Jason Wilson

email: jwilson@jboyweb.com
personal web: www.jboyjw.com
 
  Summary of Skill Sets:
  • Experienced with computer applications and Internet development.
  • Fluent in English and French.
  • Personal strengths include reliability, learning quickly, problem solving, working well with others, and adapting quickly to any working environment.
  Work Experience:
   
Jun '00 -
Jul '02
  • Web developer for Travel CUTS (Canadian Universities Travel Service Limited)
    • Responsible for:
      • programming in ASP, Cold Fusion and JavaScript to produce dynamic web applications, including the production of creative, effective, and efficient web images
      • updating and customizing Perl scripts
      • administering and maintaining IIS on Windows NT Servers
      • working with databases (SQLServer 2000 and MS Access)
      • instructing in the maintenance of an internal company web site
      • developing and maintaining web sites (www.travelcuts.com, www.swap.ca, www.adventureatc.com, and the Travel CUTS intranet site)
Oct '98 -
Apr '99
  • Webmaster for Reinhardt College, Waleska, Georgia, USA
    • Responsible for:
      • working with non-technical people to develop a web site concept
      • designing web pages (www.reinhardt.edu)
Oct '97 -
Nov '98
  • Webmaster for Audio Products International
    • Responsible for:
      • designing web pages (www.MirageSpeakers.com, www.Sound-Dynamics.com)
Sep '97 -
Dec '97
  • Administrator for the Uxbridge Secondary School network as a co-op student (received an evaluation of 100%)
    • Responsible for:
      • solving network problems and developing networking solutions
      • assisting students and teachers in the use of their PC's
      • co-designing web pages (http://www.UxbridgeSS.com)
Jan '97 -
Aug '98
  • Technician at MICS (McLaren Industrial Computer Sales Inc.)
    • Responsible for:
      • assembling and repairing personal and industrial computer systems
      • diagnosing and solving network problems
      • working as a member of a programming team
      • designing and developing an accounting package in Visual Basic
      • designing web pages (http://www.mics.ca)
 

Skills

  • Experienced with Unix and Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and can quickly learn most Windows based programs.
  • Comfortable in the use of Word, Excel, Access, Corel PhotoPaint 8.0, Fireworks 4.0, Print Artist 4.0, Netscape/IE 6.x, FrontPage, Dreamweaver UltraDev, HomeSite 4.5, MS InterDev 6.0, ColdFusion Studio and Server 4.5, and I have programmed independently in QuickBasic, Visual Basic, JavaScript, VBScript, and Perl, and for academic purposes in Java, C, and C++.
  • Experienced in web page design and development (see my online portfolio at www.jboyweb.com).
    NOTE: All web pages noted above under "Work Experience" may have different designers assigned to them now. Please visit www.jboyweb.com to see the pages as originally completed by me.

Education:

  • Completed an Advanced Training Designation in E-Commerce Development at Ryerson Polytechnic University on weekends from September 2001 to July 2002. The training covered HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, ASP, PHP, Perl, JSP, XML, Flash, Access, MySQL, IIS, Apache, site security, and server administration.
  • Completed a 3-day intensive Active Server Pages training course at XtraNet in March of 2001.
  • Attended the University of Toronto in the Computer Science Program from September 1999 to December 2000, learning programming theory and creating applications with Java and Unix C. Left this program to pursue a full time job in web development.
  • Attended Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia, in 1998-99, on a one-year full scholarship awarded to me by the Georgia Rotary Student Program and was named to the Dean's List.
  • Graduated with honours from Uxbridge Secondary School, earning the Ontario Secondary School Diploma and Bilingualism Certificate, in June, 1998.

Personal Achievements:

  • Elected as the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity's Fraternity Educator and was then elected as President to complete the 2001-02 school year when the previously elected President resigned.
  • Awarded Brother of the Year and Officer of the Year for the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity for the 2000-01 school year.
  • Elected as the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity's Recruitment Chairman, and the General Fraternity Association's Vice President for the 2000-01 school year and I was elected the Social Convener for my floor in Residence in the 1999-2000 school year.
  • Chosen as one of 87 international students to attend university in Georgia, USA, on a one-year scholarship through the Georgia Rotary Student Program.
  • Elected Vice-President of my high school's student activities council for the 1997-98 school year.
  • Chosen to represent the Rotary Club of Uxbridge in the International Interact Bike Ride for the 1997 Rotary International Convention in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Earned the Chief Scout's Award (highest award in Scouts) and I am presently completing the Duke of Edinburgh Award