Abbas Zaidi - Resume Dated May 10th, 2002

Abbas Zaidi
email: abbas_zaidi@hotmail.com , Phone: (201) 736-2773, Fax: (201) 489-2848, URL: http://www.atlasfc.com/az/resume.html

MS, May '03: The George Washington University, Information Systems Development
BS, May '93: George Mason University, Computer Science, [Peter Denning]

GPA 3.5/4.0
GPA 3.1/4.0

Objective

I seek to dedicate myself to work that is challenging and exciting, and where my boundless energy and unusual talent are permitted to manifest themselves for the betterment of my work as well as the Establishment.

Summary of Total Experience

Project Manager, Technical Lead and Architect expertise in Vignette Story Server 4.2.x and V/5 with eCiti and NYL.com. Application development with Tcl/Tk, SQL, DHTML, JS Library on Oracle (Fast Track I & II, V/5).
ColdFusion 4.5.x application development and site augmentation with database integration (Fast Track I and II).
Oracle Database Development/Consulting/Administration, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Net connectivity and embedding.
Extensive RDBMS (Oracle, XDB, MS Access) development in 4GL's (PL/SQL, XDB-PRO) and CASE Tools.
Experienced in Software Engineering in a variety of languages and methodologies on disparate OS's with varied Systems Integration.
Created robust user interfaces addressing system security in architecture phase.
Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS)and Workflow Management Systems Consulting for major international and Fortune 100 clients including IBM and GE.
Developed Y2K Compliance/Certification Expertise, as demonstrated in successful project completion at Fannie Mae (End User Computing, 3900 Wisconsin Ave, D.C.), MCIWorldCom and The MYTA Corporation.
Conducted and managed Software Testing and compiled Documentation for meeting client requirements.
Network Administration and support on Windows NT 3.51, 4.+ (SP1,3) and Novel 3.xx.
Technical support on Windows 3.x, Windows 9x and Windows NT 3.5x, 4.0 and on MS Office 95/97.
Detailed familiarity with TCP/IP and major communications/networking protocols for Windows/9x/NT.
Extensive knowledge of x86 PC and 680x0 Macintosh architecture (assembly/configuration/repair).
Batch programming, Unix shell scripts and writing installers streamlining hands-off installation CD's.
Demonstrated fast learner, with in depth exposure to leading edge technologies and concepts.
Managed an eleven-section MBA course in The George Washington University School of Business and Public Management.
Taught MS Office classes to the Washington Board of Trade and Weekly Internet Workshop to MBA Classes.
Created, developed and administered multiple websites at The George Washington University, different jo bs and perso nally.

SQL, 4 GL's (Oracle PL/SQL, XDB-PRO), Pascal, BASIC, C, C++ and Intel Assembly. Oracle 7.x.x consulting and administration (installation, setup and optimization of tablespaces, setting up users, tables, etc.), XDB and MS Access. CASE Tools. Y2K Studio, ODBC & SQL*Net. MS-DOS internals (memory and batch programming). Administration: NextStep, MacOS (7.xx), Windows NT Server 3.51, 4.+, Novell Netware v3.1x.

Chronological Experience

May 2001 - Present ¾ Atlas Family Corp, Belleville, NJ.
Project Manager / Sales Consultant: Manhattan Trading & Marketing Corp, Solar Productions, Merlu Corporation.

September 1999 - April 2001¾ NetQuotient Consulting Group, New York, NY.
Web Developer / Architect: eCiti, MySportsGuru.com, New York Life institutional Extranets. Developed and lead numerous projects.

June 1998 - August 1999 ¾ The MYTA Corporation, Rockville, MD.
- Y2K Subject Matter Expert (YSME) ¾ MCI-Local Operations, MCIWorldCom, Chantilly, VA. Developed Y2K Certification methodology.
- Project Lead Y2K Certification ¾The MYTA Corporation . Developed Hardware, Software, BIOS and OS test methodology to update MYTA systems.
- Program Manager Y2K Certification Project ¾Fannie Mae (FNMA), Washington, DC: successfully ran and completed "End User Computing" section of project and received acclaim.

September 1996 - May 1998 ¾McFadyen Consulting Group (MCG), Inc., McLean, VA
EDMS/WMS design and implementation consultant: GE Power - Albany, NY. Genentech - San Francisco, CA. IBM - San Jose, CA. SmithKlineBeecham - Puerto Rico. Applied Materials, San Jose, CA. Thai Oil, Pattaya, Thailand.

December 1995 - August 1996 ¾ BTG Technologies, Inc. , Vienna, VA.
- Software Engineer ¾ GOMO Office, US Army, Pentagon, VA. Provided live web-editing services and technical support for General Officers.
- Software Engineer ¾ Lockheed-Martin Federal Systems, Springfield, VA. Used Designer 2000 (Oracle Forms 4.5) on AIX to deliver required forms for Army's Sustained Base Information System (SBIS).

June 1995 - December 1995 ¾ The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
- Instructor ¾ Responsible for the day to day operation of eleven sections of an introductory Information Systems course required for all new MBA students at the GW Business School.

July 1993 - June 1995 ¾ SEMA, Inc., Alexandria, VA.
Received the " Sustained Superior Performance Award for the Year 1994."
- Software Engineer ¾ BDM International , McLean, VA: Developed main user interface in WMATA's "ADA" implementation.
- Software Engineer ¾ SRA Corp ., Alexandria, VA: Implemented a Logistic Information Management System for FEMA.

May 1993 - June 1993 ¾ Hughes Networking Systems (HNS), Rockville, MD
- Hotline Support ¾ Conducted Desktop Support and LAN/PC Software maintenance on both off the shelf and proprietary systems.

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