Bran Kop worked as a software engineer on contract at Scientific Atlanta Canada from January 2002 to March 2003. His supervisor found him to have strong system design skills and an ability to understand requirements and model solutions. He communicated documentation well and solved problems effectively. The reference would rehire Bran Kop and believes he would excel as an enterprise architect due to his skills in analyzing complex systems and devising solutions.

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REFERENCE CHECK
Candidates’ Name: Bran Kop Date: July 19, 2007
Company Contacted: Scientific Atlanta Canada, a Cisco Company Tel.: 416-299-6888
Person Contacted: ***REFERENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST*** Title: Team Leader
Dates of Employment: Jan 2002 To: Mar 2003
Candidate Job Title: Software Engineer (contract)
Reason for Leaving: Contract expired
Working Relationship / Length of time worked together?
I’m his immediate supervisor for 14 months
What were his/her major responsibilities?
System / Database Design, Database API Design
Strengths? (Examples)
Clear thinking - able to understand system requirement/design and model it using UML
What were some of his/her characteristics that you admired most?
System Design skill, ability to look at problem at higher abstraction level
Weaknesses / Areas for improvement
Email communication is sometime hard to understand (formatting issue)
How would you rate his/her communications skills? (Presentations. Written Reports. Documentation)
Prepared documentation is good and easy to understand
How would you rate his/her problem-solving skills?
Good.
Was he/she receptive to feedback and constructive criticism? Did he/she use that information to improve their
work?
Yes
Was he/she willing to work overtime as required?
Yes
Can you tell me how he/she performed under pressure?
With the deadline coming, able to devise a solution to workaround a 3rd party software problem
Tell me about how he/she contributed as a member of a team?
Provide clear pictures of whole system. Answer question in professional manner.
What can you tell me about how he/she interacts with others? (Peers. Subordinates. Managers)
Friendly to others

2. How would you rate his/her technical skills?
Very good
Describe the employee’s work ethic. Did he/she show the required initiative for the role?
Good – willing to work extra time to complete tasks
We are considering this person for an ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT position.
Do you think he/she would excel in this role? Why?
Yes, he is able analyze complex system and devise solution
Would he/she be considered by you to be re-hireable?
Yes No Why
Y not?
Additional Comments
N/A
Anything else we should be aware of?
N/A
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