Neil Blake

Current

• Software Developer at Custom House

Past

• Business Analyst at Credential
• Application Developer at Credential
• Lead Web Developer at AMEC

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Education

• Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne

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Industry

Financial Services

Neil Blake’s Summary

I am interested the frameworks, practices, and methodologies used in software development. While most of my past experience has been in developing software in Microsoft centric environments using C# in the .NET and SQL Server, I have recently been spending much of my free time learning about Ruby on Rails and Agile software development practices.

I am a highly reliable individual, committed to doing things the right way who takes pride in delivering high quality products on time and have the track record to prove it. I am motivated by my passion for technology, learning and a good challenge.

Neil Blake’s Specialties:

C#, ASP.Net 1.1, ASP.Net 2.0, SQL, C\C++, Java, JavaScript, AWT, Swing, Assembly, Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, HTML/XHTML, XML, XSLT, CSS, ASP, JSP, PL/SQL, Postscript, InstallShield Express
Two and a half years of programming experience in C# in both ASP.Net 1.1 and 2.0
Three years academic programming experience in C++, three years in Java, five years in HTML
Strong background in object-oriented analysis, design and development

Neil Blake’s Experience

• Software Developer

  Custom House

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year)

• Business Analyst

  Credential

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  October 2007 — August 2008 (11 months)

  Collaborated with stakeholders and business units to define project goals and deliverables, ensuring all requirements were documented.
  Documented business processes, data flows, business requirements, use cases, and screen mock-ups.
  Ensured overall quality and timely delivery of final product by setting and managing business unit expectations, while motivating and influencing project team members to take accountability and managing third party service providers.
  Conducted competitive and gap analysis.

• Application Developer

  Credential

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

  December 2004 — October 2007 (2 years 11 months)

  Development and maintenance of several web and desktop based applications in C# using .NET, SQL Server, web services, and Active Directory.

• Lead Web Developer

  AMEC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

  August 2004 — August 2004 (1 month)

  A two week contract (extended by another 2 weeks) to implement an ASP website for managing funding applications for Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA).

Neil Blake’s Education

• Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne

  1997 — 2002

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