Vaughn Dumas' Resume

 

Pretoria, Gauteng 0043 South Africa

Achievements

  1. Introduction of XML and XSL into ITS.
  2. Development of XML reporting engine in PL/SQL. 
  3. Development of B2B engine for the ITS product suite. 
  4. Appointment as System Owner (equivalent to Systems Architect) for the ITS Core products. 
  5. Publication of technical newsletter at ITS called “Byte Me”. 
  6. Appointment as Service Excellence Coordinator/Auditor 
    1. Development of Business Intelligence at ITS for management reviews 
    2. Implementation of technical code reviews 
    3. Passed all external quality audits with no major findings 
    4. Development of monthly dashboard for clients e. Development of automated Service Feedback Request emails when jobs are completed 
    5. Introduction of “Techie Thursday” sessions to exchange technical ideas among the programmers

Career History

Jan 1970 - Present

Company name:ITS Tertiary Software
Location:Pretoria, South Africa
Industry:Information Technology
Company size:51-200 employees
Company web site:http://www.itsholdings.co.za
    
Job Title:Service Excellence Coordinator/Auditor
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:Customer Service & Call Centre
Closest Job Role:Manager & Operations
Summary:Maintenance of Quality Management System
Detailed Description:Maintain the QMS
Ensure our ISO 9001:2008 certificate is maintained.
Perform code audits
Develop strategic and operational dashboards.
Remuneration:ZAR 43,000.00 Monthly

Feb 2008 - Sep 2008

Company name:Integrated Tertiary Software
Location:Pretoria, South Africa
Industry:Information Technology
Company size:51-200 employees
Company web site:http://www.itsholdings.co.za
Comments:ITS is a software development company that provides services to a number of private and public tertiary institutions.
    
Job Title:Senior Programmer
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Analyst / Programmer
Summary:Analyst Developer and Architect
Detailed Description:Software Development
Maintenance of the Web system
Maintenance of programming standards
Client support
Develop and approve technical specifications
Software testing
Determine strategic direction of the ITS Core products.
Remuneration:ZAR 40,000.00

Education & Training

Jan 1989 - Nov 1991

Institution:Port Elizabeth Technikon
Institution Type:College
Location:Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Course Name:National Diploma Computer Data Processing
Study Units/Modules:
  • Commercial Programming I, II, III (COBOL)
  • Information Systems I, II, III
  • Pascal
  • True Basic
  • System Software I, II, III
  • RPG III
Comments:This was a 3 year diploma.
PE Technikon is now part of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Skills

Business Skills

  • Business Intelligence (Intermediate - 2-3 years experience)
  • Development (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • Induction Training (Advanced - 3-4 years experience)
  • ISO 9001 (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)
  • Management (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)
  • Point Of Sale (Intermediate - 2-3 years experience)
  • Quality Management (Advanced - 3-4 years experience)

Product Skills

  • Adobe (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)
  • Assembler (Novice - 6-12 months experience)
  • Business Intelligence (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)
  • C (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • FTP (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • HTML (Intermediate - >5 years experience)
  • Internet (Intermediate - >5 years experience)
  • Java (Intermediate - 2-3 years experience)
  • Oracle (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • Oracle 9i (Intermediate - 2-3 years experience)
  • Oracle Forms (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • Siebel (Novice - 3-6 months experience)
  • SQL (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • SSH (Intermediate - >5 years experience)
  • XML (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • XSL (Intermediate - >5 years experience)

Industry Company Experience

  • Electronics (Novice - 1-1.5 years experience)
  • Management (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)
  • Mobile (Novice - 6-12 months experience)
  • Standards (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)
  • Support (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)

Languages

  • Afrikaans (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • English (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • German (Novice - 6-12 months experience)

Licenses & Certifications

Internal Auditor ISO 9001:2008

Issuer:TIQMS (www.tiqms.co.za)
Valid From:1st April 2010

Visa Information

Australia

Visa Type:Permanent Resident Visa
Visa Name:8049526567324
Valid From:16th December 2011
Valid To:16th December 2016

Interests

BOINC - World Community Grid, a Projects, 7 Boinc (http://boincberkeleyedu/), 6 Renewing old photographs, 5 Photography, 4 PIC Microcontroller programming (in Assembler and C), 3 Electronics, 2 Model Railroading, 1 Chess.

Personal Information

Job Seeking Status:Seriously Looking
I am on a notice period (days):  90
I am available from:1st April 2012
Would you relocate for a job?Yes
Gender:Male
Marital Status:Married
Do I have a drivers license?Yes

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