Design Analyst at CBC / Radio-Canada
Montreal, Canada Area
- Current
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- Design Analyst at CBC/Radio-Canada
- Design Analyst at Radio-Canada
- Past
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- Web Developer and System Administrator at Savoir-faire Linux
- Teaching Assistant, Web Developer and System Administrator at McGill University
- Education
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- McGill University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Media Production
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Cedric Sam’s Summary
I am interested in the world of online publishing and medias, as a technical specialist, but also as a contents provider. I am also a proponent of Linux and open-source software use in the business context.
Cedric Sam’s Specialties:
Linux, open-source, system administration, database administration, programming, geographical information programming
Cedric Sam’s Experience
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Design Analyst
CBC/Radio-Canada
(Government Agency; Broadcast Media industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
- Web: CBC Digital Archives / Archives de Radio-Canada
- Télévision: Google Earth maps during federal and Quebec election nights (see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOgqobWb9Q0)
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Design Analyst
Radio-Canada
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Web Integrator (webmaster-type work) with Radio-Canada Internet (News) until November 2007. Currently a design analyst, with Radio-Canada Internet. I develop and support applications for the Radio-Canada.ca website within a unit of seven people.
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Web Developer and System Administrator
Savoir-faire Linux
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — April 2007 (11 months)
Member of the technical support team, and was in direct contact with clients.
I installed and configured the Linux operating system for clients, and participated in development and support tasks pertaining to their mail (Postfix), web (Apache) and print (CUPS) systems.
I provided weekly service for a client with a 25-terminal strong LTSP-based network.
I was involved in web development projects, including a web-based feed aggregator, business information management systems and the company's internal web applications.
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Teaching Assistant, Web Developer and System Administrator
McGill University
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
April 2004 — April 2006 (2 years 1 month)
With Dr Silvia Vidal, as a summer student in 2004, and then a teaching assistant during the 2004-05 academic year. One of my main achievements was the elaboration and editing of a bioinformatics module (reference manual, teaching material and exercises) for the microbiology undergraduate laboratory course. I gave lectures and tutorials, and marked all papers. I also maintained the Vidal lab's five-workstation Windows-based network. After 2005, I continued to provide computer-related services to the lab.
With Dr Michael Hallett, as a web and database developer from 2004 to 2006 on a part-time basis. I helped develop a laboratory information management system in PHP/MySQL in 2004-05. In 2005-06, we ported the application to Java/Struts/Hibernate. The final work became the web interface module of the laboratory's bioinformatics platform "BIAS".
Cedric Sam’s Education
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McGill University
1999 — 2004
Additional Information
Cedric Sam’s Websites:
Cedric Sam’s Interests:
Linux, new medias, PHP, MySQL, Ajax
Cedric Sam’s Groups:
Chinese Family Service of Greater Montreal
Cedric Sam’s Honors:
Photos featured in the Montreal Hour within an article about Spacing Montreal on December 20th, 2007.
Metro Boulot Resto foodies' website appeared in 24 Heures on May 8th, 2007, and in the Montreal Gazette on June 30th, 2007.
Appeared as a guest on Sino-Montreal cultural television show in May 2007.
Wrote in La Jeune Presse between 1996 and 1999.
Cedric Sam’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
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