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::executive summary

Entrepeneur and independent contractor in Cape Town, South Africa

Technology Lead for service-and solution-focused software team delivering primarily web-based systems

Technology Lead / Solution Designer for web-based e-learning and mentoring support system used by Intel and Microsoft Training Partners.

Lecturer for UNISA including 3rd year Advanced Systems Development and Database Design.

XP Development Team Leader for Cape Town branch of international software company.

Developer Consultant for an on-line export business providing development training and support in .NET and BizTalk.

Technology Center Manager for Great Plains custom development and MSSQL technical support for Latin America based in Bogota, Colombia.

Extensive Experience in Design of Data Models and Databases for MS-SQL 6.5-2000

Desktop software for Win32 clients, including setup and enterprise deployment

Web applications for the .NET Platform

::technical skills

Software Models and Practices

• Microsoft Solutions Framework Model for Programme Management and Development Process
• Extreme Programming for the development process.

Design / Methodology / Technologies

• Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
• MFC, ATL, Win32 API, CryptoAPI
• Microsoft .NET technologies
• Intranet/Internet applications using Internet Information Server (IIS) including SSL, ISAPI, SOAP
• XML, XSLT, COM+, COM/DCOM, Active X, CDO, MAPI

Operating Systems

• Windows XP Professional/2000/2003 Professional/Server
• Ubuntu Desktop (Dapper/Feisty/Gibon) and Server (Feisty)
• Mac OSX 10.5 (Intel)

Languages & Design / Management Tools

• C++, Objective-C, C#, Visual Studio .Net, XCode, XML, ASP .Net, ADO .NET
• ColdFusion, Dexterity, D/HTML, Javascript
• Visual Basic, VBA, VB Script, Active Server Pages
• nANT, NUnit, mbUnit, FxCop, SharpDevelop
• Visio, MS Project
• Python, PHP, Ruby (with Rails)

Databases

• MS SQL Server 5, MS Access
• MySQL and Sqlite3

::education and certifications

• University of South Africa, B.Sc majoring in Applied Mathematics (self-study, started part-time in Jan '07)

  Exam date	Study unit	Description	Mark	Result
  06-05-2008	ECS1016	ECONOMICS 1A	84	Passed
  02-06-2008	OPS101G	INTRO TO THE BUSINESS WORLD	75	Passed
  09-10-2007	APM113U	APPLIED LINEAR ALGEBRA	91	Passed
  23-10-2007	MAT103N	LINEAR ALGEBRA	75	Passed
  31-10-2007	MAT110M	PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS	68	Passed
  10-10-2007	MAT111N	PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS B	70	Passed
  25-10-2007	MAT112P	CALCULUS A	59	Passed
  17-01-2008	MAT113Q	CALCULUS B	58	Passed
  30-10-2007	STS1055	BASIC STATISTICS	56	Passed

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer in Microsoft Visual C# .NET- 2005 [MCP ID:3381354]
• Port Elizabeth Technicon, National Certificate Information Technology, 1997
• University of Port Elizabeth, B.A (Ed) Human Movement Sciences [1994- 1st year only]
• Muir College Boys' High School, Matric Exemption 1992