Yvonne Allen
Email: ********@****.***
Pickerington, Ohio 43147
Phone:614-***-****
OBJECTIVE:
To secure employment utilizing Teaching, Interpersonal, and Administrative
experience.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Operating Systems: HP-UX, MVS/XA/370, Windows NT/2000/98, DOS,
PCS/ADS,Sun, & etc.
Programming Languages: Assembler, JavaScript, VB, COBOL, C, SQL, Shell
scripts, & etc.
Database/DB Tools: IMS, ORACLE, Sybase, Easytrieve, DL1,
Dbvision, & etc.
Other Packages: LAN, WAN, HTML, Reflection X,WORD,
MSProject98, & etc.
Applications: E-Commerce, Billing & Invoicing, Web-
based applications, & etc.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Consultant, Columbus Literacy Council, 9/2009- 8/2011
Teaching and Administrative duties for ESL and GED classes
H.S. & Adult Instructor, Columbus Public Schools, 9/98-12/98; 9/2000
North Adult H.S., Math Proficiency and Computer Labs; Beery Middle, Instr.
Music;
H.S. Instructor, World Harvest Christian Academy, 2002
Computer Instructor
Consultant, Qwest Communications, International; 12/98 - 01/2000
Production Control Enhancement Project; Leadership role working within the
flow of the SDLC with engineers, developers and application mgrs.to ensure
that multiple large-scale existing and new batch and e-commerce
telecommunications applications accommodate business requirements. Write
and enforce systems rqmts., and determine rqmts. for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
level support. Responsible for writing and/or ensuring all ancillary(back
and front end) and production software and hardware issues and problems are
covered, documented and resolved on time and within budget such as:
firewalls, ports, callout and escalation processes, database issues, file
transfer processes, vendor software suitability and support, failover,
helpdesk, migration procedures, process dependencies, data backup,
security, archiving, error recovery and restart, and report distribution
processes. Write upper management project reports. Responsible for
establishing and administering timelines, milestones, project tracking,
controlling project flow and managing work of resource staff in this
distributed computing environment.
Technical Project Manager, Data Center Get-Well Initiative; My role changed
to managing workflow of additional resource persons and stronger emphasis
on the systems environmental aspects of application processing.
Responsible for analyzing and resolving systems events and interrupts,
planning and accessing need for and implementing changes, instituting
automation training of operations staff, problem diagnosis and resolution,
addressing architecture, and data flow issues, & evaluate server
performance with selected vendor software. Set agenda for weekly strategy
meetings with Director/and or V.P and. conducting weekly meetings with
staff to control and keep project on track & ensure visible results. I
schedule and conduct work sessions. I write proposals for remote site
processing to offload Data Center workflow, address Data Center security
issues, application misconduct with application managers, problematic
processes & operations workflow hindrances and improve optimization of
customer service and Data Center Operations.
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Columbus, Ohio
Computer Specialist at Centralized Design Agency (CDA) for Logistics
Project Management combined with general systems programmer duties. I
planned administered, scheduled and deployed operating systems that were
configured and tested at CDA to Primary Level Field (PLFAs) across the
nation. Served as project manager/Lead technician on multiple large-scale
projects and broad nationwide systems changes, including CICS, on time and
within budget. Utilized government methodologies, scheduling, timelines
and milestones (requirements, feasibility studies, cost analysis,
proposals) in the acquisition and selection of hardware and software. Wrote
internal systems routines. Installed many various IBM and third party
software such as VTAM, Expediter, TSO, ISPF, etc. and wrote necessary
programs and scripts to customize software to our environment. Worked with
IBM and AIX systems engineers in understanding and resolving systems bugs.
Made Technical presentations to peers, management and command level
administrators. Trained subordinate personnel. Performed configuration
changes to accommodate various new hardware components. Served as Division
Project Lead in Agency Configuration Management project, the purpose of
which is to create processes, optimize, control and document workflow of
applications and systems staff. Performed customer service duties in
support of worldwide telecommunication network and LAN. Served as
programmer, consult and support for large-scale applications development,
testing and deployment.
Franklin County Program for MRDD, Columbus, Ohio
Instructor for Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Disabled teens and
young adults. Teach, supervise, design and apply behavior modification
techniques in classroom setting to retarded, autistic, speech impaired and
self-injurious teens and young adults. Planned meetings, parent
conferences, and projects such as: field trips, neighborhood networking and
special events within County budget constraints at Southeast Center.
EDUCATION:
Certified Grants Writer, National Grantwriters Association
Mastering The Internet Environment, Columbus, Ohio
All Nations Church, Columbus, Ohio, Theology Certificate
IBM & Amdahl Professional Development, various U.S. locations,
JES2, SMP/E, Reading Systems Dumps, XA Architecture, Assembler Language
Programming I & II, Software Installation, Systems Catalogs, CBIPO and
CBPDO.
USMC, Quantico VA, Computer Sciences Certificate
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Bachelor of Science in Psychology with elective emphasis in Computer
Science.