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• Able to support and communicate with clients/customers and team members
• Strong documentation, software evaluation, quality assurance, and training skills
• Computer Programming and Operating Certificate, and well educated in Applications Design and Database Administration
• Over 15+ years experience as an IT specialist; developing and maintaining systems
• Can climb steep learning curves, can lift and carry heavy equipment

Skill Type	Skill Level	Experience
Write/create software for many platforms with many languages/tools	Expert	15+ years
Document and perform on-going maintenance	Expert	15+ years
Troubleshoot and repair hardware, software, networking	Expert	15+ years
Web sites	Expert	10 years
Windows, and MS Office Pro (Word, Excel & Access)	Expert	10+ years

1984 - Present, CONTRACTOR CONSULTANT, various contracts

• Designed and developed a web site for a local artist.
• Converted a raw mainframe database (PL/1 application) into ASCII readable text files.
• Provided knowledge and support to an application service provider.
• Assisted and guided people with computer technology in the community
• Published application programming interfaces to enable OMNIS database to use fax and video
• Provided PC hardware and software support on a help desk at Coopers & Lybrand
• Created a preprint and contact application for a courier company
• Developed software for York University involving online tests, experiments, and statistics

Aug 2002 - Dec 2003, DATABASE PROGRAMMER, Ingenious Software, Nelson, BC

• Converted record management software for fire departments from Omnis7 to Omnis Studio
• Provided hardware, software and networking support.
• Created installers and updated web site with new software versions and documentation.

May 2000 - March 2001, PROGRAMMER, Global Interactive, St. Kitts, Caribbean

• Provided programming and technical expertise to staff and clients for over 200 internet casinos
• Implemented a disaster (hurricane) recovery plan for the office
• Wrote Unix scripts to automate procedures for Linux/BSD systems in the system administration of web hosting, email, and domain registration
• Developed web-based contact management using PHP and MySQL
• Created an online video poker game and implemented web-based Email

January 1995 - June 1999, SENIOR APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER, KPMG, Toronto

• Maintained mission critical applications and provided interfaces to databases
• Tested and deployed software and databases to over 4000 staff across Canada
• Successfully ported time and billing software from Macintosh to Windows95 using Visual Basic
• Managed and maintained a large code repository and version control of source for many projects
• Wrote utility programs to generate reports as web pages using PL/SQL, Perl, and ASP
• Evaluated and reported on code repository software

June 1990 - December 1994, PROGRAMMER ANALYST, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto

• Successfully rolled out networking, desktops and office software to over 600 lawyers and staff
• Tested and evaluated Email and fax software
• Developed scheduling software for litigation case management using Oracle
• Installed a fax server and wrote software to deliver incoming faxes through Email
• Created an automated network software deployment system, billing interfaces for printing and online services and automated testing tools to tune file servers

May 1986 - May 1989, COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, Logicus, Inc., Nobleton, Ontario

• Designed and published education software packages for the Ministry of Education
• Created graphics primitives, animation programming and libraries in C and Assembler
• Wrote a word processor, paint program, games, vector graphics, bit blitter, flood fill, and animation

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