Austin Ritchie
Profile Statement
- Determined NSCC IT Web Programming Graduate eager to enter the field of web programming with 2 years of knowledge and skills to prove
Skills
Personal Skills
- Aided other co-workers when helping with help desk tickets at the hospital
- Established working alone by imaging computers at the school board to help move them to other schools
- Organized and focuses on goals to ensure success for projects
- Execute plans and instructions to produce quality work for assignments
- Productive and loyal to support others and the company
- Focused problem solver able to take on challenges and adapt to complete them to client expectations
Computer Skills
- Developed programming skills in Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, C# and PHP throughout multiple courses in the web development program
- Created web applications using web technology with HTML5, CSS3, Sass and Flexbox
- Utilizes frameworks such as jQuery and Bootstrap to expand project usability
- Dispatched version control software like Git and GitHub to ensure quality control for projects
- Adept at usage and support of various Windows operating systems, including Windows XP up to 10
- Able to communicate and provide support of Microsoft Office products including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Built strong skills in computer hardware support by tearing apart and building desktop and laptop computer to fix any issues they had
Education History
NSCC Information Technology Web Development Concentration
Truro, Nova Scotia
September 2017 – June 2019
- Graduated with Diploma
Related work experiences
CEHHA – Truro Hospital – Junior IT Support
March 2015 – June 2015
- Observed various help desk tickets problems and how they were resolved
- Logged the ethernet ports in all the supply closets so we knew which port was connected to a computer
- Aided in replacing old computers with newer all-in-one PCs for better user service
South Colchester Academy – Junior IT Support
September 2015 – January 2016
- Disassembled computers to problem solve where necessary
- Removed CRT monitors and replaced with newer monitors
- Tested RAM sticks by reseating them confirm reusability
Chignecto-Central Regional School Board – Junior IT Support
February 2016 – June 2016
- Dismantled old laptops to reuse parts for other laptops
- Prepared computers by imaging so they were prepared for school use
- Assisted moving equipment from one location back to the school board
Work Experience
Tim Hortons – Counter Staff
September 2016 – Present
- Multitasking between serving customers and maintaining a clean work environment
- Cooperating with co-workers to achieve the recommended drive-thru times
- Communicating with customers to present accurate orders and provide excellent customer service
Certifications
- Cisco Introduction to Cybersecurity (November 2017)
- Introduction to NS OHS Act (August 2017)
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (August 2017)
- Workplace Health & Safety (June 2016)
- CCOHS – Mental Health Awareness (June 2014)
- CCOHS – Violence in the Workplace: Awareness (June 2014)
Extracurricular Activities
First Lego League
April 2018 – October 2018
- Operated and programmed a Lego Mindstorms robot to learn the programming language to help support new teams coming into the competition
- Advised new teams on rules and how to program their own robots so they can succeed on their own
- Constructed the field pieces to prepare the field for the competition and fair game
- Logged scores and kept track of the points teams earned during the competition to display for everyone to see
GameJam2880
March 2018
- Designed rough drawings of the game’s UI and gameplay in order to have a plan for design
- Programmed the particle effects on the meteors and the Earth so that the game would have better visual effect
- Performed QA testing on the game in order to detect bugs and potentially fix them