PROFILE

• Highly knowledgeable in the automotive industry
• Award winning business and analysis skills to go along with a strong technical background
• Responsible, highly organized worker known for strong attention to detail
• Experienced with a wide range systems: from mainframes to the internet, and from databases to user-interface design
• Looking for a role that combines both my interests and skills. Such an environment will allow me to perform to the best of my abilities and make the greatest contribution to the organization
• Able to relocate or travel

EDUCATION

2003 - 2005

Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix
Specialist: Technology Management

1997 - 2001

Honors Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto
Specialist: Computer Science (Human-Computer Interaction)
Major: Psychology

2007 - Present

Nissan Canada Inc., IS Consultant
• Serve as a communications link between business units, IS core team, and vendors that provide IS services
• Oversee IS projects throughout the entire project lifecycle, from preliminary feasibility studies to project conclusion
• Transform and document business requirements into system requirements
• Write high level technical design documents and develop prototypes for IS projects
• Develop application test plans and perform application testing
• Perform IS systems support tasks

2002 - 2007

TD Canada Trust Technology Solutions, IT Specialist
• 2006 TD Act for Impact Award winner
• Write system specification documents that convert business requirements into technical requirements for developers
• Assist with project managers to develop project plans, timelines, and task assignments
• Actively involved in system architecture design sessions
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for developers
• Oversee code walkthrough sessions with developers
• Perform web development tasks on J2EE framework
• Perform mainframe development tasks

2001 - 2002

Prinova Technologies, Consultant - Web Initiatives
• Collaborate with clients in the design and creation of solutions to increase speed, productivity, and reliability
• Develop corporate web portal to provide hosted solution offerings for clients
• Perform web development tasks on a variety of frameworks
• Perform web server and database administration tasks

2000 - 2001

LearnNetLive! Inc., Systems Analyst
• Perform web development tasks
• Conduct quality assurance activities
• Customize authoring tool to reduce time required to create XML documents
• Maintain XML-based data repository

FREELANCE (Preston Wong Designs)

2002 - 2003

Clineo
• Actively involved in architecture and system design of Clinical Management System
• Write design documents to illustrate technical designs and requirements for developers
• Assist in the development of project plans, timelines, and task assignments for developers
• Perform web development tasks

2002

Pitlane and Paddock
• Design, develop, and administer website for client

2001

Prestige Auto Art & Gift Gallery
• Design, develop, and administer website for client

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Certifications:

Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, IBM DB2 Certified Specialist, Microsoft Certified Professional

• Internet:

Apache, ASP, CGI, EJB, HTML, IBM WebSphere, J2EE, Javascript, JSP, Microsoft .NET, PHP, servlets, struts, XML, XSLT, XSL-FO

• Databases:

IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL

• Mainframe:

COBOL, Endevor, IMS, JCL, Jetforms, MFS, MVS/ESA, SAS, Telon

• Languages:

Java, C, C++, Perl, Visual Basic