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I have 30 years of experience in IT, I started in a school board where I worked for 10 years as a computer technician and then I started as a self-employed worker for 20 years now. I mainly do Windows desktop applications, add-ons for Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook) and also programming websites with or without CMS, I can create custom plugins for WordPress / WooCommerce.

Experiences

1996 – Today

Self-employed, Montreal

Software and hardware technical support
FileMaker and Access databases development
Excel worksheets development
Web sites development

1986 – 1996

Commission scolaire Les Écores, Laval

Software and hardware technical support
Computer troubleshooting and data recovery
Windows NT, NetWare and Macintosh network administration
FileMaker, FoxPro et Access databases development
Secretaries and teachers training

Skills

Programming

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Microsoft Office Add-ins
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Regular Expressions (RegEx)

.NET Programming

Visual Studio
Visual C#
Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET)
Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
ASP.NET

Web Programming

HTML / XML / XHTML
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
JavaScript
VBScript
jQuery
Active Server Pages (ASP)
PHP
Node.js
Bootstrap
Tectite FormMail
WordPress
WooCommerce
MultilingualPress
Contact Form 7
Joomla
OpenCart

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Access
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Outlook
Macros / VBA

Databases

Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Access
FileMaker Pro
MySQL

Development Environments

Microsoft Visual Studio
Adobe Dreamweaver
Eclipse IDE

Computer Troubleshooting

Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS
Apple iOS
Android OS
Modem / Router / Wi-Fi
Local Area Network / Internet
Malware, Spyware, Virus, Worm, etc…

Accomplishments

Access database to produce comparative balances and financial statements with redefinable grouping for a financial institution.
FileMaker database for the management and follow up of training activities and the management of student books sales for a pedagogical development center.
FoxPro database allowing to merge the official data from the MEQ¹ under DOS with the schools data in FileMaker for Macintosh for a school board.
FileMaker database to track production and calculate payroll and bonuses paid to productive employees in a manufacturing facility.
FileMaker database for managing a purchasing department implemented in tree educational institutions.
Application to convert VERIF² format files under DOS for importation in a FileMaker database under MacOS.
Excel worksheet to calculate the teacher workforce with a macro allowing to import gross data from the printer file output of the GPM⁴
Access database to extract a random sample from a student pool imported from GPM⁴.
Access database to create a custom catalogue from the data imported from an UNIX system.
Perl CGI script to validate and transmit a request for submission form on a web site.
Excel workbook to record revenues and expenses to generate accounting reports for self-employed incomes and sales taxes declarations.
Web site for a decorative panel’s manufacturer with Dreamweaver.
Web site for an aesthetic clinic.
Web site for beauty products store.
Web site for a martial arts academy.
Web site for a chiropractic clinic.
Web site for a food services online store with WooCommerce.
Implantation of PayPal in a PHP extranet for a food services business.

¹ MEQ (Ministry of Education of Quebec).
² VERIF is one of the data export format offered by SDM³.
³ SDM (Services Documentaires Multimédia) is a business offering documents cataloguing services.
⁴ GPM (Gestion Pédagogique sur Micro) is a DOS software used by school boards to manage educational data and transmission to the MEQ¹.