Dustin's HTML Résumé
Submitted by Extreme on Mon, 07/31/2006 - 10:46.
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Dustin
James
Darcy
4727 148th Ave NE.
Apt. CC203
Bellevue,
WA
98007
US
ddarcyNO@digipenSPAM.edu
(remove caps'ed letters NOSPAM)
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Home:
425-881-7126
Contact Preference:
E-Mail
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Resume ID:
23383362
Resume Headline:
Experienced C/C++ Game Programmer /w IT, DBA,
& Web Tech Background |
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| OBJECTIVE: |
I'm currently employed, but come March '07 I'll
once again be looking for full-time employment as a
software design engineer or technical PM. I'm hoping to find a position
that allows me to continue my foray in to the game
industry, but even above my love of games I'd still prefer
a position where I can get my hands on code.
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| EXPERIENCE: |
10/2006 -
Present |
Microsoft Game Studios
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Redmond, WA
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Software Design Engineer II
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I'm currently working a contract at Microsoft
Game Studios helping develop a Windows gaming service called Live Anywhere (codename Panorama) that will extend the Xbox 360 Live community to other platforms.
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5/2006 -
7/2006 |
Microsoft
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Redmond, WA
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Builder / Software Design Engineer I
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I recently worked a short term contract with
the real-time communication build engineering team at
Microsoft servicing MSN, Office Communicator, Live Meeting,
Live Communicator Client / Server, RoundTable, and numerous
other products. Responsibilities included fixing bugs with
the Perl backend, designing and implementing the C# /
ASP.NET web front-end, as well as DBA’ing BizTalk and
MS SQL 2005. In addition to all these hats I was
accountable for the farm of 57 servers (largely PE2650s and
PE2850s) ensuring that they were running soundly as well as
making sure all the assorted builds were moving forward.
The infrastructure leveraged BizTalk for messaging between
the build machines and the database using MS SQL 2005 to
persist the results.
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11/2005 -
4/2006 |
Microsoft Game Studios
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Redmond, WA
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Software Design Engineer in Test II
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After Age of Empires 3 RTMed I was offered an
extension to help test three major XBox 360 launch titles
including Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, and Project Gotham
Racing 3. Once the gold masters left the building I was
hired to work on Rise of Legends as a part of the core team
with job responsibilities shifting from testing to
programming C# security and performance tools. Other
responsibilities included managing the Rise of Legends
contract staff group; automating three labs to perform a 50
machine security battery; configuring & maintaining a
sixteen-man lab for the testers that worked under me;
training new test staff; authoring test plans & test
cases; performance testing using VTune / F1 / WMI;
providing QA; and helping fix bugs found in the game
engine.
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7/2005 -
11/2005 |
Microsoft Game Studios
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Redmond, WA
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Software Design Engineer in Test
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During my summer '05 break I was hired
fulltime to work as a part of the core team testing Age of
Empires 3 at Microsoft Game Studios. Job responsibilities
included designing test harnesses, performance unit
testing, programming tools, and providing quality
assurance.
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5/2003 -
11/2003 |
Home Depot
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Redmond, WA
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Special Service Rep
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To finance my more interesting pursuits I
recently worked for the Home Depot of Redmond acting as a
liaison in every aspect of the business at the Special
Service desk, from placing large orders for customers to
handling all-manner of financial
complication.
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6/2001 -
8/2001 |
MyMethow.com
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Twisp, WA
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Security Consultant
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Performed a contracted security audit of
MyMethow.com, specifying fixes and future preventative
measures
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6/1997 -
8/1999 |
Now Electronics
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Huntington, NY
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Programmer
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Throughout high school I did office work,
helped move inventory, and offered my assistance in the
event of computer troubles to the employees of
NowElectronics. In early '99 I was recruited to assist in
the early stages of development for the back-end of
NowElectronics' website (http://www.nowelectro.com),
designing ASP code to interface with their MSSQL
database.
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3/1997 -
6/1998 |
Opportunities Industrialization Center
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Amityville, NY
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Instructor
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Taught basic computing skills including the
usage of DOS, Windows, Excel, Word and troubleshooting
methodologies to various class sizes, ranging from 10 to 20
adults.
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| EDUCATION: |
7/
2005 |
DigiPen Institute of Technology
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US-
WA-
Redmond |
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Some College Coursework
Completed
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Recently I've been studying at the
Digipen Institute of Technology for a Baccalaureate Degree
of Science in Real Time Interactive Simulation, with a
curriculum focus on computer science and game development.
I've completed in total 80 credits and have worked on 4
game projects (of particular note Karmic Retribution 2
& Avernus Cube ftpable from ftp://razing.net/Games),
each in teams of 5 to 9 developers, each spanning 1 to 2
semesters of development time.
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4/
2002 |
DigiPen Institute of Technology
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US-
WA-
Redmond |
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Some College Coursework Completed
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12/
1998 |
Stony Brook University
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US-
NY-
Stony Brook |
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Some College Coursework
Completed
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Studied at Stony Brook with a declared CS
Major taking 19 credits worth of work.
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6/
1998 |
Walt Whitman Highschool
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US-
NY-
Huntington Station |
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High School or equivalent
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Completed my secondary schooling in 3
years, instead of 4, at Walt Whitman HS by doing
independent credited projects, taking additional classes,
and studying during the summers of '96 at MIT and '97 at
the Windsor School in Flushing, NY; doing this I
accumulated 9 AP credits from the Long Island University,
was privileged to receive induction into the National Honor
Society, and graduated with a Regents
Diploma.
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10/
1996 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology / MESH
Program
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US-
MA-
Boston |
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Some College Coursework
Completed
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Delved in to AP Computer Science, Audio
Engineering, and Chemistry while participating in the MESH
ESP Program at MIT.
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| SKILLS: |
Skill Name
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Skill Level
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Last Used/
Experience |
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Perl
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
2years |
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Python
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Intermediate
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1 year ago/
2years |
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HTML / CSS 1 & 2
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Expert
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Currently used/
10years |
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Jscript / Javascript
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Intermediate
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1 year ago/
5years |
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PHP
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
1years |
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C
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Expert
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Currently used/
10years |
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C++
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
5years |
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C#
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
2years |
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VBScript
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Beginner
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1 year ago/
1years |
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Winsock / Berkeley Sockets
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Intermediate
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3 years ago/
2years |
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Java
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Intermediate
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1 year ago/
7years |
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DirectX / GDI
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
5years |
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SDL / QT
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Beginner
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1 year ago/
1years |
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OpenGL
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Intermediate
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3 years ago/
2years |
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x86 Assembler
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Intermediate
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3 years ago/
8years |
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MySQL / MSSQL / PostGres DB
administration
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
2years |
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Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project,
Visio
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Expert
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Currently used/
7years |
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*nix Administration
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Expert
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Currently used/
10years |
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Lua
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Beginner
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1 year ago/
1years |
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BASH shell scripting
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Expert
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Currently used/
10years |
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Win32 / MFC
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
6years |
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Object Oriented Design
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
7years |
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XML / XSLT / XPATH
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
1years |
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T-SQL
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Intermediate
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Currently used/
3years |
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ASP.NET
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Beginner
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Currently used/
1years |
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| LANGUAGES: |
Languages
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Proficiency Level
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Spanish
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Basic - Familiar
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| REFERENCES: |
Reference Name:
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Jordy Stellar
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Reference Company:
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NOW Electronics
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Reference Title:
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VP & Partner
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Phone:
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631-351-8354
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Type:
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Professional
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Reference Name:
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Nels Larson
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Reference Company:
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MyMethow.com
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Reference Title:
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Partner
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Phone:
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509-997-2332
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Type:
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Professional
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Reference Name:
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Florence Joyner
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Reference Company:
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Opportunities Industrialization Center
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Reference Title:
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Executive Director
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Phone:
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516-841-0841
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Type:
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Professional
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Reference Name:
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Brian Severs
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Reference Company:
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Home Depot
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Reference Title:
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Special Service DH
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Phone:
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425-885-6358
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Type:
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Professional
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Reference Name:
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Jason Richert
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Reference Company:
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Microsoft
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Reference Title:
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Software Test Lead
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Phone:
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425-761-4364
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Email:
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jriche@REMOVETHISCAPSEDTEXTmicrosoft.com
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Type:
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Professional
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION: |
Summer 2004
Created a small project site (http://www.razing.net),
including everything from Games I've developed in my spare
time to plugins for assorted applications.
Summer 1998
Placed as a Semi-finalist in the '98 ThinkQuest
(http://www.thinkquest.org) contest for creating a web and
java-based edutainment title *lovingly* named Math Never
Dies (http://hex.razing.net), designed from the ground up
to aid students having troubles with their high school
level math courses.
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| Desired
Salary/Wage: |
68,000.00
USD
Per Year |
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Career Level: |
Entry Level
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| Years of
relevant work experience: |
2+ to 5 Years
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| Date of
Availability: |
3/20/2007
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| Work
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US-
I am authorized to work in this country for
any employer. |
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| Active
Security Clearance: |
No |
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| Target
Job: |
Target Job Title:
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SDE, Programmer, Technical
PM, Program Manager, SDET
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Desired Job Type:
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Employee
Temporary/Contract/Project
SeasonalTemporary/Contract/Project
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Desired Status:
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Full-Time |
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Willing to work the following
shifts:
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First Shift (day)
Second Shift (afternoon)
Third Shift (night)
Rotating
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Willing to work weekends:
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Yes |
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Company: |
Company Size:
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No Preference
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Category:
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Computers,
Software
Installation, Maintenance, and
Repair
Internet/E-Commerce
Telecommunications
Information
Technology
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Industry:
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Electronics
Internet/ISPs/Portals/Data
Processing
Telecommunications/Wireless
IT- Hardware Programming &
Design
IT- Software Systems &
Design
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Locations: |
Selected Locations:
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US-
CA-
Silicon Valley/San Jose
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MA-
Boston
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NY-
Long Island
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WA-
Seattle
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CA-
Silicon Valley/Peninsula
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MA-
Boston South
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Boston North
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WA-
Bellevue/Redmond |
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Relocate:
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Yes |
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