## BIO
QUALIFICATIONS: - Leadership and communication skills learned during business ownership - Customer service and people skills for internal and external operations from 5 ½ years as a small business owner - Strong analytical skills gained from college courses and personal education - Flexible with business travel and relocation TECHNICAL SKILLS: - Systems Analysis and Design - structured programming, object oriented programming and design, website design, and database design covering normalization - Visual Basic 6 - windows applications, database connectivity, reports, and client/server applications - C/C++ - ANSI/ISO language core, C legacy code, and object oriented programming - Java - language core and swing, applications, applets, and object oriented programming - ASP and PHP4 - server programming, database access, file access, data validations, and cookies - HTML and DHTML - web page creation, tags, scripting, cascading style sheets - VBScript and Javascript - data validation, cookies, and dynamic web page content - MS Access and MySQL - design, creation, administration, and updating of databases - SQL - all database manipulation functions using MS Access and MySQL - ODBC - downloading and installing drivers, setting DSN’s, and database connections - Unix/Linux - basic system administration - Visio - Hierarchy charts, Flowcharts, and Dataflow diagrams - Microsoft Project - Gantt and Pert charts used during project planning - E-commerce - learned basics of internet marketing - Networking - learned the basics of different network systems and protocols and design of systems - Hardware - basic PC maintenance and component installation EDUCATION/RELEVANT TRAINING: CDI College of Business &Technology Victoria, B.C. - Programmer/Analyst Internet Solutions Developer Diploma Programme 2001- 2002 Windsor University Windsor, Ont. - Bachelor of Arts Degree Programme 1989 - 1993 WORK EXPERIENCE: Currently, I am contracting my services out under the name of RAS Software Solutions where I continually learn innovative ways to solve problems. Collaborative Minds Inc. Victoria, B.C. 2002 - 2003 Software Engineer - responsible for project requirements gathering - coding - testing - documentation - advertising and promotions Jimmy’s Place Waitress Victoria, B.C. 1997 - 2001 - responsible for staff - handling of cash - customer service ( including complaints )
## Area of Expertise
- Systems Analysis and Design - structured programming, object oriented programming and design, website design, and database design covering normalization - Visual Basic 6 - windows applications, database connectivity, reports, and client/server applications - C/C++ - ANSI/ISO language core, C legacy code, and object oriented programming - Java - language core and swing, applications, applets, and object oriented programming - ASP and PHP4 - server programming, database access, file access, data validations, and cookies - HTML and DHTML - web page creation, tags, scripting, cascading style sheets - VBScript and Javascript - data validation, cookies, and dynamic web page content - MS Access and MySQL - design, creation, administration, and updating of databases - SQL - all database manipulation functions using MS Access and MySQL - ODBC - downloading and installing drivers, setting DSN’s, and database connections - Unix/Linux - basic system administration - Visio - Hierarchy charts, Flowcharts, and Dataflow diagrams - Microsoft Project - Gantt and Pert charts used during project planning - E-commerce - learned basics of internet marketing - Networking - learned the basics of different network systems and protocols and design of systems - Hardware - basic PC maintenance and component installation
