Employment History

4/2009 - Current; Wyoming State Geological Survey, Laramie, WY (Database Management)

9/2003 – 1/2009; Trihydro Corporation (Database Technician, Business Information Product and Services - Technical Support)

9/1995 – 8/1997; Temple University (Teaching Assistant)

Skills / Training
/ Experience

Software Development :

• Requirement gathering and Analysis, use-case analysis and determination of functional
   requirements, layered architecture design


• Documentation and User-Guide development geared towards providing user-support
   and training


• Analyzed/designed (object-oriented programming) code for web application including
  developing Process-Data Flow diagrams


• Knowledge of software development lifecycle


• Data Modeling


• Knowledge of object oriented programming


• Visual Studio Web Developer and Visual Basic.NET


• Providing feedbacks on software-tools to help make the software-tools meet the needs of end-user

Software :

• MS Office 2007 including Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel,Powerpoint


• SQL Server including SQL Server Management Studio


• Adobe Acrobat


• Visio


• ER Studio for data modeling

Database :

• Client-Server database


• Data Entry


• Relational database design and implementation


• Database Management including database-project requirement analysis, data modeling, schema design, data security, query
  designs, reporting in Microsoft Access


• Migration of data from Microsoft Access to SQL Server ensuring/testing data integrity
   ok and data accuracy


• Used SQL Server Management Studio to manage databases on SQL Server including
   writing SQL queries  and stored procedures in TSQL


• Data modeling (using data modeling software) and related needs analyses


• Analyzed and reported interactions between SQL Server and ER Studio on transferring schema information between the two applications


• Providing database and reporting solutions for different Project Teams within the company

Business Process Modeling :

• Business Process Modeling for analyzing business processes (and related information) including requirements for software-tools, communicating with team members – Context Diagrams, Workflow, Process Diagrams


• Documentation of Business Processes and tasks


• Software Used :  Visio
  
  

Client Relations :

• Worked with plans on Client Relations


• Following quality assurance procedures to ensure delivery of quality services

Training :

• Project Management – Scrum


• Verbal and Non Verbal Communication Skills                  


• Geographic Information Systems (Certificate Of Completion from ESRI, December 2009) :-

                       Learning ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 9.0 – 9.1)

        Creating and Editing Geodatabase Features with ArcGIS 9.0 – 9.1 (for ArcEditor and
        ArcInfo)

        Basics of Geodatabase Data Model

        Creating and  Integrating Data for Natural Resource Applications (for ArcGIS 9.0 – 9.1) -
        Inprogress

Communication :

• Communicating with clients on their specific needs including follow-ups on requests


• Communicating via emails and verbally including phone conversation


• Planned and created user-guides for software-product to aid with user-training and support, provided feedbacks for product improvements and enhancements


• Conducted and attended meetings


• Worked with software-development team in creating user-guides for user-support


• Communication with supervisors and peers on carrying out tasks, training issues and goals


• Worked with supervisor in preparing cost estimates


• Project Management and Task Organization; Scrum; created agendas, set up weekly
   meetings


• Determining the business-need for existing software with supervisors


• Documented routine tasks to increase efficiency and to aid with the training of new employees

Research :      

• Identifying an original research topic and field research site


• Conducting field and lab experiments, literature searches and writing a master’s thesis, coordinating tasks and completing my thesis on the Effect of Trees on Acid Rain, coordinating with thesis advisor, preparation and presentation of my research results at a conference (American Geophysical Union)         

Publications / Honors/ Memberships

• Member Phi Kappa Phi


• Abstract of Masters Thesis published in Geological Society of America, 1997

·          Outstanding Student Paper Award recognized by the American Geophysical Union, 1997 - Mandal, M, Grandstaff, D.E., 1997, Chemistry of Throughfall and Soil-Moisture and Their Role in Biogeochemical Cycling in the Pine Barrens, New Jersey: Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, Maryland

Education

• Completion Date: 5/2003,  University of Wyoming,   Laramie, WY

Bachelors Degree, Management Information Systems (GPA : 3.91)

• Completion Date: 8/1997,   Temple University,  Philadelphia, PA

          Masters Degree, Geology/Geochemistry (GPA : 3.80)