Dave Vandervies
                        dj3vande@eskimo.com

Objective:  To work in an academic or R&D-oriented environment

Summary of Relevant Skills and Buzzwords
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- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Acclaimed C guru
- Unix wizard-in-training
- Comprehensive understanding of computer programming and applications
- Strong mathematical background
- Working knowledge of C++ and Windows
- Has written useful code in Java, Scheme, Smalltalk, and Matlab
- Has written working code in Erlang and MPI/C


Interesting Projects and Accomplishments
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Relentless tinkerer
  Designed, wrote, tested, and sometimes finished and even used small
   to medium-sized programs, including Tetris game, ray tracer, and
   guitar synthesizer, to work with interesting ideas and learn how to
   use new tools

Set up Unix servers for various purposes
  Configured Unix systems, mostly Slackware Linux, to provide services
   such as NIS and NFS for centralized management of workstations, CVS
   for source code control, and NAT for home internet connection sharing

Decorated math contest winner
  Consistently placed at or near top of school rankings and also reasonably
   well in overall rankings on math, physics, and computer programming
   competitions during 5 years in high school, including winning regional
   awards in the Canadian Open Mathematics Competition and the Sir Isaac
   Newton physics competition


Historical Perspective
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Research Engineering Assistant                         June 2001 - present
Raytheon Canada Ltd.                                          Waterloo, ON
 - Worked with R&D team on radar tracking systems for low-visibility,
     high-noise conditions and for over-the-horizon tracking
 - Designed, wrote, and maintained major software components of tracking
     systems
 - Built tools for code testing, program testing, and data analysis
 - Played with cool new ideas and shiny expensive toys

Student                                          September 1999 - May 2001
University of Waterloo                                        Waterloo, ON
 - Took advanced-level introductory courses in algebra, calculus, and
     computer science
 - Earned marks as high as high 90s in interesting courses
 - Spent too much time learning and not enough time getting marks
 - Found unintended consequences of assignment specifications
 - Won bet with professor about possible solutions to assignment

Network Support Specialist                            St. Andrew's College
Fall 2000                                                       Aurora, ON 
 - Performed desktop and network support duties
 - Set up, configured, and administered server to manage Linux
     workstations

Software Developer                                        Synaptic Systems
Winter 2000                                                  Cambridge, ON
 - Developed interactive web applications for Microsoft Internet
     Information Server using ASP and Visual Basic


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