Software Engineer

Albert Szeto

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Tucson, AZ 85756

847-***-**** (mobile)

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PROFILE

Developer in .NET (Visual Basic) for 5 years in the reliability engineering field on programs dealing with simulation, diagrams, plots, and SQL/Oracle database manipulation, as well as tcp/ip and netmessage connectivity and media/slideshow builder and player.

Debugger with almost 4 years professional Level 2 Technical support experience of z/OS mainframe assembler and PL/X code for the DFSMShsm product in a team environment.

Expert level IT technical support of PC based hardware and software in non-professional roles. I also offer solid coding and documentation habits, problem-solving skills, and the ability to learn and apply new computer languages. Fluent in English, conversational Chinese (Cantonese)

I am a US Citizen. I currently live in Tucson AZ, but am willing to relocate nationwide.

Most of 2015 since my last job was personal travel (5 nonconsecutive months of personal travel, nationally and out of country)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Computer Languages:

MVS Assembler, C/C++, JavaScript, HTML, FORTRAN, Pascal, JCL, COBOL, VB6, REXX, PL/X, Visual Basic .NET (.NET 4.5)

Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows (All), MacOS, DOS, LINUX, MVS, Z/OS

Other technologies and experience:

VSAM, QSAM, BSAM, SQL, Oracle, ISPF, SDSP, DFSMShsm, DFdss, DFsort, TSO, IDCAMS, XML, Visual Studio, DevExpress, MATlab, Coldfusion, Dreamweaver, Reliasoft, MS SQL Server 2008+, MS Access

Kenexa Prove It! test results:

SQL Server 2008: Percent Correct: 85% (Global Average: 64%)

.NET 4.0: Percent Correct: 75% (Global Average: 65%)

.NET Programming- Visual Basic: Percent Correct: 92% (Global Average: 69%)

.NET Programming- C#: Percent Correct: 68% (Global Average: 66%)

.NET Programming- ASP: Percent Correct: 72% (Global Average: 69%)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

ReliaSoft Tucson, AZ June 2010-April 2015

Software Engineer

•Visual Basic 6 to .NET conversion of legacy software

•Developed/modified/implemented various projects and programs/modules related to the reliability engineering field including mathematical simulation, data diagram blocking, plotting of manipulated and calculated data.

•Developed tools for API testing, XFMEA data analysis and report extraction

•Built and supported a classroom "course player" product for Reliability Engineering training. Built and supported an underlying "course builder" product to build classroom course data files utilized by the "course player". A client/server function was implemented into the player that featured "real-time" interactivity between the teacher and student over TCP/IP or Windows Workgroup networks.

•Utilized database development and maintenance skills under Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access to perform data management for the main Reliasoft software suite. Learned the procedural languages of PL/SQL for Oracle, and the T-SQL for Microsoft's SQL Server, to debug and troubleshoot the databases.

International Business Machines (IBM) Tucson, AZ May 2006-August 2009

Software Engineer

•Provided Level 2 Technical Support for DFSMShsm, one of IBM's Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem which provides backup, recovery, data migration, and space management functions for small and large scale storage hierarchies. Level 2 support assists IBM customers in possible software defect related issues.

•In depth analysis of client reported problems for root cause analysis

•Recreated reported problems for development group on test systems

•Participated in an on-call pager rotation to manage high severity situations when required

Asian American Center DeKalb, IL June 2005-May 2006

Student Leader/Web designer

•Built and maintained the AAC website

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Chicago, IL February 2001-September 2001

Intern/Consultant

•Learned and used JavaScript, ColdFusion, DHTML and managed web pages

•Setup and restore computers

Degrees

Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL August 2006

Master of Science, Computer Science

Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL December 2004

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, emphasis in Theoretical Computer Science

Minor in Mathematics, emphasis in Applied Mathematics

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