Jared Thirsk, P.Eng. (403) 238-0085 Email: jaredthirsk at thirsk.ca http://jared.thirsk.ca	Jared Thirsk, P.Eng. LionFire Games 19 Millview Common SW Calgary, AB  T2Y 3Y7 Canada

Summary

• Strong hands-on developer. Implemented several applications and services (GIS, chat, email, network analysis.)
• Architected and built a middleware framework including messaging, services, networking, persistence, replication, distributed publish & subscribe, configuration & serialization.
• B.Sc. in Software Engineering graduate with educational and experience in software architecture, implementation, engineering process, and software development methodologies.
• Excellent written & oral communicator.
• Explorative, diligent, and self-motivated lateral thinker who seeks elegance and quality in system and software design, as well as strategic success in high-level business goals.

Technology Familiarity

• Programming Languages: C# (7 years‡) in .NET 2.0‡ 3.5SP1‡ and 4.0‡, Objective-C‡, C++‡, Java†, Python†, PHP†, C†, Shell Scripting, Visual Basic‡, Perl, Lua, Io, Mozart-Oz, Squirrel, Scheme
• GUI & Graphics: WPF (4 years‡), Cocoa Touch‡, Windows Forms (4 years‡), Infragistics NetAdvantage (3 years‡), MFC‡, wxWidgets, GTK+†, FOX Toolkit†, Ogre 3D Engine†, MOgre†, NeoAxis Game Engine†, Direct3D
• Defense Technologies: C2IEDM data model ‡ (3 years), 2525B‡ and APP6A‡, ESRI MOLE‡, CPOF, CoMotion SDK†
• Database: Data Access Layer development‡ (3 years), db4o‡ (2 years), SQL ‡ (4 years), MS SQL Server‡ (2000, 2005), MySQL†, postgresql, Zope Object Database
• Networking: BSD sockets-style TCP/UDP Socket Programming‡, SMTP‡, IMAP‡, ENet‡, Lidgren Networking Library†, designing software for low-bandwidth disruptive network environments (5 years‡)
• RPC, Messaging and Data Exchange: WCF (2 years‡), AMQP‡, .NET Remoting‡, nServiceBus, dbus, ESB and SOA concepts, XML‡, XSLT‡, XSD, JSON, JsonEx‡
• Development Environments and Tools: Visual Studio 2005-2010‡, Windows (XP‡ 2003 Server‡ 2000‡, CE‡, Vista, 7‡), Linux (10+ years†), MS Visual C++ 6.0‡, KDevelop†, Eclipse†, automake tools, CVS‡, Subversion‡, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server‡, Bugzilla‡
• Web Development: XHTML†, CSS†, JavaScript†, Apache administration†, Zope/Plone†, JSP†, Jakarta Turbine†, Velocity†, Typo3 CMS†, Xoops, Tikiwiki, Tomcat†, JBoss
• Design Methodologies: OOP‡, OOD with UML†, SEI CMM, use cases‡, requirements‡, and test planning and certification‡, TDD, application of design patterns and OOD to the design and features of frameworks and SDKs (4 years‡)

Education, Professional Status, and Security Clearance

• B.Sc. in Software Engineering from the University of Calgary (2003)
• P.Eng. (Professional Engineer) member of APEGGA
• Secret level security clearance

Employment History

Independent Game Developer	Self-employed (LionFire Games)	October 2010 to present
Designing and implementing a PC game (a space-themed 3D team action / strategy game) Technologies used: Ogre3D, MOgre, WPF, Lidgren Network Library, MessagePack, Bullet physics. Ported Ogre3D's Direct3D 9 plugin to 9Ex (open source) Created an application for experimenting with Ogre within WPF (open source) Created a custom RPC framework using Lidgren (reliable UDP) that supports .NET interface method calls, events, and passing services and arbitrary classes as arguments or return values
iOS Development Consultant	Cameron Construction Services	November 2011 - January 2012
Created an iPad data-entry application for tracking orders in the field Implemented a custom ticket numbering system for enhanced form tracking Used Objective-C, T1Signature Library and standard Cocoa Touch classes such as UITableView and UISplitViewController
Software Engineer	General Dynamics Canada (LEISC)	April 2010 - September 2010
Implemented iterations of experimental content based router (CBR), including one based on WCF's Routing Service Tailored a set of custom APIs for team members to use to work with the CBR with minimal burden and learning curve Initiated discussion about the role of research within the company Invited to a company leadership event in Ottawa
Software Engineer	General Dynamics Canada (Tactical Network Gateway)	January 2010 - March 2010
Implemented a custom chat & file transfer capability, contributing to a Windows Forms front-end application. Augmented GD's network abstraction service with session-awareness Created a new session-aware network transport plugin for the network abstraction layer Ported and stubbed a .NET 3.5 code base to work in a .NET 2.0 Windows 2000 environment.
R&D Software Engineer	General Dynamics Canada (Research & Development)	March 2008 - December 2009
Spearheaded the design and development of a cohesive set of frameworks tailored for the rapid development of military applications & services that run over disadvantaged networks Created pluggable frameworks for dependency injection, the rapid development of services (WCF), powerful & self-documenting configuration, serialization, logging, persistence (file, oodb, rdbms), publish & subscribe, messaging (MSMQ, AMQP) and GUI presentation (WPF) Created attractive applications (WPF) for chat, network topology monitoring, statistics charting, a traffic generator, and a service manager Contributed technical roadmaps for strategically capturing new software markets while reducing costs by streamlining development and maximizing reuse in architecture and code
R&D Software Engineer	General Dynamics Canada (Research & Development)	September 2004 - September 2007
Participated in team integration & testing efforts of live research projects to produce well-received research prototype demos to showcase data distribution & network capabilities Extended a networked GIS application using C# within a COM and .NET environment, involving integration with VBA, SQL, JScript, and our own data access layer and networking technology. Oversaw and worked with a remote development team in creating multi-tier data access and code generation components, became responsible for data access needs for the local team Also responsible for filling front-end needs (WinForms), which included a network topology viewer, an attractive WinForms chat application, and a positional awareness GIS widget Developed an IMAP/SMTP email capability integrated with our military network software
Software Developer	General Dynamics Canada (BOWMAN Qualification & Verification)	May 2002 - July 2003
Designed & implemented a client/server automated messaging test tool for Win2K & WinCE Collaborated on requirements and high-level design with fellow team members to ensure the tool met customer needs Integrated the tool with the target test domain, assisting in overall project efforts Provided user manual, maintenance updates, and new features to end-users Designed and participated in tests to certify the tool according to internal standards
Systems Integration	General Dynamics Canada (Athene Systems Integration)	2001 (summer)
Created test script procedures, executed test scripts, wrote script results reports Investigated test problems and devised discrepancy reports Developed new in-house technical procedures Assisted in the training of new coworker

References

References can be provided upon request.

Availability

I am presently self-employed in starting a software product company, but may be open to short-term or part-time opportunities.

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