The Resume of
Grace S. Ratnam a/p Subramaniam
E-mail: gracerlin@yahoo.com
Work Experiences ; Education ; Computer Skills ; Projects ; Others ; Area of Studies ; Unofficial Transcript
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Work Experiences Top
Nov 2006 - Current Amerigroup Corporation Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
Enrollment Analyst II
  • Awarded 'Performance Champion' 2007
  • South Carolina
  • New Jersey

Premium Reconciliation Analyst

  • Virginia
  • New York - LTC
Oct 2004 - Current US Navy Reserve NOSC, Norfolk Virginia, USA.
Religious Program Specialist (RP2)
  • NR CNRMA ROC
Religious Program Specialist (RP3)
  • NR NECC
    • Chapel Sunday services (Little Creek, NAB)
    • Resched pay paper work
    • File training records
  • CVN-Lant 0816 (CVNE)
    • Selected CVN-Lant 0186 Blue Jacket Sailor of the Quater (BJSOQ)
    • Invocation and benidiction for the Change of Command and Retirement
    • USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69)
      • Comm Rel Database
      • Am-Cross messages
      • Library
      • Religious services setup
    • USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
      • Traffic Control for Home coming
    • USS Truman

Religious Program Specialist (RPSN)

  • CVN-Lant 0816 (CVNE)
    • Religious activities support and maintain the library on the ship
  • Naval Station Norfolk, Chapel
    • Administration work, customer service, database coordinator and religious activities support

Airman (AN)

  • Non-Prior Service (NPS)
    • Graduated from NRAC (boot camp) on Aug 24, 2005
Dec 1996 - Jan 1997 Intel Technology Sdn. Bhd. Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia
Temporary Clerk
  • Created and maintained Asia Regional TAC Team (ARTT) homepage.
  • Designed graphics using MS Image Composer and PhotoShop 
  • Design a TAC Training Database using MS Access 

May 1996 - Oct 1996 Global Holidays Sdn. Bhd. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Analyst Programmer/Webmaster (Contract Basis)
  • Created and maintained Global Homepage
  • Created and maintained LIMA 97 Homepage
  • See to overall IT maintenance in the company 

Jan 96 - Apr 96 Integrated Geographic Design Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Analyst Programmer
  • System Analyst and Design 
  • HTML Programming.
  • Maintained customers web pages.

Jul 1995 - Dec 1995 IconQuest Systems S/B Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Software Developer
  • Programming in Visual Basic 3.0 with front-end tools.
  • Coding, design interface, unit and integration testing
  • Project handled: Human Resources Development Fund

Feb 1995 - Jun 1995 City Computer Center Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sales Assistant
  • Indoor Sales - Promoted and sold hardware to end-users

Jun 1993 - Aug 1993 Metra Management Sdn. Bhd. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Data Entry Clerk
  • Clerical Work for share transfer registration.
  • Entering share transformation data into AS400 system.

1992 Vision Valley Center Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Office Assistant (Part-time)
  • General office assistant
  • Telephone receptionist
  • Assistant to Pastor

 
 
Education Top
Summer 2002 Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia, USA
B.S. in Engineering Technology (BSEET)
  • Four Year Degree
  • Major in Electrical Engineering Technology
  • Minor in Computer Science
  • Concentrate in Computer Engineering Technology
  • GPA: 3.11
  • Unofficial transcript

Fall 2001 Tidewater Community College Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
General Education Courses
Nov 1998 Informatics College Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Advance Diploma in Computer Engineering (ADCE)
Jun 1993 Informatics College Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
National Computing Center Diploma in Computer Studies (NCC)

 
 
Computer Skills Top
Engineering Applications
  • Electronic Workbench, MultiSim
  • MATLAB
  • TRiLOGI (PLC/Ladder Diagram)

Programming Languages
  • BASIC, C++, Cobol, Pascal 
  • Symdeb, Assembly Language: 6800, 6809LS, 6811, 8088 
  • Visual Basic

Internet Applications
  • Apache Server
  • CGI, Perl
  • HTML, DHTML
  • Internet Explore, Netscape
  • Java, JavaScript

Databases
  • DBase
  • Foxpro
  • PL/SQL
  • MS Access

Software Application
  • Crystal Report
  • Lotus Organizer
  • MS Office
  • Word Perfect
Operating System
  • DOS
  • Windows
  • Macintosh
  • UNIX: SCO, Solaris

 
 
Projects and Assignments Top
Programmable Logic Control ; Communication ; Microprocessor ; Digital ; Analog ; Software Design/Programming
Programmable Logic Control Water Side Racer BSEET
  • Designed a PLC program that receives the signal from a sensor to determine the winner form 5 lanes. The program controls the START and STOP of the race and displays the WINNER LANE on the LCD.

Stage Light Sequence (Assignment #7) BSEET
  • Designed a PLC program that controls 5 sets of stage lights for an auditorium. For one particular stage production, the various set and sense requires 6 different lighting sequence, each involving a different combination of the 5 light set.

Oven Control (Assignment #6) BSEET
  • Designed a PLC program that uses the analog to digital converted (ADC) and the custom function in TRiLOGI to keep track of the heat element of an oven.

Turnstile (Assignment #5) BSEET
  • Designed a PLC program that keeps track of the activity for a turnstile. The program keeps a record of the number of people attended the park and the number of people present in the park.

Pulse Stretcher (Assignment #4) BSEET
  • Designed a ladder network for a one-shot timed pulse stretcher when IN4 switches ON, OUT3 energizes for 1.5 seconds, then switches OFF.

Communication Projects DPSK Encoder/Decoder BSEET
  • Designed, analyzed, and simulated the initial stage of a Differentially Coherent Phase Shift Keying (DPSK) system using MATLAB and MultiSim.

Microprocessor Joystick Controller BSEET
  • Programmed the Motorola 6811 microprocessor that was hooked up to a joystick and when moved, it detected the north, south, east or west.

Digital Digital Measuring Tape BSEET
  • Designed a device that was hook up to a wheel to measure the distance the rotates and displayed the inches on a LCD.

Digital Clock ADCE
  • Designed a program using Symdeb (Intel 8088) to fetch the system time and display on a circuitry.
  • Designed the circuit board with six seven-segment LED and a D-connector to hooked up to the parallel port of a computer for the clock display.

Analog Traffic Light ADCE
  • Designed a device that has three LEDs (red, yellow, and green) that lit up one after another.

Door Bell ADCE
  • Designed a musical doorbell circuitry.

Software Design or Programming NJ Loads (MS Access) Amerigroup Corp
  • Used for research purposes in regards to Daily, Weekly and Monthly loads
  • SNP Members
  • Division Check
  • Duplicate Members
  • Quick Newborn Check on Gender and Age
NJ Tools (MS Access) Amerigroup Corp
  • Keeping track of:
    • Load entries,
    • Division Cross-References
    • Provider Moves
  • Generate Death Report
Comm Rel (MS Access) USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)
  • Helps monitor the Community Services done by sailors and their department.
Mentorship Program (MS Access) Norfolk Naval Station
  • Helps keep track of the Mentorship program
Chaplain Appointments (MS Access) NSN Chapel
  • [Ask Me]
Career Counsel (MS Access) NSN Chapel
  • [Ask Me]
Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF),
Visual Basic, MS Access, and Crystal Report
IconQuest. Sdn. Bhd.
  • In charge of the entire HRDF project.
  • HRDF is a software that help companies to keep track of their employee training program; it keep track of the cost of training, total reimbursement; and the type of training programs.
  • Visual Basic programming and designed test modules.

Examination Registra (Software Design, MS Access) ADCE
  • Group leader of five.
  • Designed an Exam Registra System that keeps track of the student's marks and grades, subject taken by individuals, and exam taken by each individual.
  • Project covers:
    1. Functional Specification
      1. ER Diagram
      2. Data Flow Diagram
      3. Control Flow Diagram
      4. State Transition Diagram
      5. Contract
    2. Design Document
      1. Data Dictionary
      2. Database Design
      3. I/O Design
      4. Control Action Diagram
      5. Design of procedures
    3. Testing Documents
      1. Test Strategies
      2. Test Data
      3. Test Log and Actual Results
      4. Refinement or Changes
    4. User Manual.

Air Ticketing System (Software Design, DBase) ADCS
  • Head programmer in a team of three.
  • Air Ticketing System is a backup for Abascus in the airline ticketing system.
  • The project walks through from preliminary investigation up to implementation of the SDLC (or waterfall or conventional system)

Inventory Control (Cobol Programming) NCC
  • Designed a software for inventory control using Cobol.

 
 
Others Top
Awards Performance Champion at Amerigroup Corporation in March 2008
Most Valuable Employee (Apple) in Jan 2007
Honor student at Tidewater Community College in Summer 2001
Language Skills English, Cantonese, and Malay

 
 
Area of studies Top
PLC Ladder diagrams, Programmable Logic Controller, Wiring Techniques, Sensors, Encoders, Transducers, Closed Loop and PID Control, Motor Controls, System Integrity and Safety.
Digital Logic gates, Boolean algebra, Flip-flops, Register, Counters, Multiplexor, Demultiplexor, Encoder, Decoders, TTL & CMOS, Transmission Line, Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), Digital to Analog Converter (DAC), K-Maps, Quine McClusky, State machine, Programmable Logic Array (PLA), Programmable Logic Device (PLD)
Micro Addressing mode, Arithmetic instruction, Condition code register, Logical instruction, Branch, Stack operation, Interrupt, Memory device & Interface, I/O Interface, Peripheral Interface Adapter (PIA, 6821), Programmable Peripheral Interface (PPI, 8255), Programmable Interval Timer (PIT, 8253) Programmable Interupt Controller (PIC, 8259), Direct Memory Access Controller (DMA, 8237A), Programmable Communication Interface (PCI, 16550)
Analog Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), Unipolar Junction Transistor (UJT), Field Effect Transistor (FET), Common-Emitter Amplifier, Differentiator & Integrators, Comparators & Schmitt Trigger, Operational Amplifier, Negative feedback, Transfer function analysis and Phasor analysis, Waveform generators, Active filters. 555 Timer, Noise
Circuit RLC Circuits, Network Analysis, Laplase Transform Analysis, Polyphase Circuit, Electromegnetism, Transformer, Attenuator, Transmission Line, Harmonics
Measurements Signal Manipulation Element (Pivot & Lever, Amplifier, Whetstone Bridge Circuit, etc) Analysis of Experimental Data, Strain & Stress measurement, Displacement measurement & Transducer, Vibration measurement, Temperature measurement (RTD, Thermistor, Thermocouple)
Communication Fourier Series, Fourier Transform, Pulse Specctra, Frequency generation, Frequency translation, Asynchronous Serial Communication (ASC), Synchronous Serial Communication (SSC), Double Side Band (DSB), Single Side Band (SSB), Conventional AM, Angle Modulation, Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), TDM, M-ary, QPSK, QAM, Data Communication, Noise in communication, Antennas, Satellite Communication RS-232C Serial Interface Standards
Networking ISO model for communication, Protocols for Physical, Data link, and Network communication, Protocol correctness and efficiency, Error detection and recovery.
Database Physical data organization, Architecture of database, Entity-relationship modeling, Relational network and hierarchical models, Relational languages and SQL, Functional dependency, Normalization, Security and integrity (transaction processing concepts, locking techniques, timestamps, and database recovery).
Data Structure Abstract data types, terminal analysis, Complexity of algorithms, Vector, Link list, Stacks, Trees.
Internet telnet, ftp, e-mail, news, SMTP, POP, HTTP, HTML, DHTML (CSS and layers), HTML protocol, CGI, PERL, Forms, Web server and security, Apache, Javascript and Java, mSQL
Management Management Theories (Classical Theories, Bureacracy, Scientific Management, Motivation, Leadership), Group & Group Behavior
Others Video Signal, Visual Display Unit, Printers, Motherboard, Memory, Processors


Last update 08-Dec-08
by Grace S. Ratnam
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