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
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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