SUMMARY
Computer Software Systems Architect. Understands business applications. Has a broad industry perspective and in-depth technical understanding; a unique and extensive computer background on the leading edge of computer technology. Creative, innovative and a quick learner (top 99th percentile). Enjoys design and programming. Ruby and Ruby on Rails programmer.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 40 years experience with a variety of operating and development environments: mainframes, minicomputers, personal computers, LANs, downsizing, structured programming, database and object-oriented programming.
- Designed and developed financial and operational control systems for manufacturing, service, broadcast and retail industries, including: Pos, A/P, Inventory Control, Production Management, Order Entry, A/R, Sales Analysis, TV scheduling and a variety of web sites.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Developed and installed fully integrated systems for more than 30 companies.
- Developed and installed several software packages that user could modify without a programmer.
- Designed and built a successful retail computer/video sales & rental business.
- Organized and developed a large housing cooperative.
- Joint venture partner in developing a financial and operation control software package used by 80% of Texas Instrument Inc. computer installations across Canada.
- Documented and developed Technical Manual Procedures that significantly reduced computer operation error.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY |
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| 2001 – Present | SmartScreens | Sell & host websites |
| 1984 – 2000 | Global Business Systems | Design custom systems |
| 1981 – 1983 | SmartScreens | Retail video/computer store |
| 1978 – 1981 | Contemporary Computer Services | Software Architect |
| 1977 – 1978 | R. J. Thompson & Associates | Software/Office Mgr. |
| 1973 – 1977 | Canada Systems Group/L+W Systems | Standards Writer, Business Analyst |
| 1970 – 1973 | Simpsons-Sears Ltd. | Project Leader, DB Admin |
| 1969 – 1969 | Rolph Clark Stone Ltd. | Programmer/Analyst |
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
- Systems Design & Programming Diploma, Humber College
- Computer Science & Logic courses, University of Toronto
- Accounting & Business Administration Certificate, Ryerson Polytechnic
- Consultation Skills courses, York University
Bibliography of Current Works Assimilated
- Defensive Design for the Web by Matthew Linderman with Jason Fried, 37 Signals; New Riders (2004)
- Agile Web Development with Rails by Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson; The Pragmatic Bookshelf (2005)
- Programming Ruby by Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf (2005)
- Ruby Cookbook by Lucas Carlson & Leonard Richardson; O’Reilly (2005)
- CSS in easy steps by Mike McGrath; The Computer Step (2005)
- Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm; New Riders (2006)
- Javascript in easy steps by Mike McGrath; The Computer Step (2006)
- Rails Recipes by Chad Fowler; The Pragmatic Bookshelf (2006)
- Ruby for Rails by David A. Black; Manning (2006)
- Ruby on Rails Up and Running by Bruce A. Tate & Curt Hibbs; O’Reilly (2006)
- Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and AJAX by Andre Lewis, Michael Purvis, Jeffrey Sambells, and Cameron Turner; an Apress company(2007)
- Getting Noticed on Google by Ben Norman; Computer Step (2007)
- Rails Cookbook by Rob Orsini; O’Reilly (2007)
- Rails Solutions: Ruby on Rails Made Easy by Justin Williams; friendsof, an Apress company (2007)
- The Ruby Way, Second Edition by Hal Fulton; Addison Wesley (2007)