Objective

Interested in jobs in the are of web development (using HTML, Perl and/or Visual C# for ASP.NET), software development (using Visual C# .NET), or technical support. Also open to jobs in other computer & technology related positions.

Work Experience
October '05 - Curent	Market Scan Information Systems	Westlake Village, CA
Position:  Developer Help to develop, debug & expand our company's flagship product. Develop using Borland Delphi as well as C# for ASP.NET. Create & assist in developing project plans & solutions. Work on various other company tools, including the company Intranet. Do so in a team environment.
January '03 - September '05	Market Scan Information Systems	Westlake Village, CA
Position:  Web application developer using ASP.NET Work with a small team to develop and program essential company web tools. Develop programs using C# under Visual Studio for ASP.NET. Work with databases run under SQL Server. Construct tables and develop stored procedures for use in SQL Databases. Self educate in both C# and SQL Server (as needed). Work with various departments to design and construct web tools. Received three "Extra Step" awards in my time with the company (since January '99), which is awarded quarterly for outstanding productivity and dedication.
November '01 - December '02	Market Scan Information Systems	Westlake Village, CA
Position:  Tier 2 Technical Support Supervisor Supervise 2nd level technical support department. Provide 2nd level support, diagnosing & solving complex problems and new issues which arise. Assist a wide range of people/personalities, with different backgrounds and levels of experience. Maintain tech support knowledge base, using a web interface (perl). Assist in development of the company intranet. Take part in development meeting, reporting problems & issues to the development department. Design & format official documents and forms. Commonly take part in, or head up various projects.
September '00 - November '01	Market Scan Information Systems	Westlake Village, CA
Position:  Internal Webmaster (part time) Develop an internal operations intranet site from the ground up, and maintain it. Develop an integrated, user-friendly interface for the intranet site. Create complex CGI tools used for various purposes. Done part time along with my technical support duties.
January '99 - November '01	Market Scan Information Systems	Westlake Village, CA
Position:  Technical Support Representative Diagnose and solve various hardware and software problems. Assist a wide range of people/personalities, with different backgrounds and levels of experience. In charge of maintaining a knowledge base of problems and fixes used by the department. Assist in various other projects, including designing and formatting official documents and forms.
March '98 - August '98	Instructional Computing - UCSB	Santa Barbara, CA
Position:  Systems Operator Responsible for configuring computers for general student use. Maintained computers and kept them functioning. Identified and repaired software and hardware related problems.
March '97 - March '98	Instructional Computing - UCSB	Santa Barbara, CA
Position:  Consultant Supervised use of computer labs. Taught and assisted in computer related training sessions. Assisted students and answered software related questions. Assisted in basic computer lab maintenance and clean up.
Summer '97	City of Ventura	Ventura, CA
Position:  Administrative Intern Public distribution of parking permits in police store front. Assisted in completing a large scale field survey of Ventura's west side. Completed data entry of information from field survey. Performed advanced data analysis of information from field survey.

Education
1998 - 1999	UCSB Extension	Ventura/Santa Barbara, CA
Completed courses in basic web design & Photoshop.
1996 - 1998	UCSB, Dept. of Engineering	Santa Barbara, CA
Majored in computer science. Left prior to recieving my degree, but performed very well in computer science related courses.
1992 - 1996	Buena High School	Ventura, CA
Having passed enough AP courses, and taken several community college courses before graduation, I left high school with enough units to enter college as a second year student. I also received the Claudine Slagle Award & scholarship for outstanding achievement in business education.

General Abilities

Able to type over 60 words per minute. Ability to learn new things quickly and self educate. Strong organizational abilities. Experienced with technical gadgets.

Computer Knowledge and Experience

Experienced with Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows NT, Windows 2000 & Windows XP. Provided technical support on Windows NT & Windows 2000 for many years. Currently employed developing software using Delphi & Visual C# .NET. Some experience with Unix & Linux. Regularly use Microsoft Office & Adobe Photoshop. Have programmed with each of the following: BASIC, Pascal, C, Assembly, Java, Perl, and Visual C#. Experience with computer networking (both wired & Wi-Fi). Experienced in several other areas relating to computing. Able to learn new software quickly.

Web Development Knowledge and Experience

Several years personal experience in web design (starting prior to my first domain registration in 1998). Strong knowledge of and very comfortable with raw HTML. Very comfortable working with raw HTML. Regularly work with Dynamic HTML & JavaScript. Personal & professional experience with Perl CGI scripting. Regularly work with Visual Studio using C# for ASP.NET in my current position. Regularly work with SQL server, including creation & updating of stored procedures. Some experience in XML & XSLT & XPath. Completed courses programming Java applets. Have taken Photoshop courses for graphical development. Competed a few courses in basic web development. Experienced in several aspects of web design. Regularly maintain my websites accessible through: http://www.bigkneeproductions.com

Interests

Using the internet, developing my web page, and fixing things that aren't broken.

Salary Requirements

Starting $17/hr (Negotiable).

References

Available upon request.