Dax Hutcheon
Personal Data
Name
Donald Aaron Dax Hutcheon
E-Mail Address
ddhutche@uwaterloo.ca
Current Mailing Address
302-106 Seagram Drive, Waterloo
Ontario, CANADA
N2L 3B8
Current Phone Contact
(519) 885-3960
Permanent Mailing Address
RR#1 Tamworth
Ontario, CANADA
K0K 3G0
Permanent Phone Contact
(613) 379-2959
Special Skills
* I am a very fast learner, and I enjoy a challenge
* I have lots of experience as a software developer
* I have some experience with software installation and maintenance
on various UNIX-type systems
Education
September 1993 - December 2000
Computer Science Major, University of Waterloo, 4th Year
I have taken courses in Computer Science, Applied Math,
Physics, Pure Math, Combinatorics & Optimization, Economics,
Physics, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Science, and
English
June 1993
Graduated from Napanee District Secondary School with OSSD
Computer Proficiency
Programming Languages
Work experience
C, COBOL, Foxpro, PROTEL, Tcl/Tk
Educational experience
C, C++, uC++, Turing, Pascal, Modula-3, Scheme
Informal experience
Perl, Shell scripts, Batch files
Brief encounters
BASIC, Visual Basic
Hardware
I have lots of experience with IBM PC AT/XT or compatible hardware,
including installation and setup of LAN cards, CD-ROMs, modems, memory
and cache upgrades
Operating Systems
Lots of experience
UNIX (various flavours), MS-DOS (3.3-7.0), MS-Windows (3.x,95)
Familiarity
Windows 98, OS/2 2.x, OS/2 Warp, MacOS
Brief encounters
DMS SOS, MVS, VMS, Netware
Other
* I've been working in the UNIX development environment for several
years, and am quite comfortable with all the standard tools
* I've been the web-site administrator for the Computer Science Club
for several years, and have lots of experience with related
technologies
* I've had lots of experience with PC office software, and various
other PC programs - I'm very comfortable with PCs and their
operation
Work Experience
September 1999 - December 1999
Performed various development-related tasks at Nortel Networks,
such as
+ Debugging and refining the simulation model I had previously
developed
+ Familiarising myself with a new version of OPNet (the
simulation and modelling software)
+ Passing on the details of my work to the (new) regular
employees who would be using it
+ Driving the requisition process to renew necessary software
licenses
January 1999 - April 1999
Developed an event-based simulation model with Nortel, for
which I
+ Was introduced to event-based modelling
+ Taught myself the necessary parts of the OPNet simulation and
modelling tool
+ Familiarised myself with the pertinent details of the product
I was simulating
+ Produced a working model which captured the behaviour of the
system reasonably well, and served as a base for future
refinement and development
May 1998 - August 1998
Developed and enhanced software for Nortel, which required me
to
+ Teach myself Tcl/Tk from two manuals and some source code
+ Enhance an existing Tcl/Tk program to handle additional data
types
+ Write a new piece of software (in C) to quickly process
well-formed data, producing statistics and a graph
September 1997 - December 1997
Development and training work for Nortel, which involved
+ 6 weeks of training, including DMS CO, SOS/Debug, PLS, and
Framemaker
+ Tracking down and decyphering relevant system code for
possible feature development
+ Updating a set of HTML files to reflect a new location on the
network
+ Collecting old software documentation, standardizing and
updating it for future use
January 1997 - April 1997
Did Year 2000 compliance work for Zurich Canada, which included
+ Refamiliarizing myself with the mainframe operating
environment (COBOL, JCL, ISPF) on the fly
+ Analyzing in-house programs to determine their function in
testing Y2K compliance
+ Performing package transport and modification for testing of
Y2K compliance in vendor software
+ Writing two programs to perform "time traveling" on data to
test Y2K compliance of in-house software
May 1996 - August 1996
Developed waveform analysis software for EMR Canada, which
involved
+ Analyzing the final output of the two previous students, and
deciding (quickly) which one should be continued
+ Teaching myself the QNX Windows API in the first two weeks on
the job.
+ Debugging, modifying, and expanding on the work of the
previous students, to fulfill user requirements
+ Following internal documentation requirements to facilitate
continued development by future students
September 1995 - December 1995
Produced in-house software for CIBC, where I
+ Spent two weeks taking self-training courses to learn COBOL,
JCL, and ISPF
+ Performed several well-specified minor corrections to
existing software
+ Produced three production level programs to automate and
streamline certain reporting procedures
+ Installed a large software package from an outside vendor
following a well-defined procedure
Awards, Scholarships
* Distinguished Service Award (Industry Canada)
* Graduated as an Ontario Scholar
* Newburgh Academy Scholarship
* N.D.S.S. Music Award
Activities, Interests
I have been an active member of the University of Waterloo Computer
Science Club for 4 years, and have held executive positions as
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Librarian, Office Manager, and
WWW maintainer.
I enjoy particular sports, and play them on an informal basis whenever
it's convenient.
I enjoy reading (mostly fiction), and generally do so to relax when I
have time to spare.