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)
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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)
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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
IBM Canada - Toronto, ON
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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
DearToronto.com - Toronto, ON
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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
Various Blogs & Publications - Toronto, ON
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Writing and photography for the popular Toronto-focused site, blogTO.
Writing and photography for the Toronto magazine, Fab. ‘Homework’ (feature and photos in issue 329). ‘Go East’ (photo for feature in issue 329). Crying at the discotheque (feature in issue 337).
Information Developer (September 2005 - July 2007)
IBM Canada - Toronto, ON
IBM Canada - Toronto, ON
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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
University Health Network - Toronto, ON
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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
New Horizon System Solutions - Pickering, ON/Bomanville, ON
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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
Durham District School Board - Oshawa, ON
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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Assisting and participating in various BlueQ events.
University of Guelph-Humber Student Committee (2002 - 2003)
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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)
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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
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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
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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