Dante E. Santiago
Email Address: [Send email using form at bottom]
Address: 3351 Coachman Rd Apt 301 Eagan, MN 55121
Mobile No. (818) 428-8798
Profile
-16 years extensive work experience and knowledge in Information Technology, in
the areas of systems design, programming, testing, debugging and maintenance.
-Have worked as a Project Leader for 2 1/2 years, supervising 7 - 10 software
developers
-Worked in various companies in the United States, Japan and the Philippines
Experience Highlights
Software Developer
-Creates systems specifications and design and do the actual program
development
-Conducts researches about technologies and tools that are applicable for the
enhancement of the software project
-Executes proper test procedures and performs debugging, problem-solving, and
taking the proper solutions needed
Project Leader
-Managed project teams, composed of 7-10 software developers
-Recommended long-term needs for the project
-Made the schedule of the project and assured adherence to it
-Performed quality assurance in each phase of the software development
-Coordinated with the Japanese clients and Project Managers
-Represented the company during the acceptance testing of the project
-Spearheaded the software process improvement using CMM Level 2 guidance
Technical Skills Summary
Hardware: Sun Solaris/SPARCstation (UltraSparc), Silicon Graphics, Intel PC and
Compatibles, IBM RISC
Operating Systems: Solaris 8/2.6, SunOS/OpenWindows, Unix/Linux, Windows
2000/XP, Windows Vista, IBM AIX, NEC DOS
Database: Oracle 8, Sybase, IBM DB2, Access, PL/SQL, Dbase III+, INFO Database
Programming Languages: C-language, Pro C, C++, C/CGI, PERL/CGI, JavaScript, Unix
Shell Scripts (Bourne/Korn/C-shell), HTML, Visual Basic 6.0, VB.NET, FORTRAN
System Software: BladeLogic, HP OpenView, OpenBase, Xlib, Open Windows, UIM/X,
Motif, Xtoolkit, ARC/INFO GIS Software (AML Language), Websphere Application
Server
Utilities/ Tools: MSOffice, Winzip, Internet Applications (Netscape, Internet
Explorer, MS Exchange/Outlook)
Software Configuration: Rational ClearCase, SRCS
Technology: Socket Programming, Multi-Processing, Multi-Threading, Client-Server
Programming, SNMP
Employment History and Project Highlights
Pointwest Technologies Corporation (Software Developer), Aug 2007 - Present
Client: Northwest Airlines (Eagan, MN, USA)
Video Information Display System
Support/ Operation Maintenance Personnel, Sep 2008 – Present
-Resolves faults and trouble reports reported from the three hubs of Northwest
Airlines at Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, Memphis, TN and Detroit, MI.
-Maintains the system (with a rate of > 95% resolution) in accordance with the
service level agreement (SLA) of trouble reports with severities 2, 3, and 4.
-Platform/Software: Visual Basic 6.0, HTML/ASP, JavaScript, VB.NET, Java,
Oracle
Software Tester, Dec 2007 / Feb - Sep 2008
-Tested the Video Information Display System IIS web sites and other
applications in IIS 6.0 (version upgrade)
-Created test documents following the IEEE 829 Software Testing Standard
Documents (Test Plan, Test Design Specification, Test Cases Specification, Test
Procedure Specification, Test Item Transmittal Report, Test Log, Test Incident
Report, Test Summary Report)
-Modified Autofixer VB6.0 program
-Included the VIDS IIS web sites and applications source codes in ClearCase
using Unix command line interface, xclearcase, and ClearCase Explorer in Windows
-In charge of the deployment of VIDS applications and IIS websites using
BladeLogic
-Platform/Software: Windows 2003 Server, VB 6.0, Oracle 10g,
ASP/HTML/Javascript
Passenger Revenue Accounting-Memo Notice System, Aug - Dec 2007
-Debugged and tested software faults and error
-Designed and developed programs as enhancement to the existing system version
-Performed the unit testing prior to delivery of solutions.
-Platform/Software: Solaris 5.8, Unix/C, Sybase
OMNI Manpower Services, Inc. (Freelance Developer), Aug 2006 - Nov 2006
Human Resources Information System
-Designed and developed an information system for OMNI employees
-Platform/Software: Windows XP, Visual Basic 6.0, MS Access 2003
Nabla Teligent Communications, Inc. (Software Developer), Feb 2006 - July 2006
Client: Smart Communication, Philippines
Number Analysis Program Modification, May - Jul 2006
-Created the detailed design and developed the revision from a single-thread to
a multi-threaded application
-Added POSIX thread call in the main class so that the application can handle
the continuous update of the data
-Platform/Software: Linux OS, C/C++
Telecom Application Training, Feb - Apr 2006
-Attended a 4-week training in Sweden on telecommunication applications and
software
-Investigated different Software Problem Reports and solved them.
-Platform/Software: Linux OS
Accenture Philippines (Senior Software Engineer), Oct 2002 - Jan 2006
Client: United Healthcare (Plymouth, MN, USA)
Software Developer, May 2004 - Jan 2006
-Created detailed design and developed the enhancement and modification of the
application so that it will be up-to-date with the U.S. Health Insurance
requirements
-Did unit testing and checked in the new codes using Rational ClearCase
-Tested the defects solved using Mercury Test Director
-The application is three-tier. The front-end is PowerBuilder and the middle
tier is BEA Tuxedo and Unix/C and the database is IBM DB2.
-Used IBM machine as the Unix server, ‘vi’ for editing files, and ‘Rational
ClearCase for checking in/out files
-Platform/Software: IBM Unix, Unix/C, ProC, IBM DB2, PL/SQL, Rational ClearCase,
Mercury Test Director, Unix Shell Scripting (Bourne)
Support/ Operation Maintenance Personnel, Feb 2003 - Apr 2004
-Made the detailed design and developed the solution of the Unix/C faults in the
application
-Unit tested and checked in new codes using SRCS
-Involved in the operations and maintenance of the application
-Used Rational ClearQuest change management software to update the status of
tickets/software errors being solved
-Used an IBM machine as the Unix server, ‘vi’ for editing files
-Platform/Software: IBM Unix, Unix/C, ProC, IBM DB2, PL/SQL, SRCS, Rational
ClearQuest, Unix Shell Scripting (Bourne)
Software Ventures Int‘l - Global Services Corp. (Sr. Programmer /Analyst), Oct
2001 - Oct 2002
Client: Morgan Stanley, Oct 2001 - Jan 2003
-Developed the modifications of the MF Access Request based on detailed design
given by Morgan Stanley in HK
-Platform/Software: Linux OS, Perl/CGI, HTML, Sybase, PL/SQL
Prime Global Solutions, Inc. (Project Leader), Apr 1999 - Sep 2001
Research and Study on CMM Assessment, Mar - Sep 2001
-Took lead in making CMM (Capability and Maturity Model) Level 2-compliant
documents in preparation for the assessment and evaluation of the software
process improvement
Remote PNET Maintenance Center, Sep 1999 - Mar 2001
Client: NEC Japan (Kyushu, Japan)
-Lead and managed 10 software developers in developing a system that manages the
computer network of the Japan Ministry of Post and Telecommunication using the
Internet
-Performed quality assurance in each phase of the software development
-Represented the company during the acceptance testing of the project in Kyushu,
Japan
Key Contributions:
-Created the detailed design and developed the multi-threaded process of the
servers of the Alarm Control module. The alarm control module was a
client-server application consists of five client/server pairs.
-Programmed the five (5) servers in one process using POSIX multithreading
functions
-Alarm data was retrieved from an Oracle database by clients and saved into
memory using doubly-linked list and binary tree. These alarm data were then
passed to the other clients for processing.
-Reviewed the client programs.
-Did unit test of each server and client programs and combination test of all
servers and clients.
-Platform/Software: Solaris 2.6 (Japanese version), Unix/C, Perl/CGI,
HTML/DHTML, Apache, JavaScript, Oracle8, ProC, PL/SQL, Unix Shell Scripting (C)
-Technologies: Posix, Multithreading, Sockets IPC
News Translation and Delivery System, Jun - Aug 1999
-Lead and managed 7 software developers in the development of an application
which translates and delivers news via the Internet. It includes three Web pages
of the FTP information display window using C/CGI and Oracle database (ProC).
-Performed quality assurance in each phase of the software development
-Platform/Software: Linux OS, Windows NT, C/ProC, PL/SQL, Perl/CGI, HTML, Visual
Basic 5.0, Oracle 7, FTP
ACE Philippines (Software Development Consultant), Aug 1998- Dec 1999
Inventory Management System, Jul - Dec 1999
-Platform/Software: Windows 95/98, MS Access, Visual Basic 4.0
Subscriber Information System, Sep 1998 - Mar 1999
-Platform: Windows 95/98, MS Access, Visual Basic 4.0
Geodata Systems Technologies, Inc. (Senior Development Consultant), Jul - Dec
1998
-Pasig City Hall Business Permit and Licensing (BPL) Payment System/BPL-GIS
Arcview
-Platform/Software: Novell LAN, DOS, Clipper/Dbase III, DEC Unix, ARC/INF0’s
Arcview
SRD Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (Systems Engineer), May 1992 - Mar 1998
SMART Double Invoice Checker System, Nov 1997 - Feb 1998
-Platform/Software: Windows 95/98, Excel, MS Access, Visual Basic 4.0
Sony COROMS Conversion to Unix, Oct 1997
-Platform/Software: Solaris OS (Japanese version), Sun OS (Japanese version),
Unix/C
NTT Personal Handyphone Caramel, Aug - Sep 1997
-Platform/Software: Solaris OS (Japanese version), Unix/C, PL/SQL
Toshiba Eng’g Fail Bit Chip, Apr 1997 - Jun 1997
-Platform/Software: Sun SPARCstation/DEC Alphastation, UIM/X,
Motif/XToolkit/Xlib, Unix/C
NTTI DMS Telop for GTA, Sep 1995 - Nov 1995
-Platform/Software: Solaris OS, ARC/INFO GIS, Arc Macro Language (AML)
Programming, Unix Shell Scripting
KDD Image Processing, Mar - Aug 1995
-Platform/Software: SGI Unix, C, FORTRAN, Unix Shell Scripting (Korn)
Toshiba Corp. Power Monitoring System, Feb - Apr 1995
-Platform: Solaris OS (Japanese version), Motif/XToolkit/Xlib , Unix/C, ProC
Rightstuff Utility Window, Dec 1994 - Jan 1995
-Platform/Software: SunOS (Japanese version), XView/XToolkit/XLib, Unix/C
Osaka City Hall GIS, Jun 1994 - Dec 1994
-Platform/Software: Windows 3.1, Neuron Data Open Interface 2.0, C, ARC/INFO
GIS
NTTI DMS Telop Testing in Bangkok, Dec 1993 - May 1994
-Platform/Software: SunOS, ARC/INFO, AML Programming, Novell LAN, AutoCAD
Digital Photogrammetric Workstation, Aug 1993 - Dec 1993
-Platform/Software: Solaris OS (Japanese version), Xview, Xlib, C
NTTI DMS Telop, Jul 1992 - Jul 1993
-Platform/Software: SunOS/Solaris OS (JPN version), ARC/INFO GIS, AML
Programming, Unix Shell Scripting
Jupiter Systems, Inc. (Applications Programmer), Aug 1991 - Feb 1992
-Enhance Resource Information Control (ERIC) System
-Platform/Software: Novell LAN, DOS, Clipper/FoxPro/Dbase III+
Education
B.S. in Civil Engineering, June 1983 - April 1989
-Graduated in University of the Philippines (Diliman)
-(Registered Philippine Civil Engineer No. 58976, August 28, 1990)
Technical Training
CMMI Overview, Aug 2005, Accenture
Continuous Improvement, Jun 2005, Accenture
Defect Prevention, Jan 2005, Accenture
UNIX: Shell Programming: UNIX Shell Scripting Basics, Jun 2004, Accenture
Accenture Delivery Suite Overview, Mar 2004, Accenture
Capability Maturity Model Overview, Nov 2003, Accenture
Oracle iDevelop Seminar, Oct 1999, Oracle
Microsoft Technet, Aug 1999, Microsoft
ARC/INFO GIS, Sep 1992, Pasco Corp. (Japan)
Oracle Training, Feb 1992, MCC Associates
Basic Computer Systems, May 1984, Systems Technology Institute
Leadership/Professional Development Training
Leadership Skills for New Supervisors, Sep 2005, Accenture
Ethics and Compliance - Confidentiality, Protecting Assets and Information, Aug
2005, Accenture
Personal Responsibility - Living the Code, Aug 2005, Accenture
Presentation Dynamics, Jun 2005, Accenture
Security Awareness Training, May 2005, Accenture
Guide to Professional Manners, Feb 2005, Accenture
Achieving Meeting Results, Dec 2004, Accenture
Team Development, Oct 2004, Accenture
Ethics and Compliance - Avoiding Insider Trading, Feb 2003, Accenture
People Handling Skills, Feb 2001, Guthrie-Jensen
Developing High Performance Teams, Nov 2000, Guthrie-Jensen
Leadership Training, Jun 1999, JRF Business Institute |
