"Mike is a very resourceful and talented individual who will get the job done. He is a team player who enjoys helping the team be successful and is willing to go the distance at a moments notice."
Mark Kafka, VP Sales & Marketing
Mind Charger Technologies

"Michael is an extraordinary talent coupled with a keen business sense. Was able to assess our needs and meet them with exciting and unique designs. We look forward to a continued business relationship."
Michael Nadajewski, Artistic Director
Talk Is Free Theatre

"He (Michael) has been a pleasure to deal with. His commitment to providing a successful e-based solution for our company's needs was outstanding, from concept to delivery and beyond."
Alan Kay, Executive Director
Aish HaTorah Thornhill

"Michael is a bright and has a good understanding of the principles of design, and backs this up with a solid understanding of modern technologies."
Julian Dorman, President
Right Hook Media

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Speaking of travelling, I've been to some pretty cool spots on the globe and I can't wait to see more! Spending a month in Nepal was a definite highlight, along with living/drinking in the UK for a year... but enough about me, let's get to the work and education history...

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Employment History

• ThinData Inc.
  • June 2005 - Present
    Senior Web Developer
    Creation and maintenance of best practices for email and front-end UI code. Instituted many process enhancements including: introducing an AJAX/JSON architecture for feature-rich web 2.0 application development, creating a UX friendly CMS from scratch to facilitate easier site-maintenance for existing customers, over-seeing a small team of front-end developers and ensuring timely knowledge transfer, facilitating inter-department communications to allow for quicker turnaround times. Along with a leadership role I also continually created and maintained email and standards compliant web code for a large client base including CBC, Bell, MSN/Sympatico, Air Canada, TSN, Delta Hotels, Rogers Communications and more.
    2 St. Clair Ave. East, 4th Floor Toronto, ON. Canada
• Wrapology Ltd.
  • July 2004 - April 2005
    Contract Designer/Developer
    Site redesign, continuing maintenance and integration of existing systems. Rebuilt and integrated backend systems to include online payment, stock tracking, SQL backend and an easier to use navigation system and design.
    14 Rosebury Ave. Farringdon, London, United Kingdom
• Advantex Marketing International Inc.
  • July 2003 - February 2004
    Contract Designer
    Print and web design for major marketing campaigns. Worked directly with large client base including CIBC, United Airlines, US Airways, on direct marketing print campaigns. Also developed several web sites in conjunction with print campaigns. Helped create new brand design for launch of major new credit card.
    491 Eglinton Ave. W, 3rd Floor Toronto, ON. Canada
• Mind Charger Technologies
  • May 2001 - June 2003
    Creative Director
    Lead designer and webmaster. Responsible for design, coding, maintenance and support of five interactive, database-driven websites. Launched successful print campaign of brochures and related sales material. Logo and brand development resulting in redeveloped company themes. Headed up XML/XSL development in Technical Department, porting existing enterprise application to use XML backend and XSL to transform data for the web and print.
    5140 Yonge St. Suite 2140 Toronto, ON. Canada.
• Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
  • February 1996 - Present
    Freelance Artist
    Contracted by diverse industry clients for logo creation, graphic design, full-service website development. Integration of e-commerce initiatives into existing development structures. High security enterprise development. Worked on a regular basis with clients to conceptualize, design and launch/deliver company objectives. Continued relationships with superior support and meeting or creating after-launch marketing projects.
    2803 40 Pleasant Blvd. Toronto, ON. Canada
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Education History

• Sheridan College
  • 1999 - 2001
    Major: Media Arts & Design
    Graduated with honours, received diploma in Media Arts studies. I studied pre/post and production technologies, with particular focus on post-production techniques such as visual editing using Avid systems and audio post using Pro Tools.
    Oakville, ON. Canada
• York University
  • 1996 - 1999
    Major : Film and Video/Multimedia
    I maintained a high GPA during studies there but left in third year to continue studies at Sheridan which had a more hands on approach.
    Toronto, ON. Canada
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Skills (proficiency in brackets, 5 being expert)

• Graphics Suites, IDE's, Web Applications, Languages, Productivity Software and OS's
  • Adobe CS4 Studio (4), UltraEdit (5), Komodo Edit(5), FileZilla (5), Firefox (5), HTML/XHTML (5), CSS (5), JavaScript (4), JQuery (4), XML (5), WML (3), ASP (4.5), SQL (3), Microsoft Office Suite (4), Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003 (5), Mac OS X 10.4+ (4)
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