swannhardt

Righardt Swanepoel 66 Ladbrook Road Lansdowne, CT [login to view URL] Targeting Programming Position l Currently an undergraduate at UNISA (B.S.c Computer Science and Physics) offering a background in IT combined with excellent internship experience as an applications programmer, tester and project manager for three years. l Consistently recognized for technical troubleshooting skills used to rapidly and cost-effectively resolve challenging technical and management issues on a daily basis. l Quickly learner and willing to master new technologies; equally successful in both team and self-directed settings; and proficient in a range of computer systems, languages, tools and testing methodologies. Education UNISA – Cape Town, Degree expected 09/12 B.S.c in Computer Science and Physics (entered program 2010) Have taken addittional courses in Accounting, Tax, financial management, Computer programming (C, C++, and Java) with a combined seven years of experience (since 2002) of freelance development. With experience in C/C++, Java, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SQL. Concurrent Employment with University Studies: l Freelance and part-time Software developer (January 2000 –December 2007): Various small projects for individuals and business, in order to gain experience and relative proficiency in the programming languages mentioned above. l Applications Software Developer (May 2007 to November 2009): Provide networking/desktop support and perform mainframe and account maintenance tasks. Provide software solutions to multiple error/ bug reports from product consultants, in a client-consultant-software developer relationship. Earned commendations for teamwork, flexibility and work excellence in providing IT and software support to consultants and clients directly. l Sales Representative, Lexpro Systems (April 2008 to November 2009): In addition to software developing duties (as mentioned above) I had the opportunity to leveraged strengths in persuasive communications and consultative sales. Provide leadership and strategy as office manager of a new office. l Self employed, Own IT business (December 2009 to present): Programming for various clients on a freelancing basis. Projects include mostly web-based applications, specialising in the Joomla framework. Technology Summary Systems: UNIX, Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP/2K3, Mac OS Databases: Access, SQL, dBase. Languages: SQL, HTML, PHP, CSS, C++, C, Java, JavaScript with particular experience in the Windows API. Software: MS Office, Open Office, Adobe Packages (CS3 – Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Fireworks with a working knowledge of Flash as well), Netbeans, eclipse, Codeblocks, Borland and Visual Studio. IT Experience Lexpro Systems – Gauteng, Pta and Western Cape, SW l Software Developer and Tester, (2007 to current) Handled technical troubleshooting within an enterprise environment, including system crashes, slow-downs and data recoveries. Engaged and tracked Priority 1 issues, with responsibility for the timely documentation, escalation (if appropriate), resolution and closure of bugs. l Project Manager, (2008 – 2009) Responsible for leading research and development of the Conveyancing Package and various aspects of both the Accounting and Litigation Packages. Selected Contributions: l Researched and developed knowledge-base articles for Win API issues, resulting in an increase in the software packages’ aesthetic value and leading to visual design improvements that increased the market opinion and share. l Accomplished issue-resolution targets and achieved exemplary customer satisfaction, consistently providing solutions to the many errors/bugs supplied by consultant and client alike. l Handled technical/mission-critical/sales-critical calls daily and consistently met high service standards. Available for freelancing opportunities.