EDUCATION:

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 1995

Areas of emphasis:

· Software engineering and business process analysis.
· Design of user requirements and technical specifications in software application development.
· Project management. Defining duration, cost effect, and benefits of projects.
· Relational Database and Query Languages.
· Artificial Intelligence and expert system.
· Business administration.
· Project development life cycle.


UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 1990

Areas of emphasis:

· Management Principles and Applications.
· Human Resource Management.
· Small-Business Management.
· Financial Management.
· Consumer economics.
· Statistical analysis.


COMPUTER SKILLS:

· Object Oriented Programming: Visual FoxPro 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, and VisualAge for Java 4.0.

· Database Application: Visual FoxPro 6.0, Access 2000, and SQL Server 2000.



EXPERIENCE:

1/00-Present Senior FoxPro Consultant: Priority Records, Los Angeles, CA

· Designed, developed, and implemented three new applications for the Merchandise Requisition, Account Payable and Marketing departments using Object Oriented Programming in Visual FoxPro 6.0.
· Each application was tailored to each department's need.
· Created and reused Objects in Classes and Forms.
· Created Databases with Tables and Views.
· Built Relational Database and Data Referential Integrity.
· Developed new reports for Royalties received.
· Built Actual/Forecast Gross Sales and Expense Report for all current released Albums.
· Provided technical advise to the Information Technology Department.
· Documented dataflow process and created data dictionary for all the applications.
· Interfaced EMI 's Lawson Database with Priority Record's Data Warehouse.

11/98-12/99 FoxPro Consultant: Blue Cross of California, CA

· Support Medical Grievance System and Adjudication. Both systems developed in Visual FoxPro.
· Documented the Medical Grievance System.
· Support the Medical Systems of Wellpoint Networks.
· Continually monitor the Medical Grievance System and provide monthly report to the management about the system performance and to make recommendation as to possible improvement.
· Provided technical support to the end users both in Woodland Hills and Newbury Park.


09/97-11/98 Programmer Analyst: Ralphs Grocery Company, Compton, CA

· Analyzed and redesigned systems developed in Visual Basic as front-end and Microsoft SQL server as the back-end. Making them more functional and user friendly.
· Created Databases, Reports, Screens, and Tables in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic.
· Designed, developed, and implemented the Ralphs Credit Card System using Visual Basic.
· Effectively tested and re-coded all the Visual FoxPro based systems to become Y2K compliant.


10/96-08/97 Project Manager: National Institute of Transplantation, Los Angeles, CA

· Developed a comprehensive Relational Database System in Visual FoxPro for maintaining the health status of kidney transplanted patients.
· In charge of identifying the scope of the project, estimating the duration and the cost of the project. Identifying needs, defining requirements, scheduling, and resource allocation.


06/94-09/96 Computer Software Coordinator: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, MD.

· Developed application for the Field Management groups in Visual FoxPro. This application was used to oversee the fund raising activities for the entire foundation.
· Maintained and administered the Network.
· Provided seminars and assistance to all the employees in the foundation for the proper use of the PCs and the Network.

03/91-12/93 Computer Systems Specialist: The George Washington University, Wash. DC.

· Designed, developed, and maintained the Bulletin Board System Network.
· Maintained computer lab user’s database in FoxPro.
· Provided monthly report of system usage to the Dean of the School of Business and Public Management.
· Assisted faculty and administrative staff for the usage of all the PC applications.


Certification:

· Visual FoxPro 6.0 Brainbench Certification:
Date: Tuesday, January 01, 2002
Result: passed at the Master's Level.
Score: 4.55 (Scale of 1 - 5 where 5.0 = Best). Scored higher than 95% of all previous test takers.
To view my test result, go to http://www.brainbench.com. Enter my Transcript ID: 3427811.