Miss Rebecca N. Gideon
Database Developer &
Software Engineer
Certified Information System Auditor
(in progress)
Apt A
Ville St-Laurent, QC H4L 2N3
Canada
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EDUCATION
JUNE 2010 - MASTER’S OF ENGINEERING – INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY
Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering – Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec - Canada
JUNE 2006 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE – APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE
Quebec Comparative Evaluation for Studies – Bachelor of Science
Computer Science Department – Daystar University
Nairobi, Kenya
SKILLS / ABILITIES
DATABASES : Oracle 8, 9i, 10g, 11g; MySQL 3.x, 4.x, 5.0; MsSQL 2000, 2005, 2008
LANGUAGES : PHP 3.x, 4.x, 5.x; ASP.net; JavaScript; C++; Visual Basic; Web Services
APPLICATIONS : Office 2007/2003/XP/2000/97, Reuters, Bloomberg, GL Trade
NETWORKS : TCP/IP, Ethernet, LAN/WAN, WIFI
TOOLS : Wise Package Studio, MS Visio/Project, Sniffer Pro, Network Monitor
HARDWARE: Practical knowledge of computer and network assembly, function and technical troubleshooting
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
• Thorough knowledge of database design, implementation and administration.
• Strong understanding and extensive use of Visual studio.NET, PHP, Java among other programming languages.
• Team leading skills acquired after working as a team leader in most of the projects I have been involved in and with a combination of project management skills acquired in my career.
I am able to deliver expected output and on time.
• Well Spoken, energetic, confident and personable type who can be relied on any circumstance.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Programmer Analyst March 2010 - Present
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY – Programmer Analyst
- Undertake the development of vulnerability projects.
- Provide support to end-users of the delivered software.
- Develop other MIS application software as needed, during times waiting for user specifications in the vulnerability projects.
- Participate in meetings with user representatives to get specifications and to fine-tune the systems.
- Perform testing and quality control of system changes to ensure delivery of error-free products.
Technical Environment : ASP.net, PHP, XML, MSSQL
Developer April 2009 – March 2010
ECOM ACCESS – Software Analyst
- Provide technical support in developing and maintaining database applications.
- Data conversion and data integration supporting back-end.
- Create scripts for data maintenance or bug fixes.
- Review, analyze and document data and workflow processes.
- Data analysis, application troubleshooting.
- Assist with administrative maintenance of relational databases including backup/recovery, schedule jobs, problem diagnosis and performance tuning.
- Implement data models and database designs.
- Assist in the resolution of database capacity issues, replication, and other distributed data issues.
- Assist with ad-hoc reports.
Technical Environment : ASP.net, PHP, XML, MSSQL
Developer September 2008 – May 2009
Concordia University – Department of Institutional Planning
- Develop a reporting application tool with PHP and MySql.
- Integration of department information to Concordia’s website.
Technical Environment : PHP, XML, MySQL
Software Engineer – Project Manager June 2006 – August 2008
Kimetrica (Application Service Provider – Kenya)
- Attend and conduct necessary meetings to plan and program module of the Kimetrica suite of
applications (databases, intranet, website, digital library etc…)
- Assist in the conceptual design of the Kimetrica suite of applications
- Program application modules for the Kimetrica internal /external usage (client/server programming)
- Develop various databases using open source programming in web-based environment for
Integration in the Kimetrica database system.
Technical Environment : ASP.net C#, MS SQL Server 2008, PHP, MySql
Application Developer May 2005 – June 2006
Wananchi Online (Internet Service Provider – Kenya)
- Developed and Deployed applications
- Designed and Implemented Database back end with SQL server
- Implemented web based reporting module in PHP
- Developed and Implemented a Human Resource and Quality Management System
Technical Environment : ASP.net C#, MS SQL Server 2008, PHP, MySql
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
Cassava Initiative Project (www.cassavainitiative.net) Jul 2007 - Nov 2007
Web Application for the Great lakes region in Africa. The website is used to:
- Share your views and opinions on the key debates surrounding cassava in Africa through the GLCI chat-room.
- Share key documents about managing cassava diseases through the GLCI Library.
- View and share maps.
-Participate in the GLCI monitoring, evaluation and reporting system.
-Manage critical resources like cuttings and vouchers.
Technical Environment : ASP.net C#, MS SQL Server 2008
Drylands Resource Knowledge (www.indigenousvegetation.net) Jul 2007 - Nov 2007
Drylands Resource Knowledge and Practice Network is an interactive place that provides users with highlights on the Publication of the Month and the hottest current discussion topic in the discussion forum.
Technical Environment : ASP.net C#, MS SQL Server 2005
Project Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Supply Chain Management System for FAO Pakistan (www.kimetrica.com) Jan 2007 - Jun 2007
ERUPT is a Project Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Supply Chain Management System. The Emergency Response Unit Programming Toolkit (ERUPT) is a management information, monitoring and evaluation system built for FAO Pakistan.
Technical Environment : ASP.net VB, MS SQL Server 2000
Pastoral online Data Survey for Oxfam International (www.kimetrica.net/oxfamrosp1/)
Oct 2006 - Nov 2006
This is an online survey with a discussion forum where users can register and participate in different forums online. Administrator can approve or disapprove comments and post new forum topics. The Application was designed for Oxfam International.
Technical Environment : ASP.net VB, Ms Access 2003 Backend Database
Micro Insurance Center (http://www.crisistoolkit.org/) Jul 2006 - Oct 2006
Web-based application for contingency planning to improve disaster management in the world's poorest 100 countries. In particular it contains data about insurance products available to the poor in these countries.
Technical Environment : ASP.net VB, Ms Access 2003 Backend Database
Kimetrica Limited Internal Projects
Multimedia training: E-Learning application for Kimetrica clients. Users can view videos and attempt questions online.
Online ERP system for Kimetrica Ltd.
Technical Environment : ASP.net C#, MS SQL Server 2005
REFERENCES
Available upon request.