Darryl Myers

**** ********** ******* *****, #****

Tallahassee, FL 32308

850-***-****

mrck7q@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

* Twenty years experience in the full life cycle development of databases and application software.

* Gathered and prioritized requirements, designed, created, maintained, and enhanced databases and software applications, wrote documentation, and provided training.

* Excellent written and oral communication skills.

* Created, maintained, and enhanced numerous databases, including Oracle, Access, SQL Server, and Sybase. Years of experience with SQL as well as programming interfaces including Pro*C and PL/SQL.

* Designed, developed, and supported dozens of server applications with database tools as well as programming facilities including C and Unix shell scripting.

* Imported, exported, and converted over a dozen data sets and databases using tools including Import, Export, SQL*Loader, and DB Artisan.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

(completed all requirements except for writing a dissertation)

Master of Arts, History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Master of Science, Computer Science, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts, Humanities, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL

EXPERIENCE

Positions held:

Full-time Graduate Student

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

2004-present

Held several paid positions while in graduate school, including:

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

2004-2011

* Designed and taught a specialty advanced undergraduate course

* Graded over three thousand student papers

Adjunct Instructor

Tallahassee Community College

Tallahassee, FL

2008-2011

* Taught several American and European history courses

* Graded over one thousand student papers and over one thousand exams

Program Assistant, Oral History Project

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

2008

* Designed and implemented a new database

* Populated the database from other files and records

* Access

Technical Assistant, Graduate Student Computer Lab

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

2006-2008

* Assisted students in using computers, software, printers, and networks

* Installed software upgrades

* Logged and reported incidents and inventoried computers and printers

Until 2001, was a full-time Information Technology professional, both as an employee and as a project consultant:

Positions held:

Senior Technical Analyst

Household International

Prospect Heights, IL

2001

* Maintained and enhanced a dozen applications for daily sales lead processing

* Ran user-requested ad hoc queries and reports

* Loaded test data into database

* Supported five daily sales lead production runs

* Sybase, Unix

Data Analyst/Assistant Database Administrator

TransUnion Corporation

Chicago, IL

1995-1996

* Maintained and enhanced a database used in daily job tracking

* Designed a new database for upgraded application and converted hundreds of thousands of records to new database

* Sybase, Unix

Programmer/Assistant Database Administrator

Chicago Stock Exchange

Chicago, IL

1993-1994

* Designed, wrote, and maintained two dozen applications that loaded daily trading data into an Oracle database

* Converted a database containing several million trading transactions to a new version of Oracle

* Documented data loading applications as well as space requirements and schema for new database

* Oracle, Pro*C, SQL*Loader, SQL*Plus, C, VAX/VMS

Programmer/Data Analyst

FirstHealth

Downers Grove, IL

1992-1993

* Supported and enhanced a dozen applications that loaded daily insurance claims to an Ingres database

* Ingres, C, VAX/VMS

Programmer

Resources, Inc.

Deerfield, IL

1987-1992

* Designed, wrote, maintained, and enhanced several dozen software modules for association management software product

* Wrote, edited, and maintained extensive user and technical documentation (for both database and software applications)

* Ingres, C, VAX/VMS

Consulting projects:

Technical Consultant

City of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2000-2001

* Maintained and enhanced in-house financial and license tracking software and database

* Oracle, Pro*C, PL/SQL, Windows

Technical Consultant

BP/Amoco

Naperville, IL

2000

* Migrated several tens of thousands of records of legacy financial data from a variety of formats to an Oracle database

* Oracle, Access, Windows

Technical Consultant

United Airlines

Elk Grove Village, IL

2000

* Enhanced six programs that implemented mathematical scheduling algorithms

* C, Unix

Technical Consultant

Niku Corportation

Lincolnshire, IL

2000

* Converted five client databases containing several million records from SQL Server to Oracle

* Oracle, SQL*Plus, PL/SQL, SQL Server, DB Artisan, Windows

Technical Consultant

Ameritech

Hoffman Estates, IL

1999-2000

* Converted SAS data loading application to Oracle

* Converted several hundred thousand file-based records into Oracle

* Wrote extensive documentation

* Oracle, SQL*Plus, PL/SQL, Access, Unix

Technical Consultant

Allstate Insurance

Northbrook, IL

1999

* Designed, wrote, and maintained a dozen reports, data feeds, and data extracts for annuities investments in an Oracle database

* Wrote extensive documentation

* Oracle, Pro*C, SQL*Plus, PL/SQL, Access, C, Unix

Technical Consultant

SITA

Irving, TX

1998

* Supported and enhanced six in-house message-handling applications and their associated database

* Maintained five automated Unix and Oracle backup and restore procedures

* Oracle, Access, C, Unix

Technical Consultant

ASG (division of William M. Mercer)

Deerfield, IL

1998

* Enhanced and maintained five automated phone response applications and their associated database

* SQL Server, Access, C, VRC (Voice Response Compiler), OS/2

Technical Consultant

First Options Corporation

Chicago, IL

1998

* Upgraded a dozen daily financial processing applications for Year 2000 compliance

* C, Unix

Technical Consultant

Best Consulting

Burr Ridge, IL

1998

* Interviewed a dozen users and managers and designed a human resources database for their use

* Access, Windows

Technical Consultant

Efficient Market Services

Deerfield, IL

1997

* Wrote and tested a dozen applications to generate reports from retail marketing data

* Wrote extensive documentation

* Paradox for DOS, Windows

Technical Consultant

Kraft Foods

Northfield, IL

1996-1997

* Replaced five legacy file-processing programs with Unix shell scripts

* Wrote extensive documentation

* C, Unix shell (including awk, grep, sed, ex, sort, cut, and other Unix shell programming tools)

Technical Consultant

Lucent Technology

Naperville, IL

1985-1986

* Wrote six shell scripts to test telephone switching software modules

* Wrote extensive documentation

* Unix shell, C

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