| About Jacques | Jacques has extensive experience in software development and project management in both his native South Africa and in his adopted country, Canada. Jacques has been heavily involved in the development of PalmOS and Windows CE software for PDA's for Stylus Metrics, Social Sector Metrics Inc and SchumbergerSema as well as ongoing development of remotely controlled tools for accessing internet information for TransAlta Utilities. |
| Recent Projects | TransAlta Utilities Remotely controlled tools for accessing internet information As part of a five person team, busy with ongoing development (since Dec 2000) of a suite of remotely controlled tools for accessing internet information. Responsibilities include: developing multi-threaded tools to access sites using HTTP methods (GET, POST) as well as developing multi-threaded tools to identify time differences between sites using HTTP. Tools are being developed which support both basic authorization as well as secure sockets (using openSSL library). Also developing CGI scripts to present results and configure the tools. Tools and technologies being used for this project are: Linux (RedHat 7.1), Windows/NT 4.0, GNU c, Visual C++ 6.0, CGI, Apache WebServer 1.3.14, HTTP, HTML, SSL, Threads, Sockets. Solaris (Sparc) 8, JavaScript SchlumbergerSema Pocket PC Phone Edition Application Porting of an application from a Pocket PC 2002 / Cellphone pair to Pocket PC Phone Edition. Tools and technologies used for this project were: Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition, Windows CE, XDA (T-Mobile), EVC++ 3.0, BlueTooth, Widcomm, SMS, POOM, GPRS, COM |
| Previous Projects | Stylus Metrics. Mini Modbus Master Development of a prototype application for Stylus Metrics for the PalmOS platform using CodeWarrior 7.1 and PalmOS SDK 5.0 which allows the user to access registers on Modbus devices from the Palm. Stylus Metrics. Gas Measurement Data Collector Development of a prototype Gas Measurement Data Collector application for Stylus Metrics for the PalmOS platform using CodeWarrior 7.1 and PalmOS SDK 5.0. Stylus Metrics. Palm & WinCE Applications: Various Development of various PDA applications for Stylus Metrics for the PalmOS platform using CodeWarrior 7.1 and PalmOS SDK 5.0; development of various applications targeting the Pocket PC using Visual Basic and Windows CE; development of various host applications to utilize information from the PDAs on the Desktop using Visual C++ and Visual Basic. Social Sector Metrics Inc. Alberta Health Report Application Development of a utility to allow Desktop access to Alberta Health mainframe reports using Visual C++ and Visual Basic. Smartcore Systems Inc Gas & Trend Protocol Drivers: Various Development of enhancements to the iVision protocol drivers for the ABB Total Flow and Modbus drivers to upload/download AGA Parameters and Gas Analysis and upload Gas flow history. Development of enhancements to upload Trends from Total Flow and Modbus RTU's. The Modbus driver was designed to handle various RTU's which utilize contiguous registers for AGA parameter, gas analysis and history blocks. Supported RTU's include the ProSoft AGA 2100 and the ScadaPack with a custom load. Social Sector Metrics Inc. PDA Applications: Various Development of various PDA applications for Social Sector Metrics Inc for the PalmPilot m100 using CodeWarrior 7.0 and PalmOS SDK 4.0; development of various applications targeting the Pocket PC using Visual Basic and Windows CE; development of various host applications to utilize information from the PDA on the Desktop using Visual C++ and Visual Basic. Smartcore Systems Inc Protocol Driver: HP 48000 Development of a protocol driver for the HP 48000 for the Smartcore iVision SCADA System using Visual C++ and Visual Basic. Metso Automation Consulting As Technical Consultant on the Enterprise Project Team, assisting the Project Manager with various aspects of project startup including requirements and documentation. Tools and technologies for this project were: OASyS, SCADA, Oil & Gas Sempra Atlantic Gas/ACM Consulting As Technical Consultant on the ACM/SAG Project Team, assisting the Project Manager with various aspects of project startup including project planning, vendor negotiation and requirement's gathering. Tools and technologies used for this project were: OASyS, SCADA, Oil & Gas |
| Download | Jacques van Dijk's resume is available in PDF format: ResumeJvD.pdf |