You say you hire about 40 students a year.  Yet, this term has you hiring only 4 positions.  That is a retention rate to be fiercely proud of, especially in a market of co-op students seeking many unique experiences at different employers!

My love affair with computers has lasted for some 15 years now.  I have dabbled in a lot of languages and toolkits out of an innate curiosity about the things which makes software tick.  Now, my focus is no longer on cool platforms – two terms working on the internals of a proprietary web application deployment system was plenty.  Now, my priorities are on finding a thriving work environment where I can learn about the practical aspects of software engineering in a big company setting.

I am not too familiar with iAnywhere’s product lines, but as I understand it iAnywhere is the company for my goals.  In exchange, I assure you’ll find me to be an energetic, hard-working and enthusiastic individual who brings a unique outlook.  My resume, attached below, is a bit unorthodox, but I feel it describes me well.  I sure want to get to know you better – and I hope you will too. 

All the best in your search for the right candidate,

Colin Dellow

COLIN LESLIE DELLOW

or, University of Waterloo Student #20124248

or, 3A Software Engineering Student #23

or, cldellow

LOCATION

1512B 300 Regina St N, Waterloo, ON  N2J 4H2  

phone: (519) 489-1020  email:  cldellow@gmail.com  web: http://cldellow.com/

EDUCATION

Candidate for Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours)

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON              Sept 2003 – present

• Relevant courses: Software Abstraction and Specification, Concurrent and Parallel Programming, Human-Computer Interaction
• 98% - More-than-doubled the CS 241 class average on final project of a compiler for a toy language using Java/JLex/JCup
• 104% - Top mark on CS 133 final project of a pseudo-3D Java garden simulation

APPLICABLE BUZZWORDS (Inquire for more details.)

C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Access, IIS, ODBC, Sockets, PHP, Perl, Java, Cocoon, MOO, XML, XSLT, HTML, Linux, C, JavaScript, AJAX, PostgreSQL,  MySQL, XSL:FO, CVS, Subversion, N-tiered Systems

WORK EXPERIENCE

Co-Founder

OARBS Software Corporation, Waterloo, ON July 2005 – present

• Migrated legacy application from VB/ASP/Access to .NET with PostgreSQL DB
• Worked with customers to enhance product
• Devised bootstrap-based marketing strategies
• Webmaster of corporate site at http://oarbs.com/
• Pursued and successfully completed freelance projects from analysis to deployment worth over $7,000

Senior Enterprise Java Developer

Arius Software Corporation, Waterloo, ON                  May – Aug 2004, Jan – Apr 2005

• Worked with VP of Product Development in architecture design discussions
• Led team of six developers in day-to-day development, testing and debugging
• Migrated company’s largest customer’s data to new version of product
• Developed Extract, Transform, Load tool for stress testing and importing data
• Maintained and extended a codebase of over 400,000 lines of code
• Extended company’s compiler, layout engines, and integrated development environment (IDE)
• Retrofitted AJAX capabilities to legacy Java codebase

LIFE HIGHLIGHTS SO FAR

• Number of multi-threaded C sockets applications written by age 14: 1
• Number of same which received acclamation in its field: 1
• Number of shirts ripped off my back by unsatisfied clients: 1
• Highest Scrabble score in a two-player game: 391
• Most Kraft Dinner consumed in one sitting: 1.4 L
• Number of MBAs I have interviewed for a job position by age 20: 1
• Best comment from TA on my work: “Virtually devoid of course content.”