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OBJECTIVE

To secure a position where I can expand and apply technical, customer service, mainframe, networking, software engineering and programming skills and abilities.

PERSONAL PROFILE

A technical professional with strong analytical, problem solving, team work and interpersonal skills and proven abilities

EDUCATION

Computers Science - NESA Program - 2006-Present
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology - Canada

  • Currently enrolled in 4th semester
  • Program Includes: Cisco, Wireless Networking, Windows server 2003, Novell Netware and Linux & UNIX administration. Handling network security issues. Learning about network hardware

Computers Science - Software Engineering Technology Diploma Program - 2002-2004
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology - Canada

  • Graduated in Software Engineering with Honors
  • Dean's honour List for 2002-2003
  • Program Included: Programming, testing, debugging and developing software using PHP, MySQL, Perl, VB.Net, Photoshop, C++, CLP, COBOL and RPG. Multi-user Operating Systems such as Windows, UNIX and AS/400 were used. Hierarchy charts were also emphasized

Bachelor of Computer Applications - 1999-2002
Punjab Technical University - India

  • Received degree as Bachelor of Computer Applications with Honors
  • Program Included: Programming with C, C++, FORTRAN, JAVA, HTML and Basic. Oracle and MS Access Databases were used

TECHNICAL & INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

  • DB/2, MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, PHP, VB.Net, ASP.Net, C, C++, CLP, RPG, COBOL, Perl, MS UNIX, Z/OS Basics, AS/400,Windows 95/98/Xp/2003, Novell Netware, Java Script, HTML
  • Quick Learner
  • Energetic and self-motivated team player
  • Strong Verbal/Written Communication
  • Adopt in changing working conditions
  • Excellent Knowledge of relational database design and object oriented programming
  • Ability to quickly analyze problems and debug errors
  • Can work with minimal supervision

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Technical Support Person - May 2006-Present
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Tech., IAHS-C.E. - Canada

  • Developing Student Management Tool with MS SQL Server as backend and ASP.Net as front end to track students in clinical
  • Developed many applications in MS Access to automate processing of Revenue Reports and GL Reports from the data retrieved from the Banner database to make it easier to analyze data
  • Troubleshoot technical problems like Network Connectivity and software and hardware problems for staff
  • Design informational brochures, Course Outlines, and How-To Manuals for students and program managers
  • Create templates in Microsoft Word to be used for e-marketing

Database Developer - Feb 2006-Apr 2006
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Tech., IAHS - Canada

  • Developed Clinical Placement Management application in VB.Net with MS Access, as background, to track students being placed on Clinical Sites. This helped the IAHS department to manage student placements easily
  • This application also assisted in keeping track of students' activities, managing their placement status and on-site productivity

Website Management - Feb 2006-Apr 2006
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Tech., Athletics - Canada

  • Transferred old website to new CMS. It included redesigning and restructuring the old website & data
  • Involved updating website with information about new sports development by Mohawk College athletes

IT Coordinator - Feb 2005-Jan 2006 & Apr 2004-Aug 2004 & Oct 2003-Dec2003
International Sales Tax Refund Corp. - Canada

  • Restructured website to make it easy for users to surf the website
  • Made extensive use of PHP, CSS and HTML Templates
  • Helped creating strategies to cultivate Asian market to increase client base internationally
  • Assisted co-workers with technical problems. Problems included both software and hardware. Also provided support for the new software introduced in the company
  • Managed website
  • Extensively used SEO techniques; such as keyword enrichment, link building, to attract as many users as possible to the website to increase client base
  • Assisted co-workers with software and hardware problems

Peer Tutor - Jan 2004-Apr 2004 & May 2003-Aug 2003
Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology - Canada

  • Worked as peer tutor to help students in various courses
  • Assisted students with courses like PHP, MySQL, Perl, C++, C, COBOL, RPG, Unix, AS/400 and Mathematics
  • Taught students based on individual needs and requirements

VOLUNTEER

Volunteer - Apr 2004 & May 2003
Canadian National Institute for the Blind - Canada

  • Worked as Door-to-Door Canvasser to collect funds for Canadian Institute for the Blind

Parking Attendant - United Way Garage Sale - Sep 2006
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology - Canada

SCHOLARSHIPS

International Student Award Highest Grade Point Average - 2005 & 2004
Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology - Canada

  • Received scholarship for highest grade point average in International Students in Software Engineering

International Student Computer Science Award of Distinction - 2004
Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology - Canada

  • Received scholarship distinction in Computer Science in International Students in Software Engineering

HOBBIES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • Computers are my passion; surfing the Internet to get worldwide news, locating new technologies, installing software and programming
  • Playing cricket and football

LANGUAGES

  • Fluent in English, Punjabi and Hindi.

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