Barnabas Yohannes
3083 Payne Ave
Little Canada, MN 55117
yohannesb@hotmail.com
Objective: Looking for a position in the field of Computer & Information Systems
 

AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES:

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

n       Development Tools (Visual Studio.NET, Visual SourceSafe, Crystal Reports)

n       Spreadsheet Applications (Excel, Lotus 123)

n       Presentation (Adobe Persuasion, Microsoft PowerPoint, Freelance Graphics)

n        WebPages Editing (HTML Assistant Pro, MS Visual InterDev, MS FrontPage 2000/03)

n        Cisco (IOS 11.3 – 12.0 Routers, Cisco PIX Firewall Device Manager (5.1-6.1), Security Policy Manager (CSPM), Comprehensive Intrusion Detection System (CIDS))

HARDWARE SKILLS:

n       Cisco Routers (2611, 2621, 3640, 7204VXR, 7206, 7206VXR)

n       Cisco switches (2912, 2924, 2924C, 2948G)

n       Security Firewalls (Cisco PIX506, PIX515, PIX520, PIX525, Watchguard)

n        Network Management (Hubs, PBX, Fiber-Optic, Cabling, Packet Sniffing)

PLATFORMS:

Dos/Windows, UNIX, AS400/OS400, Linux, Mac OS, Windows XP, Windows 2000/2003 Servers.

EDUCATION:

n       BS -Computer & Information Science --MN SState University, Mankato

n       Minor -Business Administration --MN State Univerrsity, Mankato

n        Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) –Microsoft

WORK EXPERIENCE:

.NET Programmer & Systems Engineer (2003-Present)
Advanced Research Corporation

Responsible for developing and maintaining Relational Database with SQL Server 2000, VB.NET, Crystal Reports, and ASP.NET programming tools. Primary responsibilities include, but not limited to, supporting, installing and customizing for new and existing RDBMS. Pitch in on consulting and development projects. Participate in design and development of web-based solutions that range from integration with existing technologies to creating new programs. These include programming with Visual Studio.NET Languages such as VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VB Script, and SQL Stored Procedures.

Configuration of various enterprise class switches, routers, firewalls, and hubs.  Responsible for purchasing, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting Cisco Firewalls, VPN connectivity, and Cisco routers.  Providing and maintaining technical expertise on security aspects of systems, including disaster recovery assessment of database, applications, and networks currently resident in the company and those planned for in the future.  Designing, creating, configuring, pilot-testing, and deploying domain forest hierarchies, and network infrastructure integration of two separate sites with Cisco Firewalls, Routers, Switches, RAID 5 Windows 2003 Enterprise Clustered Servers, Veritas Backup Servers, SMS, and IIS 6.0.  All of these were built from scratch and the goals for the proposed solution including sharing of a common T1 line network topology, security, and network management resources and all project requirements were successfully met or exceeded within the schedule.

Computer Technical Consultant (2000-2002)
MN School of Business & Sapphire Technologies
While teaching evening classes CGI/Perl and JavaScript at MN School of Business, worked as a consultant for different companies.

At Sapphire Technologies, I was responsible in reviewing, testing, and debugging their ASP and VB Scripts prepared by application developers.  Redesigned administrator's and user's GUI requests, created online forms and redefined their database attributes, tables, and relationships using SQL and stored procedures, while, at the same time, developing and debugging the related Scripts. I've planned, designed, and developed a three-tiered e-commerce with ASP and VB in the middle tier end and SQL Server on the back end.

Also, I was responsible for debugging the Apache and Tomcat Unix Severs, Database Design, Writing Nested and Stored Procedural Language/SQL on Informix Database, and Writing Crystal Reports.  Also, as a Network Administrator of four different locations, I was responsible for Cisco Routers configuration, Systems Integration, Network Design, Technical Support, Traffic Prioritization, QoS, Bandwidth Congestion Management, and other Networking Issues.

ASP and VB Programmer (1998-2000)
UNISYS Corporation, Eagan, MN
Designed and developed an e-commerce database system utilizing SQL, ASP, Java Script, VB Script, Crystal Report, and Stored Procedures. The system was built in Visual Basic 6.0, MS Access and SQL Server 7.0. This system is used by the entire Western Field Operations of sales group to track and report sales data such as client and supplier information, order forecasts, payment and delivery dates.

When developing this project, I was responsible for defining logical and physical RDB, attributes, creating tables, defining relationships between the tables, drawing semantic data modeling, writing scripts, documenting, installing and testing. Utilized VB Script and Java Script for validation of input data and generating friendly error messages and GUI to users.

VB & ASP Programmer (1998)
GE Capital, Eden Prairie, MN
Developed a lending e-library system for GE Capital's Client Services Department using Access, ASP, VB, VB Script, JavaScript, SQL, and Java for an Internet/Intranet environment. The system is used to track loans of software and technical publications within the corporation.

Provided training/mentoring to GE Capital's internal programmers on utilizing ASP with relational databases on SQL Server 7.0.

Computer Consultant (Summer Intern of 1997)
Keane Consulting Group, Rochester, MN
As a summer Intern, I consulted in a series of leading edge new line of technologies on IBM’s Thin Client computers.  Developed a dynamic and interactive Graphical User Interface (GUI) in the fast paced software development.  Applied rigor and creativity combing expertise in usability research, human computer interaction, and graphic design to solve diverse GUI design issues. My responsibilities include Preparing, developing, and testing complex or unique portions of application programs on new systems with team collaboration and solution brainstorming.

Client/Server Lab Assistant (1992-1997)
U of MN, Mankato & Minneapolis Community College Computer Science Department

Installation, troubleshooting, and optimization of Windows NT Client/Server applications of Local Area Network with 200+ users. Direct support and all maintenance issues on servers, printers, and workstations. Develop upgrade recommendations for hardware and software.

Configuring and networking with TCP/IP, Multi purpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Simple Mail Transmission Protocol (SMTP).

Provided technical support, user training and mentoring for Windows NT Client/Server applications, Networking, SQL Server, Cold Fusion, ASP, COBOL. Programming ASP, Cold-Fusion, SQL Server, DBMS, COBOL.

In U of MN in Mankato, I’ve researched and wrote two books of sample programs on Micro Focus COBOL and Cold Fusion, for use by university students.