Seeking part-time Oracle work

I am seeking part-time Oracle work in the Bay Area. It would be in addition to my normal job and hence would have to be evenings and weekends, although I can make myself available for occasional meetings.

Here is my resume

Stephen Jessop Schow
151 S. Bernardo Ave. #50
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Home: (415) 969-2903 Office: (415) 354-4908 Internet: sjs_at_netcom.com

Objective: Seeking employment with a progressive software development

            company  that will utilize my technical skills and provide
            growth in the area of software engineering.

Experience: A Programmer/Analyst experienced with all phases of the
            database application development life cycle.  Primary focus on
            Oracle application development and relational database design.

Technical Summary:

Systems: UNIX, Macintosh, DOS, MS Windows

Software: Oracle6, Oracle7, SQL*FORMS 3.0, Oracle*Forms 4.0,

            Oracle Report Writer, Novell Netware, Foxbase, SQL*PLUS,
            SQL*MENU, make, RCS, Excel, Curses, HP4GL

Languages:  C language, Bourne/korn shells, awk, perl, lex/yacc, SQL,
            PL/SQL, Pro*C, Pascal

Employment History:

6/88 - Present	Collagen Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
                Programmer/Analyst



*	Participated as technical lead in development team for trend analysis


	reporting system.  The LOTANA system consolidated data from several
	heterogeneous systems including Oracle and the AS-400 into a central
	data warehouse. Used Oracle6, SQL*FORMS, SQL*MENU, SQL*LOADER, PL/SQL,
	Pro*C and UNIX shell scripts to fully automate this monthly procedure. 
	Provided automated archival and restoration of frozen data sets.  



*	Designed a standard approach and methodology for creating clinical


	trial databases with Oracle development tools.  Automation,
	standardization and modular coding techniques were used to design a
	Clinical Data Management System(CDMS).  Wrote reusable general
	purpose PL/SQL procedures under SQL*FORMS.  Consideration was given
	to the fact that clinical studies require a quick turn around on a
	large number of full-featured data entry screens.



*	Functioned as technical lead of a development team for the


	implementation of numerous clinical trial database applications
	using CDMS as the model.  



*	Designed and implemented double data entry discrepancy checking


	software using PL/SQL, Korn shell, awk and other UNIX tools.  
	Wrote code-generation scripts to automate the production of
	discrepancy checking software for each new clinical study.



*	Designed and implemented validation system for Adverse Events


	database application using advanced rule-based validation.  Included
	database application to track history of all rules.  The validation
	engine utilized the rules database to determine how to validate any
	given adverse event record.  Used Oracle6, SQL*FORMS3.0, PL/SQL and
	UNIX tools such as the korn shell, lex/yacc and awk.



*	Developed and documented company application development standards


	and guidelines for using Oracle development tools.  Established
	company standards for software release procedures, user interface 
	guidelines, data coding, entity relationships and database
	optimization strategies. 



*	Participated in conversion of existing applications from Oracle6 to


	Oracle7 and SQL*FORMS 3.0 to Oracle*Forms 4.0.



*	Participated in development of software to translate AS-400 binary


	data files into standard ASCII text files under UNIX.  Used  shell
	scripts to automate FTP file transfer procedures and C language to 
	translate the binary files into ASCII.



*	Taught SQL classes to other non-technical employees as part of


	in-house software training program.



*	Designed and implemented various small database applications as


	requested by various departments throughout the company including
	manufacturing, R&D, and Finance.  Used client/server development 
	tools such as Oracle*Forms, ClearAccess, Oracle Report Writer
	and Excel.  Developed applications under Windows, Mac OS and UNIX.



*	Investigated new development products.  Responsible for knowing


	latest industry trends and technologies.  Evaluated all new tools
	and made recommendations for department-wide purchases.



*	Developed numerous software tools and utilities for company-wide use.


	Utilized UNIX shell scripts, C language, lex/yacc, Oracle tools
	and other third party products.

3/92 - 7/92	EPRI, Palo Alto, CA
            Contract Programmer



*	Provided programming support for migration of data from


	Microcomputer based systems into enterprise-wide client/server database.



*	Designed and implemented advanced Excel macros to consolidate


	spreadsheet data contained in hundreds of different spreadsheets
	into one ASCII text file.

6/90 - 7/91	Celtrix Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA
            MIS Coordinator



*	Coordinated and managed all MIS related issues for Celtrix.





*	Designed and implemented Animal Facilities database application


	for networked PC's and Macs using Foxbase.



*	Maintained Local Area Network, including Novell File Server, Macs,


	PC's, ethernet, localtalk, token ring and all applicable gateways,
	bridges and routers.



*	Established and maintained vendor relations.  Approved and


	coordinated all MIS related purchases for Celtrix.

Education:

1992-1994 National University, San Jose, CA - B.S. in Computer Science

        Highlights

• Designed and implemented a small PASCAL interpreter using finite state machine theory.
• Designed and implemented a Boolean expression parser which compared any two Boolean expressions and determined if they were equivalent using Lex/Yacc.
• Participated as technical lead in development team for Senior Project. Designed and implemented GAP(Graphically Assisted Programming), a graphical programming language. GAP was implemented using C language under MS Windows. Was primarily responsible for Graphical User Interface implementations.

1983-1992 Brigham Young University, Prove, UT

References: Available upon request

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