Chris Charabaruk
Canadian software developer, social media fanboy, and entrepreneur-in-the-making.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://coldacid.net |
| Industries: | Computing, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet, Mobile |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, C/C++, Databases, Engineering, Fiction, HTML / CSS, Javascript, Languages and Platforms, Perl, PHP, Public speaking, Software Engineering, Web Development, Windows applications, Writing |
| Location: | Pickering, Ontario, Canada |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | Internet, Programming, social networking, toronto, Web development |
| Schools: | George Brown College |
FEATURED STARTUP
Taskerrific
Taskerrific
Taskerrific is an internet startup which is making task management easy and social.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
FULL BIO
Chris 'coldacid' Charabaruk is a computer programmer and social media enthusiast from Pickering, Ontario. Chris is currently developing Taskerrific, a social task management tool.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Taskerrific, Pickering, Ontario |
| Position: | Founder, Lead Developer |
| Time period: | March 2009 - Present |
| Description: | - Responsible for business management and web service development |
| Employer: | Ad Astra Convention, Toronto, Ontario |
| Position: | Games Department Manager |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | - Developing convention gaming programme
- Promoting game events to convention attendees & potential attendees - Collaborating with other department leaders to ensure needs of convention and games department are met - Delegating appropriate responsibilities to event specialists to ensure best reception of gaming events |
| Employer: | Projects |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | Chris Charabaruk Online
Personal website – http://coldacid.net - Installed and configured Drupal and contributed modules - Developed and maintained contributed and self-developed modules to extend site capabilities Radio Alarm Clock Windows applet – http://coldacid.net/project/alarmclock - Built custom controls and components for user interface - Designed and implemented simple plug-in system for "radio" functionality - Created installer using WiX (Windows Installer XML toolkit) Drupal Photo Publisher for Live Photo Gallery Windows Live Photo Gallery extension – http://coldacid.net/project/dplpg - Created and documented “Simple Photo Upload” XML-RPC interface for simple and efficient uploading of images to websites - Developing extension for Windows Live Photo Gallery for client-side implementation of interface - Developing Drupal module for server-side implementation of interface |
| Employer: | Faith Partnership Technologies, Toronto, Ontario |
| Position: | Usability Specialist |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | - Authored user documentation to facilitate better understanding of product administration
- Translated technical information to simplified English for clients - Managed Subversion repository to promote change management best practises |
EDUCATION
| University: | George Brown College |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Computer Programmer/Analyst, None |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Anime, manga, mountain biking, alternative/indie music |
| Memberships: | International Game Developers Association
Coordinator, “Indie” Special Interest Group 2006-2009 - Restructured SIG organization for improved outreach and effectiveness - Facilitated and hosted online meetings of SIG members and leadership Toastmasters International Member, Ajax-Pickering Toastmasters, club #5425-60 Pickering, Ontario 2009-Present Club Officer, Toronto Go-Getters, club #5556-60 Toronto, Ontario 2006-2008 - Earned Competent Communicator award, Sept. 2007 |
| Awards: | Toastmasters - Competent Communicator |
