Stephan Goral

Current

• IM/IT Programmer/Analyst at Environment Canada
• Software Developer, Project Manager at Looble (Self-employed)

Past

• Writer / Editor - WebDevNotes.com at 451 Press
• Intern Software Developer at AutoSkill International
• Application Developer at Environment Canada

• Sales Floor Associate - Electronics Department at Sears

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Education

• University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Stephan Goral’s Summary

I am very self-motivated and creative. In my spare time I develop open source software and games. You can view my portfolio at http://www.looble.com

My most successful project, Battle City, is an open source online game available at http://battlecity.looble.com. It has been downloaded over 29,000 times since November 2007.

I also love writing. I have done freelance writing jobs and currently maintain a blog at http://www.looble.com/blog/

Stephan Goral’s Specialties:

Programming: JAVA, C/C++, Flex & Flash. PHP, JSP, .NET, VB, C#, ASP.NET, XML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL

Other: SEO, Project Management, Business Analysis

Stephan Goral’s Experience

• IM/IT Programmer/Analyst

  Environment Canada

  (Government Agency; Environmental Services industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  - Worked on the Disposal at Sea (http://www.ec.gc.ca/seadisposal/main/index_e.htm) .NET application used across Canada.
  
  - Studied web accessibility (http://www.ec.gc.ca/aatia-aaact/) and became familiar with the tools and technology for making web sites and web applications CLF 2.0 compliant (http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/)
  
  - Gained experience with ASP.NET, VB, C#, SQL, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005-2008, Reporting Services, Notification Services, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• Software Developer, Project Manager

  Looble (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Computer Software industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

  - Work on open source software and games. Blog about open source, project management, making money online, etc... More information available at http://www.looble.com
  
  - Manage and administrate Battle City, an open source online game available at http://battlecity.looble.com
  
  - Contribute to the following open source projects: Wordpress, phpBB, Joomla
  
  - Gained experience with MySQL, SQLite, PHP, HTML, CSS, SQL, C++, Java, Eclipse, Netbeans, Microsoft Visual Studio, SVN, Git

• Writer / Editor - WebDevNotes.com

  451 Press

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  - Wrote articles about many topics including web development, open source, search engine optimization, blogging strategies and marketing.
  
  - Gained experience with many different advertising programs, e-commerce solutions and methods for monetizing a website.

• Intern Software Developer

  AutoSkill International

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)

  - Part of a team which developed an application for AutoSkill as part of the University of Ottawa Capstone Project, accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board.
  
  - Gained experience with Flex, ActionScript, Flash Media Server, Red 5, Apache, SVN

• Application Developer

  Environment Canada

  (Government Agency; Environmental Services industry)

  May 2006 — April 2007 (1 year )

  - Worked on the Federal Identification Registry for Storage Tank Systems (FIRSTS - https://www.ec.gc.ca/rfiss-firsts/secureprotege/LoginEntree.aspx).
  
  - Worked on the Disposal at Sea (http://www.ec.gc.ca/seadisposal/main/index_e.htm) .NET application.
  
  - Gained experience with JavaScript, .NET, Visual Basic, ASP, SQL and Database Administration, Visual Studio 2003 & 2005, Microsoft Reporting Services (RDL & RDLC).

• Sales Floor Associate - Electronics Department

  Sears

  (Public Company; SHLD; Retail industry)

  September 2003 — December 2006 (3 years 4 months)

  - Received valuable training on a wide-range of electronic devices and equipment
  
  - Combined with my degree in software engineering and continued self-education, I've used this knowledge to gain expertise with smart devices and the setup of smart systems and networks allowing these devices to interact together using Bluetooh or Wi-Fi

Stephan Goral’s Education

• University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa

  Software Engineering 2003 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  University of Ottawa Gee-Gees baseball team (2 seasons) - Participated in the National Championships in Sydney, Nova Scotia during Fall 2005

Additional Information

Stephan Goral’s Groups:

•    Project Manager Networking Group
•    Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
•    Open Source Universe
•    Consulting Pulse
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Game Developers
•    Java Developers
•    Google Android
•    PRINCE 2 Professionals
•    Tweeple
•    WordPress
•    Dream.In.Code

Stephan Goral’s Honors:

- Awarded Business Analysis Certification in the course, "How to Gather and Document User Requirements" by Nexient and the McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education

Stephan Goral’s Contact Settings

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