Scott Alexander Kirkwood

Curriculum Vitæ

• República Argentina 430/204 , MG 30315-490 Brazil
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  E-mail: scott_kirkwood@bigfoot.com   Web Site: www.ForUsers.com   CPF: 013040106-43   Nationality: Canadian  

• Queen's University - September 1991 to April 1992
  Kingston, Ontario
  Master's of Science (Computer Science)
  Received the Frank Carrel Scholarship.
  

• Bishop's University - September 1986 to April 1990
  Lennoxville, Québec
  Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
  Minored in Mathematics. Received the Vice-Chancellor's Award (1990) - the third highest academic award given in the University, Graduation with Distinction (1990), Albert Kwong Award (1989), Dean's list (1989).

Programming Languages

• Visual C++ - 7 years
  My first experience with C++ was when it first came to DOS under Zortech C++ in 1990. I have been using Visual C++ exclusively for more than 6 years. I have taught courses in C++ and have given informal seminars on the subject as well.
• Pascal - 4 years
  I have essentially stopped using Pascal since 1993
• OLAP/BI - 7 years
  I have worked exclusively in the field of OLAP while at Andyne and Hummingbird
• Visual Basic - 2 years
  I have used Visual Basic mostly for testing purposes. I have never made a commercial program with Visual Basic.
• JavaScript - less than 2 years
  I have used JavaScript for various small projects.
• HTML/DHTML - 4 years
  I used to write HTML by hand before editors for web pages came out.
• XML/XSL - 1 year
  This document was written using XML and XSL.

Applications and SDKs

• Windows 32 API - 7 years
  Extensive knowledge of Windows 95, 98, NT and CE.

Non-Digital Skills

• User Interface Design - 8 years
  Much of my focus in the last 6 years has been in the area of effective interface design.
• Teaching - 1 year
  I taught C and C++ twice. I have given several informal C++ seminars.

• English
  English is my native tongue. Compared to most programmers my written English is quite good.
• Portuguese
  I have lived in Brazil for more than 2 years. My Portuguese still needs improvement, however because of my other languages I feel that I can learn faster than most.
• French
  Living in Quebec most of my life I learned quite a bit of French. I was also in the program where half my courses were taught in French.
• German
  My mother is Austrian and I have spent my vacations in Austria more than 20 times. However, I feel my German needs improvement.

• Samarco Mineração SA - November 1998 to April 1999 (5 months)
  Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
  • Created a ActiveX web application which views and prints Crystal Reports documents over the intranet. • Used Visual C++ and ATL to design the component. • Created an over-the-web installer in C++.
• Hummingbird Communications Ltd. - August 1998 to April 2000 (1 year and 8 months)
  Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
  • Worked remotely in Belo Horizonte over the internet - continuing the work I had been doing in Canada. • Among other things, created a middle-tier to connect to Oracle Express and Microsoft's OLE DB for OLAP.
• Andyne Computing Limited - March 1995 to August 1998 (3 years and 5 months)
  Kingston, Ontario
  • Lead a team of developers, which wrote the commercial product PªBLO (now called BI/Analyze) and CubeCreator. • PªBLO was written from scratch for Windows 3.11 and Windows 95 using C++ and MFC. • Conceived and designed much of the user interface and technical enhancements. • Gave seminars in C++ to other developers. • Gathered experience in C++, MFC, Win32, OLAP, ROLAP, MOLAP, Client-Server, multi-threading, OLE (client, server, automation, ActiveX, etc.), Java, HTML, XML, and VB. • Note: Andyne was later bought out by Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
• Andyne Computing Limited - April 1993 to March 1995 (almost 2 years)
  Kingston, Ontario
  • Wrote the connectivity layers to Oracle's SQL*Net, Sybase's DB-Library, Microsoft's ODBC, Hyperion's Essbase and Informix Metacube. • Wrote many of the C++ classes now used throughout the company. • Wrote an installer in C++. • Wrote and maintained code on the Macintosh using MacApp in Pascal.
• Bishop's University - July 1990 to July 1991 (1 year)
  Lennoxville, Québec
  • Worked as system's administrator for a Sun UNIX network. • Designed and wrote a software metering program both on the client and server in C++. • Wrote a PCL parser to count and charge students for laser printer pages. • Wrote an online student questionnaire. • Wrote a computer reservation program. • Wrote system software for both UNIX and DOS. • Taught mini-courses to professors on UNIX. • Published a computer center newsletter. • Installed both UNIX and PC software for both student and professor use.
• Champlain Regional College - January 1991 to May 1991 (4 months)
  Lennoxville, Québec
  • Taught 420-914-75 Introduction to C Programming Language to 15 students in the Computer Information System's department.