systems..
. Produced additional achievements in Ops and Analysis for the Sentinel
mobile SAR ground station.
. Required skills with Windows NT/UNIX/C++/FORTRAN, Matlab, and IDL.
Other Experience
Programmer / Analyst, ASA Inc.
1994 - 1996
Programmer / Analyst, Novex Inc.
1992 - 1994
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Dahousie University - Halifax, NS
1991
. Bachelor of Computer Science
George Brown College - Toronto, ON
1982
. Noise and Vibration Control (Tech II)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages Tools Databases
ASP.NET (8 yr.)? Matlab (4 yr.) SQL Server (11 yr.)
C# (6 yr.) IDL (2 yr.) PostgreSQL (3 yr.)
HTML/DHTML (11 yr.) Photoshop (9 yr.) MySQL (6 yr.)
JavaScript (11 yr.) Illustrator (2 yr.) Oracle 8 (1 yr.)
SQL (12 yr.)? MS Media Services (4
yr.)
Visual Basic/VBScript (11 Microsoft TFS
yr.) Microsoft SSRS
C/C++ (10 yr.) OS Other Technologies
Pascal (12 yr.) Windows XP/Vista/7 (9 ODBC
yr.)
Fortran (2 yr.) Windows NT/2000 (7 yr.) DAO
PHP (5 yr.) Windows 3.x, 9x, DOS (12 ADO
yr.)
ASP (10 yr.) Linux (3 yr.) COM
Java (1 yr.) UNIX (3 yr.) IIS
HTML5 DCOM
JavaScript/jQuery MTS