Cell: 514-771-9997 | cedricsam@gmail.com
Support and development of CMS for journalists and other applications.
Public Affairs shows webmaster.
Cameraman for Radio-Canada.ca News exclusive web contents.
Main manager of Medianet, integrated administration system for audio-video contents.
Member of the technical support team.
Was involved in web development projects.
Installed and configured the Linux operating system.
Translated and edited the company's training curriculum from French to English.
Summer student in 2004
Teaching assistant during 2004-05. Elaboration of a teaching module in bioinformatics.
System administration for the laboratory's Windows-based network.
Programming and database design for MYTHIC, a laboratory information management system.
Bachelor of Science - Major in Computer Science From 2002 to 2004
Bachelor of Science - Major in Biochemistry From 1999 to 2002
Have been using Linux for five years. I run Ubuntu on my laptop as the main operating system.
Linux distributions that I have experience with: Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora Core, openSUSE, Knoppix.
Basic experience with Solaris systems and BSD-like systems.
Programming languages: PHP (also Zend Framework), BASH script, Java, HTML, JavaScript, LaTeX.
Database systems: mainly MySQL, and some DB2, SQLite, and PostgreSQL.
Content management systems: Typo3.
Text editors: vi and emacs.
System administration: LAMP server administration, DNS server setup, DHCP, iptables (basic), FTP, NFS, PAM, Samba for file-serving, LTSP, Postfix/Amavis/SpamAssassin, LPR/CUPS, XFree86/Xorg, network tools (dig, whois, route, ifconfig, tracepath), LVM, RAID (basic), LDAP and directory services (basic), kernel customization, GRUB.
Windows environment: .NET Framework, C#, Windows Media SDK.
Experience in writing reference documents.
Experience in reporting-style writing.
Perfectly bilingual in both English and Frlench, professionally and socially.
Chinese: domestic Cantonese and two levels of Mandarin at McGill.
Photo-reporter for Spacing Montreal (www.spacingmontreal.ca)
Developer and co-founder of www.metroboulotresto.com (2007).
Translated standard operating procedures at Draxis Pharma (Summer 2003).
Provided technical support at the McGill Division of Cancer Epidemiology (Summer 2003).
Summer student with Alain Nepveu's lab, Molecular Oncology Group, McGill University (Summer 2001).
Lab technician at Biosyntech Canada Inc (Summer 2000).
Cashier at Dunkin' Donuts / Baskin-Robbins at Eaton Centre (Summers 1995-98).
Traveled to the Far East, including China, Japan and Southeast Asia, during the summers of 2002 and 2005. I also visited Egypt in 2005.
Volunteer at the Chinese Family Service of Greater Montreal (2006-07).
Web developer and system administrator with the McGill Science Computer Taskforce (2002-04).
VP Communication (webmaster and newsletter editor) with the McGill Biochemistry Undergraduate Society (2001-02).
Weekly columnist for the Delit Francais, McGill's French Newspaper (2001).
Journalist and editor-in-chief of the simulated newspaper at the Parlement Jeunesse du Québec (1999-2001).
VP Marketing and editor-in-chief of the simulated newspaper at SimONU Quebec, a model United Nations (1999-2000).
Editor-in-chief and columnist at Le Graffiti, College Jean-de-Brebeuf's student Newspaper (1997-2000).
Youth reporter at La Jeune Presse (1996-1999).