Engineer Software

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Gil Sta. Maria

Objective

Secure a full time contracting position where I can utilize and enhance

my technical skills towards the proficiency and advancement of technology

Experience

May 3-Sep 24, AMPACC Law Group Lynnwood, WA

2010

SharePoint Consultant

Met with client to discuss issues involving the time intensive tasks of

handling printed forms.

Researched SharePoint hosting costs and provided options.

Researched Qdabra qRules 2.1 3rd Party solution and utilized tool to

streamline InfoPath forms.

Utilized SharePoint data in Excel to automatically process data from

SharePoint lists

Designed custom Word form templates to merge data from Excel

Designing custom InfoPath and Workflow solutions to automate their daily

processing of forms.

June 2 - Sep 17, Providence Health & Services Renton, WA

2010

SharePoint Administrator

Worked on a short-term contract basis under Bellevue Technology Partners.

Used Quest Restoration tool and restored SharePoint sites that were

accidentally deleted.

Communicated status to appropriate stake holders.

Optimize Backup and Search Crawl Scheduling.

Used Quest SharePoint Migration tool to migrate sites from SharePoint

2003 to SharePoint 2007.

Used DocAve 5.1 tool to backup/restore sites.

Resolved any issues with SharePoint sites not being accessible to users.

2006 - April 30, Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA

2010

Software Design Test Engineer - Workspaces

Contributed to the successful release of Windows SharePoint Services 2010

and Office 2010.

Drove the security testing and training for the Office file

interoperability feature set.

Drove the build verification testing to ensure we had quality testable

builds.

Developed automated test scripts using C# and code review team's scripts

to ensure quality.

Designed test collateral, test design documents and test plans.

Attend triage meetings with software developer and program managers to

help determine the priority of bugs to be fixed.

Developed PowerShell scripts to test features.

Interview candidates to determine the best qualified personnel.

1999 - 2006 Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA

Software Design Engineer Test Lead - Windows SharePoint Services

Contributed to the successful release of Windows SharePoint Services

versions 1, 2 and 3.

Managed the document life cycle/workflow test team.

Managed the collaboration, administration and setup test teams.

Developed automated test scripts using C# and code review team's scripts

to ensure quality.

Designed test collateral, test design documents and test plans.

Attend triage meetings with software developer and program managers to

help determine the priority of bugs to be fixed.

Drive the international sufficiency and localization testing by providing

training presentations and designing a web site, setting up images,

scheduling and evaluating automation results.

Drove the user assistance testing by centralizing help resources,

scheduling, and setting up reviews.

Drove scenario testing to ensure quality of end to end scenarios.

Drove team bug metrics.

Interview candidates to determine the best qualified personnel.

2002 - Present Saint Louise School Bellevue, WA

Volunteer Webmaster/Tech Consultant

Deployed Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SQL Server as a small farm.

Designed and maintained the school web site utilizing Windows SharePoint

Services 3.0.

Created custom online forms in SharePoint Designer for registration,

volunteering and online ordering.

Deployed OSCommerce as PHP add-in in IIS for basic school merchandise

ordering.

Developed plan and cost analysis for moving the school to Exchange

hosting

Troubleshoot issues with printers, computers, network connectivity

Provided training documentation as well as hands on training.

Mar 2006 - Feb Odom Corp Bellevue, WA

2010

SharePoint Administrator/Consultant

Deployed Microsoft Office Server System using their active directory

account system.

Created their Intranet portal to be used by their main headquarters as

well as their sattelite offices.

Created custom InfoPath forms for their job application system.

Setup Digital Rights Management and custom workflow system.

Created custom solutions using Visual Studio

Provided training documentation as well as hands on training.

Sept 2008 Port of Seattle Seattle, WA

SharePoint Designer/Consultant

Created master page layout for internal Compass web site

Created site and list content types to make it easy to maintain their

site.

Utilized SharePoint designer to create custom design look and feel.

Utilized web part to part connections and other built in web parts to fit

their needs

Aug 2008 - Sept Catalysis Seattle, WA

2008

SharePoint Designer/Consultant

Created custom profile and survey forms for client

Utilized SharePoint designer to create custom workflow forms.

Made special layout changes to be viewable across Mac/Windows browsers.

Setup unique security permissions across users to allow updating of their

own profile

Dec 2006 Leonard Fitch Seattle, WA

SharePoint Developer/Consultant

Contract assignment under Rober Half to utilize SharePoint as content

management system for Viacom.

See http://www.viacom.com for web site which is driven by SharePoint.

Created the templates, xml solution and documentation to make the site

easily maintainable for Viacom.

Consulted both Leonard Fitch and Viacom office in New York offering

suggestions for best practices and design.

1997 - 2000 Merrill Lynch Seattle, WA

Computer Operator

Performed weekly and monthly backups on an HP 3000 mainframe computer

using DLT tape drive system.

Performed manual backup of Definity and Intuity systems.

Restart computer and PBS phone systems.

Reset voice ports using HP OpenView.

1991 - 1999 Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA

Software Test Engineer - Excel/Office Web Server

Contributed to the successful release of MS Excel versions 3, 4, 5, 95

and 97, MS Graph version 3 and MS Query version 1 and 2.

Tested AutoFormats, Crosstabs, Pivot Tables, Graph, Graphic Filters,

ODBC, Query, Multi-User Workbooks, Audit Trails. Excel Export and

Discussion features.

Mac Query Test Lead

Office German Test Lead

Developed automated scripts using VBA and VB

Designed test design documents and test case matrices

Created performance benchmark tests

Automation, Browser, Accessibility driver

Created new hire training web site

1/91 - 6/91 Pacific Medical Center Seattle, WA

Computer Operator

Monitored a TANDEM Mainframe system and peripheral equipment operations

and resolved any deviations.

Provided hardware and software troubleshooting support to system users.

Performed disk to tape back-ups of the PHAMIS LASTWORD database system.

Handled the shutdown and warm/cold start-up procedures of both TANDEM and

PHAMIS LASTWORD systems.

12/89 - 9/90 Microsoft Corporation Bellevue, WA

Support Technician Intern

Provided technical support of software products to customers.

Programmed and tested a bulletin board service which offered software

application notes for downloading.

Organized files and application note summaries to help support

technicians offer a better service to customers.

Modified Microsoft Word printer drivers.

Wrote macros in Microsoft Word.

Tested unreleased software products.

Maintained the software reference library.

6/89 - 4/90 EconoMedrics, Inc. Seattle, WA

Programmer/Consultant

Implemented computerized conjoint analysis surveys on Zenith and Hewlett

Packard laptop computers.

Projected tables with macros in Excel to handle the raw data from the

questionnaires.

Designed slide-show graphics and presentation layouts.

Wrote technical reference guides.

10/88 - 2/89 Trust Service Company Seattle, WA

Computer Operator

Posted transactions using the IBM 5251 and Decision Data Terminals.

Made back-ups using the IBM 5360 Systems/36 mainframe and IBM PS/2 Model

50 computers.

Distributed print jobs.

Education

2005 Management Essentials Training

1988-1991 Course Seattle, WA

1985-1988 Seattle University Seattle, WA

University of Washington

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science

Area of Application in Business

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