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Susan N. Forister

**** ***** **** ****

Apartment # 118

Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Phone: 812-***-****

Email: *****.********@*****.***

October 1, 2010

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

**** ******** ***istant, IUPUC Division of Business - Columbus, IN

. Became first assistant for professor after developing effective web

survey and marketing plan

. Performed secondary research and statistical analysis on near-market

promotional strategies

2007-2009 Database Programmer, Cummins Inc. - Columbus, IN

. Developed code to automatically import and export data between an

Access DB and Excel

o Successfully took on "impossible" IT project (with no prior

knowledge or experience) after many failed solution attempts by

other experienced developers

o Saved Corporate Planning department over $16,000 of data-entry

work in first year

o Cut DB development time using a prototype approach-collected

requirements, created solution for users to test, and then made

modifications as needed based on their feedback

o Created uniform yet dynamic/changeable template system for

importing data inputs from dozens of market analyst's

spreadsheets

o Provided brief and simple training materials, PowerPoint

Presentations, and engaged in Q&A sessions for analysts and

planners using the import/export tool I created

. Designed new exhaustive DB with push-button GUI and fool-proof,

automated data organization

o Dynamic user tools enable multi-level and simultaneous multi-

user navigation, editing, file viewing and customization of

imports, exports, reports, etc. directly from DB menus

o Stand-alone background code design simplifies future code

modification

o Built-in data normalization allows for forecast accuracy that

will accelerate future savings

2002-2007 Unemployment Periods

. Left workforce to care for ill husband and small child at home

. Completed CIS associate's degree

EDUCATION Indiana University - Division of Business, Columbus, Indiana

BS in Business, Management & Marketing Double Major, May 2010

Cumulative GPA of 3.831/4.0

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Columbus, Indiana

AAS in CIS, Programmer & Analyst Specialty, May 2007

IT EXPERIENCE

Access & Excel Expert

VB.Net

VBA Expert

Advanced SQL

PhotoShop Expert

ASP.Net

Visual Studio

HTML/XHTML/CSS

PHP with MySQL

Eclipse with JavaScript

C++

Various Net Techs

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