Objective

To obtain a position in a technical, creative, interactive environment.

Skills

·      DBA in SQL Server and MySQL

·      Program web pages using .NET, PHP, JavaScript, ASP, AJAX, web services

·      Leadership and Motivation

·      Develop software in VB.NET, C#.NET, Perl, C, VBScript

·      Professional technical documentation

·      Expert in IIS configuration

Prof. Articles

Creating an AJAX-Enabled Calendar Control. 2/20/2008 on http://4guysfromrolla.com

Experience

6/2002- present

DBA and Sr. Programmer at Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Ltd. Springfield, Illinois. Wrote a web-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. Write advanced programs for medical environment. Write advanced SQL queries, triggers, functions, DTSs, scheduled jobs, and stored procedures. Design databases, tables, views. Designed in-house reporting server. Generate on-the-fly PDFs and graphs. Use Profiler for performance tuning and reverse engineering. HL7.

5/2004-present

Graduate Assistant for Dale Carnegie Training. Springfield, IL. Train managers in public speaking, motivation, people skills, leadership, and stress management techniques.

1/2001 – 5/2002

Computer Consultant. Springfield, Illinois. Jobs included: Web programming · VB programming · Windows support · Professional documentation · Database admin duties.

Spring 2001

Part-time Professor. Springfield College in Illinois. Taught web programming courses in ASP w/Access. Chose book, wrote course description, syllabus, and exams.

2/1997 - 1/2001

Programmer. PersonalCare Insurance in Springfield and Champaign, Illinois. Web coding in Perl and PHP. Designed and administered MySQL. Wrote data processing and reporting programs in SQL, Perl, C, UNIX shell, awk, and VB6. Queried MUMPS databases. Designed external specs and code for EDI and electronic enrollment.

1988 to 1997

Technical Writer. Employers of note included Apple Computers and Spyglass (Mosaic). Designed, planned, wrote, revised, illustrated and indexed paper-, PDF-, and web-based documents. Wrote instructions based on C++ source code. Performed usability testing.

1985 to 1988

Database Programmer and Computer Support. Accessed IBM MVS hierarchical database using SQL calls embedded in COBOL and ADF II. Debugged QBASIC. Provided computer support. Documented office procedures. Employer of note: McClellan AFB.

Education

MS, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Capella University. (ongoing). 4.0 GPA.
B.S., Computer Science Systems, California State University/Chico. 3.0 GPA.
Continuing education: .NET, MySQL, PHP, Java, C#, VB, SQL Server 2005, AJAX.

Activities

Blood donor 2001-present. Member ACM, 1983-present. Member Society for Technical Communication, 1990-97. Champaign County Crisis Line, 1995-7. Professional composer.