
Seeking new IT opportunity preferably with database work in the West Suburbs of Chicago.
Greater Chicago Area

Seeking new IT opportunity preferably with database work in the West Suburbs of Chicago.
Greater Chicago Area
Currently looking for an IT position with training in new technologies. I am a programmer in the Direct Mail/Marketing industry with over 10 years of application development and minor Quality Assurance testing experience who adapts well to new challenges. Part of my experience is training coworkers on how to use multiple software applications.
Skills: Adobe Acrobat, Basic, C, GMC PrintNet Suite (PNetT, www.GMC.net), MS Office Suite, Paint Shop Pro, PrintSoft PReS, QuarkXPress, and Windows platform.
Basic understanding of SQL and relational database management systems.
Multilingual - English, French, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
(Printing industry)
May 1997 — 2009 (12 years )
(Insurance industry)
August 1995 — May 1997 (1 year 10 months)
Set up new operation for financing of insurance premiums, built customer base, and maintained finance contracts. Purchased individual PC hardware components and assembled PCs needed. Lead programmers through development and debugging of Premium Financing software. Maintained PC related hardware, customer database, processed all Premium Financing related transactions, and generated daily reports.
(Environmental Services industry)
August 1992 — August 1995 (3 years 1 month)
Responsible for all internal paperwork. Processed purchase orders and bills of lading. Managed customer credit situations including accounts receivable, invoicing, collections, and accounts payable. Coordinated timing of shipments between distributors, carriers, and end users.
B.A. , Geography , 1987 — 1991
I took several undergraduate business and CIS (Computer Information Systems) courses, but declared Geography as my major since I enjoyed it and the professors in the department so much. Among my favorite courses were Environmental Geography, Economic Geography, and GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
Sports cars, and autocrossing, (AutoX, Auto-X, AX, autocross), racing, F1, DTM, ALMS, Le Mans, sports car racing, Learning..., SQL, DBMS, RDBMS, Multilingual, - French, Lithuanian, Portuguese.
Audi Car Club Chicago Chapter, ACCCC, BMW Car Club of America, BMWCCA, BMW CCA, Chicago Volkswagen Organization, CVO, INR-SCCA, Indiana NW Region SCCA, Salt Creek Sports Car Club, SCSCC, Sports Car Club of America, SCCA, CR-SCCA, Tri-State Sports Car Council, TSSCC, VWVortex, Windy City BMW, WCMC, Windy City Miata Club