Christopher Rowe

Data Programmer Analyst with over 15 years experience in programming and development. Seeking my next career challenge in the technology sector in big data, analytics or software design & development.


Experience

Programmer Analyst

Thomson Reuters Canada

  • Converted multiple Word files into tagged markup file format to be used in Arbortext using Perl and regular expressions under extremely tight deadlines.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to resolve Arbortext issues that included text presentation and page numbering issues.
  • Scheduled and fulfilled high volume of tasks and assignments based on daily due dates.
  • Developed, tested, and updated scripts for automation of scheduled tasks using Perl.
  • Upgraded websites assembled with Joomla and PHP with MySQL databases.
  • Created usage and customer reports for analysis from MySQL and SQL databases

January 2011 – April 2019

Senior Survey Programmer

ResearchNow

  • Programmed and tested surveys for online respondents, for the purpose of collecting and checking validity of data.
  • Managed, supported and trained four team members.
  • Communicated with clients for updated specifications on new and recurring jobs.

April 2010 – December 2010

Online Survey Programmer

The Logit Group

  • Programmed and tested surveys for online respondents.
  • Created personalized questions for more complicated questionnaires and created templates for more common questionnaires.
  • Validated data for quality control before sending material to the client.
  • Developed and enhanced several programs for many departments to use to save up time.
  • Set-up documentation, using simplified diction, to create and maintain procedures consistent with other Programmers.

January 2008 – April 2010

Programmer Analyst

Consumer Contact Canada

  • Programmed surveys using Unix-based program Dash for telephone-operated call centers; and web-based program ResearchByNet for online respondents
  • Tested the surveys and programs from other programmers, to ensure quality and the correct functionality of the program, and providing feedback to fix any issues
  • Assembled Perl scripts and setting up cron jobs to automate daily tasks to ensure saving time and effort for other tasks.
  • Created documentation for individual studies on the functionality, daily

December 2003 – November 2007

Education

Ryerson University

Certificate — Data Analytics, Big Data, and Predictive Analytics
September 2019 – Present

Centennial College

College Diploma — Computer Programmer Analyst
January 2000 – April 2003

Skills

Programming Skills

  • SQL / MySql / HiveQL
     
  • Python
     
  • ViM
     
  • PHP
     
  • R Programming
     
  • Unix / Linux
     
  • Photoshop
     
  • Wordpress
     
  • Git
     
  • Bootstrap
     
  • CSS
     
  • MongoDB
     
  • Hadoop
     
  • Apache Spark
     
  • Tableau
     

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