Isaac Zimmerman


Experience	6/08 – Pres	Shortcovers.com	Toronto, ON
	Architect / Team Lead	shortcovers.com

	Shortcovers is a subsidiary and a primary strategic objective of Indigo Books &
Music Inc.

	Skills Used: .NET 3.5, C#, XML, SQL Server, Objective C, Java

	Architect and team lead for Shortcovers, a new strategic business for
Indigo.
	Built a team of 25+ developers, team was mostly newly-hired recent
graduates and co-op students
	Delivered a completely custom solution and a new business in less than
6 months
	Our team built shortcovers.com and mobile application on the IPhone,
Blackberry, Android OS, and Palm Pre
	Shortcovers is built on a highly-scalable web 2.0 architecture with
subsystems including: e-commerce, distributed data processing, distributed data
storage, search, content processing, and other enterprise service-oriented
components

	1/07 – 6/08	Indigo Books & Music Inc	Toronto, ON
	Senior .NET Developer	chapters.indigo.ca

	Indigo is one of Canada’s largest retailers, chapters.indigo.ca generates $100
million a year in sales.

	Skills Used: .NET 2.0/3.5, C#, XML, SQL Server, JavaScript, AJAX

	Acted as Team Lead (6 developers, 3 QA) on the post-launch development
of the Indigo Community: community.indigo.ca: my profile.
	Post-launch 6 month business objectives were met after just 2 ˝ months
	Responsible all phase of the project lifecycle from feature conception
to design, development, and launch
	Development tasks include: database design, project architecture,
feature implementation, and documentation
	Also responsible for setting team objectives and deadlines, code
quality and standards, branching, merging, and promotions

	Reworked chapters.indigo.ca for SEO enhancements

	
 
7/05 – 1/07	MenuPalace.com	Toronto, ON
	Senior .NET Developer	menupalace.com
	
	Skills Used: ASP.NET, C#, XML, SQL Server, and Crystal Reports

	Hired to establish a software development department to complement the
company’s existing website design business.
	Responsible for development of web applications from initial conception
through coding, testing, and launch
	Served as Team Lead for in-house projects including full management of
the project life cycle and oversight of designers and other company personnel
involved in the project
	Served as Senior Developer for client projects assisting the
project/client manager with all aspects of development including initial
proposals and quotes
	Developed reusable tools for e-commerce, content management, website
administration, and numerous smaller applications
	Sites developed include: menupalace.com, comixny.com, bagelbiz.com

8/02 – 8/05	Parammon Technologies	Waterport, NY
	Web Programmer	parammon.com
	
	Skills Used: ASP.NET, C#, ASP, JavaScript, SQL Server, Access

	Created websites: companylisting.ca, directory51.com, umrc.net,
twentyfirstcenturypress.com

9/00 – 8/01	Proactive Internet Marketing Products	Rochester, NY
Web Programmer

	Skills Used: ASP, JavaScript, SQL Server

	Created websites: bizboom.com, hometownpulse.com 


9/99 – 8/00	Diversified Control	Buffalo, NY
Application Programmer

	Skills Used: C++

	Developed CAD model viewer and nesting software 

 
Hobby Projects	Web Crawler
	Developed a web crawler to scan information from web sites.  The
crawler uses a visual interface to select desired text supported by MSHTML and a
pattern matching algorithm using the document object model

	3D Tools
	Created a 3D Studio Max plugin to export models in a custom file
format
	Developed an Win32 program to display them using OpenGL

Technical Skills	Computer Languages and Frameworks
	.NET 1.1/2.0/3.5, C#/C++, Objective C, JAVA, SQL, JavaScript, AJAX,
XML/XSL, ASP, ADO, HTML, Crystal Reports, WCF, WPF

Database & Search Systems
	SQL Server 2000/2005, MySQL, Solr

	Operating Systems
	Windows, Mac OS

Appointments	2/03 – Pres	Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI)
	Presenter

	EMRI conducts training for the effective response to chemical,
biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) accidents or crises
	
	9/01 – Pres	Uranium Medical Research Centre (UMRC)
	Research Associate and Vice President	umrc.net

	UMRC is the foremost organization in the world conducting research into
the health effects of internal contamination with uranium
	Co-author on a number of papers and abstracts in prominent scientific
journals

Education	9/01 – 12/02	University of Toronto	Toronto, ON
	Hon. B.Sc., Physics and Human Biology
	
	9/95 – 8/00	University of Toronto	Toronto, ON	
	B.Sc., Human Biology

Citizenship	United States & Canada

	References and complete curriculum vitae available upon request.