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E. Asa Bour

Permanent Address
225 E. Hobart Ave
Findlay, OH 45840
bourea@hotmail.com

Professional Objective
To acquire a full-time position doing software development:
  • on the linux platform utilizing PHP, Perl, MySQL OR
  • on the microsoft platform using ASP.NET, VB.NET or C#, SQL Server or Oracle

Education
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
  • School of Applied Science
  • B.S. in Systems Analysis May 1999
  • Cumulative GPA 3.02
  • Minors in Math & Statistics
  • Participated in Formal Methods program
  • Included work with NASA's IV&V facility to verify a module of the Shuttle's Command and Control system

Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio
  • Post-Secondary Options
  • Fall 93 - Spring 95
  • GPA 3.71

Leadership Experience
Association of Computing Machinery, Student Chapter
  • Treasurer, 1996 - 1998
Associated Student Government (ASG)
  • Communications Chairperson. Flower Hall, 1996 - 1997
  • Communications Director. ASG Cabinet, 1997 - 1998
  • Managed press releases and all technological issues.
  • Webmaster of all the ASG WWW pages.
  • Representative to the Miami Computer Information Services Committee.
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC
  • Leader of the .NET Training Initiative Team, 2003.
  • Published .NET Training Curriculm
  • Proponent of leveraging Microsoft Application Blocks for .NET
  • Researched and developed .NET / Web Service prototypes for enterprise integrations

Work Experience
Advanced IT Integrator, Marathon Ashland Petroleum (Feb 2003 - Present)
Work on Microsoft .NET platform
  • IIS, ASP.NET, ADO.NET
  • VB.NET, C#
  • Web Services, .NET Remoting, COM Interop
  • SQL Server 7.0/2000, Oracle 7/8/8i
IT Integrator, Marathon Oil (July 1999 - Jan 2003)
Web work on Microsoft platform
  • IIS, ASP, ADO
  • VBScript, PerlScript, JavaScript
  • SQL Server 7.0/2000, Oracle 7/8/8i
  • VB Components
  • Rational Visual Test
  • Rational Rose
  • Visio
Handheld planning, strategy, and implementation
  • iPAQ Pocket PC
  • Embedded Visual Basic
  • Embedded Visual C++
  • Compact .NET Framework
  • Active Sync 3.1 / ADOCE
  • SQL Server CE
  • Smart Device Extensions
Intern Associate, Marathon Oil (May 1998 - June 1999)
  • Specified requirements, analyzed workflow and implemented Web Applications.
  • Built an internal job posting system for Marathon Oil and Marathon Ashland Petroleum
List Manager, Economics Department, Miami University (January 1996 - December 1998)
  • Managed List Processor v7.2 running on DEC Alpha
  • Updated e-mail addresses using ILP
  • Resolved error messages and solved List Processor problems.
Intern Associate, GNOSSOS Software, Washington DC (December 1997 - March 1998)
  • Implemented ODBC database tools in Visual C++ 5.0 for Paradox 7.
  • Built a Cold Fusion Server Application to post dynamic web pages from a Paradox 7 database.
Intern Associate, GNOSSOS Software, Washington DC (June 1997 - August 1997)
  • Updated WWW page
  • Implemented and tested Political Action Committee and Grass Root software.
  • Used Paradox 5, Paradox 7, SQL Server and Microsoft Visual Test.

Relevant Courses
Building XML-Based Web Applications - Course Number: 1905
Implementing a Database on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 - Course Number: 833B
Systems Testing & Quality Assurance Techniques
Understanding the Microsoft Enterprise Development Environment
Visual Studio.NET Training Tour
Introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET - Course Number: 2063C
Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic - Course Number: 2373B
Programming with C# - Course Number: 2124C
Programming with the Microsoft .NET Framework - Course Number: 2349B
Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET - Course Number: 2389B
Securing and Deploying Microsoft .NET Assemblies - Course Number: 2350A
Developing Secure Web Applications - Course Number: 2300A
Application Upgrade and Interoperablity Using Visual Studio.NET - Course Number: 2571A

Computer Experience
Operating Systems
  • Red Hat Linux/Mandrake
  • Windows 95/98/2000/NT
  • Dos
  • Pocket PC/Palm
Web Development
  • ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XSLT, Web Services
  • PHP
  • PerlScript (Server-side)
  • VBScript (Server-side)
  • JavaScript (Client-side)
  • VB & C++ (for Components)
  • HTML, CSS1, CSS2
Application Development
  • Perl/Tk
  • VB for Applications/Sax Basic
  • VC++
Databases
  • mySQL
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • Paradox
Quality Assurance
  • Microsoft Test
  • Rational Visual Test

E. Asa Bour <bourea@scripturememory.org>
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