The Résumé of Gary Pendergast

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Summary

Experienced and enthusiastic IT professional with over 10 years industry practice, and a proven ability to work within a team, or individually. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a friendly, outgoing and polite personality.

Experience

Support Engineer

Sep 2007 – Present Sun Microsystems (Formerly MySQL) Melbourne, VIC

MySQL is the world's most popular Open Source database, and a key part of the LAMP stack. MySQL is used by a wide variety of companies from small startups, through to industry giants, such as Google or Nokia.

Senior Web Developer

Nov 2005 – Aug 2007 Jetstar Airways Melbourne, VIC

Jetstar Airways is a low cost airline, wholly owned by Qantas Airways. They provide an entirely paper-less service, all ticketing is handled electronically. Jetstar recently launched itself as the world's first International low cost carrier, serving destinations in Asia and the USA.

Senior Software Engineer

Systems Administrator

Feb 2005 – Nov 2005 WhatsHot Multimedia East Bentleigh, VIC

WhatsHot Multimedia is a small Web Design and Development company, focused on providing customizable solutions to clients using an in-house Content Management framework.

Lead Web Developer

Jan 1998 – Present wotmania.com Michigan, USA

Wotmania.com is the largest community-based fan site of the Wheel of Time series, by Robert Jordan. It currently has over 30,000 members, and receives approximately 300,000 hits every day.

Lead Web Developer

Network Consultant

Program Tester

Nov 2003 – Feb 2005 Webbsoft Solutions Malvern East, VIC

Webbsoft Solutions is the lead provider of Sports Video Analysis software. They have two main products, Swinger and Snapper. These are for individual and team sports, respectively.

Research Assistant

Feb 2003 – Nov 2003 Monash University Clayton, VIC

Monash University is one of Australia’s leading research-based higher-education institutions. The major focuses of the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) include Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence and Graph Theory.

Tutor

Mar 2002 – Nov 2003 Monash University Clayton, VIC

In order to provide the best possible education for undergraduates, CSSE requires students to attend tutorials and practical classes, where they can put into practice the theory learnt in lectures. My responsibilities included leading these classes, as well as marking assignments and examinations.

Web Designer

Nov 2002 – Feb 2003 Champ Constructions Cranbourne, VIC

Champ Constructions is a medium-sized underground utility asset provider. It currently maintains several contracts with companies such as Origin Energy, United Energy, and Telstra.

Database Developer

1999 – 2001 Abigroup Deer Park, VIC

Abigroup is a national engineering and construction company. It performs a variety of activities, including a broad range of specialist design and construction services, specialist major project and infrastructure packaging services, maintenance and asset management.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

2000 – 2003 Monash University Clayton, VIC

The Bachelor of Computer Science degree is designed for studying computing in depth, focusing on the software, the hardware and the underlying theory of computing and its applications to scientific and technical problem solving, and to information processing in commerce and industry. It provides a strong basis for not only understanding the latest technologies, but also for applying computer science theory to any given problem.

Knowledge Summary

Programming Languages

Libraries

Operating Systems

Development Environments

References

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