jreid CV

							Jamie C. A. Reid

Contact           1 Buttermere Close                             Mobile: 07892-643-747
Information       Flitwick                                       Home: 01525-718-096
                  Bedfordshire                                   E-mail: jayreiduk@googlemail.com
                  MK45 1NG                                       WWW: www.jayreid.co.uk
                  England, UK                                    DOB: 17/02/1989

Citizenship       British

Driving License   Full and clean

Education         Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
                     B.Sc, 2.1 in Computer Science: Vision, Graphics and Games, June 2011
                            Agile Methodologies
                            Advanced Computer Graphics
                            Computer Vision
                            Open Source Development
                            Small Real-Time Systems
                            Internet Services Administration
                            Intelligent Robotics
                            Professional Issues in Software Engineering
                            Advanced Mathematics
                            Hardware, Operating Systems and Unix Tools
                            Databases
                            Concepts in Programming
                            Software Development
                            Hot Topics in Computer Science
                            Professional and Personal Development
                            Communications and Telematics
                            Web Programming
                            Program Design, Structure and Algorithms
                            The Software Development Lifecycle
                            C and Unix Programming
                            Image Processing
                            Artificial Intelligence
                            User Centred Design and Human Computer Interaction
                            C++, C and Java Paradigms
                            Interactive Computer Graphics and Games

                  Cedars Upper School and Community College, Linslade, Bedfordshire, England

                     A Levels
                            Film and Media Studies, ICT & General Studies
                     AS Levels
                            Biology & Art
                     GCSEs
                            'A's in French & Mathematics
                            'B's in English Literature, English Language and Double Science
                            'C's in Business Studies, ICT, History & Personal, Social and Religious Studies
Professional   Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
Experience
                 Major Project                                        October 2010 to May 2011
                    3D Snooker/Billiards Game, written in C++, utilising the OGRE graphics
                    engine and Nvidia PhysX physics engine.
                    Requirements, Analysis, Design, Implementation and Testing. All performed
                    under an iterative development lifecycle.
                    Included the creation of 3D models, materials, a user interface, and game
                    rules and algorithms.
                    63 page, 14000 word dissertation and a well-received demonstration of my work.

                 Second year group project                       November 2008 to March 2009
                    Designed and engineered two pieces of software with a group consisting of
                    eight students.
                    A C# game to be used on a Windows Smartphone, and a level designer to be
                    run on a PC; written in Java.
                    I was voted team leader and continued to fulfill the role until the end of the
                    project.
                    Documentation included; requirements, quality assurance, design
                    specification, test specification, test logs, user manual and maintenance
                    manual.
                    The project received an overall grade of 2.1, with our group performing as the
                    best of its kind.
                 Paired Programming                                January 2008 to March 2008
                    Designed and engineered a piece of software in Java within a paired
                    programming environment.
                    Software had animator/director functionality, the user could edit pixels to form
                    a sprite and then animate their sprite in a small movie.
                 Team building weekend in Gregynog                                 November 2007
                    Participated in a large-scale team building weekend with over 200 students.
                    The weekend placed me in situations I would encounter in my professional career.
                    Key skills; problem solving, social and communicative skills, team management.
               The Flying Fox Restaurant, Woburn, Buckinghamshire, England
                 Kitchen Porter and Assistant Chef                  February 2010 to June 2010
                    Worked in a professional kitchen environment, washing cutlery and
                    crockery. Moved on to preparing starter and dessert courses.
               Aberystwyth Student Union, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
                 Bar Staff                                    November 2008 to February 2009
                    Worked in a hectic bar environment serving a large variety of drinks and food. The
                    bar held nationwide events such as Ministry of Sound, Carnage, Reload and
                    Rave On.
                    I specialised in cocktails and mixology and was cash register trained.
               Linslade Middle School, Linslade, Bedfordshire, England
                 Cleaner                                                  July 2004 to June 2007
                    Cleaned an allocated area consisting of six classrooms, four corridors, toilets,
                    a staff room and a library.
                    Trained and supervised a new employee.
                    Large scale cleaning and renovations during the summertime.
                  Intrupa Handling Components, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England

                    Work Experience, Sales Assistant                                       May 2005
                       Recorded sales and handled customers via telephone.
                       Updated stock and invoices, and managed the office spreadsheets using
                       Microsoft Excel


Hardware and
Software Skills
                    Programming Languages and Scripting:
                    Java, C++, C#, C and Obj. C, Pascal, Actionscript 2.0 & 3.0, Perl, Python, PHP,
                    Prolog, SQL, HTML, CSS, XML and Lua.
                    Application and Software Experience:
                       Adobe Flash, Fireworks and Dreamweaver
                       CS4 Adobe Premiere CS4 & Sony Vegas 9
                       Adobe Photoshop CS4
                       Autodesk 3D Studio Max 2010
                       Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
                       Eclipse and Netbeans IDEs
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                       L TEX& TeXnicCenter
                       Microsoft Office, and other common productivity packages for Windows, OS X,
                       and Linux platforms.
                    Operating Systems:
                    Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7, Apple OS X, Linux, Solaris and other UNIX vari-
                    ants.
                    OGRE Graphics Engine:
                    Experienced user and developer of the OGRE graphics engine; creating my own
                    games and software using OGRE libraries.
                    Nvidia PhysX Physics Engine:
                    Utilised the PhysX library to program realistic physics in a 3D snooker
                    environment, as well as character control in other 3D game environments.
                    Experienced with all forces and damping, as well as cloth and joint physics.
                    Microsoft XNA Framework:
                    2D & 3D games for PC and Xbox platforms. Experience with height maps, player
                    movement, camera control, NPC states and basic BulletX physics.
                    Adobe Flash:
                    2D games, websites, utilities and animations; scrolling side-shooters, quizzes,
                    plat-form games, slide shows, etc.
                    Valve Hammer Editor:
                    Creation of professional game environments for Half-life/Counter-strike. Large-
                    scale level design, terrain and object editing and strategic route mapping.