Michael Carpenter

12 Woodlawn Avenue, Brantford, Ontario, N3S 3L8

Home Phone: (519) 759-0857

Cell Phone: (416) 500 - 7951

Email: michael.carpenter@rci.rogers.com

Website: http://zenwerx.com

 

 

Objective

 

To obtain a position where excellent analytical and technical skills as well as 5 years of development experience will add value to all operations.

 

Experience

 

Network Technician, Support Coordinator - Rogers Wireless

October 2005 - Present (Full Time)

Jan 2003 - October 2005 (Contract)

 

Responsible for building new and innovative tools, services, and reports for use by the field support centre and all related departments within the network operations group. This includes diverse requirements from warehouse tracking/management to looking for trends and information in collections of data.

 

Responsibilities Include:

-          Design, develop and maintain various web based applications as part of a collection of services available to the network operations group.

o         Web Development Framework ( OO PHP w/ AJAX )

o         Online Timesheets ( OO PHP w/ AJAX )

o         Online Training Calendar + Testing ( PHP )

o         Online Warehouse / Asset Tracking ( PHP )

-          Reporting based on multiple data sources to extract important operational data in a timely manner.

-          Maximizing application availability by ensuring few non-scheduled service interruptions.

-          Working closely with project coordinators and support staff to deliver the best user experience possible.

 

 

Computer Helpdesk Technician - Conestoga College

2000 - 2002

 

Responsibilities Included:

-          Answering student and staff's computer and application issues over the phone and in person.

-          Monitoring computer labs for proper usage of equipment.

 

 

Computer Helpdesk Specialist - Legislative Assembly of Ontario

1998

 

Responsibilities Included:

-          Answering and logging customer issues over the phone and in person.

-          Repair and support of multiple computer based issues.

-          Troubleshooting and repair of hardware problems.

 

 

Computer Skills

 

Programming Solutions

-          PHP ( OO / Procedural )

-          Java

-          JavaScript (AJAX/Web 2.0/DOM)

-          C and C++

-          .NET ( C# / VB )

-          Visual Basic 5 and 6

-          SQL

-          XML, XSL

-          AJAX / XHTML

 

Database Applications

-          MySQL 4 & 5

-          Oracle 10g

-          MS Access

-          Business Objects

 

Server Administration

-          General Linux Administration

-          Apache 2

-          MySQL 4 & 5

-          Subversion

 

 

Education

 

Completed:

Diploma, Computer Programmer/Analyst - Conestoga College

1999 - 2002

 

Working On:

BSc, Computer Science - Athabasca University (Part Time)

2004 - Present