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QUICK SUMMARY:  RESUME OF TOBY L TIALA  -- "POWERBUILDER"
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1. Looking for Senior Powerbuilder Client-Server New Development Position
    -- Hands-on Project Manager, Team Leader, Tech Lead, Mentor Trainer
    -- Permanent Salaried Positions ONLY please.  No contract jobs.
2. Interested in New Design, New Development, Mentoring -- not maintenance.
3. Sybase, DB2, Oracle, SQLAnywhere database servers.
4. Available IMMEDIATELY (must give a required 6 week notice).
5. American Citizen.  I do NOT need a work-permit for the USA.
6. Do NOT need any relocation assistance.  Current employer pays all.
7. Masters Degree in Computer Science (American trained)
8. 4+ years experience with Powerbuilder (since PB version 2).
    -- Currently working on Powerbuilder version 5.
9. 15+ years industry experience in USA, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand, etc.
10. SALARIED PERMANENT CAREER POSITIONS ONLY PLEASE.  NO CONTRACTS.

CONTACT INFO:
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Email:  toby@ibm.net    OR    TobyTiala@aol.com
USA Home Address:  Rt 5, Box 60-A, Eldon, Missouri, 65026 USA
Current Postal Mailing:  Birkenstrasse 13, 4142 Munchenstein, Switzerland
       -- (I am an American currently on contract in Switzerland)
Home Phone in Switzerland:  011-4161-411-9076  (6 to 8 hours ahead of USA).
       -- 1pm to 2pm in the USA is a good time to phone.

Objective:  NEW DESIGN, NEW DEVELOPMENT, CAREER POSITION
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New Design and New Development of Complex Client-Server, Networking, Internet Business Application
Software using Powerbuilder 5.0 and S-Designor 5.0 (or any other state-of-the-art visual GUI
tools), Sybase, Oracle, DB2 or SQLAnywhere Servers, Project Team Leader, Mentor, Trainer, Tech
Lead, Senior Developer, Hands-On Project Manager.

Executive Summary:
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15+ years real-world software development experience in the USA and overseas (Japan, Europe,
New Zealand) including extensive large corporate banking, financial and securities industry
experience.  Masters Degree in Computer Science.  Specialty is Powerbuilder Client-Server Application
Design & Development.  4+ years solid, continuous hands-on experience using Powersoft Tools
(since version PB 2).  Current development has been on Powerbuilder version 5.0 and S-Designor
version 5.0 (since July 1996).  Over 4 years experience with Sybase, SQLAnywhere and DB2 Database
Relational SQL Servers, including Data Modeling, DB Architecture with Replication Servers and
Stored Procedure development.  7+ years C language experience.  Expert level C programmer able
to write C DLLs for use with Powerbuilder and Windows 3.x, 95 and NT.  TCP/IP WINSOCK Communications
programming experience.  Novell Netware network programming.  Formally trained in Object Oriented
Methodologies (OMT / Unified), NVOs, Distributed Communications, Applications Servers.  Currently
on contract with the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland (for the past 2 years).
 Please note that I am an American and do NOT need any work permit or paperwork to work in
the USA.

Education Summary:      
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Masters of Science Degree (M.Sc.) in Computer Science.

Experience Summary:
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15+ years full-time real-world computer industry experience.


Education Details:
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Masters of Science Degree (M.Sc.) in Computer Science, 1993, Portland State University, Portland,
Oregon USA.  Completed this part-time while working full-time 1992 - 1993.  Overall Grade Point
Average was 3.71 on a scale from 0.00 to 4.00.  Specialized in Object Oriented Information
System Design and Client-Server SQL Database Application Development.

Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc.) in Mathematics & Business (double emphasis), 1978, St. Cloud
State University, Minnesota USA.

Numerous Industry Skill Courses, Including:
A) Object Oriented Design Methodologies (OMT), London, England
B) S-Designor Datamodeling, Basel, Switzerland  
C) Microsoft OLE Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
D) Advanced PowerBuilder Design & Coding, Tokyo, Japan
E) Sybase System 10 SQL Server, at Sybase in Calif., USA
F) Object Oriented Design Techniques, Oregon, USA
G) Microsoft Windows NT, Oregon, USA

Serious Home Computing, Have a number of PCs at home (48 megs RAM, 4 gigabyte hard disk) that
run Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, and OS/2 Warp 4.0  This includes a complete set of Powersoft
Development tools (Powerbuilder 5.0, S-Designor, Optima++, Watcom C++)  and many other programmer
and TCP/IP communication utilities.  Extensively involved with the Internet and familiar with
telnet, ftp, HTML web page authoring, etc.


Experience Details: (15+ years experience...)
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Jan 1995 - Current:  Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland

Position:  Contract.  Currently serving as a Senior PowerBuilder Client-Server Consultant and
Technical Lead/Developer for the bank-A�(Bs most complex new SWIFT Messaging and inter-platform
PowerBuilder and TCP/IP project.  Also participated heavily in PowerBuilder Coding Standards
Development and standard Utility Class Library Development (for TCP/IP comms, Network, etc).
 This is a hands-on design and coding position now using Powerbuilder 5.0

Accomplishments:  Successfully completed the AXIS Messaging Project, Encryption Port Project,
SWIFT Message TCP/IP Interface Project, System Manager II Project, Novell Network Class Library
Project, and am currently finishing the new Reverse Repo project (all in PowerBuilder, C/C++,
Sybase, S-Designor and DB2).  These were all new full life-cycle projects starting with a System
Requirements Specification, developing complete DataModels and ending in full-scale Production
deployment to the end-users.  I was the Lead Designer/Developer on all of these successful
projects.  The largest project was completed more than 50% under budget.

Hardware/Software:  PowerBuilder 4.0/5.0, PC Clients (MS Windows), IBM 370 Mainframe Server
(DB2), VAX Cluster, Novell Network, HP UNIX Sybase SQL Server, Sybase SQL Anywhere, Winsock
TCP/IP, Microsoft Visual C++, S-Designor Data Modelling, MDI Gateway, Variety of Programmer
Utilities.

Special Skills Used:  PowerBuilder 5.0, Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs), Sybase and SQLAnywhere
Stored Procedures, Wrote DLLs in Microsoft Visual C++ to interface with PowerBuilder, Winsock
TCP/IP Communications in C++ and PowerBuilder.  Communications security using encryption. 
Inter-platform communications and data transfer.


May 1994 - Dec 1994:  Merrill-Lynch Japan, Inc., Tokyo, Japan  (Securities)

Position:  Contract.  Served as the Senior Client-Server PowerBuilder Consultant and Technical
Lead/Developer/Mentor for Merrill Japan-A�(Bs entry into Client-Server Development.  Technical
lead for a team of 5 PowerBuilder developers.

Accomplishments:  Successfully completed Merrill-Lynch Japan-A�(Bs first Client-Server project:
 Treasury Funding System.  Implemented a software development infrastructure, guided an international
team of PowerBuilder Developers and set Coding Standards for PB Development.  The project utilized
Sybase Stored Procedures and was successfully taken into production.
Hardware/Software:  PC Client (MS Windows), SUN UNIX Sybase SQL Servers, PowerBuilder 3.0/4.0,
TCP/IP Network, Novell Network.

Special Skills Used:  PowerBuilder 3.0 and 4.0, Sybase Stored Procedures, Leading and Training
of junior programmers of many nationalities, Team Leadership, Project Management.


Feb 1994 - Apr 1994:  FreightLiner Corp., Portland, Oregon USA

Summary:  This was a short-term contract involving a large multi-million dollar Client-Server
Project that Microsoft Consulting Services had written for FreightLiner Corp. and it did not
run reliably crashing frequently.  This project was written in C/C++ and Microsoft SQL Server
on NT...and included SNA communication links to a mainframe.  I successfully analyzed and discovered
the key problems in Microsoft-A�(Bs code (improper memory management and resource deallocation
in their C code), and resolved the reliability problems in the project.  Used C/C++ and Win
NT with NuMega BoundsChecker.


Jan 1992 - Jan 1994:  Roy Mfg. Co., Inc., Portland, Oregon USA (Inventory)

Summary:  This was a long-term consulting arrangement primarily focused on the design and development
of an Object Oriented Inventory Control System using PowerBuilder 2.0/3.0 and Watcom SQL Server
on a small office network.  Additional consulting and training was performed as well.  The
inventory system was successfully completed and put into production as part of this comprehensive
office automation project.  This project also served to satisfy one requirement for my Masters
Degree in Computer Science, which I completed while working primarily for this company as a
consultant.


Feb 1990 - May 1992:  ESA, Inc., Clackamas, Oregon USA (Power Systems)

Summary:  Wrote over 12,000 lines of Microsoft C / SDK Windows code for this Electrical Systems
Analysis graphical windows project.  Used Raima-A�(Bs Network Model database engine.  This
product is now being sold world-wide under the name  EasyPower , and this startup company has
experienced rapid growth based on the software application I helped to develop for them.


May 1989 - Jan 1990:  Intellidex Corp., Corvallis, Oregon USA  (Robotics)

Summary:  Wrote C code under the QNX (real-time UNIX) operating system to implement an interface
to a networked industrial robotics system designed to control the manufacturer of disk drives
for an automated hard disk manufacturing plant owned by AT&T.  My interface was successfully
completed ahead of schedule.  Gained experience in real-time UNIX.


Jun 1978 - Apr 1989:  

Summary:  Completed many projects (mostly in USA), including teaching Information Systems Science
at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand for 2 years (giving lectures to an auditorium
of 375 students), programming 3-D flight simulators for USA defense contracts in California-A�(Bs
Silicon Valley (Assembly Language), programming microprocessors for portable brain-wave analyzers
for the medical instrument manufacturer Critikon Corp. in Tampa, Florida, and serving as Data
Processing Manager for American/Polar Tanker Trailer Co. in St. Cloud, Minnesota.


REFERENCES...

From Current Position (Bank for International Settlements):
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Mr. Peter O'Reilly, Senior Project Manager, B.I.S., Basel, Switzerland
Work Tel:  011-41-61-280-8261
Home Tel:  011-41-61-721-7301
Email:  101531.2726@compuserve.com

Mr. Lake Arapakis, Senior Application Developer, B.I.S., Basel, Switzerland
Work Tel:  011-41-61-280-9845
Home Tel:  011-41-21-981-1525
Email:  arapakis@fastnet.ch

From Last Position (Merrill-Lynch Japan):
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Ms. Katherine Cash, Senior Business Analyst, M.L.J., Tokyo, Japan
Work Tel:  011-81-3-3213-8669                   
Email:   cash@japan.ml.com

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