SYLVIA SOTOMAYOR
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OBJECTIVE
Database Developer, Database Analyst or similar position.
EDUCATION
M.S. IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITH A DATABASE CONCENTRATION
DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA in June, 2011
B.A. IN LINGUISTICS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, CA in May, 1988
CERTIFICATES
UNIX/LINUX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
University of California, Riverside.
ORACLE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL, MYSQL 5.0 DEVELOPER
Oracle Corp.
MAJOR COURSES
Database Management Applied Information and Database Technology
XML and Databases Data Mining
PROGRAM COURSES
Human-Computer Interaction Information Systems Analysis & Design
Evaluation of Information Systems Information Systems Management
Analysis of Interactive Systems Information Technology Integration
WORK EXPERIENCE
INDEPENDENT CONSULTING
Created web applications from initial gathering the requirements through writing use-cases, modeling the data, building the database, coding, testing, deploying the application, and writing the documentation:
• Application to process registration for an annual conference built using MySQL, PHP, and jQuery on a shared hosting server. Includes functionality to automatically log PayPal payments.
• Application to process new and renewing memberships built using MySQL, PHP, and Javascript on a shared hosting server.
Created and maintained websites for several clients:
• kelsiespetsitting.com
• gordienandassociates.com
Created publicly available PHP classes and script:
• http://www.phpclasses.org/package/6995 (outputs the structure of a database, with options to download as csv or xml)
CENGAGE LEARNING
Field Representative, 2001-2008
• Trained professors, teaching assistants, and students in use of textbook-specific software.
• Developed training materials for in-house instructional technology.
• Created website for a department to facilitate ordering desk-copies.
• Resolved customer service issues.
PENGUIN USA
Academic Marketing, 1997-2001; Account Representative, 1992-1997
• Researched customer activities.
• Wrote reports on trends in book adoptions in institutions of higher learning.
• Resolved customer service issues.
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Advanced: HTML, MySQL;
Intermediate: PHP, CSS;
Beginning: AJAX, Java, Javascript, jQuery, Mongo, Oracle, Perl, PL/SQL, UML;
Software: Apache, Cakephp, Eclipse IDE, Joomla, Microsoft Office (including Access), MySQL Workbench, Open Office, oXygen XML, phpMyAdmin, Rational Rose, Subversion, Toad for Oracle, Visio, Weka, WordPress.
VOLUNTEER WORK
Board member, Treasurer, and mailing list administrator for a 503(c) non-profit organization.