I am a professional software and website developer currently located in Abbotsford, British Columbia. I have been around computers for as long as I can remember. I was always interested in how they worked and what kind of things I could make them do. This is my part of the internet to showcase things I have learned, ideas I have created and the direction that I wish to continue.

Please feel free to contact me at any time using the information below.

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Education
I have been educated by Canada's premier polytechnic institute and its industry leaders. During the two years at BCIT, I gained an immense amount of knowledge, skills and techniques which will help propel me into my career.
Diploma of Technology
2004 - 2006
British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Completed the Computer Systems Technology (CST) program
  • Topics covered include
    • UNIX and Win32 programming using C and C++
    • UNIX and Win32 socket programming
    • UNIX and Win32 serial communications
    • Multithreaded programming in UNIX and Windows
    • Secure programming
    • iptables firewall and intrusion detection systems
    • Computer architecture
High School Diploma (Honours)
2001 - 2004
Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
  • Accomplished a grade in the top 30% of my graduating class
  • Completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Math program
  • Received Top Student Awards for Information Technology 11 and 12 and Chemistry 11
Work Experience
Website Designer and Maintainer
2007 - Present
bluStone Restaurant Ltd.
  • Developed and deployed a PHP website with an online reservation system
  • Constantly maintaining and updating website to clients needs
  • http://www.blustonerestaurant.com
Website Designer
2007
Aventerra Explorations, Inc.
Website Designer
2007
Cynergi Holdings, Inc.
Website Designer
2007
Glenn W Nielsen, LLCM(TD)
Mill Worker
2006 - 2007
Quadra Wood Products Ltd.
  • Grading, stacking and sorting lumber
PHP Programmer
2003
Rimasec Internet Services
  • Created a billing system in PHP to maintain records of all of the clients of Rimasec
  • Features include:
    • add, delete and edit client information
    • calculate and display projected revenue
    • send an upcomming bill notification to clients
    • notify whether clients payments are overdue and give the administrator the option to send them an email
    • send a group of clients or a single client an email
  • More information can be found in the Portfolio
Related Experience
Throughout the many years I have been using computers, I have gained knowledge of a wide range of tools and technologies. I started out in designing webpages then moved onto C and C++.
Programming Languages
  • 3 years
    C
  • 2 years
    C++, Visual C++, MFC
  • 2 years
    Java
  • 1 year
    Visual Basic
  • 1 year
    Delphi
Website Development
  • 7 years
    HTML, DHTML, CSS
  • 7 years
    Javascript
  • 5 years
    Apache
  • 4 years
    MySQL
  • 4 years
    PHP
  • 3 years
    Flash 4, 5, MX
  • 1 year
    Dreamweaver, Fireworks
  • 1 year
    JSP
  • 1 year
    Oracle, PostgreSQL
  • 1 year
    xHTML
  • 1 year
    XML
Operating Systems
  • 8 years
    Windows 95, 98, XP
  • 5 years
    FreeBSD
  • 2 years
    Gentoo
  • 1 year
    Fedora
  • 1 year
    Slackware
Other Skills
  • Network Administration
    • Snort
    • PF
    • iptables
    • Apache
    • bind
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Photoshop, The GIMP
  • Entity Relation Diagram (ERD)
  • State Transition Diagram (STD)
  • Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • Shell Scripting
Volunteer Experience
PHP/Database Programmer
2006
Brightside Technologies
  • Created and deployed a PHP and MySQL website to maintain a list of inventory
  • Some features include:
    • Secure login to the system
    • Add, edit and delete functionality for each item in the inventory
    • Editable attributes of the inventory items
PHP/XML Programmer
2005
Silvertip Marine
  • Created and deployed a PHP/XML based website to configure remote alarms situated on boats