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MICHAEL B. LIEFF
CARLETON PLACE, ON

EDUCATION

B.Ed. (Mathematics and Computer Science), Queen's University, Kingston, ON. 2004.

B.Sc. (Honours Computing and Information Science), Queen's University, Kingston, ON. 1998.

Topic of Undergraduate Programming Project: NHL (hockey) prediction systems using Java (http://www.geocities.com/mlieff/cisc499.htm).
Other courses studied: Mathematics, Psychology, French, Creative Writing, and Human Genetics.

O.S.S.D., Quinte Secondary School, Belleville, ON. June 1991.

OACs: Calculus, Algebra & Geometry, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, English and French.

TEACHNG EXPERIENCE

Student Teacher

Planned, taught and evaluated units in Computer Science, Mathematics and Business.
Technology Peer Leader: Designed and implemented workshops on MS Excel, Corel Presentations 10, and Geometer’s Sketchpad for students, staff and student teachers.
Extra-curricular activities: Played trumpet in the Spirit Band; Timekeeper at football games; Performer at Coffee House and Christmas Assembly.
Gananoque Secondary School, Gananoque, ON. Sep 2003 - Mar 2004 (13 weeks).

Mathematics Tutor

Tutored students in Grade 11, 12 and GMAT preparatory Mathematics.
Designed a knowledge path according to student objectives.
TUTORink, Kingston, ON. Part-time, Sep 2003 – present.

Technology Instructor

Developed course outline, content and training material for technical and non-technical audiences.
Trained over 350 clients, partners and staff in classes of up to 17 on e-Business Application Development using DWL Unifi, Java, EJB, HTML and XML.
Installed and configured hardware and software on training PCs.
DWL Inc., Toronto, ON. Full-time, Sep 2000 – Mar 2002.

Programming Instructor

Taught Microsoft Official Curriculum Visual Basic courses 1303A (Fundamentals) and 1013A (Development) to classes of 20 students.
Facilitated completion of a group project to design a realistic software application (Personal Contact Manager and Appointment Scheduler).
Administered and graded Microsoft certification exams.
The Institute for Computer Studies, Toronto, ON. Full-time, May 2000 – Jul 2000.

Team and Classroom Facilitator

Taught e-Business Essentials to over 300 graduate students in classes of up to 36.
Project Manager responsible for multiple teams of 6 designing and implementing a web presence for a fictional enterprise.
Mentored new facilitators in technical and administrative material.
Software installation, configuration and troubleshooting for IBM Thinkpads.
Information Technology Institute (ITI), Toronto, ON. Full-time, Aug 1998 – Mar 2000.

Computer Science Teaching Assistant

Organized a weekly tutorial in the computer lab to assist first-year students with programming assignments.
Graded assignments and exams.
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. Part-time, May - Aug 1997, Jan – Apr 1998.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Application Developer

Client consultation to establish specification for core business functions.
Redesigned, enhanced and implemented a student scheduling system using MS Access and VBA.
Wrote and edited technical and end-user documentation for the system.
Queen's University, Kingston, ON. Full-time, Mar – Aug 1997, Apr – Jul 1998.

Sales Associate and Cashier

Assisted customers on the sales floor and in the stockroom.
Performed cash register operations.
Chaired the annual York Region Adopt-A-Family program.
GAP at Yorkdale, Toronto, ON. Part-time, Oct 2002 – Mar 2003.

Server

Maintained a high level of guest satisfaction through implementing guest orders.
Mentored new servers via shadow shifts.
Completed the SmartServe alcohol responsibility program.
Mastered the Maitre’D ordering system.
East Side Mario's, Vaughan, ON. Full-time, Jan 2003 - Aug 2003.

INTERESTS