Owner of Hodder Consulting
Prince Edward Island, Canada
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- Owner at Hodder Consulting
- Past
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- Report Specialist at Province of PEI
- Product Manager at WebSMB
- Implementation Consultant - CO-OP Student at Cogsdale
- Student Finance Officer - CO-OP Student at Veterans Affairs Canada
- Assistant Accounting Technician - CO-OP Student at Provincial Health Services Authority
- Corporate Services Assistant - CO-OP Student at Department of Community and Cultural Affairs
- Education
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- Nexient
- Procept Associates Ltd.
- University of Prince Edward Island - BBA
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Mark Hodder’s Summary
Professionally my goal is to meet the demands of work while maintaining my integrity, honesty, professionalism and accountability.
I am comfortable stepping up and taking control when needed and just as comfortable in playing the support role to move the agenda forward. I believe a company is only as good as its employees. I look for employers that not only invest in their business but also their most important asset - their employees.
A strong believer in life long learning, I am always up for new challenges and training opportunities that help me grow both personally and professionally.
My strengths lay in my out-of-the-box thinking, creativity and excellent technology skills. I can move seamlessly between conversing with the marketing, accounting and technical departments with my mixture of business and computer education/life experiences.
I have extensive work experience in the public sector of Canada at both the provincial and federal levels as well as work experience in the private sector. This mixture of work experience has allowed me to grow professionally and personally while obtaining a understanding of the challenges that each sector faces.
I have also successfully launched and grown a profitable part-time business under the name Hodder Consulting in 2008. In less then 1 year revenues grew significantly which allowed me to purse running my business full time.
Hodder Consulting provides web design, graphic design, research and IT consulting among other services. You can learn more at www.yourwizard.ca
Mark Hodder’s Specialties:
Crystal Reports, Open Source CMS software, website architecture, office software, Oracle, Great Plains, Quickbooks, Cerner CCL, Wordpress, reporting, IT Consulting
Mark Hodder’s Experience
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Owner
Hodder Consulting
(Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
• Starting and managing ThesisThemes.com
• Providing production support for multiple web sites built on MySQL databases;
• Managing two sub-contractors on various projects
• Building websites using PHP, CSS and HTML
• Cerner Discern CCL consulting and report development;
• Prioritizing and managing multiple tasks;
• Providing VOIP / Asterisk PBX consulting and set up;
• Performing modifications and enhancements to web sites and production;
• Designing, coding, testing and implementing PHP code;
• Developing resource estimates for modifications;
• Recommending technical solutions;
• Establishing and maintaining communications with clients;
• Client training of applications and processes;
• Meeting the needs of multiple clients and simultaneous projects; and
• Meeting deadlines. -
Report Specialist
Province of PEI
(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year )
• Working with the Oracle database to develop reporting queries;
• Writing CCL reports using Discern Developer and Visual Explorer;
• Maintaining shared code library for all report writers;
• Providing support to other report writers when needed;
• Lead report writer in converting old Crystal Reports to work with new Cerner database;
• Providing insight and expertise for new report specifications to supervisor
• Running training sessions for co-workers as I discovered new report writing techniques;
• Diagnosing problems, analyzing and evaluating impact of corrective action;
• Designing, coding, testing and implementing code and other relevant changes;
• Working independently and managing multiple priorities and clients needs;
• Recommending technical solutions; and
• Examining database information for completeness and accuracy. -
Product Manager
WebSMB
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 1 month)
• Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI;
• Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development;
• Designed and implemented product training materials;
• Developed, launched and maintained company blog for new product;
• Provided feedback/bug reports and usability enhancements for the companies new product;
• Was directly responsible for an ongoing savings to the company of over $30,000 per year; and
• Increased interest revenue by over 400% in one month through optimized cash management and strategic relocation of funds. -
Implementation Consultant - CO-OP Student
Cogsdale
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — October 2006 (10 months)
• Created a new internal pay stub system to replace outdated look of pay stubs;
• Working in the support division to cover temporary vacancy;
• Working with Microsoft Great Plains/Dynamics smart lists;
• Modifying/Creating SQL stored procedures and views; and
• Creating Crystal Reports for various client reporting needs. -
Student Finance Officer - CO-OP Student
Veterans Affairs Canada
(Government Agency; Accounting industry)
January 2005 — December 2005 (1 year )
• Responsible for account analysis and account reconciliations;
• Working on special financial projects as required;
• Development of specialized Lotus spread sheets;
• Assisted with Year-End file preparations; and
• Journal entry preparation. -
Assistant Accounting Technician - CO-OP Student
Provincial Health Services Authority
(Government Agency; Accounting industry)
May 2004 — December 2004 (8 months)
• Creation of specialized Excel spread sheets to dramatically reduce labor time on many common tasks, such as reconciliations;
• Account analysis and account reconciliations;
• Year-End file preparations;
• Bank reconciliations; and
• Journal entry preparation. -
Corporate Services Assistant - CO-OP Student
Department of Community and Cultural Affairs
(Government Agency; Accounting industry)
June 2003 — October 2003 (5 months)
• Developed a database system, using Access, for departmental inventories of furniture and equipment;
• Assisted with the compilation of financial information for various internal / external stake holders;
• Created initial layout of a divisional intranet site; and
• Conducted internet research on various topics.
Mark Hodder’s Education
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Nexient
Crystal Reports 2009 — 2009
• Crystal Reports XI Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design
• Crystal Reports XI Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
• Crystal Reports XI Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies -
Procept Associates Ltd.
Comprehensive Project Management Training, PMP Preparation 2008 — 2008
• Completed 75 hours of comprehensive PMBOK project management class work
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University of Prince Edward Island - BBA
BBA , Business/Computer Science , 2001 — 2006
• 3.1 GPA
• 100% final course average in IT 205 (Web Applications and Programming)
• First class standing in Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Introduction to Business, Fundamentals of Accounting I and II, Organizational Behavior, Marketing, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics and Psychology I and II.- Activities and Societies:
- Business Society
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