About Derek Souers05/22/2011
General Info:
I have been using computers since I was around six years old. It all began
when my father bought a Commodore 64.
Over the next few years, I eventually became bored with playing arcade games
and started to develop my own games and programs in BASIC. I was even able
to mimic some of the classic platforms games that were only available on the console
at the time. Due to the slow speed of BASIC, I started learning MOS 65XX
Assembly.
When I was 16, I was given a 286 computer from church. I was quick to adapt to the
new machine and mastered the system in about two months knowing the in's and out's
of DOS, Windows 3.1x and X86 system architecture.
About a half a year later, I built
my own Cyrix based 200 MHZ computer from parts. Since then I have built, repaired,
and upgraded
many computer systems.
From there I graduated from the
University
of Akron and received my Bachelors of Science in
Computer Science. I'm located in Canton, OH.
When I'm not at work, I like to tinker with gadgets, hardware, and develop utilities
and productivity tools.
Current and Past Projects developed at work and for fun:
Being a Software Engineer at a consulting firm, I developed a wide variety
of web applications utlilizing Microsoft development tools for a diverse clientelee. Click
View Projects to see a list of the some of the more
interesting projects I designed, coded, supported, and maintained.
My resume:
I try to keep my resume up-to-date, you can view my current copy by clicking
derek_souers_resume.pdf.
Languages:
- C# (2004-Present)
- JavaScript (2005-Present)
- HTML (1997-Present)
- MS SQL (2003-Present)
- VB.Net (2004-2006)
- Visual C++ (1997-2005)
- Java (2004)
- PERL (2003-2004)
- x86 MASM (2003)
- PHP (2002)
APIs, Frameworks, Libraries and SDKs:
- ASP.Net (2004-Present)
- .NET Framework (2005-Present)
- AJAX Control Toolkit (2009-2010)
- Google Maps (2010)
- .NET Compact Framework (2006-Present)
- Win32 (1997-2005)
- Mainstreet's BusinessFlow (2008-Present)
- DirectDraw/DirectSound (1997-2005)
- OpenGL (2004)
Software:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2005
- Microsoft Source Safe 2005
- Microsoft FxCop
- Inno Setup
- Resharper
- IIS 7
- IIS 6
- MySQL
- Remote Desktop
- VNC
- Microsoft Windows SBS 2008
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows Mobile
