## BIO
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**<u>OBJECTIVE</u>**
Seeking a web development project with an innovative organization that will challenge my skills, creativity, professionalism and intellect.
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS</u>
Skills
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* Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical people.
* Attention to detail.
* Excellent at problem solving.
* Exceptional leadership skills and ready to accept responsibility.
* Extremely reliable, efficient and self-motivated.
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Software
**I have a working knowledge with the following software and programming languages:
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* MS SQL Server 7.0 & 2000 | * Delphi 3,4,6 | * SQL 92 and Transact-SQL |
| * Active Server Pages | * JSP & Servlets | * HTML |
| * JavaScript, VBScript | * Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000 | * MS Access |
| * PowerPlay (Administrative) | * Impromptu (Administrative) | * Windows NT Server 2000 |
**<u>EMPLOYMENT</u>**
| **Programmer/Analyst**
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa, ON
Security Clearance: Top Secret. | January 1999 to present. |
| * Design, develop, modify, maintain and test a multi-user acclaimed policing system that uses Delphi and SQL Server 7.0. |
| * Perform administrative tasks on MS SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 databases. |
| * Upgrade and configure server hardware. |
| * Have presented to large crowds several times at ViCLAS annual conferences. |
| * Designed, developed and maintain an ASP web application bug system that is used by domestic and international ViCLAS users. Due to language barriers, this site was constructed for multiple languages. |
| * Extensive experience troubleshooting system problems. |
| **Data Warehouse Programmer/Analyst**
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, ON
Security Clearance: Enhanced Reliability. | March 1999 to December 1999. |
| * Identified, researched and analyzed data integrity issues by researching input procedures and database schema. |
| * Designed and modified Impromptu catalogs and PowerPlay cubes. |
| * Interviewed end-users to obtain design information for system development. |
| * Designed and created an ASP web application that uses a Sybase DBMS for the back-end. |
| **Research & Report Design Officer**
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, ON
Security Clearance: Enhanced Reliability. | Summer of 1997 to March 1999. |
| * Lead, designed and controlled the implementation of a large web site for the HR department’s Intranet. |
| * Developed MS Access systems. |
| * Developed, established and maintained reports by extracting data from PeopleSoft using Impromptu, MS Access, SQL or PowerPlay. |
| * Manipulated data for reporting purposes using Impromptu, PowerPlay, SQL or MS Access. |
| * Selected the most appropriate data sources by identifying and analyzing data elements for PeopleSoft’s Sybase database and MS Access databases. |
| * Worked under minimum supervision. |
| * Created system documentation that assists users and programmers to navigate through programs I created. |
**<u>EDUCATION</u>**
Algonquin College, Nepean, ON.
Diploma in Business Administration, majoring in Information Systems obtained in April '98.
**<u>TRAINING</u>**
* Studied Java through Continuing Education at Algonquin College.
* Attended Cognos training sessions for Impromptu - User and Administration 4.0.
* Attended Cognos training sessions for PowerPlay - User and Administration 5.2.
* Obtained Oracle8: SQL training from the Praxis Institute - Jan. 99.
* Studied HTML and JavaScript from Computer Training - Apr 99.
## Area of Expertise
ASP, Delphi, SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, Terminal Services, IIS, HTML, CSS and Javascript.
