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William C. Van Hecke
1209 Michaline Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54304
wvh at metal bat dot com
920.819.8579

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Programmer, designer, and writer, with emphases on efficiency, correctness, and creativity within standards-compliance. Very extensive experience in building and maintaining dynamic, data-driven web sites. Ability to very quickly absorb and utilize new knowledge independently. Passionate about Macintosh, tolerant of Windows.

skill

Computer language
Perl/CGI
Python
Cocoa/Objective-C for Mac OS X
(Visual) C++
x86 assembly
Visual Basic
ASP(VBScript)
Javascript
(My)SQL
(X)HTML
CSS

Design
Macromedia Fireworks
Macromedia Flash
Adobe Photoshop

Human language
Experience in writing and editing of technical, instructional, and creative English.
Semi-fluent Japanese skills.

experience

urdrawing.com
1998 - present
Built the popular online artists' community from nothing.
Created message board, file submission, and moderation systems.
Code and maintain the Perl- and MySQL-based site.
Support hundreds of registered users.

YesTrader
Summer 1999, Summer 2000, Jan 2001
Completed various programming, internet, and design projects.
Co-created company intranet system from the ground up.

The Rock Island Company
Summer 2001, Winter 2002
Designed, built, and maintained the data-driven company web site.
Built many web-based database maintenance and administration tools.
Wrote internal documentation.

Xenosaga Madness Project
Feb 2002 - Feb 2003
Guide for the popular Japanese video game on the PlayStation 2 platform.
Conceived, edited, and wrote much of the complete translation and gameplay guide.
Purchased by CNET Networks in Feb 2003 for publication at GameSpot.

ShopKo Stores
May 2003 - present
Received 2nd highest performance review in department.
Monitor and support UNIX and mainframe processing and reporting systems.
Write and revise documentation.
Provide technical support to users.

education

Marist HS, Chicago, IL
Recognized by National Honor Society and Who's Who.

St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI
Japanese Language major, Computer Science and English minors.
Awarded two scholarships. Dean's list.

Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
One-year exchange program with St. Norbert College.
Awarded academic grant by Heiwa Nakajima Foundation.