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Michael John Rene Thomas
| Computer Skills | Twelve years experience - IBM and IBM compatibles Software including Adobe (PhotoShop, Illustrator, Premiere), Alias|Wavefront (Maya), AutoDesk (AutoCAD, 3D Studio), Kinetix Max, Office (Word, Excel), Corel (WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Photo House, Draw), Video editing suites (Maxtor, Cineworks DVision) and more. |
| Seven years experience - Macintosh Software including Adobe PhotoShop, Aldus PageMaker, Quark Express, AutoDesk AutoCAD and more. | |
| Three years experience - Unix Software including Alias|Wavefront (Power Animator, Composer), Adobe PhotoShop, FTP transfer, Shell scripting and more. | |
| Operating Systems Windows (2000, NT, 9x, 3.x), MacOS, Unix (IRIX, Linux, Solaris), dos (4.1-7), and basic Novel Networking. | |
| Hardware Reel to reel video suites, Audio/Video mixing boards, Networking Hubs, Perception capture/output video/audio board. Setup and maintenance of NT Networks (Cabling and Administrative) | |
| Special Skills | Saint John's Ambulance First AID Saint John's Ambulance CPR Personal Management in the workplace Stress Management |
| Awards and Honors | Most Innovative Design - 1997 Canada F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Competition Silver Award - 1997 Skills Canada, Provincial Division, Computer Animation Most Innovative Design, Best Presentation before a Review Board - 1996 Canada F.I.R.S.T. Competition Gold Award - 1996 Skill Canada, National Division, Computer Animation Bronze Award - 1996 Skills Canada, Provincial Division, Computer Animation |
| Education | |
| 1997 - 1998 | International Academy of Merchandising and Design 31 Wellsley Street East Toronto Ontario, M4Y 1G7 (416) 922-3666 An intensive nine month course training program in the use of Alias|Wavefront software, and Unix. Graduated with Alias|wavefront Level 2 Modeling and Animation. |
| 1992 - 1997 | Courtice Secondary School 1717 Nash Road Courtice Ontario, L1E 2L8 (905) 436-2074 Majoring in art, communications and computer animation Graduated with Ontario Secondary School Diploma |
| Employment History | |
| Nov. '01 - Current |
Canadian Forces - Airforce Title : Aerospace Telecomunications Informations Systems Technician (Training) |
| Oct. '00 - May '01 $9.60/hr |
Zakron Industries Inc. : Viktor Zakrajsek (Full time) 520 Westney Road South Ajax, Ontario, L1S 6W6 (905) 683-0462 Title : Webmaster Other duties include Engineering assistance. |
| Dec. '99 - Current $8/hr |
Pam Tile : Grace Petralito (Part time) 84 King Street West Bowmanville, Ontario, L1C 1R4 (905) 623-3929 Current duties include Consulting and Computer Maintenance Previous duties include sales, setting up of accounting software and input of invoices, estimates, and bill payments, movimg heavy and fragile products. |
| Jan. '99 - July '99 $11/hr. |
Mother Teresa Secondary School : Dermot O'Hara (Contract) 40 Sewells Road Scarborough, Ontario, M1B 3G5 (416) 393-5538 Duties include teaching 3D Studio R4, PhotoShop, CorelDraw, PageMaker, Quark Express, Supervision of classroom, Repair and cleaning of science department equipment, repair and rebuilding of computer systems. |
| Oct. '98 - Jan.'99 $20/hr. |
International Academy of Merchandising and Design : Marcus Biener (Contract) 31 Wellsley Street East Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1G7 (416) 922-3666 Duties include helping students with their problems in Alias|Wavefront software, Unix, Macintosh, and Windows. |
| Sept. '96 - Feb. '97 | Courtice Secondary School: John Winder (Internship) 1717 Nash Road Courtice, Ontario, L1E 2L8 (905) 436-2074 Duties include teaching 3D Studio R4, Supervision of classroom, security of all equipment, designs for renovations of rooms and video editing. |
| Sept. '95 - Jan. '96 | Office Innovations: Nancy McNamara (Internship) 27-1300 Suite 12, King Street East Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 8J4 (905) 436-1198 Duties include video presentations of new furniture with 3D Studio and video editing suites, setting up and supervision of exhibition displays. |
| Other Interests | Mountain Biking, Hiking, Camping, Electronics, Playing Piano, Photography, Rollerblading, and Snowboarding. |
