Thembi Kimbrough Thembi Kimbrough
8005 Glengalen Lane
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
email: thembi @scs.howard.edu
SUMMARY:
Skilled in organizing and/or translating data into technical specifications for an information system. Capable of analyzing data to diagnose problems in a current system. Proficient in improving the efficiency and design of existing systems.
EDUCATION:
Howard University; Washington, D.C.
M.S., in Computer Science; Expected May 1997 GPA: 3.5
Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B.S. in Information Systems; Received December 1992
PROJECT EXPERIENCE:
United Way: Developed a system for the entry, storage, and retrieval of information.
Alumni Tracking: Used FileMaker Pro to implement a system that keeps track of alumni and corporate database.
Ensemble Inventory Database: Implemented a system using Rbase that allows a music teacher to retrieve all of the music pieces that correspond to the teacher's specifications of a desired piece.
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
Hardware: SGI Indigo2,DEC 5000, SUN ,IBM 3090, Davox
Languages: Pascal, BASIC, JCL, Natural, C, C++, Java, ADA, HTML
Database: ADABAS, SQL
* Certified Novell Engineer *
WORK EXPERIENCE:
08/95-Present Howard University; Washington, DC. Systems & Computer science Department. Research Assistant. Assisted professor in research of Software Fault-Tolerance. I was awarded 2nd place for the presentation of my work at the Graduate Arts and Sciences Symposium.
5/96 - 8/96 Boeing Inc.; Washington, D.C. Systems Support - Summer Intern. Worked at NAS headquarters providing technical support for client server environment, and assist in-house users. Responsible for workstation installations and user training.
10/94 - 8/95 MCSI Technologies, Inc.; Sliver Spring, Maryland. Systems Analyst/LAN Administrator. Provided technical support in corporate office for client server environment, and assisted in-house users. Responsible for workstation installations and user training.
02/93 - 10/94 Morgan Stanley Co. & Inc.; New York, NY Information Services Department. Systems Analyst/Cash Management Support. Supported users, designed and implemented on-line and batch system enhancements, and worked concurrently in Morgan Stanley's Data Center as Systems Operator in order to obtain ground-floor exposure to overall Corporate operations. Also was trained in ADABAS, Natural, CICS/VMS and JCL.
HONORS:
Selected to participate in the Minority Teaching Research Fellowship Program, Carnegie Mellon University, Summer 1990. Research duties consisted of assisting psychology professor in conducting problem-solving experiments. Presented research paper at end of the summer. (Paper available upon request.)
Organizations:
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE); Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Projects Done
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