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EDUCATION

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B.S. Business Administration
Double Concentration in: GPA
Information Systems         3.66
International Business      3.77
German Minor
(graduated: 12/99)          Cum Laude

I have knowledge and/or familiarity with the following technologies and concepts:

Programming

Web Development

Mainframe

Database

Other

JAVA

C++

COBOL

SQL

 

HTML

ASP

FTP

MS FrontPage

 

JCL

MVS/TSO

ISPF

CICS

 

Access

DB2

Oracle

 

Object-Oriented Design

Relational Database Design

MS Project

VA Case Tool

Jan-Mar. 2000: Intensive training at the International Data Group facility in Louisville, Ky. The curriculum included; COBOL, DB2, CICS, and JCL.

Fluency in German: Hold Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache from the Goethe Institut in Munich, Germany.

EXPERIENCE

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Jan 2000 to present.

Mainframe programmer/developer maintaining legacy computer systems including COBOL applications, DB2 databases, and JCL batch systems.

 

Marine Safety Consultants/Tidewater School of Navigation
    Norfolk, Va.
    

Freelance author/consultant, January 1996-Present   
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Have assisted the instructors at MSC/TSN in authoring navigation, seamanship, and safety manuals to be used in the continuing education programs of marine transportation companies. Additionally, served as a freelance IT consultant and webmaster to the school on a part time basis during my college career.

Maritrans Inc.
Philadelphia, Pa.    
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Mate, First Class Pilot

This position required a significant amount of coordination activity between geographically diverse locations of both our customer's offices and our own corporate headquarters. As a result of my experiences in this position, I am acutely aware of the communication and IT requirements for companies engaged in the transportation and logistics industries.
Participant in company-wide Quality Improvement Program which included instructional seminars on techniques for increasing productivity and efficiency in meeting both internal and external customer requirements.

Poling Brothers Inc.
Staten Island, New York

Master, Chief Mate, First Class Pilot

Responsible for the safety of the crew and vessel while transporting petroleum products in the waters of New York Harbor, the Hudson River, Long Island Sound and its tributaries.
My experiences as the Captain of a merchant vessel have honed my leadership skills and my ability to focus on short term solutions which transform into long term assets for a business.

Moran Towing of Virginia.
Norfolk, Virginia    
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Master, Mate, First Class Pilot

Responsible for the handling of tugboats engaged in ship assistance work in the port of Hampton Roads. Responsible for the safe navigation of tugs and barges transporting bulk commodities on the Chesapeake Bay and other ports along the eastern seaboard.
Have a profound familiarity with the communication requirements of firms who have extensive mobile operations.

Sealand Service Inc.
Elizabeth, New Jersey   

Unlicensed deck department service     December 1978-May 1985

Other Skills

Have experience as the project leader of a Systems Analysis and Design team at Old Dominion University. The project team included members who come from all over the globe and from various ethnic backgrounds. The project helped to refine my ability to facilitate, coordinate, communicate, and schedule complex IT tasks among people who are internationally and ethnically diverse.

References

Available upon request.      envelp.gif (1664 bytes)     E-mail: [email protected]