Saad Masood
32459 Lois Way Dr.
Union City, CA 94587
smasood@alumni.upenn.edu		215-868-9203

EDUCATION:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Bachelors of Science & Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering
Minor in Economics

Drexel University, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Transferred: Sep 2000
GPA: 3.89/4.0 scale

HONORS: 
   • Philadelphia City Scholarship (1998-2002)	  • College’s Dean's list – (4
quarters – Winter -2000)
   • Pennsylvania Science & Technology Scholarship (2000-2002)

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE:
Hardware: IBM and IBM Clones, Macintosh.
Operating Systems: Windows (2k, NT, XP, ME, 9x, 3x), UNIX (Linux, AIX, Solaris),
Mac O/S, Dos 6.22, Rumba - TSO29.
Languages: C++, Java, C, Perl, XML, Visual Basic, ActiveX, SQL, PL/SQL,
Automation, JCL, Pascal, ASP, VBScript, CFML, JavaScript, HTML, SAS, COM, OBDC,
JDBC, CORBA, EJB, JSP, TCP/IP.
Software: Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio .Net 200x, Access, Excel, Word,
CodeWarrior, WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, Rational Testing Suite, SAS, Access, SQL
Server, MySQL, Visual SourceSafe, IIS, Apache, Crystal Reports, Cold Fusion,
Proterm, ClearQuest, Excel, 3D Studio Max, PhotoShop, PhotoDeluxe, Maple, Xilinx,
Flash, FileMaker Pro, ClarisWorks, DreamWeaver, MS Frontpage, IBM Visual Age,
JBuilder, GIF Construction Set 32, FTP tools, TCP/IP.
 
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS:
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) – (Visual Basic and COM
Development Exams, Visual Source Safe and Install shield) – Finished February
2003
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) – (SQL Server
2000)	Finished March 2003	

EXPERIENCE:
MDRX Research and Financial, Jenkintown, PA
Systems Analyst (October 2008-December 2009)
Analyze drug prescription and sales metrics data through SQL Server Analysis
services and data cubes.  Report data to financial, pharmaceutical, hospital and
doctor clients.  Provide application support to SQL based data warehouse.  Run
and monitor EFTs and ETLs.  Monitor system status and performance.  Respond to
and initiate client report requests.  Extract appropriate data trends captured in
the SQL data warehouse in support of custom projects.  Create custom files and
web reports in response to client requests.  Provide system user training on a
need basis.  Monitor load streams and quality measures according to established
production.  Monitor and manage client requests and production incidents as
required.

The MCS Group, Philadelphia, PA
Technology Consultant (August 2007-March 2008)
Analyze requirements for, design and develop software applications in C, C#,
Btrieve, SQL Server 2000 and 2005.  Enhanced Accounts Receivable, Accounts
Payable and Customer applications to retrieve data from database, display on
screen, build pcl and text files from the data and convert the files to pdf
format.  Built a C# windows forms based application for single-point access to
over 160 software applications used through the company.  Built ASP and ASP .NET
web pages for a variety of tasks.

Merck Pharmaceuticals, Lansdale, PA
Technical Analyst - Consultant (May 2006-May 2007)
Analyzed requirements for, designed and implemented Microsoft Access and Excel
based applications for various groups in the Customer Contract Management
department and for the Marketing department of the company.  Designed, coded and
deployed reporting application for Merck’s Marketing and Sales team.  Developed
Access-based reporting tool for internal customer contract management team.

Waste Connections Inc, Folsom, CA
Application Developer (October 2005-March 2006)
Worked on client site.  Developed application in Visual Basic .NET and SQL
Server 2000 for managing client’s security policies for Sarbanes-Oxley Act
reporting.  Built a sales tool using Visual Basic .NET and Crystal Reports for
the client’s Sales and Marketing teams to run various reports.

Marshall & Swift/Boeck, Los Angeles, CA 
Software Developer (May 2003-September 2003)
Develop software applications in C# (. Net), ASP .Net, Visual Basic 6 and SQL
Server.  Developed .Net component for Residential Component Valuation Software. 
Tested and debugged it.  Deployed it in Research Department.  Conversion of
Microsoft Access application into .Net Application running C # code and ADO .Net.
 Graphical and functional enhancements to Building Cost Data application running
Visual Basic 6.  Verification of China-outsource project code enhancements.
Functional, Regression, Parallel and Load Testing and Debugging of
Residential/Business Component Valuation Software called BlackWeb.  Coded in C #,
XML (Visual Studio .Net 2003) and implemented as .Net Web Service using SOAP.  
Debugging of Blackweb application.  Acquired and supported Boeck-Research
Data-Repository and Integra-Claims Application from New Brunswick-Wisconsin
office.  Application implemented in Oracle 9i on Solaris 2.6, PL/SQL and J2EE
(EJB 2.0, JDBC, Web Logic 6).  Separated Integra Claims Data from Repository
Database & consolidated it in SQL Server 2000, rewrote EJB/Web Logic application
into C# and ADO .Net.


Legacy Photographics Database Consulting Project, Narberth PA
(April 2002-March 2003)
Developed full-scale database application for client's business and operational
needs.  Developed in Microsoft Access.  Developed Accounting, Payroll and
Customer Relations sub-programs using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).  Used
OLE/Microsoft Office Automation for generating Excel Spreadsheets, setting up
Automated Emails and Developing Word and Access Reports.  Wrote Visual Basic
ActiveX and COM components for Database-Access Routines and for Digital Image
Capturing and Scanning.  Added online full-featured Web Application for Database
Front-End Delivery.

Apparatus Computers Inc, Philadelphia, PA
Visual Basic, ASP and SQL Server Software Developer – (September 2001-May 2003)
Management and development of software projects.  Completion of
Church-Member-Tracking and School-Student-Staff-Record database web-application. 
Design & creation of tables in SQL Server and Microsoft Access. 
Application-Programming using VBA, ActiveX, Visual Basic, Cold Fusion, ASP
(VBScript), FrontPage, DreamWeaver, JavaScript, CSS and XML.  R & D, testing,
debugging.  Maintenance, hosting & administration of databases and web pages. 
Creation of Clearinghouse Internet Messaging System, Bulletin Board, Bug-Tracking
and Client-Relations Management Software using Visual Basic .Net, Com+,
service-entry points, ADO .Net and ASP .Net.

ProServices Inc, Trenton, NJ
Software Engineer (June 2002-Sep 2002)
Darwin – Software Testing System – A Software Testing Application.  Initial
Prototype developed in Java for Application-Logic and VBA in Microsoft Access for
Test Insertion and Editing forms.  Programming of Application engine using Java 2
EE (J2EE), IBM Visual Age, Web Sphere and Web Logic, development of API layer
using JDBC-ODBC, OLEDB and Application User Interface in Java Swing and AWT. 
Integration of software components.  Code maintenance and control using Visual
Source Safe 6.0.  System integration.  Implemented Java Code on WebLogic
Application Server.  Conversion of code to C, C++ and databases to mySQL and
Oracle for separate customer deliveries.  Deployment & support.   Project
Tracking Application – built in Java 2.0, JBuilder.  Used Bean Persistence, EJB,
WebLogic Server, Oracle 9i Database.

CareScience Inc, Philadelphia PA
Software Engineer – Drexel Co-op (July 2000 – March 2001)
Quality Assurance of updates in web-based Application running C, Perl and
PL/SQL.  Learned Java Servelets & Perl.  Utilized knowledge in remodeling of
Internet-based medical statistics application.  Wrote Java Servelets (J2EE),
HTML, JavaScript for processing of user-input and the display of information. 
Utilized IBM’s Java WebSphere Application Server and BEA WebLogic server. 
Revised relational structure of the Oracle database using E/R Diagrams.  Created
UML diagrams for representation of object-class hierarchy, program flow.  Tested
and debugged PL/SQL queries and segments of Perl code running against the Oracle
DB.   Participated in optimization of queries/tables using normalization and
other techniques. 

Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
Teaching Assistant - Programming (March 2000-June 2000)
Presented labs.  Graded exams, labs & homework projects.  Held office hours to
assist students.  Aided professors in course planning.
 
Aetna US Healthcare, Fort Washington, PA
Software Quality Analyst (September 1999 - March 2000)
Worked with QA team to ensure quality of software products. Proofread & tested
Visual Basic and COBOL programs.  Performed regression analyses on programs. 
Upgraded QA Production database.  Distributed, installed and configured
standardized software. Designed & developed forms and queries for Budget Database
in Microsoft Access.

COURSEWORK:	
• Design & implementation of Operating Systems – Built a clone of the UNIX
Operating System using C language on Solaris platform in a team of 4.  Proposed
the design of the process scheduling algorithm, a 2-dimensional strategy with
round robin vertical scheduling and process-priority-based horizontal scheduling
across queues.  Project divided equally between team-members.  Coded, tested,
debugged half of the software.  Wrote kernel functions, scheduler and process
control.   Programmed DAEMON.  Implemented mutual exclusion. Wrote text editor.  
Wrote networking applications using sockets.  Added multi-user support.  
Integrated shell, file-system and other independently developed components with
the kernel. Played role of team lead, team spokesman for communicating issues
with professor and teaching assistants. Coordinated the project.  Handled time
management efforts, meeting schedules etc.

OTHER COURSEWORK:
• Digital Systems Organization & Design
• C++ Programming I, II, Data Structures
• Physics I, II & Chemistry I
• Probability and Statistics I & II
• Calculus I, II, III, IV
	• Senior Design – E-Business Development Application, Structural Learning
Theory and Intelligent Tutor Systems
• Web Design, Development (HTML, JavaScript, CSS) Graphical User Interfaces.  
• Intermediate Micro & Macro Econ, Financial Accntg

INTERNET SOFTWARE SYSTEM PROJECTS:
• Chester Charter Project - A School Student & Staff Management system. 
Implemented in ASP, VBScript, Cold Fusion and SQL.  Managed and contributed 80%
of the development, and worked on all aspects of the system from server-side
scripting, database design, development & administration, client-side scripting
(HTML, JavaScript, Style Sheets, DreamWeaver, MS Frontpage), graphics design,
testing, customer demonstration, deployment.  Back-end implemented in SQL Server
2k for production, integrated with MS IIS web server.  Implemented: School
Student Information Collection & Reporting, Grading system and record management,
Attendance Collection, Management & Reporting, design & creation of School
Calendar, integration of calendar with School Attendance, Faculty Information &
attendance Collection, Management & Reporting.  Implementation of Scheduled State
Audit Report.  Student Medical records & vaccination information management &
reporting.

• Micro Digital System J2EE CRM Application - Customer Relations and Resource
Management software developed on the J2EE platform, with JSP, EJB and HTML. 
Application intended for Notebooks systems and hand-held devices-Palm Pilots. 
Use of Design Patterns, UML and data models.  Development in JBuilder 7
Enterprise.  Use of JBuilder DataExpress, Java Beans, JDBC and JDO.
 • NicheWave Media Web Services Venture – A full-scale company web system of a
newly initiated venture.  Runs on Linux server w/ Apache web server and mySQL
database.  The server-side code done in PERL.  Perl DBI used.  Several components
done in ASP using DreamWeaver and SQL Server 2k.  Later, ASP <-> PERL integration
using non-standard Perl modules such as libwww, LWP, HTML::Parser, Digest::MD5.