Peter Aidan Henderson
peter_aidan@hotmail.com
Professional Experience
Geek Service
Sept 2002 - Present
Contract Technical Support (Mac Specialist)
Vancouver, B.C.
- On-site technical support to businesses & residences in the Greater Vancouver Area
- Mac, PC & printer networking
- Mac software & firmware upgrades and compatibility fixes
- Hardware repairs and upgrades to Macintosh computers & peripherals
- Training clients in the following areas: MS Office, OS X & Classic, AppleWorks, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, DreamWeaver, FTP, web site management & source control concepts.
- Long-term customer support
Calder Bateman Communications
Aug 2001 - May 2002
Contract Web Developer
Vancouver, B.C.
Resort Reservations Network (Intrawest)
May 2001 - July 2001
Web Content Producer
Vancouver, B.C.
- Content management for Whistler-Blackcomb and Vancouver.com web sites.
- Microsoft Content Management (née Ncompass Resolution) - content editing & writing
- High-volume graphics processing from company-produced Tourism magazines/flyers
- Environment: HTML, CSS, Photoshop, HomeSite & DreamWeaver
JT Halliday Motion Graphics
Dec 2000 - April 2001
Contract Web Developer
Vancouver, B.C.
Populuxe Digital (Glennie Stamnes Strategy)
Jan 2000 - Nov 2000
Production Specialist
Vancouver, B.C.
- Front-end development of the following sites: CivicInfo, Credential Direct (2000 site), Knowledge Network (2000 site).
- Editing, writing, proofreading & formatting of help/tutorial files for intranets
- Use & modification of proprietary content-management systems
- Translated Graphic Designer's Photoshop files into robust, cross-browser templates
- Time tracking for client billing purposes via a proprietary intranet
- Environment: HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript DOM, Perl, PHP, ASP (some VBScript/SQL), CFML (front-end, some SQL), Photoshop, HomeSite
SUMmedia.com Inc.
Nov 1999 - Jan 2000
Designer
Vancouver, B.C.
- Graphic design & production for Oracle RDBMS-backed web portal
Handling large amounts of graphic files from clients
- Flatbed scanning & clean up of print logos
Dominion Information Services (TELUS/Verizon)
July 1999 - Nov 1999
Web Designer
Burnaby, B.C.
- Graphic Design & Web Development for sub-sites on MyTELUS.com (née MyBC)
- Use of CMGI MyWay Content Management System (née Zip2)
- Managing multiple sites and large amounts of graphic files on internal (SuperPages) server
- Flatbed scanning & clean up of print graphics & photography from clients
- Environment: Illustrator, Photoshop, CMGI MyWay & a proprietary billing system
CruiseXplorer Vacations
Aug 1998 - June 1999
Graphic Designer
Vancouver, B.C.
- Search Engine submission and optimization
- Graphic Design & Web Development for cruise booking website
- Content management using proprietary Oracle PL*SQL web site
- Editing, proofreading & formatting of travel writing for the web (cruise ports of call)
- Environment: Photoshop, Freehand, NetObjects, MS FrontPage, HTML
Education
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design
Sept 1994 - May 2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Vancouver, B.C.
Skills
Fluent in French & English
Typing 55 WPM
Office Software & Word Processing
Microsoft Office, Sun Staroffice / OpenOffice, vi, AppleWorks/ClarisWorks
Graphics Software
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, VueScan
Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress
GIMP, Kontour (née Killustrator)
Markup & Programming
HTML, XHTML, CSS, SGML, DTML (Zope), CFML (ColdFusion)
Javascript DOM, PHP, Perl, SQL
Editors: BBEdit, HomeSite, DreamWeaver, vi
- Thorough knowledge of search engines and optimization techniques
- Able to write W3C-compliant or browser specific HTML, XHTML & CSS on any text editor
- Thorough knowledge of W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- Rudimentary knowledge of ODBC database access in ASP, PHP & CFML
- Basic programming principles (Variables, Logic and Loops, Arrays, Structured and Reusable Code)
Content Management Systems
Zope, CMGI MyWay (née Zip2)
Microsoft Content Management (née Ncompass Resolution)
- Knowledge of content-management and source control concepts
- Installation & configuration of Zope on Linux and Windows NT/2000
Operating Systems
Mac OS Classic & OS X, SGI Irix, Sun Solaris
Windows, MS-DOS, Linux
Installation & configuration of all of the above
Photography
Black & White developing and printing, 35mm and Medium Format scanning