Resume
EDUCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Adjunct Faculty, East Campus
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - IT Principal Analyst, District Office
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Student Services Specialist - Advisor, Downtown Campus
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - Teaching Assistant
INDUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
MAGNUS SOFTWARE
JCPENNEY SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMING
- B.S., Computer Science, Middle Tennessee State University.
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising, Kansas State University.
- M.S. in Academic Advising, Kansas State University,
WORK EXPERIENCE
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Adjunct Faculty, East Campus
- Taught:
- CIS 100 - Introduction to Computers
- CIS 104 - Computer Fundamentals
- CIS 129 - Programming and Problem Solving I
- CIS 131 - Programming and Problem Solving II
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - IT Principal Analyst, District Office
- Project Manager
- Business Analyst
- Worked with college administrators, directors, faculty and staff to implement new software and redesign business processes across the college
- Lead presenter of a session on Workflow at a national conference
- Lead facilitator at a session on software module leadership at a national conference
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Student Services Specialist - Advisor, Downtown Campus
- Met with more than 4000 students one-on-one and in orientation / group advising sessions
- Worked with students on educational programs, classes, and methods for achieving success
- Worked with students working towards Associates Degrees, Certificates, and general education requirements for transfer
- Completed degree checks, created Educational Plans
- Advised undecided students and helped students create educational plans
- Advised first generation students, international students, ESL students, and students from multi-cultural backgrounds
- Advised socio-economically and culturally diverse populations
- Advised students on academic probation
- Advised students on financial probation and help with their financial aid appeals
- Experienced with using Banner software
- Have completed many of the Federal Student Aid online training modules
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - Teaching Assistant
- Taught Microsoft Excel to 2100 students
- Presented orientation sessions in a large auditorium for 250 students at a time
- Advised and tutored students during office and tutoring hours
- Created and graded homework and exams, posted grades, enforced academic integrity cases
- More than 95% of my students passed the MS-Excel Specialist Certification Exam
INDUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Director of Architecture, Portals, and Release Delivery for the PassPort product at Indus International, an international software company with products for nuclear and electric utilities and large manufacturers
- Managed the software development and maintenance work of more than 30 programmers, systems analysts, quality assurance analysts, technical writers, and technical support personnel
- Effectively created and tracked detailed project plans using Microsoft Project
- Coordinated the work of multiple departments to deliver software and documentation
- Responsible for a departmental budget of $3.5 million dollars
- Successfully delivered more than forty software product releases to customers
- Trained customers and new employees on company software and Microsoft applications
- Lead speaker at the company’s User Conference sessions
- Organized the consolidation of several floors of the office building
MAGNUS SOFTWARE
- Product Manager and Systems Analyst
- Managed the development and support of the FLEXTRAK software system
JCPENNEY SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMING
- Programmer / Analyst, Project Team Lead
- Programmed in COBOL and Assembler Languages for retail applications