JOHN ZHANG                                                                                                      604-998-1874

 

 

GIS Analyst/Developer/Technologist

 

 

Professional Profile

• Extensive career background in Geospatial software development and maintenance
• Strong problem solving skills and quick learner
• Recent graduate of the BCIT Advanced Technology Diploma in GIS, winner of Dean’s Award
• Dedicated, self-motivated, detail-oriented and results-oriented, Work independently and as part of a team

 

Analyst / Developer Qualifications

• Gathering and analyzing user requirements
• >Providing system analysis, design, coding, testing and integration
• Providing technical support to team and end users
• Provide GIS consultancy

 

Technical Qualifications

• ESRI Technologies (ArcMap/ArcCatalog/ArcObjects/ArcSDE/ArcIMS), Safe FME, Intergraph Geomedia, PostGIS, PCI Geomatics
• Visual Studio 2005 (Visual Basic/C#), C/C++, Java, JavaScript, VBA, COM
• Oracle  8i/9i Spatial/PL SQL, SQL Server 2005/T-SQL, Access 2007, PostgreSQL
• HTML/XHTML/CSS/Ajax, XML, ASP.NET, PHP

 

Project Management Skills

• Plan, coordinate, and track team resources and activities on projects
• Mentor colleagues and sales representatives
• Work independently and as part of a team

 

Professional Experience

 

BCIT / McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd.                                                                              2008

2007 – 2008, Student

Spatial Resolution Enhancement in Aerial Photographs by Super Sampling Methodology

Researched on how to apply Super Sampling methodology to enhance spatial resolution of air photos

Developed algorithms using Super Sampling methodology in air photos

Developed a program in C# to enhance spatial resolution of air photos and report on the research

 

Crime Analysis Application by ArcGIS 9.2                                                                            2008

GIS Customization by using ArcObjects, COM and VBA

Summary table of Crime Selection and Page Layout of final map

 

Technologies applied

ArcObjects, ArcSDE, ArcIMS,COM, VBA, C# 2005, XHTML/PHP

 

ExpertProgrammers Inc. British Columbia                                                                                   2005

      Programmer Analyst

Technologies applied

Visual Basic .Net 2005, SQL Server 2005, T-SQL, XML, HTML/XHTML,IIS 

 

Intergraph Systems South East Asia    (www.intergraph.com) , Singapore                          1999 - 2004

2001 – 2004, Senior GIS Application Specialist                                                                                    

1999 – 2001, GIS Application Specialist                                                                                               

Wrote and reviewed proposals, functional specifications, user test cases and training documentations

Did project design, development, training, maintenance and technical support

 

Technologies applied

Visual Basic 6, Visual C++, C#, ASP, HTML, COM,

                   Oracle 8i Spatial, PL/SQL, IIS5, Geomedia and Webmap 4.0/5.0, Safe FME

 

Key Projects

Singapore Land Information Network Infrastructure (Landnet)

GIS for Singapore Police Force (SPF)

Address Point System II for Singapore Land Authority

Geomedia Customization for Sarawak Shell Berhad, Malaysia

 

Topcon South Asia Private Limited   (www.topcon.com.sg) , Singapore                            1995 - 1999

1997 – 1999 Senior Software Engineer                                                                                              

1995 – 1996 Software Engineer                                                                                                          

Designed, developed Windows applications for land surveying, construction piling, cadastral survey and data processing as well as mapping, and also developed embedded programs in HP Palmtop and Topcon Total Stations. Provided test plans and user training.

Key Projects:

Tunnel Monitoring System

Cadastral Processing System

Topographical/Title/Piling Survey programs on HP Palmtop and Total Stations

Technologies applied

Borland C++, C, Installshield, Windows 95, MS-DOS

 

Engineer, General Station of Surveying and Mapping

Information & Technology, Xi’an,China                                                                             1988 – 1995

Responsible for Aerial Triangulation. Developed and maintained photogrametric applications. Did research in the fields of digital photogrammetry (image processing, image match, auto-extraction of Digital Terrain Model, etc) and remote sensing.

Key Projects

Softcopy Photogrammetry System

SPOT Image Processing and Mapping

Technologies applied

C/C++, Fortran, Windows 3.1, MS-DOS

 

Education

 

Advanced Diploma Technology (A. Dipl. D.) in GIS

British Columbia Institute of Technology, BC, Canada                                                    2007 –2008

       Awards

       Dean’s Award (GIS)                                                                                                                       2008

 

Certified IT Project Manager (Associate)                                                                                     2002

 

MSc. Digital Photogrammetry

Zhengzhou Institute of Surveying and Mapping, China                                                 1991 – 1994

 

BSc. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing                                                                    1984 – 1988

Zhengzhou Institute of Surveying and Mapping, China (Graduated with top marks)

 

Additional Training

 

S L-351 EJB	2004
Project Management Assessment	2001
System Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0	2000
Geomedia 3.0/MGE	1999
Engineering Surveying Course	1997

 

 

 

 

References Available Upon Request

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