Arvin Singla

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science
University of Windsor (Windsor, ON)

Ontario Secondary School Diploma
Vincent Massey Secondary School (Windsor, ON)

Recent Work Experience

Freelance Drupal Developer
June 2007 - Present

As a freelance Drupal developer I have taken part in a variety of solo and team development projects. My focus has been working with Not-for-profit organizations and small businesses. Planning, architecting, theming, design, development, implementation, deployment, and training represent the wide range of services I have provided.

Teaching Assistant (Advanced Digital Media)
University of Windsor (Dept. of Communication Studies - Windsor, ON)
September 2006 - January 2008

Working along side University Professors I was given the tasks of running lectures, organizing projects and running labs in order to train students in the advanced use of Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Apple Final Cut Studio. Special funding was allocated after I graduated to allow me time to continue my duties.

Information Systems Technologist
Children First (Windsor, ON)
May 2004 - Nov 2009

Starting as a student and leading into a full time position my duties have included Server and Workstation setup and maintenance, staff training and support, Intranet software development, technical advice, project management and hardware/software purchasing.

Sole-Proprietor
Adaptive Computer Services (Windsor, ON)
August 2003 - May 2007

During my time in University I established ACS to learn first hand business skills and establish a wide range of individual and small business clients. Providing services both on and offsite including server and workstation maintenance, web and multimedia development, and equipment sales.

Technical/Computer Skills

Hardware & Software

  • Working experience with (DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98 / NT4 / 2000 / ME / XP / Vista / 7, Multiple Linux Distributions, Mac OS 9 / X, and Novel Netware)
  • Virtualization experience with VMWare ESXi, Workstation and Fusion.
  • Working experience in the use of Professional office applications including (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, OpenOffice, and Adobe Acrobat Professional)
  • Extensive knowledge in both digital and analog audio/visual equipment
  • Long term experience with both Hardware and Software troubleshooting/installation/maintenance on the PC and Mac platform
  • Intermediate TCP/IP networking including the use of Routers, Gateways, software firewalls, the internet, and other network operations

Web Development

  • Drupal Site Development, experience in PHP, jQuery, MySQL, CSS2/3 Layouts, XHTML, HTML5, XML, RSS, Accessibility Standards, and SEO Optimization
  • basic web programming experience using Ruby on Rails, Java, and JSP
  • Additional content management system experience using Mambo, Joomla, DotNetNuke and Wordpress
  • Emerging Technology experience including Twitter, Digg, YouTube, Feed Readers, Blogs, Facebook, Delicious.com, Flickr, MySpace, Google Applications and APIs

Multi-Media

  • Extensive post-production experience producing content with software packages including: Avid Media Composer, Avid Express Pro, Adobe Premiere / Photoshop / Audition / After Effects / Encore, Apple Shake / Final Cut Pro / Motion, Macromedia Flash / Director, Autodesk Maya, and other various multi-media applications
  • Audio and Video Podcast experience. Working on productions from concept all the way to delivery
  • On set Digital and Film production experience