Mark James Frise

mark@caddproductivity.com
www.caddproductivity.com
(416) 732-9415

 

Biography

o       Data Analyst: Designed and developed custom query and reporting interfaces. Experienced in collating disparate data sets in to one relational database.

o       Developer: Developed custom software solutions for a variety of industries including Architecture, Engineering, GIS and Irrigation. Experienced in formula driven database and spreadsheet solutions.

o       Draftsman and designer: Architectural, Civil and Geotechnical.

o       Instructor: Access, AutoCAD, VBA and Visual Basic.

 

Work Experience

CADD Productivity - Computer Aided Drafting & Design Services - Mississauga ON - 1999 to present:

Self employed providing programming, customization, database design, instruction and drafting & design services.

Industries served include:

·         Architecture

·         Civil and Geotechnical Engineering

·         Commercial & Golf Irrigation

·         Geographic Information Systems

Examples of recent software development:

Software for Architects, siting and grading of residential developments:

·         Created a custom solution which calculates critical construction elevations.

·         Comparing the site elevations to a specific lot model data, the software automatically calculates footing, top of foundation wall, and finished floor elevations.

 

Software for the City of Nanaimo B.C.:

·         Designed a unique set of CAD standards which operates as an AutoCAD software add-on.

·         The project incorporates layers, blocks, and templates under one umbrella to methodize the creation of drawings which comply with the City’s particular standards and downstream GIS inheritance requirements.

 

Software for Geostructural Engineering:

·         Automated the creation of shoring sections in AutoCAD. Given (spreadsheet driven) parameters such as load, height, tieback length and angle, multiple detailed sections are drawn automatically.  

·         Created software to layout geostructural elements such as caissons and piles around a foundation footprint, taking in to account variable excavation and spacing requirements in three dimensions.

·         Consolidated existing automation programs in to one package (of configurable tool palettes) organized by function.

 

Software for Commercial Irrigation designers:

·         Automation of GPS data translation, design and as-built documentation.

·         Designed a pipe tracing algorithm which records the relationships of pumps, valves, pipes & sprinkler heads.

·         The software solution builds the database tables which the automated irrigation systems use to manage water delivery.

·         Employed SQL for quick load calculations, automatic color coding (of drawings), and bills of material.

 

Software for PGA Irrigation consultants:

·         Custom software created with Visual Basic and ERSI MapObjects.

·         The software manipulates GIS files to control the display of queried map data.

·         The software creates new objects from map database queries for export to other file formats.

 

Software for the Ontario Realty Corporation:

·         Software to facilitate the creation, checking and documentation of contractor submitted drawings.

·         Linking Access, Adobe, AutoCAD and Excel, the software’s configurable interface provides data translation tools, generates detailed reports and manages over six hundred thousand possible layer name combinations.

 

Lovat Inc. - Manufacturer of Tunnel Boring Machines - Toronto ON - 1999/2000

CADD Administrator

·         Provided training and support and for forty engineers and designers.

·         Software and hardware support included desktops, digitizers and plotters.

·         Developed LISP routines to automatically label mechanical shop drawings with coordinate data.

·         Managed the TBM parts database (and contracting developers) throughout the creation of a CAD/CAM/database integrated solution.

·         Assisted the Network Administrator with Novell, NT and Groupwise network issues.

·         Designed and supervised the Lovat engineering office renovation.

 

SNCLavalin - Geocon division -  Geotechnical, Mining & Environmental Engineers - Toronto ON -  1993 to 1999

Chief Draftsman

·         Produced various civil and geotechnical engineering drawings using AutoCAD and Softdesk products.

·         Provided support to the Geocon office solving software and hardware issues, in cooperation the SNC IT group.

·         Developed custom toolbar macros (Diesel, LISP & VBA) to streamline drafting efforts.

·         Field work involved the construction of engineered earth works. Duties included soils testing, nuclear density testing, identification of borrow areas, coordination of contractors, inspection of work and as-built data collection.

 

RN Design - Architectural Design Firm - Toronto ON - 1992/1993

Draftsman

·         Responsibilities included the drafting of residential designs for developers, new designs and the acquisition of approvals from municipalities for zoning, services and streetscapes.

·         Created file templates to standardize common AutoCAD and Excel tasks.

·         Within this small firm other appointments ranged from the production of working drawings to the coordination of printers and couriers.

 

East York Board of Education - Adult night school branch -  Toronto ON -  1991/1992

Instructor

·         Taught AutoCAD at the school board’s Adult Learning Centre.

·         Developed the course outline and lesson plans for the department.

·         Provided group and individual instruction, from the basics of drawing with AutoCAD to three dimensional objects and coordinate systems.


 

Education

 

Centennial College 1993

Architectural Technologist

 

Software experience

 

Adobe

o        Acrobat Professional

Autodesk

o        AutoCAD (v.10 to 2009)

o        Civil 3D

o        Map 3D

o        Land Desktop

Bentley

o        Microstation

ESRI

o        ArcInfo, ArcPad, ArcView

o        MAP Objects

Macromedia

o        Dreamweaver

o        Flash

o        Fireworks

Microsoft

o        Office Professional

o        Visio

o        Visual Studio

o        Vista, XP, W2K, NT, DOS

Rainbird

o        Cirrus, Nimbus & Decoder

Symantec

o        PC Anywhere

 

Programming experience

 

DOS

Java script

Ruby

SQL

Visual LISP

Visual Basic 6.0, VBA & .NET

o        Access & dBase

o        Adobe Acrobat

o        AutoCAD (v.10 to 2008)

o        Autodesk Civil 3D, MAP 3D

o        ESRI MAP Objects

o        Excel, Word & Visio

o        XML and other data collections

 

Supported clients (brief):

 

AMEC

o        Agra Earth & Environmental

o        Falconbridge

Cunha Irrigation

o        Pebble Beach Golf Links

o        Spyglass Hill Golf Course

o        The Olympic Club

FBP Architects

o        FBP Architectural staff

Geocon (division of SNCLavalin)

o        Barrick Gold Corporation

o        Diavik Diamond Mines

o        Hemlo Golden Giant Mine

o        Noranda Inc.

Global CADD Systems

o        Ontario Realty Corporation

o        City of Nanaimo

Isherwood Associates

o        Isherwood Engineering staff

o        Monir Precision Monitoring Inc.

I.T. Solutions

o        Telus

Lovat Inc.

o        Toronto Transit Commission

o        Lovat Engineering staff

National Tree and Garden

o        Oak Creek Golf Club

Russ Mitchell & Associates

o        City of Berkeley CA

o        City of Burlingame CA

o        RMA Engineering staff

Xpanda Security

o        Grupo Elektra, Mexico