Bio

Name: Etienne Levesque Guitard
Birth: October 1988
Gender: Male
Nationality: Canadian (Province of Quebec)
Resides in: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

About Me

I’m a web developer and entrepreneur specializing in Internet Media and Software with my company called Drazzil. I’m an HTML and CSS guru and I’m also highly skilled at developing JavaScript web page interactivity.

I’m also a programmer, lover of code of all sorts. Aside from being a fan of anything HTML or XML related, I’m also an ActionScript 3.0 and Java developer but I tend to favor open technologies so Java is my favorite.

I’m also a fan of alternative languages making big strides like Ruby, especially because of their syntax that prevent flame wars on where to place braces, but my love for speed keeps me from using it.

I also strongly prefer the Allman programming style and real indents.

I also happen to have a passion for languages and can speak Japanese somewhat fluently. I’m native French, and you probably guessed it, bilingual English.

You can follow me on Twitter as Pacoup, but I don’t post much over there.

On this page you will find my bio and resume. I’m also updating this page as new stuff comes in.

Please bear in mind while reading that the articles on my blog are very personal and far from being accurate journalisitc references.

Learning

  • High performance web application development on the JVM with Scala

Skills

I’ve classed my skills by professional and non-professional so that if you’re an employer reading this, you can know in which domains I’m highly competent. Otherwise it’s in order of competence.

There’s also a bunch of stuff I know more or less about, like Ruby, XSLT, RSS, PHP, C#, you name it, but I don’t consider myself knowledgeable enough in them to include them here. I’m a very quick learner though.

Web Development & General Computing

Professional

  • HTML, CSS
  • phpBB, WordPress
  • Video Encoding Technologies
  • ActionScript 3
  • JavaScript
  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Non-Professional

  • Java
  • VBScript (ASP + ADO)
  • Sony Vegas, SoundForge
  • Adobe Fireworks
  • Windows Client Management
  • Mac OS X Client Management
  • Linux Server Management
  • Windows Server Management
  • Sibelius
  • Scala
Languages (Based on the CEFR)
  • French – C2 (Native)
  • English – C2
  • Japanese – B1
  • German – A2
  • Chinese (Mandarin) – A2
  • Korean – A1

Registered Work Experience

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (Continuation of my employment at CPSA)

- Web Developer
- April 2009 to present

Canada Public Service Agency (Merged with TBCS in March 2009)

- Web Developer
- May 2008 to March 2009

Office of the Auditor General of Canada

- Web Developer
- May 2007 to August 2007

Non-registered Work Experience

AMV-Canada

- President, Founder
- August 2008 to present

MashDraw

- Sole developer (JavaScript, ActionScript 3, Java, Scala)
- September 2009 to present

Studies

Cégep

Cégep de l’Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
2006 - present

High School

École secondaire Grande-Rivière, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
2000 – 2006