Engineer Project
Resume:
REVISION DATE:
-FEB-**
NAME: Michelle Dombrowski
ADDRESS:
**** ** ******** ** ****: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97212 PHONE: 503-***-**** EMAIL: ********@******.*****.*** US Citizen
RESUME:
EXPERIENCE
Consultant
Portland, Oregon 2/2001Present
X Various (extended) travel which included Europe under which recently returned.
X US Forest Service Pacific NW Research Center Volunteer Forest Inventory and
Analysis; Use of Laser and Husky; calculate and enter tree height, age,
diameter, transect calculations, and aerial photography interpretation.
X Consultant services which include web page advice, design, and
development. Process improvement of business projects and process.
Everest Consultants
(Tranxition Inc.) Beaverton, Oregon 6/200001/2001Project Manager/Senior Software Engineer
X Project and Team Manager for the Internet group which involved setting
and implementing documentation standards according to IEEE format, Setting up
templates for the SDLC and QA documentation with detailed explanations for each
section within the documents, Writing detailed project plans which included
Executive and Project member sign-off, Creating in-depth and general project
schedules utilizing MS Project and other documentum, Risk analysis, Allocating
resources and tasks, Keeping the schedule up-to-date on a daily basis, Progress
monitoring, Setting up relationships and facilitating meetings with potential
clients such as Intel and MS Solution Providers, Negotiating contracts and fees
according to budget, technical, and business needs, Interviewing potential
consultants, PR (public relations) person for the team to be the communicator
from tech talk to English with Marketing, QA, Operations, and Executives.
X Business Analyst - analyzed MRD (requirements), Wrote and reviewed
Engineering Requirements, Functional Specifications, Design Specifications and
models, Production Modules, product justification documents, and gave chalk
talks regarding various technologies.
X QA Life Cycle - defect cycling, defect review, high risk/low risk,
priority, defer, test plan review, defect software to log and manage defects,
QA lab where each QA Engineer was equipped with 8 workstations.
X Engineered (at a higher level) and managed a dynamically configurable n-
tier web construction kit reducing development time for many tasks from months
to days or hours. The kit configured personalized web page forms and database
entries using Self Describing Data Objects. These were created on the fly
from user requests and incorporated XML, XSLT, SOAP, n-tier Visual Basic
source, generated SQL, XHTML, ASP, VB Script, and JavaScript. It dynamically
connected business rules to Microsoft Exchange 2000 through CDO, E-Commerce
servers, SQL Server 2000, Commerce Server and other COM+ components on Windows
2000 (Active Directory). It provided scalable and user configurable E-commerce
solutions in Internet-development-time periods. Wrote and deployed web-based
internal tech support application in a manner of days using our rapid
development technology. Windows 2000 security set up user groups, accounts,
and security levels for each, and IIS Administration.
X SQL Server DBA successfully migrated database from old
database/server to new server utilizing DTS. While still in production, any
changes made to old database were carried over utilizing Replication.
Experimented with Snapshot, Transactional (queued, scheduled, and
transactional). Set up user accounts and security levels. Some Oracle
research.
X Reason for leaving - Company ran out of venture capital.
Gaia Inc
. Portland, Oregon 10/19995/2000Intranet Project Lead/Software Engineer
X Project Management, Analysis, Design (UML), Coding, Code reviews,
Documentation (SDLC), and interviewing potential candidates for open positions.
X Implementation and engineering of retail and web commerce client
registry applications, including browser-based interfaces for database queries
and updates, middle-tier, and web administration for clients, such as, Estee
Lauder and Tommy Hilfiger (Branding). Web/system administrator (security
IIS 5.0, Windows 2000, Active Directory) of Gaia Intranet - complete Systems
Development Life Cycle.
X Working knowledge of Microsoft technologies, including XSL, IIS 5.0,
ASP, HTML, COM, Visual InterDev, Visual Basic, VBScript, Active Directory,
Visual SourceSafe, SQL Server, and Windows 2000. In addition, exposure to
Windows CE, n-tier/business object architectures, XML, DHTML, MTS, JavaScript,
and Windows 2000 Administrative tools.
X Interviewing potential candidates for open positions.
X Reason for leaving - Company ran out of venture capital funds.
Stockamp & Associates, Inc
. Lake Oswego, Oregon 11/1998 - 8/1999Project Lead/Software Engineer
X Project Lead for Professional Billing Environment software
implementation for physicians at the University of California, Davis for a team
of ~ 15 individuals. Involved in complete Software Development Life Cycle
process which included defining and utilizing specifications, analysis, use
cases, design (UML), user-interface design, data modeling, development, code
reviews, complete project scheduling and test scheduling; Progress Reporting
daily and weekly status reported to me, Facilitator of project meetings,
Setting up templates for the SDLC and QA documentation with detailed
explanations for each section within the documents, Implementation of the
product created with Visual Basic and MS Access with a SQL Server 7.0 database
at the client site.
X SQL Server DBA DTS, stress testing, high transaction capacity to
handle one million transactions per day; Responsible for Tools and Technology
Assessment for Development group, Implementing standards for Software
Development and QA process; Y2K remediation and testing which included complete
documentation of procedures and policies, Creating product builds for release
to specific client sites, Administration of Visual SourceSafe, Existing product
maintenance and bug fixes, Creation of Reports with MS Access and Visual Basic,
Creation of three-tier application in Visual Basic which utilized ADO, COM, and
Data Designer - Data Environment and Data Reporting.
X QA Life Cycle Initial QA Lead, defect cycling, defect review, high
risk/low risk, priority, defer, test plan review, administration and
utilization and of PVCS Tracker defect software to log and manage defects.
X Interviewing potential candidates for open positions.
X Reason for leaving - Limited potential for career growth.
First DataBank, The Hearst Corporation
Portland, Oregon 4/1997 - 12/1998Project Manager, Software Engineer, Software QA Engineer
X Project Management of several projects, member of Software Development
Process Committee, Writing new product proposals, Communicating with customers,
development, knowledge-based engineers, QA, marketing, physicians, and
pharmacists regarding various project related issues; Product Release
Management QA, From the ground up, driving and implementing standards for
Software Development and QA process all of which included complete
documentation, Analysis, Version control standards; Writing, reviewing, and
editing of technical manuals to be sent to clients; QA lab maintenance, Monthly
SOA (Software Association of Oregon), QA and Development SIG meetings,
Interviewing potential candidates on a regular basis, Supervision and hiring of
Interns and less experienced staff, Performance reviews.
X Creating and maintaining company intranet for R&D; Utilizing and
administering, defect tracking software, SQA, to log and manage defects
(queries, reporting, etc.); Developing user-interface software and test
harnesses in Visual Basic (some C++) for medical API and Pharmaceutical
software, including ActiveX, COM, and web development, functionality
(positive/negative), thread safety, critical path, error, stress testing, Year
2000 compliance, in multi-platform operating systems which included Windows NT,
Windows 95/98, and UNIX.X Interviewing potential candidates on a regular
basis, Supervision and hiring of Interns and less experienced staff,
Performance reviews.
X Reason for leaving - Companyrelocated R&D operations to Indiana (was
offered to stay on as an employee).
Dow Chemical
(Contractor) Midland, Michigan 9/1996 - 3/1997
Software Developer
X Visual Basic development for controlling mainframe emulation software
to measure mainframe application response times and availability for end-user
measurements for a global environment (specifically Germany, France, Japan, and
Australia).
X Communicating with international sites/employees during the development
process, Verifying software with program code, Code reviews, Software QA,
Modeling, and complete documentation on a global project team.
X Reason for leaving - Project ended and relocated to Oregon for a new
job opportunity.
Dow Corning CorporationDepartments
: Environmental Services Regulatory Division,
Employee Assessment and Training
Midland, Michigan 12/1992 -
6/1996
Technical Intern
(avg. 30hrs/week)
X Created company-wide employee training tracking system in VBA for
corporate headquarters for compliance with OSHA included interviewing
employees, capturing all tasks, tools, skills needed, and training required for
each job in accordance with OSHA regulations, ISO 9001 - Records retention and
compliance, back-up administrator, and training on subject manner.
X Project coordination and management on large teams, Project budgeting,
Training of employees - each new employee underwent a rigorous 9 week training
process in compliance with OSHA and corporate standards, Emergency Response
training and coordination, HAZMAT training, Disaster Recovery, Manifest
Administrator for Environmental Services Regulatory Division, Regulatory
compliance which included hazardous waste tracking, Air Quality reporting,
Communication with the DEQ, EPA, and waste disposal companies on a weekly
basis, and General safety inspections.
X Designing custom computer applications in Microsoft Access and Visual
Basic for Excel, General programming in SQL and Xedit within a VMS environment,
and Purchasing of computer equipment.
X Supervision and hiring of Interns and Contract employees.
X Reason for leaving - Employment limit of four years.
EDUCATION
University of Michigan
BS,
Earth and Resource Science
Major: Resource Planning
GPA: 3.14/4.0
Great Lakes College
Major: Computer Programming, Information Technology
GPA: 3.74/4.0
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Key Skills: Windows 2000 Professional and Server, MS Project, Several years
of Project and Lead experience, Software Development Process and Life Cycle
(SDLC), Setting and implementing standards for Software Development and QA
process, Corporate training, Technical generalist, ISO, OSHA, Global
communication, Analytical, Ability to multitask, Assertive, and Experience in
small and large global organizations.
X IIS 5.0, MS Administrative Tools, SQL Server 2000 (replication), MS
SDK, Visual Basic 6.0, MS InterDev, ASP, HTML, XML, Visual SourceSafe, PVCS,
and exposure to MS Commerce Server, Active Directory Services, MSMQ, GIS,
ARC/Info, Oracle, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Java, and C++.
TRAINING AND HONORS
Professional Training: SQL Server 7.0, Visual Basic 6.0 (three courses),
Crystal Reports, C++, Java, Microsoft .NET Conference, VBITS 99, Pacific
Northwest Software Quality Conference, Gave demonstration for Visual Basic
Object Oriented class regarding the Data Designer and ADO.
Honors: University of Michigan Scholastic Achievement Awards, Nominated for
Student of the Term, Dow Corning Employee Recognition Awards, and IEEE Computer
Society member.
SUMMARY Enjoy the technology aspect of the industry, thrive on people
interaction, making a difference, diversity, a global environment, researching
technologies, analysis, making decisions based on research and learning the
technologies, setting direction, leading and pulling the team(s) together,
setting schedules, implementing and driving processes (Software Development,
QA, etc.), being a mentor, working with other teams and outside clients, being
a liaison between engineering and marketing, sales, management, etc, and also
being involved, hands-on.
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