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Contact chris@perfectoutlook.com
504 Roosevelt Ave
Ottawa, ON  K2A 1Z8

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE  

Chris has played a key technical role in the analysis and development of hundreds of programs for a wide variety of public and private sector projects since 1991. A Senior VB .NET Applications Specialist, his expertise is in messaging systems and databases where COM and VB applications add value to Microsoft Exchange and Outlook environments. He has often played a project leadership role in helping ensure that projects are on time and on budget, but he also enjoys working on small projects. Chris has played key roles for the Canadian Federal Government, rolling out MS Applications for both domestic and international government offices (embassies and consulates). Chris has excellent oral and written communication skills, which certainly extend to include presentations (both virtual and in-person), chairing meetings, disseminating information and project plans, and cohesively leading JAD teams.  

Chris’ Professional Skill Set Includes:  

  • Extensive NET (2008, 2005, 2003) Development experience

  • Extensive XAML and C# programming experience

  • Extensive Visual Basic Programming, VB 60, Active X/DLL experience

  • Extensive MS Access and VBA programming experience

  • Extensive Microsoft Office VBA programming (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)

  • ASP NET Visual Basic Programming, web development, OOP 

  • ASP NET C# Programming, web development, OOP

  • Project Leadership and Management, Microsoft Project and Team

  • COM, Messaging, Exchange, CDO, Active Directory

  • Advanced Outlook Programmer (Redemption, Outlook Forms, COM Add-ins)

  • CRM expertise in ACT, Goldmine, Sales Force and others, APIs and SDKs

  • Client/Server and Internet/Intranet Technologies

  • SQLServer, ODBC, ADO, Stored Procedures and SQL programming

  • Oracle 10, 8/9i, SQL*Plus programming, Replication, etc

  • HTML, ASP, XML, Visual InterDev, JavaScript, VB Script

  • Software Configuration Management, SourceSafe

  • Database Modeling tools, ERWin

  • Object Oriented Programming/C++

  • Database Design and Modeling Techniques (RAD)

  • Technical Documentation and User Training

  • Project Requirements Analysis and Reports

  • Technical Writer