Technical Writer, German to English Translator, Software Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

Carolyn Bompard

Technical Author

Address

Status

Contact Details

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2000

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1993

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(2012)

(2011 – Present)

(2004 – 2008)

2000 2002

Personal Information

Ulrichsberg 3

8530, Deutschlandsberg

Steiermark, AUSTRIA

Married with 2 children

+43 (0-680-***-****

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Qualifications & Training

Technical/Commercial Authorship Diploma Course (ESTON TRAINING, UK)

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Business Objects Designer Course (BO Technical Education Center, Baden, CH)

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Business Objects End User Course (BO Technical Education Center, Baden, CH)

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National Higher Diploma Information Technology (CAPE TECHNIKON, South Africa)

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Personal Trainer (Exercise Teachers Association, South Africa)

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National Higher Diploma Architecture (CAPE TECHNIKON, South Africa)

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Work Experience

German to English Translator Translated a technical book from German into English. The book was published in

May 2013 and is called Agile Contracts – Creating and Managing Successful Projects

with Scrum.

English Native Speaker Working as an English Native Speaker in local schools in Austria

Co owner and Manager, Chuck Johnson Golf Academy (South Africa)

Reporting/Data Analyst, Sunrise TDC SCHWEIZ AG, formerly Diax (Zurich, Switzerland)

Duties included:

• Delivering detailed specifications for Business Objects Universes.

• Specifying new data source requirements.

• Providing key findings to external organisations and presenting the results.

• Creating and providing reports for Management and Sales.

• Selecting Address samples for market research and providing base management with address lists

(Campaign Management).

• Updating monthly reports for Meetings and Board Presentations.

Developing the Business Objects reporting site on the Intranet.

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Developing and conducting studies with the DWH Team in order to detect patterns

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and clusters.

Checking and improving data quality with the help of Customer Operations and IT.

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1999

1997 – 1999

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1996

1995

1991

Technical Support Engineer Europe, Marathon Technologies Corp. (MA, USA)

Duties included:

• Debugging, analysis and testing of product versions.

• Producing and inserting bug reports into Access database for software engineers.

• On site training in manufacturing test lab.

• Complete hardware and software installation of entire Marathon ™ system.

• Windows NT 4 client network installations.

• Technical support of Marathon Endurance 4000™ Assured Availability product.

• On site installation, testing and training of product.

• Managing on line help and information centre via the Internet.

Software Engineer/Debugger, BFI Bebag Finanzinformatik AG (Switzerland)

Duties included:

• Analysis of existing Financial Portfolio Management System.

• Debugging and applying programming enhancements to existing report interface.

• Creating new reports using Visual C++ and Adobe Framemaker templates.

• Interfacing reports within existing GUI developed in Visual C++.

Software Engineer/On site Technician, Profidata Gruppe AG (commisioned by Digitron AG for ABB

Hochspannungstechnik, Switzerland)

Duties included:

• Systems Analysis for complete warehouse automation system.

• Creating specifications for Oracle database designed on a UNIX server.

• User Interface Design and implementation and negotiating new concepts with clients.

• Testing of various hardware components.

• Installation and on site development of ABBTORO™ Warehouse Automation Software System.

• Finalisation and hand over of complete system.

Junior Programmer (apprenticeship), Profidata AG (Switzerland)

Duties included:

• Designing and implementing of Contract/Tender Management Application for ABB, Switzerland.

• Development of application using Microsoft Access with emphasis on user interface design.

Systems Designer (apprenticeship), CPI, DENEL Group (South Africa)

Duties included:

• Drafting of specifications.

• Extensive research on user interface design.

• Usability analysis of existing auditing/tracking system.

• Assembling PC s with fingerprint scanners for issuing of Govt. Pension payouts.

Junior Estimator (apprenticeship), Builders Market (South Africa)

Languages

English – mother tongue

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German – speak, read and write with basic competence

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French – very basic understanding

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Afrikaans speak, read and write with basic competence

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References

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