Grant Nicol

Current

Software Development Consultant at Alberta Advanced Education

Past

Software Development Consultant at ATCO I-TEK
Software Developer at Focus Corporation
Software Developer at Alberta Environment LAD Technical Branch

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Education

University of Alberta

Connections

34 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Grant Nicol’s Summary

Languages
C/C++, C# , VB, VBA, VB.NET, Java, ASP, ASP .NET, SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL, XML, XSL/XSLT, HTML, VB Script, JavaScript

Practices
Test Driven Development, Agile Methodologies, Domain Driven Design, Object Oriented Design, Continuous Integration, Service Orientated Architecture, Design Patterns, AJAX, Smart Client/Docs, UML (class, sequence, state diagrams)

Tools
Visual Studio .Net 2003/2005/2008, Team Foundation, Visual SourceSafe, Resharper, Code Rush, NUnit/MbUnit/NAnt, Rhino Mocks, Enterprise Library, Infragistics, SQL Server 2000/2005/2008, Management Studio, MS Report Services, XML Spy, Oracle Enterprise 8i/9i, Toad, Cruise Control, TeamCity

Grant Nicol’s Specialties:

Hardworking, Motivated, Team Player, Quick Learner, Problem Solver, Punctual, Enthusiastic and Flexible.

Grant Nicol’s Experience

Software Development Consultant

Alberta Advanced Education

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Implementing a central Stakeholder Registry Service which applications with the right security can access. This WCF based service is being built using C#, WCF, SQL Server 2005, NUnit, NMock 2.2, Team Foundation, SharePoint, Resharper and Cruise Control.
Software Development Consultant

ATCO I-TEK

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Implementing a Work Management System which helps ATCO Gas keep track of and provide relevant information about all routes, read points, meter reads and equipment. This windows based application is being built using C#, WebServices, Infragistics, DB2, NUnit, Test Driven .NET, Rhino Mocks, NAnt, Resharper and Cruise Control.
Software Developer

Focus Corporation

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

March 2003 — July 2007 (4 years 5 months)

Implemented the Focus TimeSheet System which helps office/field staff enter their time against particular projects. This web based application was built using VB. NET 2005, AJAX, NUnit, Test Driven .NET, WebServices, JavaScript, Enterprise Library 2006, Infragistics, Team Foundation and SQL Server 2000.

Implemented the Accounts Receivable Tracking System which helps project managers communicate with accountants digitally. Invoices can be digitally created, manipulated, written off, stopped and finalized without a paper trail. This smart client application was built using C# 2005, NUnit, Test Driven .Net, NAnt, Web Services, Enterprise Library, Infragistics and SQL Server 2000.
Software Developer

Alberta Environment LAD Technical Branch

(Government Administration industry)

May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)

Implemented the Land Plan Library Database System using MS Access, VBA and VB6

Implemented various applications in Excel and VBA for statistical analysis