Résumé

V. Kirkwood
R.R. 5
Kemptville, Ont.
Canada K0G 1J0

Education

B.Sc. (Hons.) Physical Geography, 1975, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
Geographic Analysis, 1991, ESRI Canada Ltd. Ottawa, Ont.
UNIX for Beginners, 1993, Learnix Ltd., Ottawa, Ont.
Canadian Equestrian Federation Recorded Status Dressage Judge

Enterprises

Owner and operator of Highway Presentations, a company specializing in Internet WWW Home Page setup and HTML markup.

Specialized skills and qualifications

Experienced user of the ARC/INFO Geographic Information System, in both the VAX and UNIX environments.
Extensive experience in the design and development of databases at the provincial, regional and national levels, in the IBM mainframe, VAX, UNIX and PC environments, using ARC/INFO, SAS, PC/INFO and dBase.
Superior writing, editing and computer graphics skills (see publications list).
Well versed in SAS programming for managing and analyzing a variety of data.
Experienced user of SAS, ARC/INFO PC/INFO, WordPerfect, CorelDraw!, Harvard Graphics, DOS, Windows, Norton Utilities, Lotus 123, dBase, Easytrieve and several communications and electronic mail packages. Basic grounding in IBM mainframe JCL, VAX utilities, the UNIX operating system, X Windows, and Internet procedures, as well as in the use of several crop yield and erosion models such as EPIC and CERES.
Experience in providing hardware and software support to a wide range of clients, from research scientists to short-term employees.
Experience in developing and implementing customized hardware and software configurations in a PC environment, to meet the needs of researchers involved in diverse aspects of land evaluation and crop modelling research.
Experience in supervising, training and evaluating technical support personnel.
Good basic knowledge of the various aspects of crop yield modelling, including general biophysical and agrometeorological principles; also, the principles of soil science, Canadian regional geography and climate, and farming practices.

Recent job experience

1981 to present - Resource Technician, Land Evaluation, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre (formerly Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research), Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa.

1980 to 1981 - Geocoding Clerk, Census Geography Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa. Duties included drafting, coding data and editing the computerized Area Master File maps.

1977 to 1980 - Kenting Earth Sciences Ltd., Ottawa. Draftsperson and Map Editor in topographical mapping section.

Memberships

Canadian Equestrian Federation (Senior Competitor Member)
Ottawa Area Dressage Group of CADORA
Mensa Canada Society

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