Skills

Technical

• Computer Science: Concurrency, Simulation, Graphics, Data Structures, Optimization
• Languages: C++, C#, Java, VB, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, SQL, PHP
• Libraries: STL, Boost, OpenGL, XNA, Win32, .Net, JavaME
• IDEs: MS Visual Studio, NetBeans, Komodo
• OS: Ubuntu Linux, Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003
• Applications: MS Office, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Maya, ZBrush, Reason
• Computer Hardware: Installation, configuration, maintenance and support
• Servers & Networking: Active Directory, Apache, Oracle, PostgreSQL

Other

• English (fluent), French (basic reading)
• Team Leadership

Projects

• Successfully managed and trained the IT team for a provincial election campaign under extreme time constraints (2 months start to finish), while also serving as executive advisor of their youth association and attending college
• Created a highly concurrent doubly linked list for an equally concurrent garbage collector in under two months using C++ and Boost (see projects section)
• Created a game for TOJam in one weekend using the GPU to simulate both fire and water

Achievements

• Won the 2009 Humber Programming Contest with his team
• Placed in the top 15 teams of the 2004 international ACSL All-Star computing contest
• Admitted to Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo with a bursary
• SAT of 1450/1800 (760 verbal, 690 math)

Employment

Professional Associations: ACM, SIGGRAPH, IGDA

• Built, repaired and updated computers
• Assisted customers and answered technical questions

• Developed business plans, marketing plans, website, logo, business cards
• Handled scheduling and accounting
• Set up an Active Directory based network with roaming profiles
• Operated a venture to help individuals file their income taxes
• Tutored clients in math, English and science at both high school and elementary levels

• Improved the interface, data handling and export options of a national drug insurance micro-simulation model, incorporating extensive OLE automation
• Edited databases with SAS

Education

• Advanced Diploma (3 years)
• A programmer focused game development program that emphasizes math and software design while teaching various technologies (Java, C++, .Net, Perl, XML, Physics2D, etc…)
• Curriculum

• Admitted with a bursary, and joined the Computer Science Club

• Received award for earning the high school's highest computer science grade

Volunteer Experience

• Providing research, analysis and guidance to the executive team
• Organized a movie night with 40 youth and an MPP in attendance

• Managed a network of 7 computers, 21 VoIP phones and a central database, while training those using it and directing the data entry team
• Oversaw production of phone lists, sign lists, scrutineer packages, driver packages and forms, while assisting in other tasks like mass mailing

• Managed the canvassing funds and materials for ~25 canvassers

• Helped construct the second incarnation of Brampton’s only homeless outreach and food service centre
• Served food, organized stock, washed dishes and other tasks as required

• Performed administrative tasks for various fundraising campaigns

Interests

• Mathematics, Super-tall Buildings, Visual Arts, Politics, Economics, Physics, Molecular Biology, Skiing, Golf
• Games: Riven, SimCity 4, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VIII, Sudoku, Cryptic Crosswords