Note: I am currently happily employed. This resume is just FYI (and out of date).
 

Objective	Continue to work as a developer using C++ or the latest .NET derivative, C#, on Windows, ASP or ASP.NET platform. Extremely enthusiastic team member with leadership experience that will use initiative to solve any problems.
Skill Summary	Languages/Platforms/Methodologies: •  C, C++, C#, VB.NET, JScript, VBScript, XML, Rocky Mountain BASIC, HPGL, Pascal, Fortran 77 •  OOA, OOD, UML, RUP •  ASP.NET, ASP, COM, STL, ATL, MFC, Windows SDK, IIS, DOS, OS9, PharLap 286 Products: •  SQL Server, Access •  Visual Studio.NET, Visual C++ 6, Borland C++, Borland C++ Builder, Visual Interdev, Frontpage •  VSS, Vertical Sky (MKS Source Integrity), CVS, RCS •  Clientele Issue Management, Calibre Requirements Management •  Boundschecker, Complexity Analysis •  Microsoft Office, Paint Shop Pro
Experience	1998-Present Trimble (Spectra Precision Software) Atlanta, GA Engineering Manager •  Designed and implemented an industry-leading land survey data processing module for Terramodel® - a Windows application written using C++, C, COM, MFC, STL and Objective Toolkit. •  Managed a team of 4-8 local and remote developers and coordinated with QA and documentation teams. •  Leader of the UI review team and co-writer of the UI and coding standards documents. •  Single-handedly wrote the Terramodel.com web site, which uses a custom COM component to give encrypted update codes to the customer. These codes program the Terramodel® hardware locks. •  The company relocated family to Atlanta from England in 1998 after purchasing Blue Moon Systems. Have since received Permanent Resident Alien ("Green Card") status. 1998-Present ShawThing LLC Atlanta, GA Founder •  Formed company to perform ASP contract work, developing or improving many small sites. Examples and testimonials at http://ShawThing.com/Consult.asp •  Contract work performed in ASP using JScript or VBScript. JScript preferred because it is so close to "native language": C#/C++/C, but fluent in VBScript. 2001-Present ASPRSS.com Atlanta, GA Founder •  Formed a vision that would alter the way ASP articles are published in the community, the ASPRSS standard. •  Led the community during the evolution of the standard, and wrote ASPRSS.com. Solely responsible for the marketing and implementation of the site. •  ASPRSS publishes source code in VBScript, JScript, VB.NET and C# that can be used to read and write an RSS XML file with ASPRSS extensions. 2001-Present CoverYourASP.com Atlanta, GA Founder •  Successfully designed, developed and implemented CoverYourASP to teach developers ASP. The entire site source code can be downloaded from http://CoverYourASP.com/CYA.asp. CYA serves ~450,000 page views a month. •  The site is written in JScript with C++/ATL components. An Access database is used, although the site can use SQL Server and MySQL. •  Administer dedicated Windows 2000 server via Terminal Server. •  A new CoverYourASP.NET site is under construction. 1990-1998 Blue Moon Systems Ltd. Portsmouth, UK Managing Director, Majority Shareholder, Technical lead •  Led startup of company with a team of 3 developers that wrote a DOS 286-extended Land Survey application that became the UK industry leader. •  The application was written in C, using the PharLap 286 library. 1984-1990 TCS / Resource Group / THMR Portsmouth, UK Partner / V.P. R&D •  The same company passing through numerous merges and acquisitions, was responsible for developing surveying applications on HP 9000 systems, then for DOS using early Turbo C.
Education	1982-1984 East London University Barking, UK •  Higher National Diploma in Land, Sea, Engineering Surveying and Mapping. (accepted as equivalent to Bachelor of Science during immigration process) •  Although ostensibly a surveying course, concentrated on computer science. Final project was to filter coastline data for inclusion in RAF Fighter Jets, using a Prime mini-computer and Fortran 77.
Training	•  Attended numerous in-depth 3-5 day courses in subjects such as ASP.NET (hosted by ASPSmith.com), ASP, MFC, OOP and Stingray's Objective Toolkit.
Publication	•  Wrote an article for asp.netPRO magazine in C# and VB.NET - read it at http://ShawThing.com/aspnetpro.htm •  Reviewed articles for Wrox Publishing for technical accuracy. •  Articles on CoverYourASP have been used as reference material by many sites. Article on installing PWS is often quoted as the best in it's class by other sites (http://CoverYourASP.com/PWS.asp)
Recognition	•  Invited to join the ASP Elite in March 2001 - a private list of experts helping others with ASP. Many benefits including getting to know the Microsoft .NET team and leading ASP site owners. •  Invited to spend 4 days with the Microsoft .NET development team leaders in Redmond - only 40 ASP Elite attended this unique event. •  CoverYourASP was runner-up in the ASP Guild's 2001 Best ASP Help Site award (in it's first year).
Interests	Family, computers and building fast cars (see http://ShawThing.com/Cars.asp).