Objective
A
fulltime software development position that is
challenging, rewarding and will employ my existing software
development expertise.
Portfolio
I
strongly encourage you to take a look at my website. It
contains detailed descriptions of my past work
experience, and many screenshots/samples of software I have written.
Please visit: dwcope.freeshell.org/work/
Skills
Summary
Over
twelve years of experience programming computers.
Work
very effectively within a team environment.
A
graduate from the University of Waterloo with excellent grades and
academic achievements.
Experience
developing commercial software using C/C++ and Java.
Education
1998 - 2003 University of
Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario
1993 - 1998 College Avenue
Secondary School Woodstock, Ontario
1994 Deep River Science
Academy Deep River, Ontario
Computer
Proficiency
I
have been using computers for most of my life and I have gained
experience with a large number of computer systems and programs.
These are just a few of the applications I am experienced with:
Applications
Programming
Languages
C/C++,
Assembly (x86, some 6502 and MIPs), Java,
Perl, Pascal, Lua, plus many others.
Work Experience
Electronic
Arts Canada (see www.ea.com)
8 months ( 2 Co-op terms)
While
employed at EA, I worked on the EA graphics library (EAGL). EAGL is
a cross-platform graphics library for realtime graphics. Many EA
titles for the PS2, XBox, Gamecube
and PC use the EAGL library to render their incredible 3D graphics.
Primarily, I worked on the PC runtime for the graphics library.
However, I also worked on portions of the graphics pipeline used to
pre-compile art assets.
A
portion of my job involved trouble shooting and assisting game teams
that were using EAGL. I implemented several graphical effects needed
by game teams for fixed function and programmable graphics hardware
using DirectX 8.1.
Sybase/iAnywhere
Solutions (see www.ianywhere.com) 8
months ( 2 Co-op terms)
During
my first work term at Sybase I was a developer for the database
engine team. I was responsible for researching algorithms that could
be used to solve the index selection problem.
During
my second term I joined the wireless development team. I implemented
a Java Messaging Service (JMS) component that will allow the upcoming
messaging software to send text messages to cell phones and pagers
via a third party network. I also implemented a generic test suite
for Sybase's JMS implementations.
Okino
Computer Graphics (see www.okino.com) 8
months ( 2 Co-op terms)
Okino
Computer Graphics leads the market for 3D file format conversion.
While at Okino I developed complex import and export converters for
the FACT file format. I made architectural changes to Okino's
software toolkit that greatly increased the performance of Okino's
products. I also performed cross platform GUI development using the
wxWindow toolkit.
Math
Tutor 8 months
I tutored classical and linear
algebra for the University of Waterloo's tutorial center.
Oxford
County Library - Community Access Program (see
www.ocl.net) 10
weeks
I
designed and coded a large web site for CAP with a team of HTML
designers. I was responsible for all of the CGI programming done for
the site, which included guest books and an online calendar. During
the job I went into the community to research and collect media to
create public web sites.
Computer
Support ongoing
I
have gained a large amount of experience setting up a wide range of
computers and installing hardware and software for clients.
Awards Scholarships
Received
the Nortel Networks Undergraduate
Scholarship.
Placed
in the 98th percentile for the Sir Isaac Newton Physics
contest
Received
the Governor General award for having the highest OAC average
(97.3%) in my graduating year at high school.
Received
the gold medal for my final graphics project for CS488 (Introduction
to Computer Graphics). I also received a mark of 99% in the course.
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