MS Software Engineering, Enrolled: University of Houston Clear Lake
BS Computer Science, Troy State University (1987)
AS Management Information Science, Community College of the Air Force (1986)
AS Technical Management, Vernon Regional Junior College (1984)
AS Electronic Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force (1984)
Six Sigma Green Belt Training SSGB (07/01/2005)
(MCP) Microsoft Certified Professional 2284284
BrainBench Certified: ID#:2481415
Professional Activities:
Invited
Speaker, CMMS-2005, Computerized Maintenance Management Summit, Indianapolis, IN 2005
Invited
Speaker, Houston Area League of PC Users, TX, 2001
Executive Board, Society
of Women Engineers (SWE)
Member of American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Publications:
Chapter Author, Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology 1st Edition, (Francis Books) Spring 2007
Chapter Author, Case Studies and Applications of Web Based Energy Information and Control Systems (Fairmont Press), June 2005
Articles of Interest:
Selecting the right Maintenance Information System, Maintenance Technology Magazine, Vol 17, #2, Feb 2004
Process Selection and UML: Interview with Martin Fowler, Component Developer Magazine, Issue 3, 2001
Featured Writer Component Developer Magazine (Book Review Section) 2000 - 2001
Awards:
Cameron Technical Publication and Presentation Award 2005
Details:
Service
Maintenance Planner 04/02-Present]
Cameron's Compression System,
Technical design authority on client side Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) used in the planning and scheduling of maintenance on industrial engines and compressors. Primary responsibilities include software design, data migration, regression and performance testing of client-server applications.
Define
functional requirements based upon user interviews.
Design and
develop interface to SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance (PM) module using ABAP.
Write system
interface for the transfer of data between handheld devices and PC.
Travel (as needed) to demonstrate software architecture to both existing clients and prospects.
Small Business Owner/Consultant -Microsoft Certified Professional Consultant to corporate and small business organizations
with focus on creation and maintenance of new software applications.
Project:
Corporate Parking
Contracted to
design a corporate parking management software system for the Shell Oil
Corporation.
Interacted with
software developers, customer and operations personnel to clarify design issues,
and integration requirements.
Reengineered
existing database system using a 3-tiered application architecture model.
Created
automated scripts and data driven tests to test the functionality, Regression
Testing, and GUI Testing of the application.
Application
integration to Excel using VBA language.
Project:
Project Management
Responsible for
full Object Oriented development cycle including analysis and design
methodologies.
Documented test
plans and test cases based on the Cockburn's definition and use case
documents.
Interpreted,
modified and improved coding including database stored procedures, functions,
and triggers.
Lead and
participated in defect review meetings with the team members.
Logged,
maintained & tracked defects, assigned type & severity levels.
On-site consultant with responsibility for maintenance and enhancement of TALON, a global freight tracking control system.
Primary
responsibility for programming invoice area, program corrections, report and
screen development, and new program development.
Responsible for
both GUI, Database Testing (SQL Server), and validating the application against
the database.
* Awarded Best Client Server
Application of the Year (1999) by Microsoft.
Programmer Analyst [10/99-02/00] Maintained and enhanced software for the company in-house application. This single application performed all personnel and accounting functions. The system was built using Visual FoxPro 6.0 and Visual Extend OO Framework. Designed and implemented Software Support tracking application using VFP and HTML. Special Projects: Member of a design team responsible for the development of prototype for companyâ?™s commercial software package called BD 360. Designed with use case methodology, this business development application used Visual FoxPro 6.0, XML, COM, and DBI controls.
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Database Analyst [12/96-01/99] Worked in a group developing Visual FoxPro applications for Windows 95 platform across a Novell network. Analyzed user needs and then planned, designed, tested, and debugged new releases and upgrades of software to facilitate staff in the financial regulation of utilities. Other projects included maintaining the Commission's Internet Web site (UNIX platform) in conjunction with Florida State University staff. Responsible for training new personnel on specific aspects of the LAN based systems. Special Projects: Primary participant in the re-engineering of applications from Fox 2.6 (DOS) to VFP.
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Program Analyst/Assistant LAN Administrator [07/95-12/96] Provided programming support to the Program Development Office and other central and statewide offices. Coded FoxPro applications for the financial management of the department's Five-Year Work Program. Provided technical support to Program Development staff for personal computer and LAN-based applications. This includes installing and configuring PC and LAN software on workstations, distributing technical documentation, diagnosing, preventing, and correcting end-user problems |
XP, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000/ME/98/NT, UNIX, Internet Technologies, Novell NetWare, MVS, DOSVisual FoxPro, SQL Server, Oracle, Access, DB2Visual SourceSafe, Visual Extend, Visual Modeler, Microsoft Office, xCaseProficiency in: Visual FoxPro 8.0, Application design/development, GUI Design, ANSI SQL, Object-Oriented/Component Based Development, Client/Server Methodology, MS N-Tier Architecture, Operating in a Windows XP/2000/ME/9x environment, Office Automation, MS SQL Server .NET Technology, C#, XML, UML, Visual Interdev, MS ActiveSync, SAPR/3 version 4.6X PM , ABAP, UNIX shell scripts (C shell, Bourne shell), Emacs
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