EDUCATION

College of the North Atlantic, St. John's, NF. Applied Business
Information Technology Diploma, December 1997.

Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF.
Bachelor of Arts Degree, December 1993, (History Major,
Newfoundland Studies Minor).

IT WORK EXPERIENCE

Apr/99-Apr/00
Statistics Division
Policy and Economics Branch
Department Of Fisheries and Oceans
St. John's, NF

Title: Junior Systems Analyst

Duties:

Produce specialised reports using SQL, SQL*PLUS, from ORACLE database, and Historical requests using Powerhouse on a MPE/IX environment for Government, Media, and other sources.
Request management.
Analyse requests from various sources to determine data requested.
File/Data audits for Powerhouse to Oracle conversions.
Analyse data, programming procedures for accuracy.
Create functions using PL*SQL.
Access 97 database Administration and reports.
Updating and installing software on user PCs.
Troubleshooting user PCs.
Backup and restore files on a HP 3000 as requested.

Oct/98-Nov/98
Avalon West School Board
Dunville Memorial Academy
St. Mary's, NF

Title: Technology Facilitator

Duties:

Prepare/teach courses in microcomputer technology for teachers, students, and people from the surrounding communities.
Assist computer lab instructor in afternoon labs.
Troubleshoot and make recommendations for upgrading of computer equipment
Troubleshoot network problems.  

Title: Programming Consultant

Duties:

Make COBOL/Powerhouse changes - Error handling/security.
Year 2000 conversions, conversions from RDB database to ORACLE database.
Query and Update Database Tables.
Run weekly and nightly batches to test data integrity from programs, as well as fix those programs as needed.
Use of CONNIX and Compare XPert to aid in data comparison.
Develop and execute ORACLE/COBOL/DCL procedures to advance all dates and timestamps in all files and tables in all systems involved in technical migration.
Year 2000 software/data checking activities batch functional testing.

Jan/98 - May/98
ORACLE Tutor

Duties:

Assist Oracle student in individual assignments
Help prepare student for examinations.  

Installing PC hardware and software
Trouble shooting PC hardware and software
Web page design and maintenance  

Dec/94 - Jan/98 and
July/98 - Apr/99
Newfoundland Liquor Corporation
Kenmount Road, St. John's, NF

Title: Liquor Store Salesclerk/Stockhandler, Courier Van Driver.
 

Nov/93 - Nov/94
Mrs. Vanelli's Pizza
TSC, Memorial University
and Village Mall, St. John's NF.

Title: Manager
 
 

Jul/87 - Nov/93
Mrs. Vanelli's Pizza
Avalon Mall, St. John's, NF

Title: Pizzamaker/Sales Clerk
 
 

Nov/89 - Mar/92
Mark's Work Wearhouse
Village Mall, St. John's, NF

Title: Footwear Product Manager,
          Customer Service
          Representative, Sales Clerk.
 
 

Jun/84 - Dec/89
Kanstor Ltd.
Topsail Rd. Mt. Pearl

Title: General Labourer

HOBBIES AND OTHER INTERESTS

- Member of the Newfoundland Screech Rowing team
- Woodworking
- Softball
- Photography