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Adam Schwabe

Contact Me
E-mail/Windows Live: adam.schwabe at gmail dot com
AIM: SchwabeAdam
Skype: AdamSchwabe

Education

University of Guelph-Humber - Toronto, ON (September 2002 - December 2006)

  • Bachelor of Applied Computing Honours (University of Guelph)
  • Diploma in Distributed Computing and Communication Systems Technology (Humber College)

Pickering High School - Ajax, ON (September 1997- June 2002)

  • French Immersion Diploma
  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma

Languages

Fluently Bilingual - English and French

Employment

Usability Specialist & Information Architect (August 2007 - Present)
IBM Canada - Toronto, ON

  • Guiding IBM client projects in terms of usability and human interface design.
  • Developing and restructuring client content.
  • Designing user interface design specifications for software releases.
Co-creator and Producer (2008 - Present)
DearToronto.com - Toronto, ON

  • Jointly created and founded the site in early 2008.
  • Shooting video, producing segments, and editing video for the site.
  • Negotiating with artists and record labels to feature music for the video features.
Freelance Writer and Photographer (2007 - Present)
Various Blogs & Publications - Toronto, ON

Information Developer (September 2005 - July 2007)
IBM Canada - Toronto, ON

  • Maintaining and developing plug-ins for the WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSC) for System i product.
  • Developing and providing customer documentation, demos, tutorials, samples, language-sensitive help, and help information center content for users.
  • Updating and maintaining the WDSC, WDS and iSeries product sites (ibm.com).
  • Developing Flash/XML-based marketing CD for IBM customers and IBM Business Partner customers.
  • Contributor to the WDSC development team blog and member of the Web 2.0 Technology Interest Community.
Analyst (April 2004 - December 2004)
University Health Network - Toronto, ON
  • Designed and maintained a support database (Access, SQL).
  • Developed scripts for user emulation and automated testing tools.
  • Implemented and documented system-wide Electronic Patient Record (EPR) fixes and upgrades.
Information Technology Technician (June 2003 - September 2003)
New Horizon System Solutions - Pickering, ON/Bomanville, ON
  • Co-ordinated system upgrade efforts and system inventory.
  • Prepared equipment for Pickering/Darlington Nuclear Plant distribution.
  • Responded to Help Desk tickets and provided technical support.
Web Designer (July 2002 - August 2002)
Durham District School Board - Oshawa, ON
  • Designed a multi-media repository for the Virtual Campus.
  • Implemented a user friendly interface to be used by teachers.
  • Exceeded deadlines and project requirements.

Patents and Disclosures

Smart Parking Lot: Wireless Sensor-based Solution for Urban Parking
Nidal Nasser and Adam Schwabe, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
IP Disclosure in preparation (May 2007)

DITA XML-Based Language Sensitive Help Generation Tool
Jake Billo, Boyan Tsolov, and Adam Schwabe, IBM Canada, Markham, Ontario, Canada
Disclosure submitted (April 2006)

Skills Summary

  • User interface design and development
  • User analysis, task evaluation, and user-centered design
  • Information architecture and development.
  • Programming Languages and Scripts: Java, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, XML, RSS, PHP, SQL, Perl, CGI, SGML, DITA, IBMIDDOC
  • Mac OS X, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista, Microsoft Office XP/2003/2007/Mac
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash, Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3
  • Multiple IDEs including Eclipse and NetBeans
  • Blogging software including WordPress and Blogger
  • Working individually and on a team successfully
  • Strong eye for good design

Projects and Work

  • Encrypted instant messaging application (Java, encryption and security, sockets, network programming)
  • Recipes application (Java, SQL, databases, data migration)
  • Peer-to-peer file transfer application (Java, sockets, distributed programming)
  • Online book and movie store (Java, JSP, servlets, portals, portlets)
  • Product overview and marketing CD (Flash, ActionScript, XML)
  • Undergraduate Thesis - “Smart Parking Lot” project and paper
    • Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) established in an urban area to determine available parking to the driver.
    • Developed a graphical simulation (programmed in Java) to determine overall decrease in parking search times.

Volunteer Experience

Creative Volunteer, BlueQ (IBM GLBT Community Organization) (June 2007 - Present)
  • Assisting and participating in various BlueQ events.
University of Guelph-Humber Student Committee (2002 - 2003)
  • Computing Co-op Program Representative
  • Academic Executive Council member
  • Computing Co-op Program Committee Leader
  • University of Guelph-Humber Joint Programs Committee - Curriculum Development
Ontario Universities Fair (September, 2002)
  • Representing the University of Guelph-Humber as an ambassador
  • Dealing directly with prospective students and their parents, selling the school’s features and benefits

Awards Received

  • Outstanding Contribution to the University of Guelph-Humber (April, 2003)
  • Ontario Scholar (over 80% in 6 OAC Courses) at Pickering High School Commencement, recipient of Academic Certificate for Academic Proficiency (November, 2002)
  • University of Guelph-Humber Entrance Scholarship for Bachelor of Applied Computing and Diploma in Communication Systems Technology. (September, 2002)
  • Student Lecturer at University of Guelph-Humber Last Lecture Event (2006). Presented a year-end speech to graduating classmates, faculty, and administration.

Interests

  • Design, art, history, architecture, music, movies, photography and writing
  • Reading, cooking, and exercising
  • Gaming (PC, Console), gadgets, mobile technology, the Web, social networking, blogging, new media, and podcasting
  • Human-Computer Interaction, usability, user interface design, and interaction design