Kiranjit S. Sidhu
3934 Enemark Crescent

Prince George, BC V2X 2X5

CA

Daytime Phone: 250.564.8285
Evening: 250.564.8285
sidhuk@unbc.ca
URL: http://web.unbc.ca/~sidhuk

TARGET JOB

Desired Job Type:

Employee, Temporary/Contract/Project

Site Location:

No Preference

Description of my perfect job:
My ideal job would allow me to develop software as part of a team or individually. I would be extremely interested in web technologies, database development, network security and programming (sockets). I would prefer to develop using languages like Java and C++ on Linux/Unix platform.

Career Level

Entry Level/Intermediate

Date of Availability:

TARGET COMPANY

Company Size:

No Preference

Category:

Computers, Software

Description of my ideal company:
The ideal company I would like to work in is one that thrives on pushing its employees to produce applications at the cutting edge of technology. A company that takes a lot of pride in the services it provides and is the leader of their field in the industry.

  EDUCATION

·          University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC

·          Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

·          Minor in Mathematics and Physics, Co-operative Education

·          Graduating at the top of the class

·          GPA 4.22 (out of a possible 4.33)

EXPERIENCE

Sep 03 – Current

UNBC

Prince George/BC

Research Assistant – Mobile Computing

·          Working on a handover protocol for Light Weight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP).

·          Studied currently available specifications for LWAPP, IAPP (Inter-Access Point Protocol), and Mobile IP and created a handover protocol (Details in attached portfolio).

·          Currently being submitted for publication to IETF.

Sep 02 – Aug 03

Suncor Energy Co.

Fort McMurray, AB

Junior Programmer Analyst (Co-op work terms)

·          Involved in conversion of an MTS application to COM+ based application. Required communicating with Microsoft Support to resolve product specific issues.

·          Provide technical and analytical support to HR and Loss Prevention Management business units within the company.

·          Provide support to application (AIRTAS Safety application) users (2100+).

·          Provide 24/7 on call support.

·          Perform weekly maintenance (database maintenance, programming changes and data cleanup).

·          Participate in major project work as required (examples Admin Tool for AIRTAS administrative users, details in portfolio provided).

·          Perform requirement analysis on requests by business units. Include change impacts, time and cost estimates (where required). Implement changes upon approval.

·          Mentored co-op students and contractors working on the health and safety applications. Discussed coding best practices with them, monitored their work cleaned up things where necessary.

Summer 2002

Syncrude Canada Ltd.

Fort McMurray, AB

Quality Assurance Engineer (Co-op work term)

·          Maintain and customize accreditation system for QA purposes running on Windows 2000 Server platform with an Oracle 8i backend and Java GUI.

·          Build new external applications around the system primarily using Visual Basic 6.0 and ASP. Support and maintain existing external applications.

·          Documented external applications in terms of usage as well as technical specifications. Additionally drew up Disaster Recovery plans for each external application.

·          Setup and administer version control system (CVS).

·          Attend weekly round-table meetings to discuss any issues and express opinions and solutions.

·          Involved in switching of Open VMS to Windows 2000 based Servers for Chromatography software being used in the lab.

Dec 2001 – Apr 2002

UNBC

Prince George/BC

Research Assistant

·          Working on a parameter driven discrete event simulator for real-time transaction processing system (RTTPS)

·          Built a front end based on advanced features of the java foundation classes, and in particular the swing library (Details in attached portfolio).

SKILLS

Skill Name

Skill Level

Last Used

Experience

Programming

C++

Advanced

Currently Used

4 years

C

Advanced

Currently Used

2 years

Visual Basic 6.0

Intermediate

2003

1 year

Java

Intermediate

2002

2 years

JSP

Intermediate

Currently Used

1 year

SQL

Intermediate

Currently Used

2 years

LaTex

Advanced

Currently Used

4 years

ASP

Intermediate

2003

2 years

Visual C++ & MFC

Intermediate

2003

1 year

Prolog

Intermediate

Currently Used

1 year

C#

Beginner

2003

< 1 year

VB .NET

Beginner

2003

< 1 year

ASP .NET

Beginner

2003

< 1 year

.NET Architecture

Beginner

Currently Used

< 1 year

Database Systems

Oracle 8i/9i

Intermediate

Currently Used

2 years

MySql

Intermediate

Currently Used

2 years

Operating Systems

UNIX/LINUX

Advanced

Currently Used

4 years

Windows

Intermediate

Currently Used

4 years

Solaris/IRIX

Intermediate

Currently Used

3 years

Misc. Applications

AIRTAS

Advanced

2003

2 years

ATLAS

Intermediate

2002

< 1 year

MTS/COM+

Intermediate

2003

1 year

REMEDY

Intermediate

2003

2 years

Concurrent Versions System

Intermediate

Currently Used

2 years

Crystal Reports

Intermediate

2003

1 year

LEADERSHIP ABILITIES

·          Student Ambassador                                             July 2002

            Represented UNBC at Syncrude Canada Ltd. as a member of

            the  Student Focus Group

·          Event Organizer                                          Aug 99 - Sep 00

            Organized Annual Sports Meet for GZS College of Engg. & 

            Tech., Bathinda, India

·          Student Representative                               Aug 99 - Sep 00

            Student representative for first year on the sports committee

            of the college (GZSCET).

·          Captained                                                    Aug 99 - Sep 00

            1st year team in inter-college basketball tournament(GZSCET)

COMMUNICATION

·          Event Organizer                                          Aug 99 - Sep 00

            Organize events for Electricom (Comp. & Elec. Engg. Society)

            as part of executive committee.

·          Secretary of International Student Club      Aug 99 - Sep 00

            Help settle new international students

·          Proficient in Speaking, Writing and Reading three languages English, Punjabi and Hindi.

·           

HONORS AND AWARDS

·          In-Course Student Award                                         2003/04

·          UNBC Co-op Work Term Report  Award                      2003/04

·          Ranked 26th in Singles and 42nd in Doubles in Tennis in Alberta 2002

·          Louis & Irene Monasch and Family Bursary                  2002/03

·          Birks Family Foundation Scholarship                           2001/02

·          Golden Key National Honor Society Member: (Inducted) Oct 01

·          Member of College Basketball Team                           Jan 2000

            Secured 2nd position in inter-university competition

·          S.A.T.: (Scholastic Aptitude Test)                             Jun 1999

            Scored 760 out of possible 800 (99th percentile)

·          T.O.E.F.L.: (Test of English as a Foreign Language)    Apr 1999

      Scored 623 out of possible 670 (93rd Percentile).

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

·          Avid Reader

·          Golf, Sqash, Tennis and Cricket