Edward Zwart

Current

• President & Software Engineer at Softserv Innovation

Past

• Programmer/Analyst at Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Software Developer at one45 Software Inc
• Researcher at University of British Columbia

• Assistant Lab Instructor at University of British Columbia

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Education

• The University of British Columbia
• University of Victoria

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Industry

Computer Software

Edward Zwart’s Summary

I'm a software developer with a passion for online communities. I have over 15 years of web development experience, during which time I have put together a wide variety of skills.

My company, Softserv Innovation, helps your business succeed with custom software that facilitates collaboration both in-house and with clients. Softserv's adaptive approach and non-geek-speak take the pain out of building the solution that's right for you.

Edward Zwart’s Specialties:

Some acronyms, etc: PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, JAVA, Python, Zope, Google Web Toolkit, Eclipse, AJAX, HTML, CSS, Perl, shell scripts, Coldfusion, Oracle, PL/SQL

Edward Zwart’s Experience

• President & Software Engineer

  Softserv Innovation

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2009 — Present (9 months)

  Softserv Innovation helps your business succeed with custom software that makes working together easy for your team and your clients. Softserv's adaptive approach and non-geek-speak take the pain out of building the solution that's right for you.

• Programmer/Analyst

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  January 2008 — November 2008 (11 months)

  Responsible for improvements to a suite of in-house fisheries management tools.

• Software Developer

  one45 Software Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 7 months)

  Responsibilities included all aspects of Web 2.0-style application programming for a suite of medical education products. Helped develop and used in-house MVC framework, as well as widget and AJAX utility libraries; designed and maintained database schema; wrote and maintained database connectivity and application code; interface design. Participated in individual project planning from inception to completion including requirements, analysis, design, implementation, and testing. Performed some system administration duties on remote client installations.

• Researcher

  University of British Columbia

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  April 2004 — May 2005 (1 year 2 months)

  Natural language processing research project investigating automatic summarization techniques for evaluative language. See KCap article at: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1088626.

• Assistant Lab Instructor

  University of British Columbia

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 4 months)

  The Assistant Lab Instructor is a fancy way of saying the Lab Marker. I marked first-year Computer Science students' lab assignments, and attended the labs to answer their questions as they completed the assignment. I also shared the presentation duties with the real Lab Instructor from time to time.

Edward Zwart’s Education

• The University of British Columbia

  Diploma , Computer Science , 2002 — 2005

  This post-degree diploma program turned into a degree program while I was halfway through it by adding a few more requirements. Having finished the credits for the diploma (and the money to pay for it!), I entered the work force. I remain with the diploma in hand, but not officially granted, with the purpose of keeping the credits open for the degree in the future (requirements to date: 1 computer science course, and 3 electives).

• University of Victoria

  BA Honours , English/Spanish

  Activities and Societies:

  Spanish Club president

Additional Information

Edward Zwart’s Groups:

•    KIVA
•    BNI Group (Business Network International)
•    Vancouver Island BNI networking group

Edward Zwart’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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