AWEC

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

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)