EXPERIENCE

Database Engineer	Jan 2005 – May 2005
Focal3, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Handled ETL production independently, continuously analyzing each process
(existing code) for improvement. Wrote UNIX shell scripts to automate ETL
processes and made the needed improvements to existing code.
Skills used: UNIX shell script, Oracle SQL
Reason for leaving: second baby (3 years maternity at home)

Software Engineer	Aug 2000 – Aug 2001
Thomson Financial, Rockville MD
Wrote C programs and UNIX shell scripts for data management applications,
involving cgi programs that access Oracle databases.
Skills used: UNIX shell script, C, Oracle SQL, HTML
Reason for leaving: first baby (3 years maternity at home)

Software Engineer	June 1999 – Apr 2000	
DRS Electronic Systems, Gaithersburg MD
Wrote C programs, under HP-RT and Solaris, for communication and control
software designed for real-time tactical display systems (complying with DoD
standards and codes).  Enhanced existing emulation control modules to accommodate
several emulation modes.  Developed an X Windows module, using Xlib calls, to
display statuses of various consoles and other devices communicating via LAN.
Skills used: C, X Windows
Reason for leaving: Health Problems – company refused long sick leave

Programmer Analyst	July 1998 - May 1999
United Information Systems, Bethesda MD
Developed ProC programs to extract textual data from encoded binary data and to
update database tables with the extracted data.  Developed PL/SQL procedures,
involving dynamic SQL, and perl scripts that constitute a database search
software.  Used SQLPlus for Oracle database queries, updates, and object
management.  Wrote UNIX shell scripts that automate database operations through
SQL calls.
Skills used: ProC, Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, perl
Reason for leaving: Contract not renewed - all programmers laid off

Programmer Analyst	Dec. 1997 - July 1998
GEICO, Information Services Dept., Chevy Chase MD
Developed C++ classes and client programs that manage critical file information
stored in Oracle database tables.  Wrote use cases to capture the Electronic
Claims Folder project requirements, using the Rational Rose development tool to
design classes and sequence diagrams.
Skills used: C++, OOD/Rational Rose
Reason for leaving: Normal end of contract

Software Engineer	May 1996 – Nov. 1997
Synthesys Technologies, Austin TX
Developed C code and UNIX shell scripts to extract and manipulate data
externally received in various formats.  Developed UNIX shell scripts to automate
data input/output and stages of the database build process.  Developed parser
applications to build and update databases, including HTML-based databases, for a
clinical data repository system.
Skills used: C, UNIX shell script, HTML
Reason for leaving: Spouse’s job relocation to Maryland

SKILLS

LANGUAGES:
C/C++
Perl
Oracle SQL
UNIX shell script
X Windows
HTML/XML
PL/SQL
Javascript

OPERATING SYSTEMS:
UNIX
Windows XP

SOFTWARE TRAINING

Advanced C++
UNIX Operating System
C Programming
Perl

EDUCATION

The University of Maryland at College Park
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, December 1993, GPA: 3.6 (out of 4.0)
Post-Graduate EE courses taken during Jan.1994 – Aug. 1995

STATUS

U.S. citizen