| 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 | 1988 - 1993 School | 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 | Familiar with most aspects of the internet, both technical Administration | 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 | Involved in all aspects of desktop publishing since 1990, Publishing | 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. | ----------------+------------------------------------------------------------ | | Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Damon Harper - | webspam+0001@usrbin.ca | | This resume is also available online at | http://www.jumeaux.bc.ca/damon/resume/ | | This plaintext version was generated from the canonical | html file via a custom Perl script. |