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Sheila E. Allen

*** ******* *** . *********, ** 10566

914-***-**** . ************@*****.***

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OBJECTIVE

To secure a position as a computer programmer.

PROFILE

Professional with 20 years experience as an applications and Web

programmer.

Spent most of my career as department programmer and Webmaster for the IBM

Technical Journals.

Experienced Java programmer including using JDBC and SQL queries with

relational databases.

Specializing in XML and XSL Transformations: Taking XML source and

generating Web content.

Built Journals subscription database using Java front end and SQL queries

to DB2.

Completed project of converting all Journal content into single source XML

stream.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Applications programming in several languages including Java, C, C++,

Pascal, Rexx.

Database design and implementation using Java front end with SQL queries to

DB2 and Lotus Notes.

Highly proficient in XML schema, DTDs, and XSL Transformations using

RAD/WebSphere.

Website and graphics design using GoLive, Quark, Flash, Photoshop.

Website coding using HTML, JavaScript, Java applets, CSS, Server Side

Includes, PHP, Acrobat/PDF.

Built extranet sites for external vendors using FTP protocols and/or Lotus

Domino.

Very detail-oriented and frequently caught errors that the technical and

copy editors had missed.

SUPERVISORY SKILLS

Coordinated work and assigned duties to Web content developers.

Trained developers in necessary skills such as HTML, Photoshop, Flash, etc.

Built a solid record of dependability with steadily increasing

responsibility levels.

INTERPERSONAL ABILITIES

Worked with team of editors and art designers on two separate technical

journals.

Frequently worked with other programmers within IBM Research on joint

projects.

Designed an e-commerce system with IBM Denmark and IBM Italy. Participated

in team meetings every day for several months, overcoming time zone

challenges working with a global team.

Worked with external vendors to streamline production processes such as

distribution.

Gave monthly presentations of Website statistics and reports using

Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1989-2009 Computer Programmer, IBM Research . Yorktown Heights, NY

Webmaster and applications programmer for IBM Technical Journals. The IBM

Systems Journal was published quarterly and the IBM Journal of Research and

Development was published bi-monthly.

Responsible for all department applications and programs including Website,

subscription database, editing tools, production processes, tracking, etc.

As a product of my work, I have applied for four patents.

Received several individual and team awards including a First Level

Inventor Plateau.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROJECTS COMPLETED

Built Journals subscription database using Java front end and SQL queries

to DB2:

Subscription database managed data for close to 1 million current and past

subscribers.

Data was stored in DB2, IBM's relational database product, very similar to

Oracle and MySQL.

Administration tool was used by Journals production staff with GUI to enter

or change data.

Tool was written in Java, using Swing for GUI and SQL to query and

manipulate data.

Staff could also generate on-the-fly reports using simple SQL queries.

Trained staff in using tool to perform subscription management tasks.

File containing data for generating address labels was delivered to print

vendor

Upgraded old system which used a physical tape to a system that FTP'd a

flat file.

Worked with print vendor to ensure formatting of file was precise.

Data from paid fulfillment vendor also had to be merged and re-formatted.

Completed project of converting all Journal content into single source XML

stream:

Journals content used to be sent to a print vendor, usually as a Word file,

who then generated the printed Journal. When the Web came along, the print

vendor started sending us back a proprietary marked up format. I managed

Web Publishers who then generated HTML for the Website.

I suggested we convert Journals content to XML much further upstream, and

have one source which then could be converted to print, PDF, and HTML.

I managed the entire project, which involved making sure the content was

stable at all points of the process. The entire time the project was being

worked on, Journals were still being published, therefore there had to

be minimal disruption to the editors, and no visible changes in the Journal

format.

Two different DTDs were used. The first one, which was proprietary, was

scrapped for the open access Pub-Med Central DTD.

Journals are highly technical, so extra attention had to be paid to

equations and special characters. The content stream used MathML to render

complex equations.

I used Rational Application Developer (RAD) in WebSphere to write XSL

Transformations to convert the XML content stream into HTML for the

Journals' Website.

When IBM guidelines for Website design specs changed, approximately every 2

years, content just needed to be ran through new transformations to update

to the new look.

The project made the publication process more streamlined and reduced costs

considerably.

Webmaster for the IBM Technical Journals:

Managed a major Website with many thousands of pages and images. All

current Journals content was published in HTML and all back issues were

scanned and converted to PDF.

Used products for site management and graphics design such as GoLive,

Quark, Flash, Photoshop.

Coded content using HTML, JavaScript, Java applets, CSS.

Designed an e-commerce system with IBM Denmark and IBM Italy. Participated

in team meetings every day for several months, overcoming time zone

challenges working with a global team.

Performed copy editing and frequently caught errors technical and copy

editors had missed.

Coded Server Side Includes in PHP.

EDUCATION

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, 1992

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