| 1989-Present |
TELUS Communications |
Edmonton, AB |
| Senior Developer Analyst (full-time) |
- Gained many years of development and support experience, including lots of business knowledge
- Worked primarily in the Business Intelligence group on the TELUS Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Obtained strong analytical skills and experience doing ETL with Informatica
- Some of the Projects, Systems and areas where I have worked include:
- Project Imagine (current) - development and documentation of Informatica PowerCenter
template components used by developers to build the new "next generation" Oracle data warehouse
- Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) - design, development and support
of the TELUS data warehouse using DB2 and Informatica PowerCenter on a UNIX AIX platform
- Decision Support System (DSS) Warehouse - design, development and support
of the Alberta TELUS data warehouse using
Oracle, IW and CLEAR:Access on a UNIX HP-UX platform
- DSS Warehouse Intranet Web Site - web site design, development and
support using FrontPage
- Pre-Authorized Payment System (PAPS) - development and support
of this COBOL/DB2 system which interfaces with both
billing and the banks to handle direct debiting of either customer
bank accounts or credit cards for the automatic payment of TELUS bills
- Competitive Marketing and Product Analysis System (COMPAS)
- development and support of the COBOL/DB2 and Focus extracts and XCOM jobs
to transfer TELUS billing data to Stentor's national database used by Marketing
for trend analysis and marketing campaign development
- Customer Information System (CIS) - development and support of various Mark IV,
Foremark, Focus and COBOL billing system data reports for internal TELUS Marketing customers
- Install & Repair (I&R) - out in the field face-to-face with customers
as a manager filling in for striking union members during the TELUS 2005 strike,
specialized in ADSL trouble tickets / orders
- Central Office Rackwork - spent a couple of weeks
as a manager filling in for striking union members during the TELUS 2005 strike
running jumpers in a Central Office
- Responsibilities: design, programming, testing, support and documentation
of all aspects of a large computing environment
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| 1987-1989 |
University of Alberta |
Edmonton, AB |
| Teaching Assistant, Department of Computing Science (part-time) |
- TA for both a first year introductory computing science course for non-computing
science students and a fourth year introductory computing science course in
Artificial Intelligence for computing science students
- Duties included teaching the first year students the use of a
Macintosh and various applications and, for the fourth year students,
teaching them MTS/Prolog and MTS/Lisp
- Responsibilities: running computer labs, consulting, teaching and marking
of all student assignments
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| 1987 |
Ontario Hydro |
Toronto, ON |
| Technical Assistant - Computer Applications,
Reactor Safety Reliability Section (summer) |
- Reviewed and corrected the mathematical Reactor Safety
Reliability Model
- Successfully redesigned, improved and reimplemented the Reactor Safety
Reliability Model System (RELMOD III), using Lotus 1-2-3 on an IBM PC/AT
- Responsibilities: design, programming, testing, debugging and
documentation plus computer resource support, software installation and security
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| 1986 |
Ontario Hydro |
Tiverton, ON |
| Simulator Maintenance Analyst, Systems Software Unit (co-op work term) |
- Analysed, block diagrammed and documented the Bruce A Simulator
Instructor Facility software using DBase III Plus on VAX/VMS and MacDraw on a
Macintosh Plus
- Programmed (real-time), and tested modules of the Bruce A Simulator
Instructor Facility software using VAX Fortran on VAX/VMS
- Performed various system software functions such as disk backup
and account maintenance
- Responsibilities: design, real-time programming, testing, debugging and
documentation
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| 1986 |
Ontario Hydro |
Toronto, ON |
| Technical Assistant - Computer Applications,
Reactor Safety Performance Evaluation Section (co-op work term) |
- Designed and developed the computerized Project Management System (PROJMAN),
using PC/Focus on an IBM PC/XT
- Maintained the Reactor Component Fault Database System using Focus in MVS/XA TSO
- Installed and tested an IRMA board and related software on an IBM PC/XT
- Responsibilities: design, programming, testing, debugging,
documentation (PROJMAN user manual), plus computer resource support,
security, software and hardware evaluation, installation and testing
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| 1983 - 1985 |
University of Waterloo |
Waterloo, ON |
| Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Mathematics (part-time) |
- Responsible for tutoring first year calculus students and marking their weekly assignments
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| 1984 - 1985 |
Bank of Montreal |
Scarborough, ON |
| Technical Specialist, User Technical Services Section (2 co-op work terms) |
- Responsible for the User Support Hotline: solving user problems in a
large multi-site MVS/XA TSO and VM/CMS computing facility
- Installed and tested a new release of
Panvalet, (a library management and security system),
in a MVS/XA TSO computer network environment
- Gained valuable practical experience using and supporting a vast variety
of software and hardware
- Responsibilities: user support, software installation, testing,
debugging and maintenance of the user support documentation library
- Successfully completed third and fourth work term reports entitled
Storage Media and
Product Installation respectively
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| 1983-1984 |
Royal LePage |
Toronto, ON |
| Systems Programmer Analyst, MIS Department (2 co-op work terms) |
- Worked on the development team of the Real Estate Management System (REMS)
using Basic-IV on MAI equipment
- Duties included writing REMS business specifications and drawing REMS schematics
- Additionally programmed a consolidation report system using Apple/NPL on an Apple III
- Responsibilities: design, programming, testing, debugging and documentation
- Successfully completed first and second work term reports entitled
Programming Problems and
Testing and Debugging respectively
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| 1980-1982 |
John A's Family Restaurant |
Thornhill, ON |
| Assistant Manager (part-time) |
- Supervised and delegated work to all employees
- Responsibilities: maintaining public relations, inventory control,
staff scheduling, payroll reporting and cash management, (have been bonded)
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