SHEILA KOESTER

2019 Mayflower Drive Woodbridge, Virginia 22192 (703) 497-2830 sdkoester@verizon.net

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Competent analyst and programmer demonstrated initiative, attention to details, and good judgment as an active team player. Organized and analytical adapted flexibility when producing a quality product in a timely manner to achieve 100% customer satisfaction. Strong work ethic facilitated learning diversified Information Technology abilities and displayed written and oral communication skills. EXPERIENCE Textbroker International LLC Las Vegas, Nevada Author February 2010 Present Write over 100 articles in diversified subjects for over 30 clients. Subject areas include computer and green technology, health, business, history, and music. Some clients request the inclusion of search engine optimization and keywords. Research information for articles using the internet and analytical skills to complete articles in accordance with client requirements and established deadlines. Edit articles to insure each article meets client requirements and contains no grammatical errors. Fairfax Partnership for Youth, Inc. Fairfax, Virginia Volunteer March 2008 - June 2008 Compiled and wrote information for the annual report including mission, core values, what the organization does, and how to help the organization. Developed a survey template for an upcoming conference. Recommended changes to the website content. Assisted with registration and set up tasks for a youth mental health awareness conference. Independence Federal Savings Bank Washington, District of Columbia Network Security and User Administrator Intern (Consultant) February 2007- May 2007 Independently and consistently verified the banks major systems and initiated corrective action to ensure 100 % performance accuracy. Administered W-2003 Active Directory functions including password resets, adding and deleting users in bank applications, and assigning users to groups. Monitored daily security violations and conducted corrective and documentary action. Edited HTML tags via Web Wizard software prior to publishing changes to the banks website.

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Administration of remote COLD reports system developed using C# and ASP.NET by reindexing stray reports, creating document types for new reports, and handling user issues. Analyzed internet research prior to preparing reports for the CIO about pretext calling, email, laptop encryption, and phishing.

Intersections, Inc. Chantilly, Virginia Database Administration Intern June 2005 August 2005 Operated the Microsoft SQL Server Data Transformation Services (DTS) to move financial services credit management database tables to a test database with 100% accuracy. Developed Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL queries to count database rows, create, insert, and select data from an Equifax Authentication Services PDF document to populate two tables. Created Microsoft Access table and attribute descriptions for a data dictionary. Business Objects Web Intelligence queries displayed the entity to attribute relationship mappings. Reconciled the discrepancies between Visual Basic Excel reports converted to Business Objects Crystal Reports XI data warehousing to ensure that the new reports produced database output with 100% accuracy. Prince William County Schools Substitute Teacher Woodbridge, Virginia March 2004 Present September 1993 March 1999 Substitute for grades K-12 in any subject. Substitute for high school mathematics, science, business, English, social studies and special education classes. Intermedia Group, Inc. Arlington, Virginia Senior Programmer Analyst June 2004 September 2004 Consultant at Anteon Corporation Streamlined approximately 50% of the Defense Security Cooperation Agencys 1200 Foreign Military Sales System COBOL programs with embedded SQL code and Microfocus COBOL.NET. Increased system performance was achieved after the upgraded mission critical programs were restored in the Windows 2000 SQL Server client/server environment. Acton Burnell, Inc. Alexandria, Virginia Analyst March 1999 June 2002 Part of a team that produced classical systems analysis and programming for the production of reports from the Navys authoritative active duty legacy personnel data systems. Maintained legacy reports, resolved Y2K programming problems, and analyzed program logic flow to eliminate problems diagnosed in report production output. Achieved data analysis programming, testing, and implementation in a production environment resulting in 100% customer satisfaction. Designed and drafted detailed specifications focused upon user requirements. Streamlined important COBOL legacy reports with embedded DB2 SQL code that achieved upgraded compatibility with modern relational databases.

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Designed an Access database to track information about legacy reports.

Manager stated, Overall Sheila is a steady performer, a good team worker, and an asset to Acton Burnell. General Services Administration Washington, District of Columbia Communications Management Specialist March 1988 July 1990 Part of a team that performed requirements analysis and translated the functional requirements into technical specifications for a telecommunications cost analysis process. Skyline Financial Services Corporation Falls Church, Virginia Computer Programmer May 1987 January 1988 Conducted market analysis for real estate sales appraisals prior to the development of software systems. EDUCATION BS Computer Information Systems: Strayer University, Woodbridge, VA, Magna Cum Laude September 2005, 3.88 GPA, member Alpha Chi Honor Society AAS Information Systems Technology: Northern Virginia Community College Woodbridge, VA Magna Cum Laude, 3.8 GPA, member Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society BA International Studies: American University, Washington, DC CLEARANCES: Secret, Acton Burnell, Inc., 2000 for work with the US Navy (inactive) Top Secret, National Archives (inactive) TECHNICAL SKILLS Languages: Data Base: JAVA, HTML, COBOL, Visual Basic.Net, C/C++ SQL (DB2, Oracle PL/SQL, Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL), Business Objects Crystal Reports XI under Data Warehousing, Data Base Design and Modeling Tools: Microsoft Office (WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS, POWERPOINT), MicroFocus COBOL.NET, Snag-It Operating Systems: Windows (98, XP, NT, 2000, 2003), UNIX, IBM OS/390