Professional designer and developer of web-based applications. I specialize in rapid development of database driven applications in PHP and the .NET framework. I have experience integrating with 3rd party systems including: Moneris for payment processing, Facebook for embedded applications, and COM/Interop for legacy systems. Specialties: Languages: C, C#, Java, PHP, VB.NET Data: MySQL, MS SQL, XML Web: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX

Software Engineer @ From February 2014 to Present (1 year 11 months) Developer @ I am working on an integrated web and mobile application in PHP, Java, and Objective-C. I am working on a small team to rapidly implement and deliver customer facing features. From February 2013 to January 2014 (1 year) Toronto, Canada AreaPrincipal Developer @ I develop web-based software in PHP, Flash, Java, and JavaScript. I spend most of my time working on the product development team to create software applications to help our enterprise customers build, manage, and measure their social media presences. From January 2011 to February 2013 (2 years 2 months) Toronto, Canada AreaContract Software Developer @ Rapid application development to deliver custom software systems to meet short client time lines. Working on various teams to create successful digital properties. Helping shape application designs and building prototypes to bring those designs to life early in the development cycle. From August 2010 to December 2010 (5 months) Founder, Developer @ Developing custom software applications for clients to support their business processes and integrate disparate software systems. Successfully delivered large software projects for a variety of clients in various industries including: academic, argriculture, manufacturing, research, and software. These projects ranged from Windows-based applications, web-based n-tier solutions, and hardware control systems. From January 2008 to August 2010 (2 years 8 months) Self-Employed, Software Developer @ Ran a contract software development company doing work part-time beginning in High School until forming LucidHelix Solutions with two other owners. Wrote various custom web-based applications for clients over nearly nine years. A wide variety of clients included the following industries: automotive, entertainment, medical, photography, real estate, and software. From November 2000 to September 2009 (8 years 11 months) Contract Software Developer @ Work with a team of developers to build web-based applications to help our customers integrate their existing online presence with social networks. Helped with hiring new developers as well as designing, specifying and estimating custom software solutions. Majority of experience was spent developing, testing, and deploying social (Facebook, MySpace, YouTube) applications built with PHP, Flash, and MySQL. From January 2008 to August 2009 (1 year 8 months) Toronto, Canada AreaSoftware Project Coordinator @ Worked on a team of four developers building web-based back-of-store reporting software in ASP.NET and a Windows thin-client point-of-sale system in VB.NET for clients in the restaurant industry. In charge of hiring and training developers and designing the architecture for new systems. From May 2006 to August 2008 (2 years 4 months) Teaching Assistant @ Taught weekly computer science tutorials to students in first and second year computer science (CSCI 100, 111, 250). Developed lesson plans, wrote example applications, helped students overcome problems and conducted test reviews. Also taught UNIX bootcamp to first-year students in the computer science department. From September 2006 to May 2008 (1 year 9 months)

M.Sc, Computer Science @ University of Saskatchewan From 2006 to 2009 B.Sc, Computer Science @ Dalhousie University From 2004 to 2006 Ian Hopkins is skilled in: AJAX, JavaScript, MySQL, XML, PHP, Java, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, C, Web Services, Monster Truck Driving, jQuery, Apache