Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Education
University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Bachelor of Computer Science
Minor: Communication Studies
Vincent Massey Secondary School, Windsor, ON
Ontario Secondary School Diploma
Working Experience
Teaching Assistant (Advanced Digital Media)
University of Windsor (Dept of Communication Studies - Windsor, ON)
September 2006 – January 2007
September 2007 – January 2008
- Instructed and assisted students in the advanced use of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, and Final Cut Pro
Information Technology Analyst
Children First (Windsor, ON)
May 2004 – Present
- Server and systems maintenance
- Staff support
- Web based software development
- Technical advisor for purchasing, upgrades, and installations
Work Study Employee
University of Windsor (Centre for Flexible Learning - Windsor, ON)
November 2003 - July 2004
- Building and maintaining University course websites
- Creating and updating Power Point presentations
- Computer hardware installation and maintenance
- Creating Multi-Media presentations (Video & PowerPoint)
Sole-Proprietor
Adaptive Computer Services (Windsor, ON)
August 2003 – Present
- Digital media content creation
- Website consulting and development
- Personal and Business computer consulting
- Onsite and offsite system repair, maintenance and upgrades
- Sales and Servicing
Technical/Computer Skills
General Skills
- Solid foundation and understanding of Operating Systems
- working experience with (DOS, Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98 / NT4 / 2000 / ME / XP, Various Linux Distributions, Mac OS 9 / X, and UNIX)
- Competent in use of Microsoft Office applications including (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
- Experience with a wide array of software packages over various operating systems and platforms
- Quick-study with using different hardware and software
- Extensive knowledge in the use of both digital and analog audio/visual equipment
Specialized Skills
- Long term experience with both Hardware and Software troubleshooting on the PC platform
- Long term experience with both Hardware and Software Installation/Maintenance on the PC platform
- Experience with basic and intermediate TCP/IP networking including the use of Routers, Gateways, software firewalls, the internet, and other network operations
- Long term experience with digital content production. Experience with software packages including (Avid Media Composer, Avid Express Pro, Adobe Premiere / Photoshop / Audition / After Effects / Encore, Apple Shake / Final Cut Pro, Macromedia Flash / Director, Autodesk
Maya, and other various multi-media applications) - Intermediate web-site design and programming experience using (HTML, Ruby on Rails, Java, JSP, PHP, SQL Databases, Lotus, and other programming skills)
- Content Management System experience using Drupal, Mambo, Joomla, and Wordpress
Awards and Achievements
- 2006 - Avid Award from the 2006 University of Windsor Film Festival
- 2000 - University of Windsor Entrance Scholarships
- 2000 - Dramatic Arts Departmental Award
- 1995 - 2000 - Maintained a Position on the High School Honour Roll
- 1998 - Recipient of the Queens Venturer Award. Highest award available to youth in the Venturer program.
- 1997 - Recipient of the Chief Scouts Award. Highest award available to youth in the Scouting program.
Latest Media
Lazaret: Created in 48 hours, this film was co-produced and co-directed by myself and a colleague for the Windsor International Film Festivals's 48 Hour Flick Fest competition.
Latest Website
University of Windsor Film Festival: Now in it's third year the UWFF strives to bring the best of local and international short films to the Windsor community. Produced by the Faculty of Communication Studies.
