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| Consultant | IT Consultant · Project Manager · Business Systems Analyst | |
| 2000+ |
Currently a computer consultant working on IT contracts, focusing on enterprise/web projects. Expertise in project management, business analysis, systems integration, enterprise architecting and web development. |
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| Analyst | Systems Integrator · Business Systems Analyst · Project Manager | |
| 1989-1999 |
Ten years of Systems Integrating and Sales Engineering, performing customer needs analysis, systems design, integration, implementation and project management. |
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| Engineer | Aerospace Engineer · Systems Manager · Software Team Leader | |
| 1982-1989 |
Seven years of Systems Managing, Software Team Leading and Systems/Enterprise Programming for aerospace corporations in weapons systems development. |
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| Education & Affiliations | ||
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1980-1985 1986-1991 1991-1998 |
California
State University, Long Beach,
CA |
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| Affiliations | CSULB-Alumni* · IEEE · PMI-OC · AIP-OC · SIA-OC · WTF · Toastmasters | |
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Profile
Experienced Project Manager and Business Systems Analyst,
with a technical programming background. |
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| 1999-2009 | Project Manager · Business Analyst/Integrator (consultant) |
Nish Consulting · Costa Mesa, CA |
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Project Managed enterprise architecting, implementations, web designs, migrations, upgrades, statistical log analysis and reporting systems. Delivered project plans, statements of work, service agreements, operations and disaster procedures. Analyzed e-business needs, gathered requirements, risks, enterprise assessment and documentation, technical and procedural practices analysis. Designed and developed web layouts, graphics, animation, programming and data retrieval. Integrated e-business web sites, portals and B2B/C solutions. |
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| - Office, Project, Visio, FrontPage · Notes, RUP · Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver · HTML, CGI-Perl, Visual Studio, ASP/VB-Java-C · SQL-IIS-ASP.Net · Netscape, Apache, WebLogic, ColdFusion, WebTrends, Unix - | ||
| 02/98-01/99 | Sr. Systems/Project Engineer · eBusiness Analyst (Sun VAR) |
Acclaim Technology · Irvine, CA |
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Project Engineered and analyzed
e-business needs, risks, project plans and ROI. Integrated
enterprise client/servers, e-commerce services and applications. Programmed
advanced client needs. Certified
by Sun Microsystems, and trained by CISCO, Veritas, Vignette, OpenMarket, ColdFusion
and e-business partners. |
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| 07/96-02/98 | Systems Manager · Business Integrator (edi) |
Cincom Systems · Irvine, CA |
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Managed regional computer resources,
web and CRM services. Architect of new office and network,
adding corporate access. Integrated enterprise client/servers and
EDI.
Customer support and sales staff trainer. |
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| 10/94-07/96 | Systems/Project Engineer · Network Integrator (network) |
Computer Associates · Huntington Beach, CA |
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Project Engineered and analyzed
business and network requirements. Integrated
enterprise and network servers, automation and security. Technical Consultant of network
and configuration management software. |
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| 05/89-10/94 | Systems/Project Engineer · Enterprise Integrator (enterprise) |
Data General · Irvine, CA |
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Project Engineered and analyzed
business and enterprise requirements. Integrated client/server, data
server and services. Technical
Consultant of server installation, programming, performance tuning and
trainings. |
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| 04/86-05/89 | Systems Manager · Software Team Leader (aerospace) |
Rockwell Collins · Santa Ana, CA |
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Managed development/test facilities and staff, mentored and trained operators. Software Team Leader and QA of programmers for MILSTAR, with Secret/ComSec clearances. - DEC/VAX, DG/AOS, Unix · FORTRAN - |
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| 06/82-04/86 | Systems Administrator · Software Engineer (aerospace) |
Ford Aerospace · Newport Beach, CA |
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Programmed R&D systems in the Imaging Processing Lab/Advanced Development Org. and DIVAD program, with security clearance. - DEC/VAX, DG/AOS · Ada, Atlas, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, Assembly - |
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| Education & Affiliations | ||
| 1980-1985 | Bachelors of Science · Computer Science Engineering | |
| 1986-1991 | Extension courses · Computer Science | |
| 1991-1998 |
Sun Microsystems (C2K,E10K,Java) - Data General (Unix) - various other certifications |
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| CSULB-Alumni* · IEEE · PMI-OC · AIP-OC · SIA-OC · WTF · Toastmasters | ||
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| Portfolio |
| Projects | ||
| 1999-2009 | Project Manager ·
Business Analysis/Integration
(consultant) Projects are detailed below by client |
Nish Consulting |
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Project Managed enterprise architecting, implementations, web designs, migrations, upgrades, statistical log analysis and reporting systems. Delivered project plans, statements of work, service agreements, operations and disaster procedures. Analyzed e-business needs, gathered requirements, risks, enterprise assessment and documentation, technical and procedural practices analysis. Designed and developed web layouts, graphics, animation, programming and data retrieval. Integrated e-business websites, portals and B2B/C solutions. |
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| 05/08-09/08 | Project
Engineer · Business Systems Analysis (aircraft) Project Manager · SDLC development |
Boeing |
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Authored procedures and management reports. Audited project controls of existing task management process. Developed project/task SDLC and CM methodology, from Corporate Macroscope standards, using MS-Project and Office, including customized management tracking and timeline reports for the eMOD organization. |
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| 01/07-08/07 | Engagement Engineer ·
Business Systems Analysis (sas-70) SAS-70 · Analysis and Remediation |
Capital
Group |
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Authored SAS-70 reports and prepared IT Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 compliance documentation. Audited and analyzed general computer controls and business unit applications. Designed and implemented Waterfall/Scrum SDLC methodologies across multiple software development organizations. |
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| 04/04-11/06 | Engagement Engineer ·
Business Systems Analysis (sox) Sarbanes Oxley · Analysis and IT Audits |
SOX
404 clients |
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Authored Sarbanes-Oxley reports including Narratives, Risk Control Matrices and IT audit reports through remediation for section 404 compliance. Audited general computer controls and business unit applications for COBIT/COSO conformity. Contracted for SOX/SAS70 engagements at Ameriquest, Impac (mortgage); Boeing, Ducommun Inc. (DTI, DAS), Mazda, Sparta (manufact); First Consulting Group, PacifiCare (health); Smart&Final, 99cent (retail); also remediation, SDLC/RUP, data/email archiving and retrieval. |
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| 06/03-03/04 | Project Lead · eBusiness
Analysis/Integration
(mortgage) Mortgage branch processing · Lender interface |
NovaStar |
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Architect of electronic mortgage branch office and network. Installed and integrated client/servers, file storage, office automation and Point loan software. Programmed mortgage/lending web interfaces, LendingTree, National Mortgage, American Home Equity and web based credit pulling services. Integrated consumer electronic applications with Point mortgage qualification, processing and underwriting database. |
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| 09/02-03/03 | Project Manager · Web
Design/Programming
(web/portal) County commission website · SQL interface |
Children&Families
Commission |
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Authored RFP response and bid, project plan, collected and validated user requirements, definition, scope and expectations for deliverables. Architect of the Children & Families Commission of Orange County website. Designed website graphics with Photoshop and Flash. Programmed the database interface with ASP/VBScript to MS-SQL server. Integrated the website with the State's data warehousing vendor CS&O. |
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| 11/01-04/02 | Project Engineer ·
Web/SQL Programming
(intranet) Web training manual · SAP interface |
Avaya |
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Designed and programmed a web based training manual for remote field and corporate users. Delivered HTML web pages and Flash animations for training manual on corporate intranet and distribution. Programmed SAP Business Warehouse forms interface, with ASP/VBScript interface to MS-SQL server. Coordinated with other remote project engineers located around the country through conference calls and email. |
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| 02/01-04/01 |
Project
Manager · eBusiness Analysis/Architecting
(pmo) Project plans and analysis for business units |
Toyota
Motors |
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Authored project plans for business application units and delivered to the Production Services department. Analyzed, collected and validated user requirements, definition, scope and expectations for deliverable plans. Delivered system documents, processes, diagrams, manuals and service level agreements. Managed work requirements for system/db administrators and held design, review, release meetings with vendors. |
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| 11/00-01/01 |
Project Lead · eBusiness Analysis
(e-business) Project plan for corporate IS duplication-migration-separation |
Conexant Systems |
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Delivered migration plan, enterprise configurations and specifications for the NT Servers group. Analyzed and collected business units requirements and issues. Designed migration methodology, documentation/templates, QA standards and procedures for the divisional migration and separation of corporate NT applications, ftp and web servers. Managed and coordinated conversion staff and migration team. |
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| 12/99-09/00 | Project Manager · eBusiness
Analysis
(web/portal) Java migration · Web log analysis system |
Pacific Life-Annuities |
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Delivered enterprise architecture documentation and disaster recovery procedures to the Strategic Information Systems department of the Annuities Division. Programmed and prototyped support for the CGI-Perl to Java Enterprise migration. Designed, developed and managed a web log file analysis reporting and distribution system. Analyzed, researched and prototyped new and emerging technologies for IT and web use. |
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| 09/99-12/99 | Project Engineer ·
eBusiness Integration
(e-commerce) Email gateway programming for news publication system |
Orange County Register |
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Delivered project plan with gateway specifications and deadlines. Programmed Internet email gateway for the IS department's CCI news publication system for email distribution to news affiliates. Provided further general Unix systems programming, integration work and implementation support to the news IT organization. |
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| 07/99-09/99 | Project Lead ·
eBusiness Integration (infrastructure)
Enterprise and data server installations and configurations |
Shipper.com |
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Delivered enterprise documentation and designs. Installed and configured operating systems for CIO on Sun/Solaris and Windows/NT including Netscape-SuiteSpot and MS-IIS web services. Programmed and developed the intranet for the web based commerce delivery company. |
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| 06/99-07/99 | Project Engineer ·
eBusiness Integration
(web porting) Unix to Microsoft website porting and migration |
Salk Institute |
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Delivered migration plan for Unix-Netscape based web server migration to departmental Windows PC running Apache shareware server for the Conceptual Immunology Group. Programmed and ported C applications for biological simulation to run in MS environment and converted dependent web pages and applications. |
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| 02/99-04/99 | Project Engineer ·
eBusiness Analysis (e-commerce) Next generation web services architecting for media portal |
Walt
Disney |
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Architect a Unix-Web environment, from first generation electronic commerce and business services to the automated next generation. Upgraded to newer e-commerce and business processing engines, with more personalized and user profiled interface. Partnered with Vignette for user profiling and customization. |
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| 03/98-4/98 | Project Engineer ·
eBusiness Integration (infrastructure) Enterprise and data server installations and configurations |
Envision Group |
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Installed, configured and performance tuned the operating systems and web services for their ISP hosting servers. Programmed and configured Internet hosting web services and protocols. |
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| 10/95-04/96 | Project Lead ·
Network Integration
(CA consultant) Enterprise and network management design and implementation |
Tektronix |
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Analyzed for Computer Associates and designed, tested and delivered to Tektronix an enterprise systems management and network monitoring system, integrating CA with third party solutions. |
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| 01/94-06/94 | Project Lead ·
Business Integration (DG
contractor)
Operations console design/implementation · Help desk training |
St. Mary Medical Center |
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Analyzed for Data General the hospital IS needs. Programmed and trained the operation of the Unix systems operations console. Implemented a help desk system. Mentored and trained help desk and operations staff. |
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| 01/93-12/94 | Systems/Project Engineer ·
Enterprise Integration (DG
contractor)
Enterprise and network services implementations and training |
Data General |
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Analyzed and integrated Data General systems and enterprises. Installed network, hardware and software applications, operations configurations and training for existing major accounts throughout North America. |
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| 04/87-05/88 | Systems/Operations
Manager · Management (employee)
IT development · IS operations - facilities and staff management |
Rockwell Collins |
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Managed systems development, integration and test facilities for the MILSTAR program. Designed the R&D system, coordinated vendor bidding, procurement and maintenance for the test and integration lab. |
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| 04/86-04/87 |
Software Team Lead · Management (employee)
Development, QA and integration coordination of programmers |
Rockwell Collins |
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Team Lead of software development engineers (employee and contract) for the MILSTAR program. Managed the development, integration and testing of the DAMA module on a Air Force satellite. |
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| Skills |
| Skills, Certifications & Experience (©=certified, #=years of experience) | |||
| Project/Team | Years | Applications | Comments |
| Project Management | 10+ 5+ 2 10 3+ |
MS-Project,
Waterfall Rational-RUP, Niku-Clarity Macroscope, Scrum MS-Visio, RUP-Rose-ReqPro MS -SharePoint, -VisualSourceSafe |
Project Management, WBS Systems Development Life Cycle / Change Management methodologies Enterprise architecting and UML design Configuration, file sharing |
| Team Applications | 2 3 2 |
PVCS-Tracker,
Legato, TrueSoft Calyx-Point, Empower-FNIS VMark-PICK, SAP, PeopleSoft-HR |
SCM, PDL/UML, QA/testing, distribution Mortgage and lending software LOS Data warehousing, enterprise software |
| Compliance | 5 | DCAA, ISO SOX-404-COSO/CobiT.org .com |
Defense Contract, IntStdsOrg, Financial Sarbanes-Oxley |
| Front Office | 10 | MS-Office, Lotus-Notes | Word, Excel, Power Point, IBM-Lotus |
| Internet/Web | Years | Applications | Comments |
| Web Servers | 5 3 1 |
Netscape-SuiteSpot, MS-IIS Apache, WebLogic, WebTrends Allaire-ColdFusion, ActiveX |
Systems Integrated, installed, configured and trained customers on development and administration of websites |
| eBusiness | © | OpenMarket-Transact | e-business transactional engine |
| Content/Front ends | © 7+ 5 2 |
ShopSite,
LiveCommerce FrontPage, VisualStudio, PageMill MM-Flash -Dreamweaver Vignette, CrystalReports, OpenSite |
Catalog serving, Web/HTML/XML design Front-end animated content, Profiling, reporting and auction packages |
| Graphics | 7+ | Photoshop, Illustrator | Graphical Design |
| Programming | Years | Tools | Comments |
| Internet/Web | 7+ 3 |
HTML, CGI-Perl,
VB-Java-Scripts VisualStudio, ASP.Net-VBasic, Java |
Website development, page/forms and visual design programming |
| Structured/Object | 10 | Ada, C, C++, Pascal, Visual Tools | Commercial languages |
| 1st/2nd Generation | 7 | FORTRAN, BASIC | Legacy languages |
| Batch , Real-time | 5 | COBOL, Assembly | Main frame and real-time languages |
| Unix/Shell | 10+ | (ksh,awk,grep,vi,csh,tcl) | Unix server shell programming |
| Database/SQL | 3 7 |
Oracle, Sybase, MS-SQL
server Access, Paradox, DBase, XML |
Database installation, configuration, performance tuning and programming |
| System/Hardware | Years | Software | Comments |
| Sun Microsystems/Sparc Storage Array |
© 2 |
Solaris
Unix Volume Manager |
Certified Solaris-Reseller Engineer C2K-Workgroup/Enterprise, E10K |
| Data General/AViiON EMC-CLARiiON MV,Nova |
© © 7 |
DGUX Unix RAID storage array AOS/VS |
Data General employee and consultant for 5 years certified on open system platforms |
| IBM/RS6000 | 2 | AIX | Operating System |
| Hewlett Packard/9000 | 5 | HPUX Unix, Openview | Operating System, SNMP monitoring |
| Compaq/DEC Alpha, VAX |
2 5 |
DECUX VMS |
Operating Systems |
| Intel | 10+ 2 |
Windows/NT Linux |
Office Suite, Visual Tools Unix operating system |
| Environment | Years | Applications | Comments |
| Network/Ethernet, DSL | 10+ | TCP/IP, DNS, NIS | Internet configuration, web server support |
| Security | 5 | Unicenter, ACE-SecurWorld, Tivoli | Computer Associates, IBM |
| Monitoring | 5 | SUNet Manager, HP Openview | SNMP network monitoring and response |
| Storage | 5 | EMC, Veritas , AXS-One | Data, Filesystem/VolumeManager, e-Mail |