ANDY SQUIRES
1718 P Street, NW, #815
Washington, DC 20036
E-Mail: andy@stellarfire.net
Phone: 202-744-0090
Home page: www.stellarfire.net
EDUCATION
- B.S. in Geography. December 1990
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
- Graduate courses in Computer Science, Statistics, Environmental Politics and Education Policy
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Databases:
Oracle,
UniData,
Sybase,
MySQL,
dBase
- Languages: Perl (DBI, CGI), C, Java, UniBasic,
Cold Fusion, SQL, PL/SQL,
HTML
- Platforms: AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
EXPERIENCE
Systems Analyst - 2004 to Present - American University
- Systems administration of Datatel enterprise software. Includes file and index maintenance, managing and installing software patches, and user security at the applications and operating system level.
- Provide programming support including writing utilities to support the Colleague System, and converting subroutines from UniBasic to Envision.
- Communicate with other analysts and users to troubleshoot problems and meet system needs.
- Work closely with other analysts in support of major migration to new enterprise software.
- Automated weekly database maintenance procedures.
Programmer / Analyst - 1998 to 2004 - American University
- Designed, modified, tested and debugged UniBasic applications in support of
the Colleague system.
- Designed, modified, tested and debugged web/database applications using
Cold Fusion, Perl / DBI / CGI and SybPerl.
- Provided systems programming support on the Unix platform.
Management Information Programmer - 1996 to 1998 - American University
- Designed, wrote, tested and debugged client server
applications for data replication and transport between DB2
and Sybase on a UNIX platform using C, DBLibrary and SQL.
Computer Programmer / Analyst - 1993 to 1996 - Internal Revenue Service
- Special Act Award for programming contributions made to a
database system for tracking employee tax compliance.
- Designed wrote, tested and debugged dBASE
applications incorporating relational database design,
multiple queries, printed reports, importing/exporting
of data in a multiuser network environment.
- Wrote utility programs in C.
Student Teacher - Summer 1989 - Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind, Richmond, VA
- Instructed high school and college prep students in
computer, recording, braille and listening skills.
- Developed lesson plans, organized lectures and
field trips, and evaluated the performances of students.
Program Coordinator - 1995 to 1999 - Capitol Rowing Club
- Responsible for recruiting and organizing volunteers.
- Managed equipment and entries into rowing regattas.
Cultural Exchange Student
- Kassel, Germany
- Sierra Leone, West Africa
MEMBERSHIPS
INTERESTS
- Travel
- Music (guitar, trumpet, MIDI)
- Rowing, rock climbing, skiing
- Reading (science, science fiction and history)