Online Résumé

Anthony J. Mills

Career Objective

To find a job that challenges me and uses my considerable talent and experience in computers to its full potential

Computer-Specific Experience

Software

Many years of working with word processors, spreadsheets, databases, Internet browsers, Web authoring programs, graphics programs, desktop publishing programs, and CADD programs
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Intimately familiar with Windows 9x, Windows NT, Unix, and Linux
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Experienced in C/C++, Delphi, Visual Basic, Pascal, and Intel 386+ assembly (9 years in total)
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Familiar with Visual C++, Perl, Javascript, and VBScript
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Familiar with networking, especially Windows 9x/NT networking
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Experienced in HTML 1.0-3.2; have built several complete Web sites as well as many individual pages
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Working knowledge of SQL and Oracle programming

Hardware

Experienced in installing memory, hard drives, floppy drives, CD-ROM drives, modems, sound cards, network cards, monitors, …
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Knowledgeable in maintenance, troubleshooting, and routine cleaning of computers

Work Experience

1998-Present: Co-op Student at TransCanada PipeLines
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1998-Present: Contract Webmaster at the Petroleum Engineering Institute for Continuing Education
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1997-Present: President and Lead Designer/Programmer at The Software Mills
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1997-1998: Computer Tutor at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Education

1997-Present: Working on a Computer Technology diploma from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
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March 1997: Attended the seminar “Troubleshooting & Maintenance of IBM PCs and Compatibles” taught by SkillPath Seminars
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1994-1997: Completed a High School Advanced Diploma from Prairie High School in Three Hills, Alberta, with honours

Volunteer Experience

May 1998: Volunteered as a judge for the annual Calgary Regional Computer Programming Society contest

Awards

Member of Mensa, which requires a genius-level (145+) IQ for entry
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Top 12% finish in the Euclid Math Competition (national competition involving the top two or three math students in each high school)
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Timothy Award, for the highest average of my senior class
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Second-place finish in Zone 2 of the Alberta High School Mathematics Competition (Alberta was divided into three zones)
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Amstutz-Tilzey Award, for math excellence in high school
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Rutherford Scholarship from the Province of Alberta, for maintaining an 80%+ average throughout high school
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Parkland Savings & Credit Union scholarship, for the third-highest average of all who applied
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ZDNet and Rocket Download awarded my screen saver four stars of five
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Nominated for the Yokefellow Award for general citizenship in high school

Interests

Reading • Bicycling • Chess • Poetry • History • Mythology • Star Trek • Wall Climbing • Composing • Political Science