Champa Soyza

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Bethesda, Maryland 20817

301-***-**** abm0sz@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Project manager and analyst with experience in resolving supplier

relationship management, funds management, cybersecurity, privacy and

human resource issues in software, correcting customer problems and

retaining clients. Software developer able to guide, improve and revise

systems leading to increased functionality for public sector requirements

expanding customer base by addressing 80% of consumer needs. Software

developer with SAP ABAP development experience in supplier relationship

management, funds management and human resource modules of SAP. Team leader

with experience in training and tutoring colleagues to own and manage

projects efficiently. Fluent in English, German, French and Sinhalese.

EDUCATION

Advanced Professional Certificate in Technology Management 2010

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

MS Computer Science (completed whilst working full time) May 2007

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

MS Applied Mathematics December 1996

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Thesis: Perturbation Methods Mathematica Notebook

BA Mathematics Minor: English May 1990

BS Computer Science May 1990

CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU, GPA 3.89/4.0, Magna Cum Laude

COMPUTER AND OTHER SKILLS

.Sun, IBM, PDP-11 .Unix, DOS, Windows .Java, Perl, ABAP, HTML, Pascal,

FORTRAN, C++, Prolog, COBOL, dBase, Clipper, Mathematica, Matlab, SAP .

speak, read and write French and German

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

System Programmer 2009 - present

ICF Jacob & Sundstrom, ICF International

. Designed and developed SOA Java programs and web services using

Eclipse and Spring and Oracle for HSPD 12 (Homeland Security

Presidential Security Directive) security implementation at EPA that

affected 25,0000 employees

. Managed development system leading to greater efficiency in government

. Developed document templates: software requirement specification,

software design document, software development plan, software

configuration plan, software quality plan, project notebook/standards

and procedure manual, document review and checklists

. Authored design documents and documented programs

Software Developer 2001 - 2009

SAP Labs

. Researched and problem-solved existing solutions in public sector

accounting and in public sector SRM (Government

Procurement/Procurement for the Public Sector, Supplier Relationship

Management)

. Communicated with customers in the US, Europe and India, and managed

customer software crises, negotiating critical solutions with the

customers

. Developed in ABAP: reports for US Treasury receivables reporting,

programs for goods receipts/invoice receipts processing, funds

management (FM/ERP) account assignment derivation and in SRM

(accounting, budget)

. Made human resource (HR/HCM) software that satisfies reporting

requirements of Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for Federal

agencies

. Applied knowledge of ABAP, a proprietary programming language of the

company to make new dedicated software to manage procurement,

accounting and HR/HCM with an effect on thousands of workers in

Federal agencies

. Researched and developed new and unique solutions leading to greater

efficiency in government

. Collaborated internationally daily across cultures in US, Europe and

India

. Trained and tutored colleagues to own and manage projects

. Developed design documents, documented programs and authored user

instructions guidebook

. Reviewed and critiqued designs of software solutions

. Volunteered to evaluate funding applications from charitable

organizations for annual company giving

Programmer 1996 - 2001

Tower Communications

. Managed simultaneous programming projects for fourteen Federal

government property management clients for pioneer of Internet real

estate auctions

. Developed Unix-based CGI programs in Perl with MySQL database

interaction for national Internet real estate auctions for the

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department

of Veterans Affairs (VA)

. Made different user (public) database searches of available and

sold properties

. Secured submission with close error checking and data validation of

property bids, acceptable only from brokers in broker databases,

. Developed client-accessible forms with data validation and security

checking to modify from remote sites the company property and

broker data in databases, streamlining process by 70%

. Authored published client-accessible reports (with security

checking) of bids received and remote posting of bid results

. Produced billing reports on intranet for accounts department about

properties published for clients, automatically-generated monthly

reports detailing and summarizing sales reports for all HUD, VA and

private lender institution properties

. Automatically-generated daily reports with e-mailed summaries of

bids received for private lender institutions, remote downloading

of property data from HUD Washington database and from client sites

into company databases

. Documented programs and authored user instructions guidebook

Programmer/Research Assistant 1997 - 1998

Milken Institute

. developed programs for database access with SQL and PL/SQL for Oracle

. uploaded, extracted and analysed economic data sets

Teaching Assistant 1996

Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California

. tutored students using Mathematica software

Volunteer 1995 - 1996

GAIN Program, Los Angeles Trade and Technical College

. authored user manual for Plato computer-assisted learning software

Teacher 1994 - 1995

Los Angeles Unified School District/University of Southern California

(LAUSD/USC) Math, Science and Technology Magnet High School

. taught classes in precalculus at high school level

Lecturer 1990 - 1993

Computing Mathematics and Comparative Programming Languages, B.Sc. Applied

Computing degree program, Manchester Metropolitan University, England

. lectured and conducted tutorials for undergraduates in computing

mathematics, Prolog, C, COBOL (PC and Unix environment)

. developed supplementary course material in computing mathematics

. produced syllabi in Prolog and COBOL

. served as academic guide for students

. prepared and graded quizzes and examinations

. decided on level of individual student's performance as member of the

examination board

Recent Honours/Awards

. International Fellowship, American Association of University Women

. Outstanding Graduate, Outstanding Mathematics Student, and Outstanding

Computer Science Student (all of Chaminade University)

. Poetry prize, Aulama (a Chaminade University English literary magazine)

. University of Southern California Norman Topping Student Aid Fund

Scholarship

. Departmental Tuition Award, Department of Mathematics, University of

Southern California

. Member, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Delta Rho Chapter (Chaminade University

honour society)

. Rama Watumull Memorial Scholarship

. Reverend Brother Leonard C. Chang Scholarship and Marianists' Scholarship

. Dean's List (Chaminade University) and National Dean's List (USA)

. Volunteer Recognition Award, University of Southern California

Activities

?American Association of University Women ?lector ?volunteer at soup

kitchen of Missionaries of Charity (founder Mother Theresa) ?chorister

?ballet ?tennis ?jazz ?theatre ?current affairs

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