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Curriculum Vitae

Shane McDonald

Waterford City, Ireland

E-Mail: shanemcd@shanemcdonald.org

Professional Profile

• Dedicated IT professional with over 8 years experience in software development, programming and web design, in sectors including telecoms, print media, and creation of bespoke on-line services.

• Comprehensive business / technical skillset with strong communication and analytical skills.
• Proven track record with over 100 projects and 70 websites completed during time spent while consulting and working for myself (2004-2008).

Areas of Expertise

• Web Site Design and Website Testing Analysis

• Search Engine Optimisation / Web & Email Marketing
• Creation of on-line database systems ( E-commerce / CRM / CMS / Email Marketing / E-Brochure )
• Project Management and planning
• Software Development (both web-based software, systems software and application)
• Software Testing using automated & manual testing (knowledge of Software QA standards)
• Understanding of many software development methodologies and life cycles (SDLC)
• Technical Writing & Product Documentation
• Customer Training / Customer Support
• Sales & Marketing Experience

Achievements

• Achieved marketing successes with many Irish companies by implementing on-line campaigns, which complimented products and existing marketing and advertising campaigns.

• Implemented a process improvement for data manipulation in 2 major companies in Ireland and Australia - significantly reducing man-hours, improving data quality and data reporting efficiency.
• Successfully achieved the goals of an educational website by being nominated for an IIA Net Visionary Award and also a Golden Spider award in October 2007.
• Have built a professional reputation with over 4 years consulting and have many high quality references and testimonials to the quality of my work.

Education

2005-2006 Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Development

SEEPP / W.I.T

1995-1999 B.Sc. in Commercial Software Development, Hon’s 2:1

National Diploma in Commercial Computing, Merit Grade 1

National Certificate in Commercial Computing, Distinction

Waterford Institute of Technology

1992-1995 National Certificate in Electronic Engineering with Distinction

Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin 24

Professional Experience

Independent I.T. Consultant, Waterford, Ireland ; November 2003 – to present

Operations System Developer, Sensis, Liverpool St, Sydney, Australia ; Feb - Oct 2003

Software Engineer, Logica Mobile Networks, Customs House Plaza, Dublin ; 1999-2002

Programming Languages

• Web Dev. Suite : PHP / MySQL / SQL / HTML / CSS / XML / Perl CGI / JavaScript

• Programming : C, Java, Visual Basic (Exposure to VB .NET) / VBA
• Scripting : Perl, Tcl / Tk / Unix Shell Scripting
• Software Testing : Silk Test Coding Language (also ref. Perl & Tcl above)
• Some Exposure to : COBOL, ColdFusion, and Pascal

Software Applications

• MS Office : Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Project, Publisher,

• Graphics / Design : Adobe Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, PhotoFiltre
• Web Development : Microsoft FrontPage, DreamWeaver
• Documentation : Adobe Framemaker
• Software Testing : Silk Test (Automated Test Tool)
• Other : QuickBooks Accounting, Macromedia Flash, Exposure to the Adobe Suite (2007)
  
  

Operating Systems

• Linux (RedHat) / Unix (Solaris / HPUX) - some exposure to X-Windows

• Windows Vista / XP / 98 / NT / 95
• MSDOS

Professional Affiliations & Training

• Current Member of the Irish Internet Association

• Feb 2006 Current Member of the Irish Internet Association
• Sept 2002 Unix System Administration, ICL Training, Dublin.
• July 2000 GSM Fundamentals, QA Training, Dun Laoighre, Co. Dublin.
• May 2000 Object Oriented Design using UML, Moresoft, D2.
• October 99 Technical Writing Course, Rédacteurs, Dun Laoighre, Co. Dublin .
• August 99 Advanced Unix Course, Griffin Software Training, Tallaght, D24.
• July 99 C Programming / C Unix Course, ICL Training, Camden Place, Dublin.

Other Skills / Interests

• I have Conversational French and interested in other languages such as Czech, Chinese and Spanish.

• I am Interested in Photography and I was overall winner of Imagine Arts Festival Photographic Competition in 2007.
• I regularly play Music (piano / guitar) and have been a Member of the Cathedral Youth Choir since 1987, culminating in supporting the Harlem Gospel Choir in the Forum Waterford, November '07.
• Involved with Waterford Arts group, Spraoi, since 1997.
  

Signed: Shane M^cDonald
Date: 05/12/2008

If you require a more detailed version of this document please email me : E-mail : shanemcd@shanemcdonald.org