I am seeking a position as a Project Manager of Support or Training, or as a Lea
d Database Designer with an ongoing role leading teams in design, development an d implementation of client/server or web-based toolscomplex but user-friendlyon relational database platforms. Most of my career has been dedicated to financials tools (Support and Training), and I have had roles as both a Project Manager and a Director. More recently, as an MS Access Database Consultant, I have worked with many types of clients r anging from business supplies, to hospitals, to tennis clubs, and more to desig n many types of tools for each unique environment. Skill Sets Platforms: MS Access, MS Excel, SQL Server, Oracle, DataFlex, Paradox, GemBase , MySQL, FileMaker Pro, Lotus, Powerpoint, Visio, MS Project, Citrix. Languages: Visual Basic, SQL, TSQL, COBOL, Pascal, DataFlex, HTML/XML, TCL, C, UML. Operating systems: Windows, DOS, VMS, UNIX. Functions: OLAP, ODBC, Data warehouse, POS, AR, PO, Inventory, Research. Professional Experience 2001 March-Current. Self-employed, San Francisco, CA. See page 3 for project details. Database Consultant Designed, developed MS Access tools, some from scratch, some rebuilds. 4-120 u ser environments. Access 97-2007. Dynamic SQL embedded in Visual Basic to supp ort source logic. Extensive ODBC. All core structures were fully normalized; many tools were dynamically denormal ized to support higher speed processing. Many projects required training the us ers. Nationwide clientele. OLAP, Data Warehousing, POS, PO, AR, AP, Inventory, Clinical Research, Research Compliance, Patient Monitoring, Club Services, much more. 1997 October-2001 March. VISA (Inovant), Foster City, CA. Regional Service Manager Designed OLAP tool (MS/Access, ODBC links to DB2) to analyze/monitor all projec ts for Planning Division. Multiple RDBs to compare estimates to actuals. 1 assi stant. Led project to create/deliver detailed implementation and RDB training for new settlement transaction interface. Created/edited monthly newsletter about this project. 900 readers. Designed, wrote MS/Access program to monitor and analyze programs, sub-procedur es, and sub-steps of old and new single-message system. Led project to update program logic to assure favorable rates for Check Card tr ansactions. 1997 August-September. Levi-Strauss, Personnel Division, San Francisco, CA. DBA, Contract Cleaned, enhanced Access database used in personnel network to monitor manpower allocation while downsizing. Security access for key users. Attached enhanced database to Excel spreadsheets. Security access. 1997 June-July. Empart Technologies, Foster City, CA. Project Manager, Contract Designed Project Management tool to facilitate Gantt chart logic and traditiona l development phases, along with monitoring of consultants production. Researched implementation of catalog-viewing tool in piano market (Yamaha). Lo cal application and web site.
1997 January-May. Scopus, Emeryville, CA.
Project Manager/Curriculum Developer, Contract Enhanced core course from 2 to 3 days to train technically inclined customers o n design of tables/forms with SQL using ScopusWorks. Added database concepts an d project to create one-to-many environment from the ground up. Trained users in Forms Design and Tcl. 1990-1996. Ross Systems, Redwood City, CA. Project Manager, Support Managed quarterly project to publish 12-page Bulletin for users of the Ross pac kages. Editor-in-chief; four assistants. Mastered AP, PO, AR and GL modules of two independent accounting packages. (On e VAX and COBOL, the other C/S and GemBase) for trouble-shooting purposes. Exte nsive interfacing with users and programmers. AR Lead; three assistants. Wrote feasibility study on designing custom gas-monitoring software for Metropo litan Washington Airports Authority. Designed and wrote comparative analysis of RMS flat-file Accounts Receivable pa ckage and RDB/Client Server version; migration plan; Commitment Accounting train ing manual. 1986-1989. Citicorp, Denver, CO. Financial Analyst Designed, implemented Lotus spreadsheet program to monitor performance of colle ctors. (Also designed spreadsheet macros that created 60% reduction in time to produce risk management reports on $500 million portfolio.) Independent Consultant, part-time. Designed, programmed database environment f or salvage business. Handles inventory, invoices, customer accounts, marketing data; peer-to-peer network, DataFlex. Project lead: Requirements definition for automated accounting in a museum; sp readsheet program to monitor endowment funds for a university. Professorships 1992-2006. Golden Gate University, UC/Berkeley Extension, and Skyline College, Bay Area, CA. Adjunct Professor, concurrent/overlapping/intermittent. Civic Positions Board Member of Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California. 2009-current Chair on Citizens Advisory Committee for CalTrain/Joint Powers Board. 1994-199 6 Employee Transportation Coordinator for Ross Systems. 1994-1996 Publications Limitations of Wada memory asymmetry as a predictor of outcomes after temporal lobectomy, Neurology. 2005 Sep 13;65(5):659. Co-authored. Editor-in-chief of newsletters for Ross Systems (1993-1996) and Visa migration project to new Transaction Processing System (1999-2000.) Education University of Denver, Denver, CO. MBA acquired in 1985, specializing in MIS. Control Data Institute, San Francisco, CA. Programming Certificate acquired in 1990. University of Montana, Missoula, MT. BA acquired in 1975, English. Projects as an Independent MS Access Database Consultant, 2001-current By passion. UCSF Medical Center, Epilepsy Center. Ongoing design, development of clinical tools to monitor epilepsy patients. Social Cognition research, Psychometric pro filing, WADA, more. Secured, client/server, abstract objects. NYU Medical Center, Epilepsy Center. Informatics Director, Epilepsy Phenome/Ge nome Project. Designed numerous tools to support collection of DNA samples, ima ges, and diagnostic data from 12 Epilepsy Centers. Extensive on-site work at NY U, Columbia (Presbyterian), Emory, and UCSF. Access and SQL Server, Citrix. GetCellular. Ongoing three-year development of inventory, user, accounting, an d marketing tools for cellphone retailer. Flat-file to RDB; extensive VB cleanu p. Secured, client/server, 10+ users. Alpine Hills Tennis Club, Portola Valley. Redesigned, enhanced billing tool fo r Tennis, Aquatics, and Fitness. Interfaced with ABC Accounting. Access 2007, fully secured. 20+ users. UCSF Medical Center, MS Genetics Project. Research project involving hundreds of thousands of participating families. Redesigned, enhanced tool to monitor re pository of blood samples, experiments. Secured, client/server, 10+ users. Duke and Vanderbilt Universities, Consolidated MS Genetics project. Designed t ool to support sharing of research data through automated, secured, e-mail trans fer. Meets HIPAA. UAB Hospital, Epilepsy Center. Designed, developed MRI/PET/SPECT/MSI scoring t ool. Secured, client/server, abstract objects. International Travelers Medical Clinic. Designed patient monitoring and vaccin ation history tool. Multi-clinic, secured, client/server. Model for web-based t ool. UCSF Medical Center, Allergy Clinic. Designed, developed tool to keep track of skin tests, allergy shots. Included PDA data capture. Secured, client/server. Access and abcDB on PDA. VA San Francisco, NCIRE (Northern California Institute for Research and Educati on). Designed, developed tool to monitor grant applications, then interface wit h Solomon accounting package (SQL Server) to support awards and allocations. Ac cess and SQL Server. VA San Francisco, NMSC Project. Transitioned from flat files to RDB. Designed , developed tools to monitor communication with participating patients; analysis questionnaire. 4 users. VA San Francisco, Substance Abuse Clinic. Redesigned, enhanced clinical tool t o track patient visit and medical records. Implements RPC Broker to link direct ly to VistA. TELEform data collection. Meets HIPAA. Secured, client/server, 1 0+ users. UCSF Medical Center, ALS Clinic. Redesigned, enhanced clinical tool to track p atient visit and medical records. Secured, client/server, abstract objects. Ac cess and SQL Server. ALS Association, Bay Area Chapter. Led project to customize and implement Exce ed! Donations tool. FoxPro; ODBC to Access for accessories. Secured, 8 users. Essex Environmental, an architectural firm. Redesigned, enhanced project monit oring tools. Also designed and created field-reporting tool with fully automate d link to Outlook. Multi-level security, 120+ users, 60+ projects. Secured, cl ient/server. J Snell, Inc. Redesigned, rebuilt inventory/invoicing/marketing/POS tool for b usiness machine supplier. Many financial service customers. Secured, client/se rver, 10+ users. VA San Francisco, Clinical Research Office. Designed, developed tool to monito r, confirm detailed compliance of clinical research projects and staff involved. Secured, client/server, 4 users.