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Karl Brimmer, PhD.
March 2005
Address: 8887 Ansel Hills, Smithville, AZ 89012
Telephone/Voice Mail: (791) 123-4567 (h); Fax: (791) 123-8796 (h)
Mobile: (791) 123-3452; Email: karlbrimmer@smithville.rr.com
OBJECTIVE Applying Instructor position to utilize my excellent skills sets in training,
information technology and business process management.
SUMMARY
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Meet all the requirement of your job description. Passionate in technologies
and products.
Resourceful and knowledgeable instructor in training and instruction.
Motivate and stimulate adult learners to achieve course goals, and manage
the expectation of students. Teach intuitively in basic concepts and precisely
in details. Successful to teach on-site and online to students with diversified
technology, business and cultural backgrounds
Experienced in curriculum management and course material development, in
particular for technology subjects with business context. Always collaborate
with colleagues and clients/students to improve the quality, material and
processes of teaching.
Excellent real-world hands-on experience in many disciplines of information
technologies, business applications and business processes. Good insights on
the landscape of Princeton Technology enterprise technologies and hands-on
on many of the applications, processes and products.
Communicate effectively in both business and technical languages to
organization hierarchy and to clients. Work well in team project and
individual assignment.
Effective learner. Proactive to acquire new knowledge, skills and best
practices, and to extend teaching portfolio.
SKILLS SETS
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Training, instruction and knowledge transfer, in various business, technology, and
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education environment, with proven records.
Experienced in Princeton Technology Technologies and Products.
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Princeton Technology Applications 11i (see also Princeton Technology Technology and
Products part)
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Functional Modules and Processes – Mobile Supply Chain Applications (MSCA);
Order Management, Material Management, Warehouse Management, iProcurement,
order-to-cash cycle; purchase to pay cycle, Work in Process (WIP), with integration to
Princeton Technology Financials (GL, AP, AR); Princeton Technology Students System
(user level); Princeton Technology 11i installation, upgrade and patch management;
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Technology – Customization using Java/J2EE, and Princeton Technology Forms,
Reports and PL/SQL; Installation, maintenance and upgrade; Support and bug/issue
resolving management; Data and database modeling; Security; Application DBA duties;
Princeton Technology Application Servers; Princeton Technology 11i installation,
upgrade, configuration and patch management;
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Infrastructure and Integration – Princeton Technology Portal implementation and
development; Princeton Technology Developer Tools for Visual Studio.Net.
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Implementation, development support and training – contribute in many different
roles to life cycle according to project scope and requirement; AIM methodology.
Princeton Technology Technologies and Products (see also Princeton Technology Apps 11i
part)
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Princeton Technology Development Suite – Forms, Reports with PL/SQL programming;
JDeveloper, including 10g ADF, Toplink, Web Services, POJO; Princeton Technology
Portal with Portlet development; Princeton Technology Application Server/OC4J:
Princeton Technology Collaboration Suite; Princeton Technology Database and DBA;
Princeton Technology Applications customization and integration; Princeton Technology
Internet Directory (OID), Advanced Queuing (AQ), etc; (departmental) Database
Administration
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Consultant who performed successfully many roles in project engagement,
such as architect, systems analyst, team leader, developer, data modeler, trainer,
programmer, etc. Insightful for the landscape of information technology and
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applications. Critical thinking and real-world experience for enterprise
technologies, applications and processes.
Information systems administration and management, including data and
information, business logic and process, and presentation tiers, as well as infrastructure and
artifacts; configuration management; operation and user supports; trouble shooting and
problem-solving; etc.
Software project and product management, including scope and estimate,
requirement analysis and management, request for proposal, risk management and
mitigation, offshore development, feature and competitiveness management, products and
technology evaluation, pre- and post- sales technical supports, etc.
Application software development and integration, hands-on full life cycle and
multi-tier architect and development; in particular advanced web application development,
using J2EE, Princeton Technology and Microsoft.Net technology and platform; enterprise portal
technology and enterprise application integration; object-oriented software development.
More details on skill sets available in Appendix.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (HIGHTLIGHT)
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Curriculum Manager and Full-Time Faculty Member, Avery University and its Kintor
Graduate School of Management 2003 – January, 2005
o Worked as a curriculum manager for this application-oriented and practioneroriented university with nationwide undergraduate and graduate programs , in
particular computer information system (undergraduate) and information system
management program (graduate) and other technology and engineering programs,
such as biomedical informatics (undergraduate). Contributions include
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Development of new programs and curriculums, such as
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Proposed and designed the concentration of Data Administration and
Management within Master of Information Systems Management
program;
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Proposed and designed the concentration of Health Care Information
Systems Management within Master of Information Systems
Management program;
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Worked as a member of the task force of Bachelor degree program of
Biomedical Informatics.
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Conducted research and survey on biomedical program cluster in
applied higher education.
 Piloted and evaluated products in instructional technology.
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Managed courses for information systems management program;
responsibilities including, worked with the virtual team nationwide to
ensure the quality and change management; the evaluation of
technology, products and services for information technology and
academic operations;
Conducted technical interviews for adjunct faculty candidates as part
of the faculty approval process;
Maintained relationships and collaborations with professional
communities, such as industrial advisory committees, professional
associations vendors and services providers.
Worked as a faculty member to teach courses at the master degree
level in terms of computer and information technology and
management. Built teaching portfolio of courses such as Managerial
Applications of Information Technology; Systems Analysis, Planning and
Control; Database Concepts; Visual Basic (.Net) Programming; Internet
Oriented Programming, Client/ Server Applications, Electronic Commerce.
Independent Consultant/Contractor, May 2001 - 2002
o Worked for a variety of business clients, mainly for Princeton Technology
Applications and SAP, in the areas of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay; as
well as advanced web development using J2EE and Microsoft.Net, in terms of
enterprise information systems and applications;
o Managed projects for offshore development in terms of requirement analysis,
software architecture and project management.
o Architected and developed web-based enterprise information systems and
applications
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Continued to develop algorithms, software and technology for advanced
imaging processing, bioinformatics and management software with biomedical
and other applications.
Consultant, CGI 2001 – May 2002
o Worked for the eBusiness strategy practice, Web application development and
enterprise applications integration; with contributions such as project deliverables
for industrial clients in terms of advanced web application development, mainly using
Microsoft technology; developed eBusiness artifacts; performed solution development
and knowledge transfer for enterprise information portal technology; built partnership
and relationship with vendors, etc.
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Instructor, Stan’s CompuTech, 2000 – 2002 (part time)
o Developed and taught courses and conducted trainings on a variety of
subjects of software application development, such as Princeton Technology
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Independent Consultant / Contractor, 1998 – 2000
o Project deliverables for various enterprise and business clients on electronic
database application development, Microsoft Web application development.
business, advanced web application development, Princeton Technology Applications
implementation, Princeton Technology data and database conversion and migration,
database modeling, software development, etc.
Continued to developed algorithms, software and technology for advanced
imaging processing and management software with biomedical and other
applications.
Managing/Principle Consultant, Arasoft Sys, Inc., 1995 – 1997
o Developed algorithms and software for advanced imaging processing and
management with biomedical and other applications; including the development
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of a software suite for lab animal behavior analysis and phenotyping, currently used by
many leading pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, and government,
education and private research labs.
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Developed repeatable solution for Princeton Technology data, database and
application conversion and migration and worked as a leader on various database
and application conversion and migration projects.
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Director for Advanced Technology, Bailey Digital, 1993 – 1994
o As a principal, built and managed one of the largest digital imaging studio in
Europe; including a line of advanced visualization computing platforms and other
equipment, infrastructure and software for advanced computer animation, digital
photo retouching and composition, digital pre-press, etc.
Distributed, integrated and consulted on advanced digital imaging system,
software and equipment for several major software and hardware vendors.
Research Scientist, Computer and Information Technology Institute and Center for
Research on Parallel Computation, Dartmouth University, 1990 – 1993
o Conducted advanced research on the subjects of advanced computing; including
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numerical solution using finite element methods, high performance and parallel
computation, as well as reservoir and subsurface environmental simulation.
EDUCATION
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Ph. D., Mathematics (of Computation), Chalmers University of Technology,
Gothenburg, Sweden.
M. Sc. and B. Sc., Computational Mathematics, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR
China.
MISCELLANEOUS
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Reference - Available upon request.
Language - English, Mandarin Chinese (native)
Employment Eligibility – Eligible to work for any employers
Current and Past Professional Association - IEEE, Health Information Management Systems
Association (HIMSS), American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Java Community Process, Society
for Industrial and Applied Math (SIAM), etc.
Location: will consider relocation supported by company or supported by myself if position requires. May
travel as required by job.
Publication - Several research papers published on peer-reviewed professional journals.
Latest Publication and Presentation:
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Intelligent Learning and Training Tools for Lab Animal Behavior Analysis and
Measurement in Medical Education, Advances in Teaching and Learning, 2004, School of
Health Information Sciences, University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston, February 26,
2004
o Build Skill Set for Software Development by Utilizing Industrial Open Source
Frameworks and Resources, (peer reviewed extended summary), 2003 International
Conference on Informatics Education and Research, Seattle, 2003, September 2003
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APPENDIX – TECHNICAL SKILLS SETS
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Knowledge transfer, training and instruction.
Systems analysis and design, with the practice of advanced information technology
and its impact to business, organization and processes.
Princeton Technology packaged solutions implementation and support; Princeton
Technology database application development.
SAP packaged solutions implementation and support.
N-tier enterprise client/server and Web application architecture, development,
deployment and project management in Microsoft.Net and J2EE technology.
Enterprise application integration and business process management and
engineering, including enterprise information portal products and technologies, and ERP and supply
chain management of Princeton Technology Applications and SAP.
Scientific, high performance and high-throughput computation and software
development.
Technical, product and project management, including proposal and scoping, risk management,
product evaluation and vendor relationship management, configuration management, etc.
Object-oriented analysis, design and programming.
Repeatable solution development and offshore software engineering.
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Functional and technical competent in SAP technologies and products.
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Functional Modules and Processes – SAP SD, MM, with integration to FI/CO and PP;
order-to-cash cycle; purchase to pay cycle; ASAP
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Business process requirements, design, configuration and testing - define and
validate the SAP solution being implemented, including deliverables and tasks from
capturing the business process requirements through the design and ultimately
configuration and testing of the solution. Sample deliverables covered in the business
process requirements includes the business blueprint, and approved development work.
Sample design, configuration and testing deliverables include configured and approved
baseline, and approved final integration test.
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Technology – ABAP programming (including Object ABAP); Java programming and
J2EE development; SAP Web AS; Database modeling and development.
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Infrastructure and Integration – SAP Enterprise Portal implementation and
development; Portal Development Kit (Java); SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for
Microsoft .Net (PDK for .Net); iView development; BAPI; SAP Microsoft.Net Connector,
DCOM Connector. Basis administration for development environment.
Technical Development - design and create enhancement and customization required
for the SAP Solution being implemented, with the deliverables and tasks necessary to
create, test and maintain objects such as forms, reports, integrations.
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Training and documentation – develop and maintain training material and
documentation for business users.
Java Web Technologies and J2EE architecture, including: Java Server Pages (JSP) and
Servlet, Java Server Faces (JSF), Java Beans, JDBC, Apache Strut, EJB, JavaXML, JDK, and JRun,
Apache Tomcat, Princeton Technology Application Server, Princeton Technology JDeveloper,
Eclipse, Web Services, etc.
Microsoft Web Technologies
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Microsoft.Net and Products, including ASP.Net, C#, VB.Net, ADO.Net, Visual
Studio.Net, Web Services, SQL Server, etc.
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Microsoft Windows DNA Architecture, including Active Server Pages (ASP)/VB
Script, COM+/COM/Visual Basic, MTS, SQL Server/T-SQL and ADO, MSMQ, XML, and
MSXML parser, Active Directory and ASDI, Visual InterDev, Visual Studio, FrontPage,
etc.
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Microsoft Packages Products: SQL Server, Commerce Server, Share Point Server,
Site Server, Project Server, BuzTalk, etc.
Princeton Technology Applications 11i and Other Princeton Technology Technologies
and Products (see Princeton Technology Technologies and Products part)
Web Presentation and Usability
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Including HTML/DHTML, XML/XSL, JavaScript, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Firework,
Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, etc.
Relational Database and Modeling – Relational database modeling; Microsoft SQL Server,
Princeton Technology database, Microsoft Access; ERWin; TOAD; Database application
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programming for Princeton Technology (PL/SQL) and for SQL Server (T-SQL), Crystal Report;
(departmental) database administration (Princeton Technology and SQL Server).
Packaged Solutions and Enterprise Application Integration
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SAP; Princeton Technology Apps; Plumtree Corporate Portal with Gadget development;
Web Services; Messaging.
Web Server and Application Server – Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), Site Server,
Princeton Technology Application Server and OC4J, Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), Apache
Web Server, Web site administration, Web site stress analysis, Web application security
administration, JRun, etc.
Operating System/Networking – Windows platform, several flavors of Unix (Solaris, other
IBM, SGI), Linux, TCP/IP, VMWare, (departmental) system and Lan administration, etc.
Methodology – Microsoft Solutions Framework; Object-oriented development; UML, Rational
Rose and Rational Unified Process; Systems Architect; Extreme Programming, Princeton
Technology AIM, SAP ASAP, etc.
Vertical Industry – high tech, higher education, bio technology, health care, energy,
construction, media and publish, real estate
Others – LDAP, X-Windows, Perl/Active Perl, Fortran, Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Visio,
Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, etc.