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Educate and mentor future professionals across disciplines by delivering clear and engaging instruction for a variety of college-level computer science courses. Capitalize on progressive teaching methods and technologies to maximize student success rates. Create lesson plans and online resources, facilitate group and individual learning sessions, and support student progress through careful evaluation and constructive review.Key Achievements:Teaching comprehensive courses in numerous basic to intermediate IT areas including MS Office Tools, Introduction Programming, Object Oriented Programming, Introduction to Databases, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Java, Telecommunications and Data Mining. Assist in Departmental and College-wide effort to recruit and retain Computer Science Majors.

Educate and mentor future IT professionals by delivering clear and engaging instruction for a variety of college-level computer science courses. Capitalize on progressive teaching methods and technologies to maximize student success rates. Create lesson plans and online resources, facilitate group and individual learning sessions, and support student progress through careful evaluation and constructive review. Key Achievements:Taught comprehensive courses in numerous basic to intermediate IT areas including MS Office Tools, Introduction to Programming and Object Oriented Programming, Introduction to Databases, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Java, Telecommunications and Robotics.Initiated effort to launch an IBM Linux programming challenge team to compete with other CS departments throughout the nation.Developed fencing program and coached the first woman’s fencing team at SFC.

Spearheaded all operations and quality control/assurance efforts to complete a paperless office/document imaging project for a major metropolitan organization. Performed large-scale data migrations, and ensured customer satisfaction through rapid and efficient problem resolution. Liaised between Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and technology division by providing guidance on client server issues, Oracle database synchronization, data projection and reporting. Facilitated Jukebox storage availability for materials. Worked closely with SMEs to augment online document capture processes and data availability, and delivered weekly and bi-monthly reports to stakeholders.Key Achievements:Synchronized Oracle instances running on a Sun Solaris (E10Ks) system.Developed and instituted procedures, protocols and guidelines to ensure the secure and rapid processing of millions of pages of data, along with methods to streamline data access.

Researched and identified requirements and implemented solutions to ensure enterprise clients were compliant with upcoming Y2K requirements. Key Achievements:Oversaw data collection, analysis and reporting for more than 32 sites throughout the countryGathering change requirements and presenting same to IT developers and managementGenerated key buy-in with internal stakeholders to ensure projects were completed within established timeframes and requirements.Coordinated hardware/software distribution Managed vendor interactionSelected and deployed software for gathering enterprise wide data of installed software and hardwareOversaw the necessary upgrade of both software and hardware enterprise wide Provided status reports (written, and orally (delivered using power point presentations)

Provided skillful and enthusiastic technical assistance for a variety of individual and businesscustomers. Worked in-house via phones or directly onsite with clients to perform network installations, PC hardware/software configurations, system upgrades, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting, and software/hardware upgrade recommendations. Provided cost-effective solutions and generated valuable repeat business by utilizing strong knowledge of cutting-edge computer technologiesConsistently met and exceeded department performance goals by demonstrating exceptional technical skill and maintained high rates of productivity.Provided analysis for necessary upgrades

Developed and maintained IMS/VS COBOL II, Focus and Oracle DatabaseApplications and COBOL modules. Evaluated alternative platforms for migration ofDatabase applications using shared network facilities (SCO, Novel and DOS/Windows clients over Ethernet)Microcomputer software and hardware. Performed data extraction and transformation for statistical analysis and reporting.

Dps, Computing

Activities and Societies: IEEE, ACM, BDPAMy specialization in this doctoral program was data mining, classification and prediction.

Ma, Psychology

Pursued and interest in developmental and counseling issues, and techniques.

Bs, Education

Activities and Societies: Student Government, Student News Paper