THARPA C. ROBERTS
2711 Lindell Street
Silver Spring, Maryland  20902-1205 
USA 
PH: (301) 962-5611 

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- objective -

A mid-level programming position in or near Montgomery County, Maryland.  
 
 

- experience -

2009 - 2010  Westat
Programmer (Data Management Associate)
Developed and maintained departmental software applications using C#, VB.net, Visual Studio (Including the Visual Studio Tools for Office Interops), SQL Server, VBA, Auto-It and SAS.    

2007 - 2009  EU Services
Programmer
Developed thirty departmental software applications using Visual Studio, SQL Server, Auto-It, SSIS and Adobe Acrobat SDK.

2004 - 2007 See Education, below.

9/02 - 8/04  CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation)
Member of Technical Staff B
Created HelpDesk software using Microsoft Access 2000.  Performed data entry of Risk Management Plans (RMPs) and Magnetic Media into the RMP system, tracked processing information for diskettes and packages submitted to the RMP RC. Provided user support to more than 100 users a month for RMP Submit, RMP Review, CAMEOfm, Tier 2 Submit 2002 and MARPLOT. Provided support by email, telephone and discussion board. Was responsible for performing various data verification functions. Assisted as needed on the RMP project generally. Additionally, was required to conform to Clean Air act, CBI handling and Office Security Guidelines at all times. Obtained clearance for Public Trust Positions because of handling of Off-Site Consequence Analysis (OCA) data.  (CSC won the renewal of the contract previously held by Titan and hired several former Titan employees.)

12/98 - 8/02   Titan Corporation - CBSI Division
Data Record Management Quality Controller
Performed data entry of Risk Management Plans (RMPs) and Magnetic Media into the RMP system, oversaw temporaries during the peak season, tracked processing information for diskettes and packages submitted to the RMP RC. Provided user support for RMP Submit, RMP Review, CAMEO, etc. Was responsible for performing various data verification functions. Assisted in beta testing and start-up of the RMP system. Assisted as needed on the RMP project generally. Additionally, was required to conform to Clean Air act, CBI handling and Office Security Guidelines at all times.
 

  

- education -

Master of Science in Computer Science

Area of Focus:  Software Engineering and Systems.

1978 - 1981   Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Arts
Also attended 1985 - 1986. Majored in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Thirty-four of my credits were in the natural sciences, math and engineering.


 

- personal -

Mr. Roberts has twenty years of professional experience with computers at progressively more advanced levels. He has developed over twenty departmental softwares.  He has supervised groups of different sizes and kinds. He was responsible for overseeing five temporaries in entering and processing paper submissions of the RMP report.

COMPUTER SKILLS: 

Languages:  SQL, Visual Basic, C#, C++,  C, Java, JavaScript, XUL,  HTML, etc.

Websites:  Have developed and/or maintained several websites (personal, religious, or legislative/political) using HTML and JavaScript.

Networking:  VNC, firewalls

Operating Systems:  Windows (all versions), UNIX/Linux, Mac OS X

Databases:  SQL Server, Oracle, Access

Other:  Mozilla, Excel, etc.

SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), e.g. Planning, Analysis, Development and Implementation

Security:  Knowledge of PKI and Crypto.