Resume - Jesse van Herk - Senior Software Engineer

☎ 780-887-2876 ✉  jesse@imaginaryrobots.net

== Objective ==

· Seeking a senior software development position with a focus on team leadership,architecture design, and project management.

== Summary ==

                · Proven leadership of large-scale enterprise and web software projects
                · Software project management and resource scheduling using Agile methodology
                · Full life-cycle development with engineering, marketing, and IT experience
                · Development with a wide range of frameworks and programming languages
                · Techniques for creating scalable, maintainable applications

== Education ==

      Apr 2003: B.Sc.   Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
                ·  Projects including environment-mapping robot, audio effects hardware, high-speed bump mapping
                ·  Received Dean’s Research Award, Golden Geer Award

== Associations ==

  2003-present APEGGA, Engineer in Training.
                ·  pursuing Professional Engineer designation
    2005-2008 International Game Developers Association, Member.

== Experience ==

 Jan 2010 -    Senior Systems Analyst (Contract), Athabasca University, Edmonton AB.
        present: ·  Planned project milestones and tasks using Agile methods
                ·  Integrated social networking and courseware applications with enterprise systems
                ·  Designed architecture for large-scale data archive and records processing systems
                ·  Worked with stakeholders, QA, and IT to develop requirements and goals
                ·  Designed and managed setup of new development environments

 Oct 2008 -    Web Development Manager, BioWare/Electronic Arts, Edmonton AB.
      Dec 2009   ·  Managed daily tasks and scheduling for team of 3 developers
                ·  Delivered large-scale social networking website on-time and on-budget
                ·  Migrated website content to new distribution network, saving $10k per month
                ·  Mentored junior team members in development techniques and day-to-day work
                ·  Coordinated outsourcers and agencies to develop multiple AAA game websites
                ·  Designed architecture to integrate websites with game progress, achievements, and telemetry
                ·  Designed and managed setup of new web hosting environment in EA data centers
                ·  Presented plans, progress, and schedules to stakeholders


                            ☎  780-887-2876 •   ✉  jesse@imaginaryrobots.net
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 Dec 2007 -     Senior Systems Developer, BioWare/Electronic Arts, Edmonton AB.
      Oct 2008   · Scheduled tasks for development team, reporting directly to Director of IT
                 · Designed and implemented robust deployment process and supporting software
                 · Introduced agile development, code reviews, unit tests, and aggressive branching
                 · Migrated application development to modern MVC framework (cakePHP)
                 · Designed and developed new business applications in PHP, and Perl
                 · Integrated existing applications with EA systems and processes
                 · Developed documentation repository and trained new team members
 May 2005 -     Systems Developer, BioWare, Edmonton AB.
     Nov 2007   · Designed and implemented applications including performance review tool and vacation tracker
                 · Refactored external web site framework to scale to millions of queries per day
                 · Implemented unit testing tools for test-driven development
                 · Extended functionality of e-commerce site
                 · Developed APIs for web applications using SOAP and WSDL

 Aug 2004 -     Software Development Engineer (contract), Amazon.com, Seattle WA.
      Jan 2005   · Extended functionality of customer data web service using C++ and CORBA
                 · Worked with regional teams to determine holiday scaling needs
                 · Managed deployment of new servers to handle increased load
                 · Created and deployed new monitoring scripts for critical systems
                 · Interfaced back-end C++/Perl web services with website front-end
                 · Triaged backlog tasks, implemented critical bugfixes
                 · Debugged network bottlenecks and systemic bugs
 Nov 2003 -     Process Applications Engineer, Matrikon, Edmonton AB.
     Aug 2004   · Developed plant management applications using C# and .NET
                 · Debugged and fixed networking and data acquisition software
                 · Worked with clients to plan and design new UI screens
                 · Wrote automation tools for QA testing and data validation
                 · Created training materials for clients

== Technical Details ==

     Languages:   Perl, PHP, Python, C++, Java, C#, Ruby, M68k
     Databases:   MySQL, Oracle 8/9, SQL Server, PostgreSQL
   Frameworks:    .NET, CakePHP, Catalyst, Drupal, Rails, QT
Version Control:  Perforce, Subversion, Git, Bazaar, CVS
         Tools:   UML, DevTrack, Lighthouse, Komodo, Eclipse, Visual Studio
       Esoteric:  Befunge, Malbolge, Parrot

== Miscellaneous ==

      Portfolio:  website portfolio available at http://www.imaginaryrobots.net/portfolio/
       Interests: Martial arts, painting, archery, bass guitar, foosball
     Languages:   Native English speaker, intermediate level French, beginner level Japanese and Spanish
      Colophon:   This resume generated using LaTeX
    References:   Available upon request


                            ☎  780-887-2876 •    ✉  jesse@imaginaryrobots.net
                                     •    http://www.imaginaryrobots.net