MEERA PUNNOOSE
*** ******* ***** • Durham, NC - *7712 919-***-**** *********@*****.***
Profile
• Experience as Application Developer, Analyst, Software tester and Lead Instructor.
• Experience in Requirements Gathering, Analysis, Design and Development of database applications using Oracle, Developer/2000, VB, MS- Access and C++.
• Expertise in Oracle programming – SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, Queries, Cursors, Procedures, Functions, Triggers, Packages.
• Experience in Oracle Forms/Reports/Menus.
• Experience and knowledge in Object Oriented Programming concepts
• Expertise in Crystal Reports, Data Reports, ODBC, ADO, RDO etc.
• Knowledge and skills in Web Page Applications using ASP.Net
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivated and a committed team player with always a “can do” attitude and is open to learning.
Certification/Training
• Completed ASP.Net Programming course through Expert Rating global certifications; Dec 2010
• Completed Intermediate Oracle course from Durham Tech College; Jun 2009 – Aug 2009
• Successfully completed a course in Oracle Forms from Wake Tech College; Apr 2009 – May 2009
• Completed Graduate level courses in Operating Systems and Computer Networks at North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Aug 2002 – Dec 2002
• Completed CISCO Certification (CCNA); Jan 2002 – Feb 2002
• Completed a course in Web Designing & created a sample website; Aug 1999 – Sep 1999
• Worked as a Trainee in the IT Division of Cochin Shipyard; Dec 1996 – Jan 1997
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India 1994 – 1998. Project: Library Management System (PowerBuilder/Sybase)
Technical Skills
• Operating Systems : Windows XP/2000/NT/Vista, Unix , MS-DOS
• Languages : C, C++ , SQL, PL/SQL , SQL * Plus, T-SQL, Java,
Visual Basic, VB.Net, ASP.Net, PowerBuilder
• Web : ASP, HTML, DHTML XML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript,
MS-Visual Web Developer 2008
• Databases : Oracle, SQL Server 2000, MS Access, Sybase SQL
• Development Tools : SQL Developer, TOAD, SQL Navigator, MS FrontPage
• Web Servers : IIS, Apache, Web logic
• Applications : Oracle Apex, ETL, Oracle data modeling, Data mining,
Data warehouse, MS-Office, VBA, MS-SharePoint
• Software development models : Waterfall model, Agile methodology
• Networking : CCNA, LAN
Experience
Volunteer Center of Durham May 2011 - Present
Currently volunteering at VCD with their web site enhancements and creating site maps. Working on creating a database for VCD.
Vidyaniketan Computer Center Kochi, India Mar 2003 – May 2003
Project : Student Roster
• Worked as a Database Programmer using MS-Access and VB
• Database holds Teacher/Student data
• Reports were generated using user-defined criteria
• Completed infrastructure in extremely user-friendly format, so non-technical teachers can quickly and effectively utilize the system
Mastermind Computers Kochi, India Feb 2000 – May 2000
Affiliate of Manipal University, the leading higher education provider in India with 20K students. Center offers Bachelor of Information Technology and Master of Information Technology courses.
Lead Instructor/Programmer
• Designed clear, concise courses
• Instructed Graduate and Post-Graduate students in Oracle, Developer, C, C++, Access and Java
• Helped with the lab work and projects.
Vidyaniketan Computer Center Kochi, India Jun 1998 - Feb 2000
Local educational center, that also serves as an IT consulting firm to many local businesses. Offers advanced Post-Graduate diploma courses in Computer Applications.
Application Developer/Lead Instructor
• Courses Instructed: Computer Architecture, C, C++, MS-Office(Word, Excel, PowerPoint), FrontPage Express, Oracle( SQL, PL/SQL, ODBC), Developer-2000, Visual Basic, MS – Access
• Worked as Application Developer, Analyst, Software tester in different projects
Project: Out-Patient Management System Sep 1999 – May 2000
• Worked as Application Developer for a private homeopathy clinic
• Tools: Utilized VB, Crystal reports and Oracle
• Designed and developed database tables and utilized SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures to verify the data in the database
• Utilized constraints for data integrity
• Developed different modules in the application using Visual Basic 5.
• Built GUI interfaces for RDBMS
• Reports were generated based on the criteria entered
Project: Quality Assurance System Jan 1999 – Jul 1999
• Worked as a Software Analyst for a sea food exporting company
• Utilized Windows NT, MS Office, VB, Oracle, SQL * PLUS, Crystal Reports
• Interacted with end users and business groups for requirements gathering, documentation and designing and participated in the development and implementation of the system.
• Responsible for creating process flow diagrams and flow charts
Project: Customer Records Database Jul 1998 – Dec 1998
• Worked as a programmer making use of VB and Oracle
• Developed a Customer Records Database and utilized Tables to track details of deposits, loans, interest rates and bank policies
• Documented the customer requirements for this project
• Utilized the database objects like sequence, procedures, triggers etc.
• Improved the accuracy of tracking customer records and drastically reduced the transaction time leading to increased customer satisfaction