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	Kevin Savage Email: kevin@kevinsavage.ca Web Page: http://www.kevinsavage.ca/ Telephone: (250) 885-4639 Key Skills Spoken and Written Languages English and French fluently Spanish and Chinese Platforms and Development Environments SQL and database design, Crystal Reports Windows API, Delphi, Visual Basic, MS Access, Visual C++ Unix, Linux, Perl Layout and Web Design Photoshop, PageMaker, Corel Suite JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP Graphical and text-based user interface design Scholarships and Awards Canadian Scholarship for Science and Technology - $10,000 UVic President's Entrance Scholarship - $2,500 British Columbia Scholarship Exam Award - $1,000 British Columbia Passport to Education - $800 Canadian Association of Physicists Exam Prize from UVic - $600 Advanced Placement Calculus AB - Score: 5 (of 5 possible) Education University of Victoria - fourth year, Humanities Studies Humanities Studies (Major degree program, including one semester at UQAM) Physics and Astronomy (Two years of Honours Co-operative program) Mount Douglas Secondary School - Honours Graduation in French Immersion

 

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	Work Experience Owner and Director of Red Hot Swing (Victoria, BC) August 2005 to Present Technologies : Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa, Shag   I founded Victoria's first ever dance school devoted exclusively to swing dancing, as well as trained its first competitive Lindy Hop dance troupe.   QA Programmer / Analyst for Systemcorp (Montréal, QC) November 2002 to June 2005 Technologies : Delphi, MS Access, Visual Basic, TestComplete   I developed an automated Quality Assurance program to conduct exhaustive testing on a very large company and project management application.   Co-owner of SAF Entertainment Group (Montréal, QC) June 2001 to December 2005   I actively participated in the company's key operations by teaching swing dance lessons in English and in French, performing with the company's dance troupe, the Swinging Air Force, and by publicizing our events.   Since joining this swing dance troupe, I have won international competitions and performed shows for live audiences, television, and movies.  All these activities have required a strong team spirit.   Programmer / Analyst and Assistant Product Manager for DTD Technologies (Montréal, QC) January 2001 to December 2001 Technologies: Delphi, Visual C++, Win32 API   As a consultant to Nortel Networks, I programmed both drivers for scientific testing equipment as well as tests for optical communications cards.   After seven months, I was promoted to Assistant Product Manager at DTD, overseeing the production of an automated inspection system for fibre optic cable.   Programming Consultant (Montréal, QC and Victoria, BC) February 1998 to August 2000 Technologies: Delphi, Visual Basic, SQL, MS Access, JavaScript, DHTML   I independently obtained diverse programming contracts, which I completed to the clients' satisfaction.  In many cases I was simultaneously supporting a full university course load.  See the Contract Projects section below for more details.   Database Programmer / Analyst for EZEBiz Software (Victoria, BC) September 1996 to August 1998 Technologies: Visual Basic, SQL, MS Access   I developed the accounting and inventory modules of a business management application.  I implemented simultaneous multi-user functionality, ensured cross-platform compatibility, and became expert in database architecture as well as the rules of company management.   Computer Support at JCI Technologies (Victoria, BC) May 1995 to September 1996 Technologies: VBA, HTML, Photoshop, PageMaker, Director   Originally hired to do data entry, I quickly became an integral part of JCI.  I programmed macros, repaired the network, designed documents both for printing and for the Internet, maintained databases, and wrote manuals.  I learned how people actually want to use computers, the irritation caused by a badly designed interface, and what qualities define a desirable work environment.

 

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	Work Experience (continued) Graphical Analyst at Shell Canada (Calgary, AB) January 1995 to May 1995 (Co-op term) Technologies: Unix, X-Window, PV-WAVE   The program that I developed filtered noise from a large three-dimensional seismic data set and displayed it graphically.  I analyzed the nature of the interference and researched appropriate morphological image processes.  I learned to optimize code for speed - processing a five hundred-megabyte data file gives some incentive to hurry things up.   Engineering Assistant at Kinetic Control Systems (Langley, BC) May 1994 to August 1994 (Co-op term) Technologies: Borland C/C++, Windows API   I ported a laser micro-controller program from DOS to Windows in C. I also used a custom-written computer program and strict laboratory procedures to analyze fluorescence in PCBs. I learned how to machine-tool glass, plastic, wood, and metal, and I constructed electronics equipment to various specifications. Contract Projects Delta College (Montréal, QC) May 2000 to August 2000 Provided technical support and created an inventory database in MS Access. Performance Optician Software (Montréal, QC) October 1999 to February 2000 Used Delphi to develop a business management application tailored for opticians.  I also co-ordinated daily builds and manually maintained the code base. HBE Software (Montréal, QC) September 1999 to October 1999 Used DHTML and JavaScript to make the web browser behave like a desktop for the OpenDesk project. Federal Auction Service (Toronto, ON) April 1998 to January 1999 Used MS Access 97 to develop a full-service auction database and tracking system. Westside Elementary School (Victoria, BC) April 1998 Volunteered time and expertise to create a school library database in MS Access 2.0. SmartCities Pilot Project (Victoria, BC) February 1998 to March 1998 Developed a database in MS Access 97 to track technological projects across North America.

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