Howard Swerdfeger

Redesigned data model and data process used to track assist chemical risk assessment process

Development of policy, for data management from various overlapping sources

Data extraction, formatting

Designed and implemented C++/CLI based GUI for Chemical Dispersion Model

Development of VBA tool designed to analyze chemical release

Worked extensively with GIS data in many forms Excel, text, Access, SHP, GRD

Extensive GIS work (ESRI) Identifying Liquid Waste disposal sites across the country

Writing, terms of reference and technical documentation

Creating documentation for end users and maintainers

Numerical analysis, with VBA and Excel

Maintained GIS software intended for scientific and engineering use

Daily use of MS Visual C++

Design and implement MFC based GUI components

Java software development, direct linking of Java's JNI with FORTRAN model.

Worked updating and porting, legacy FORTRAN projects

Gained familiarity with OpenGL libraries

Maintained chemical dispersion model

Implemented report tool, using XHTML templates

Implemented general purpose interpolation algorithm including Krigging, Spline, Inverse Distance

Documentation in Frame maker

Assisted in writing update and final deliverable reports for clients

Working with Clients to determine new version specifications

Troubleshooting of Windows (9x, NT4, 2k, XP) and Mac OS (9, X) based PCs

TCP/IP stack repair

USB drive installation

Firewall and Antivirus setup and configuration

Mail Client (MS Exchange, MS Outlook, Mac Mail) setup and troubleshooting

received awards for perfect internal and external quality audits

Analysis and modeling of hydrological systems

Linear optimization programming

Verification of hydrological model accuracy

Object oriented development and pattern use

Extensive Visual Basic and VBA programming

Database programming: ADO, MS Access, MS SQL-Server, RDO, SQL

Created ActiveX control and dll libraries

Used the Win32 API Library

Created specifications based on analysis of customer requirements

GUI design and creation

Customer support and training

Hardware, software and network setup/support

Researched feasibility of porting software to VB.net, and C#

Created Finite Element Analysis software for ridged wave-guides

Researched wave guide propagation and diode laser theory

Gained MatLab, Windows and Linux experience

Worked independently with minimal supervision

Created new application designed to reproduce results of another systems

Extensive use of Monte Carlo and Metropolis simulation techniques

Developed and programmed protein and prion simulation experiment

C/C++ programming experience in a UNIX environment

Performed statistical analysis of generated data

Ported code from Fortran to C++

Experience with Condor software for job distribution across a network

Technical writing of equipment operations and procedures manual

Modified engineering drawings for release to customers

Tested and analyzed products created with new processes

Performed field data collection and analysis

Developed Visual Basic macros designed to assist in data analysis

Beta testing of in-house software package

Performed structural, life cycle, user delay and cost analysis

Wrote several reports summarizing research

Answered phones and inquiries from the public

Object oriented software development

GUI design and database programming

Developed algorithm for space allocation and weight distribution

Created Windows help files

Senior research project: Protein and Prion Structural Dynamics Simulation

Teachers Assistant for Computational Physics Course in C

President of University of Waterloo Undergraduate Physics Society

Writer for campus newsletter

LAMP (Linux Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl) System Administration

Perl soap scripting (sample program)

PHP web scripting

My-SQL database administration

Academic Java and Eclipse experience

Volunteer tester of Mozilla XSLT engine

GNU/Linux (BASH, X-Windows)