Carol J. Armstrong
78104 North Overlook Drive
Benton City, WA 99320
Phone (509) 588-4735
Cell (509) 521-2531
Fax (509) 588-5427
E-mail sunpoint@televar.com


Objective A responsible and challenging position in project management and system development where proven ability, diverse experience, and a high level of motivation can be effectively utilized.


Summary of qualifications Proficient in all aspects of:
  • system analysis and data management
  • system development
  • life cycle activities
  • design concepts

    Successful track record:
  • managing complex multimillion-dollar custom application development projects
  • working both in and with large-scale multi-disciplinary teams

    In-depth knowledge and experience in:
  • planning large projects
  • establishing project objectives and managing scope
  • delivering high quality systems on time and within budget

    Focus in the development and design of:
  • SQL databases
  • project management and control systems
  • financial system integration
  • tracking systems
  • fast track development

    Ability to:
  • exercise independent judgment
  • plan, schedule, organize
  • control and monitor the project team effort
  • mentor team members

    Working knowledge in:
  • operation, configuration management and maintenance of Microsoft BackOffice server software products
  • Windows 2000 server setup and deployment


  • Professional Development Training
  • MCSE Courses for Network, OS and SQL Administration
  • Concentric Project Management Seminars
  • Deploying MS Windows 2000 and File and Print Server Setup
  • Deploying MS Office Applications in Windows 2000
  • Microsoft NT Performance and Tuning
  • Data Modeling
  • Microsoft Business Servers Seminar


  • Education Washington State University TriCities, Richland, WA., MCSE in progress Certified applied computer science coursework (3000 hours)

    Professional Affiliations Project Management of the TriCities, Richland, WA.
    Primavera User Group


    References: Bob Black (509) 627-6215 residence
    Hugh Price (509) 943-2037 residence
    Chevelle Favro (480) 539-7544 residence


    Work experience Herrick Douglass Technology Development, Inc.
    Bellevue, WA.
    September, 2000 to Present

    Project Manager- Contract AT&T Wireless - Manage Wireless projects for implementation of AT&T wireless network services on the national wireless network. Projects include all wireless feature applications, SS7 backbone equipment, STP, CP800, DACS and T1 installations. Projects managed include: migration of the Los Angeles cellular service onto the national wireless network, LAN expansion of a national node center, fiber/copper installation, LAN backbone and IP services of a new national node center, implementation of the Primavera Enterprise scheduling software in the AT&T Wireless Network Services Division.


    E2 Consulting Engineers
    Richland, WA
    March, 1998 to August, 2000

    System Design and Development Contract Babcock & Wilcox - Database development of a client/server database system containing basis of estimate, requirements, locations and schedule milestone tracking of project work for nuclear facility decommissioning. Project involves design, data tables setup, screen and report coding, testing and implementation. Project Manager, staff of five. This project used Access97, MS Frontpage, HTML and Crystal Reports. Project funding $400,000. Project encompassed two Department of Energy sites in Ohio and Washington states.

    Project Management/Systems Development Contract Southern California Edison, Los Angeles, Ca. - Project Management for Year 2000 and beyond compliance testing of an established IBM AIX multi-site server complex. Establish project plan, schedule and reporting for verification and validation testing. Included test procedures and lifecycle configuration management policies. Designed, developed and implemented an Access97 database for tracking equipment, software upgrades and implementation of AIX servers for Y2K compliance. Integrated automated AIX server inventory with database and Microsoft Project for project tracking and implementation. Analyzed and presented project opportunities for early schedule implementation with electric utility management. Documented business unit compliance and configuration management procedures. Project Lead staff of two. Met Edison Electric 75% December compliance testing goals by mid-November, with 83% server upgrades completed.

    Systems Development, Requirements Development Contract Bechtel Hanford Established and designed system specifications for change control to be used on Bechtel projects with the Dept. of Energy. Designed, programmed and implemented an Access97 database application. The application provided timecard charge number setup and tracking and integration with the scheduling software. Project consisted of design, programming, testing and implementation.


    Fluor Daniel Northwest
    Richland, Wa
    January, 1997 to February, 1998

    Project Manager, Systems Development (Contract) - Plan, schedule, supervise, and review work of staff assigned to a $4 million dollar project management reporting database project. Established project plan, system specifications, design, test and configurations management plans. Programmed data table setup and financial and payroll system interfaces. Created project work tasks and activity descriptions for project schedule. Prioritize, estimate, and establish man-hours, material, and manpower needed for job completion. Review and analysis for short and long-range resource loaded work schedules for project completion improvements. Provided guidance to entry level incumbents and review of technical procedures and programs. Conducted planning and schedule status meetings. Provided status, milestone, backlog reports and technical guidance to management. Establishment of procurement plans for needed manpower and material. Project Manager, direct staff of 3, interface and guidance to in-house staff of 8 and 4 managers. This project used Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT SQL 6.5, Visual Basic 4.0, Crystal Reports and Access97.


    S.M. Stoller Corporation
    Boulder, Colorado
    March, 1996 to November, 1996

    Project Planner Scheduler (Contract) - Develop Work BreakDown Structure (WBS) and tasks for decontamination work at the Department of Energy Hanford site within the laboratory tunnels. Establish estimates, man-hours, material and equipment needed for job completion. Review and analyze work schedules for consistent logic and project completion improvements. Provide client with status, milestone reports and monthly billings on baseline contract. Prepare short and long range schedules to support construction delays. Track and control work orders and construction delay payments. Analyze contract for compliance of health, safety and construction submittals.


    Westinghouse Hanford Company
    Richland, Wa
    July, 1994 to February, 1996


    Project Manager-Software Engineer - Development of a $3 million WAN client/server SQL database system. Direct responsibility for the evaluation, design, implementation, and server administration and configuration management of the software application. This system provided work scope management and project control for budget, schedule and estimate data of approximately $650M dollars per year. Project required administration and configuration management of servers. This included operating system and application software, disk storage management of 320GB of project information, security and tape backup systems. Establishment of project direction for setup and configuration of AST Manhattan SMP servers on a large WAN network involving several subnets and domains on both Fiber and T1/T2 connections. Supervision of 5 direct personnel and 6 contract workers for programming of entire project. This project used Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, WinNT 4.5 SQL, Visual Basic 4.0, Access 2.0, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Test, Microsoft Help and Visual C++ software.


    ICF-Kaiser Hanford Company
    Richland, Wa
    February, 1989 to July, 1994

    Principle Systems Analyst - Technical company support in the areas of system requirements and design. Responsible for approximately $600,000 computing services budget. Evaluated, developed and implemented design requirements for company systems and provided technical analyst support for the budget, forecast, estimating, project management, financial and scheduling application systems. Configuration management of all microcomputer software and hardware for the company. Assess application/software applicability for project planning, scheduling, performance measurement and progress analysis.

    Senior Systems Analyst - Evaluation and downsizing of mainframe applications onto a distributed client/server environment. Setup and configuration of a micro client/server Token Ring subnet in the OS/2 and Lan Server operating environments with connected services to MVS mainframe and Ungermann Bass network. System analysis and design of distributed integration of data.

    Computer training of departmental personnel on use of scheduling applications for cost and schedule control, WBS planning, and change control. Provide technical support and definition to computing contractor for system interfaces between project and financial systems.

    Analysis, testing and independent verification, and validation of company mainframe systems. Performance analysis and configuration control of computer systems and computing functions. Managed departmental applications systems for productivity and cost savings. Software/hardware evaluation and purchase for company use. Established project requirements, schedule, system development and implementation plans.


    Boeing Computer Services, Richland
    Richland, Wa
    April 1978 to February, 1989


    Software Consultant
    - Provide Department of Energy at Hanford and it's contractors, software consulting support of database and project scheduling software on both mainframe and DOS/Windows operating platforms. Designed, developed, and implemented budget forecast systems for Department of Energy, Vitro Engineers, JA Jones Construction, Westinghouse, Boeing Computer Services, Richland and Rockwell Hanford. Developed system interfaces to contractor financial systems. Redeveloped consolidated Hanford budget system for Kaiser Engineers and JA Jones Construction into one application for rate analysis and budget control. Designed input screens and data interface to mainframe for departmental input to budget database.

    System Analyst - Analyst support for the conversion of COBOL Financial systems from the Cyber computer to the Unisys computer. Converted, tested, implemented each system into the production scheduled process with job control language.


    Computer Languages and Software
    DOSSoftware
    Primavera Project PlannerMicrosoft Excel
    Primavera Parade Microsoft Project
    QBasic Microsoft Access
    PC Nomad WordPerfect for Windows
    Artemis MS Word



    Microsoft Frontpage

    IBM OS/2 ver. 2.0Mainframe Systems
    Extended services VM/CMS
    Communica6tion Manager MVS/JCL
    Database Manager (SQL) Nomad
    REXX Language REXX Language
    LAN Services Project/2
    Paradox for OS/2

    COBOL

    Windows NT / Windows98 Hardware
    Microsoft Visual Basic - 4.0 Ethernet - TCP/IP LAN
    NT Advanced Server - setup and administration Computer Hardware setup
    NT SQL Server - setup and administration O/S setup/upgrade
    Microsoft SourceSafe