Damon Harper
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Email: webspam+0001@usrbin.ca


Experience

Work Experience

November 2000 - present
usrbin design + programming
Vancouver, BC

Proprietor
I currently run a successful small contracting and consulting business under the name usrbin design + programming. The web site is at http://usrbin.ca/, and a partial list of projects I've worked on can be found at http://usrbin.ca/projects.


October 2000 - October 2008
ALI Online, Inc. / CryptoLogic Ltd.
Vancouver, BC

Senior Programmer
Back-end programming in PHP, Perl and MySQL, and client-side programming in JavaScript, on ALI Online's various web sites. Projects include comprehensive internal advertising management, a robust email newsletter system, and many other dynamic web site features.

Technical Manager
Linux and FreeBSD server setup and maintenance, running Apache, MySQL, sendmail, BIND, proftpd, and more. Setup and maintenance of an internal mixed-environment office network including firewalling, mail servers, file servers, and internal DNS.


September 2003 - February 2004
Navarik Corp.
Vancouver, BC

System Administrator / Programmer
Administered Navarik's production and development Linux servers for six months, serving major clients in the shipping industry. Also participated in team-oriented programming efforts primarily in PHP and Python with a Postgres database backend.


October 1998 - October 2000
Hermes Net Solutions, Inc. / Cypost Corporation
Vancouver, BC

Senior Programmer
Custom programming, both on internal and client projects, in: Perl, PHP, C & C++, shell scripting, Cold Fusion, ASP/Visual Basic, and others, with database connectivity using MySQL, Postgres, MS SQL server, ODBC, etc. Projects included client tracking software, online database applications, e-commerce solutions and much more.

Senior System Administrator
Set up and administered UNIX (Linux, FreeBSD) and MS Windows NT servers, running web servers (Apache, MS IIS/FrontPage Server), email (Sendmail, qpopper, UW imap), DNS (BIND), FTP (various), and others, as well as performing day-to-day server maintenance.

Technical Support
Technical support for residential and business clients, including dialup, ADSL and ISDN networking setup and troubleshooting in MS Windows and MacOS, as well as various other networking and support issues.


August 1996 - August 1997
Netminder Internet Communications
Vancouver, BC

Web Monkey
Designed and maintained web pages for clients and for in-house projects. This involved layout and graphic design, HTML coding, programming in JavaScript and CGI programming in Perl, graphic design using Photoshop on MacOS, general webmastering, and many other duties.


1990 - 1996
Dulcet Communications
Mission, BC

Projects during this time included graphic design and page layout for print publications, from pamphlets and brochures through to 30+-page membership directories; advertisment and logo design and reproduction; database management; general purpose scripting and programming.



Education

University

1993 - 1996
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

Received National Entrance Scholarship from UBC in the amount of $26,000 distributed over four years; one of ten such scholarships awarded across Canada at the time.

Received McGill Graduates Scholarship of $450 in 1995 during third year at UBC.

Completed three years towards a Linguistics major, before leaving to pursue my career.

Secondary School

1988 - 1993
Hatzic Secondary
Mission, BC

Graduated with honours from high school in 1993, having maintained a grade point average of 4.0 in grades 11 and 12 and received the top academic student award for both those years. Received the Governor General's Award for academic excellence as top academic student and valedictorian of the graduating class.

Completed English Literature & Composition and Calculus AB Advanced Placement exams, with scores of three and five respectively.


Skills

Programming

Core Languages: Perl, PHP, Python, C, C++, JavaScript, shell scripting.

Also familiar with: Tcl/Tk, Java, Lisp and some assembly language.

Environments: Web-based server- and client-side programming, Linux/UNIX, X-Windows, DOS, MS Windows API, Borland C++Builder, database systems (MySQL, Postgres, MS SQL Server, etc).

I have a firm grasp of the principles of programming, and am able to quickly learn new languages and environments.

System Administration

Familiar with most aspects of the internet, both technical and practical, including programming low-level TCP/IP clients and servers. Extensive experience with most low-level internet protocols. Highly experienced with administering Apache, DNS/BIND, sendmail, and other services on Linux, FreeBSD and other UNIX systems. Practical experience administering MS Windows and MacOS installations.

Web Design

Detailed knowledge of HTML and CSS (cascading style sheets). Skilled at server-side programming in Perl and PHP, among others, and client-side scripting in JavaScript. Some experience with Java. Programming for server-side database servers such as MySQL, Postgres, MS SQL Server.

Graphic Design

Experienced with the GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW, among other graphics packages. Comfortable with other major packages such as Adobe Illustrator and PhotoStyler, and proficient at learning to use any new program.

Desktop Publishing

Involved in all aspects of desktop publishing since 1990, from concept, design and layout to copy writing and editing to printing and production.

Data Management

Typing speed 65+ WPM. Proficient with all word processing packages, such as StarOffice, Microsoft Word, and WordPerfect. I have also worked with many spreadsheet and database applications, such as Excel and Access. Extensive work with RDBM systems such as MySQL.

Troubleshooting

Experienced with both hardware and software installation and troubleshooting. I have installed and set up any number of Linux, DOS, Windows, and MacOS systems, including networking subsystems.

Communication

Good telephone voice and pleasant attitude. Good client communications skills. Excellent writing skills, with a large, literate vocabulary.


References

References are available upon request.


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