<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!-- <?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="resume.xsl"?> <?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="EngResumePrint.xsl"?> <?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="PortResumePrint.xsl"?> --> <?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="resume-en.xsl"?> <resume> <name>Scott Alexander Kirkwood</name> <category> <title> Curriculum Vitæ </title> <group name="Contact Information"> <title> Contact Information </title> <address id="homeAddress"> <title> Home Address </title> <street name="Street"> República Argentina 430/204 </street> <city name="City"> Belo Horizonte </city> <state name="State" stateCode="MG">Minas Gerais</state> <zipcode name="Zip Code">30315-490</zipcode> <country name="Country"> Brazil </country> <phone id="homePhone"> <title>Home</title> +55 (031) 284-0036 </phone> <phone id="cellPhone"> <title>Cell Phone</title> +55 (031) 9985-0707 </phone> <phone id="fax"> <title>Fax</title> (617) 812-2428 </phone> </address> <links id="electronicLinks"> <title>Electronic Links</title> <link id="email" ref="mailto:scott_kirkwood@bigfoot.com"> <title>E-mail</title> scott_kirkwood@bigfoot.com </link> <link id="website" ref="http://www.ForUsers.com/"> <title>Web Site</title> www.ForUsers.com </link> <link id="CPF"> <title>CPF</title> 013040106-43 </link> <link id="Nationality"> <title>Nationality</title> Canadian </link> </links> </group> <group name="Education"> <title> Education </title> <description> These are the formal institutions that I have attended. However, I feel that education is an ongoing process that doesn't end at the classroom door ... as with any programmer, I spend a great deal of time educating myself in the latest technologies (with a book and magazine bill to prove it, unfortunately) and I also stay fresh by working on shareware programs. </description> <institution name="Graduate School" graduated="yes"> <school>Queen's University</school> <location> Kingston, Ontario </location> <major> Computer Science </major> <dateStart year="1991" month="9"/> <dateEnd year="1992" month="4"/> <degree> Master's of Science </degree> <comments> Received the Frank Carrel Scholarship. </comments> </institution> <institution name="University" graduated="yes"> <school>Bishop's University</school> <location> Lennoxville, Québec </location> <major> Computer Science </major> <dateStart year="1986" month="9"/> <dateEnd year="1990" month="4"/> <degree> Bachelor of Science </degree> <comments> 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). </comments> </institution> <institution name="College" graduated="yes" verbose="yes"> <school>Champlain Regional College</school> <location>Lennoxville, Québec</location> <major>Social Sciences</major> <dateStart year="1983" month="9"/> <dateEnd year="1987" month="4"/> <degree>DEC</degree> <comments>This two year college is unique to Québec.</comments> </institution> <institution name="High School" graduated="yes" verbose="yes"> <school>Loyola High School</school> <location>Montréal, Québec</location> <dateStart year="1981" month="9"/> <dateEnd year="1986" month="4"/> <degree>High School Leaving Ceritificate</degree> <comments>Private High School. French immersion program.</comments> </institution> </group> <group name="Skills"> <title>Skills</title> <description> </description> <group name="Programming Languages"> <title>Programming Languages</title> <description> </description> <skill name="Visual C++" years="1993"> <title> Visual C++ </title> 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 <years>+1994</years>. I have tought courses in C++ and have given informal seminars on the subject as well. </skill> <skill name="Pascal" years="4"> <title> Pascal </title> I have essentially stopped using Pascal since 1993 </skill> <skill name="OLAP/BI" years="1993"> <title> OLAP/BI </title> I have worked exclusively in the field of OLAP while at Andyne and Hummingbird </skill> <skill name="Visual Basic" years="2"> <title> Visual Basic </title> I have used Visual Basic mostly for testing purposes. I have never made a commercial program with Visual Basic. </skill> <skill name="JavaScript" years="-1998"> <title> JavaScript </title> I have used JavaScript for various small projects. </skill> <skill name="HTML/DHTML" years="1996"> <title> HTML/DHTML </title> I used to write HTML by hand before editors for web pages came out. </skill> <skill name="XML/XSL" years="1"> <title> XML/XSL </title> This document was written using XML and XSL. </skill> <skill name="Java" years="1" verbose="yes"> <title> Java </title> I'm familiar with the essential syntax and capabilities of Java, although I have not developed commercial products using Java. </skill> </group> <group name="Applications and SDKs"> <title> Applications and SDKs </title> <description> </description> <skill name="Windows 32 API" years="1993"> <title>Windows 32 API</title> Extensive knowledge of Windows 95, 98, NT and CE. </skill> <skill name="Macintosh OS" years="3" verbose="yes"> <title>Macintosh OS</title> Wrote my Master's thesis on the Macintosh and worked my first two years at Andyne programming on the Macintosh. </skill> <skill name="UNIX" years="2" verbose="yes"> <title>UNIX</title> Strong knowledge of the Sun OS and a little of Linux (v 0.97). </skill> </group> <group name="Non-Digital Skills"> <title> Non-Digital Skills </title> <skill name="User Interface Design" years="1992"> <title> User Interface Design </title> Much of my focus in the last 6 years has been in the area of effective interface design. </skill> <skill name="Lecionar" years="1"> <title> Teaching </title> I taught C and C++ twice. I have given several informal C++ seminars. </skill> <skill name="Piano" years="+1998" verbose="yes"> <title> Piano </title> I have rekindled my interest in playing the piano. </skill> <skill name="Sports" years="ongoing" verbose="yes"> <title> Sports </title> I like playing squash, tennis, golf, billiars and windsurfing. I have also been known to fly planes, scubadive, play volleyball, play badminton, and go cycling. </skill> </group> </group> <group name="Languages"> <title> Languages </title> <item name="English"> <title>English</title> English is my native tongue. Compared to most programmers my written English is quite good. </item> <item name="Portuguese"> <title>Portuguese</title> I have lived in Brazil for <years>+1998</years>. My Portuguese still needs improvement, however because of my other languages I feel that I can learn faster than most. </item> <item name="French"> <title>French</title> Living in Quebec most of my life I learned quite a bit of French. I was also in the <em>French immersion</em> program where half my courses were taught in French. </item> <item name="German"> <title>German</title> My mother is Austrian and I have spent my vacations in Austria more than 20 times. However, I feel my German needs improvement. </item> </group> <group name="Professional Experience"> <title> Professional Experience </title> <description> </description> <employer> <name>Samarco Mineração SA</name> <dateStart year="1998" month="11"/> <dateEnd year="1999" month="4"/> <jobName>Consultant</jobName> <location>Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais</location> <description> <job_item> Created a ActiveX web application which views and prints <em>Crystal Reports</em> documents over the intranet. </job_item> <job_item> Used Visual C++ and ATL to design the component. </job_item> <job_item> Created an over-the-web installer in C++. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer> <name>Hummingbird Communications Ltd.</name> <dateStart year="1998" month="8"/> <dateEnd year="2000" month="4"/> <jobName> Senior Software Developer </jobName> <location>Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais</location> <description> <job_item> Worked remotely in Belo Horizonte over the internet - continuing the work I had been doing in Canada. </job_item> <job_item> Among other things, created a middle-tier to connect to <em>Oracle Express</em> and Microsoft's <em>OLE DB for OLAP</em>. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer> <name>Andyne Computing Limited</name> <jobName> Project Lead </jobName> <location>Kingston, Ontario</location> <dateStart year="1995" month="3"/> <dateEnd year="1998" month="8"/> <description> <job_item> Lead a team of developers, which wrote the commercial product <em>PªBLO</em> (now called BI/Analyze) and CubeCreator. </job_item> <job_item> PªBLO was written from scratch for Windows 3.11 and Windows 95 using C++ and MFC. </job_item> <job_item verbose="yes"> Acted as manager to eight others in the team including technical writing, quality assurance, a development assistant, and several software developers. </job_item> <job_item> Conceived and designed much of the user interface and technical enhancements. </job_item> <job_item> Gave seminars in C++ to other developers. </job_item> <job_item verbose="yes"> Continued performing some software development as I managed. </job_item> <job_item> Gathered experience in C++, MFC, Win32, OLAP, ROLAP, MOLAP, Client-Server, multi-threading, OLE (client, server, automation, ActiveX, etc.), Java, HTML, XML, and VB. </job_item> <job_item> Note: Andyne was later bought out by Hummingbird Communications Ltd. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer> <name>Andyne Computing Limited</name> <jobName> Senior Software Developer </jobName> <location>Kingston, Ontario</location> <dateStart year="1993" month="4"/> <dateEnd year="1995" month="3"/> <description> <job_item> Wrote the connectivity layers to Oracle's SQL*Net, Sybase's DB-Library, Microsoft's ODBC, Hyperion's Essbase and Informix Metacube. </job_item> <job_item> Wrote many of the C++ classes now used throughout the company. </job_item> <job_item> Wrote an installer in C++. </job_item> <job_item> Wrote and maintained code on the Macintosh using MacApp in Pascal. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer> <name>Bishop's University</name> <dateStart year="1990" month="7"/> <dateEnd year="1991" month="7"/> <jobName> System Administrator </jobName> <location>Lennoxville, Québec</location> <description> <job_item> Worked as system's administrator for a Sun UNIX network. </job_item> <job_item> Designed and wrote a software metering program both on the client and server in C++. </job_item> <job_item> Wrote a PCL parser to count and charge students for laser printer pages. </job_item> <job_item> Wrote an online student questionnaire. </job_item> <job_item> Wrote a computer reservation program. </job_item> <job_item> Wrote system software for both UNIX and DOS. </job_item> <job_item> Taught mini-courses to professors on UNIX. </job_item> <job_item> Published a computer center newsletter. </job_item> <job_item> Installed both UNIX and PC software for both student and professor use. </job_item> <job_item verbose="yes"> Was given the task of networking 3 Suns servers to 38 personal computers and 4 printers, despite the fact that neither I, nor anyone else had any UNIX experience. </job_item> <job_item verbose="yes"> Hired and managed 14 computer consultants who worked as monitors in the Cole Computer Center. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer verbose="no"> <name>Champlain Regional College</name> <dateStart year="1991" month="1"/> <dateEnd year="1991" month="5"/> <jobName> C.E.G.E.P. Teacher </jobName> <location>Lennoxville, Québec</location> <description> <job_item> Taught 420-914-75 Introduction to C Programming Language to 15 students in the Computer Information System's department. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer verbose="yes"> <name>Bishop's University</name> <dateStart year="1989" month="5"/> <dateEnd year="1990" month="7"/> <jobName> Computer Programmer and Research Assistant </jobName> <location>Lennoxville, Québec</location> <description> <job_item> Astrophysics research assistant to Dr. Lorne Nelson. </job_item> <job_item> Developed programs in Pascal to display graphs of stellar functions. </job_item> <job_item> Wrote utilities in C to input and manipulate tabular data. </job_item> <job_item verbose="yes"> Maintained FORTRAN programs written by Dr. Nelson. </job_item> <job_item verbose="yes"> Used Mathematica and Sygraph to solve and display functions. </job_item> <job_item verbose="yes"> Used TeX, a typesetting language, to produce photo ready articles for publication in journals. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer verbose="yes"> <name>Champlain Regional College</name> <dateStart year="1988" month="4"/> <dateEnd year="1988" month="9"/> <jobName>Computer Programmer</jobName> <location>Lennoxville, Québec</location> <description> <job_item> Designed and wrote <em>Karel</em>, a robot simulation designed to teach the basics of Pascal programming. Written in Turbo Pascal this program interpreted <em>Karel</em> programs written by the student complete with integrated text editor and map design screen (for the robot's <q>world</q>). </job_item> <job_item> Wrote a keyboard-typing tutor to teach students the keystrokes of applications like Word, Excel, and WordPerfect. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer verbose="yes"> <name>La Brasserie Labatt Limittée</name> <dateStart year="1987" month="4"/> <dateEnd year="1987" month="8"/> <jobName>Computer Operator</jobName> <location>Montréal, Québec</location> <description> <job_item> Responsible for the backup of Labatt's 4 DEC mainframe computers. </job_item> <job_item> Also responsible for the output and maintenance of Labatt's three high-speed printers. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer verbose="yes"> <name>La Brasserie Labatt Limittée</name> <dateStart year="1986" month="4"/> <dateEnd year="1986" month="8"/> <jobName>Database Programmer</jobName> <location>Montréal, Québec</location> <description> <job_item> Designed and wrote a dBase III application complete with user documentation (French and English) for Labatt's marketing department. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer verbose="yes"> <name>Chimo! Magazine</name> <dateStart year="1984" month="summer"/> <dateEnd year="1985" month="summer"/> <jobName>Circulation Manager and Data Entry Operator</jobName> <location>Lennoxville, Québec</location> <description> <job_item> Upgraded Chimo!'s circulation list of 15,000 from hand-typed cards to computer database. </job_item> <job_item verbose="yes"> Maintained both lists as change of address forms came in. </job_item> </description> </employer> <employer verbose="yes"> <name>Self employed</name> <dateStart year="1981" month="summer"/> <dateEnd year="1984" month="summer"/> <jobName>Magician</jobName> <location>Montréal, Québec</location> <description> <job_item> Entertained children for birthday parties. </job_item> <job_item> Was given a good review in <em>Montréal Calendar Magazine</em>. </job_item> <job_item> Did a few performances for groups greater than 200 in both English and French. </job_item> </description> </employer> </group> </category> </resume>