10 Billingsgate Crescent
Ajax, Ontario
L1S 2R8
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Cell Ph.: (416) 458-4968
E-mail: anne.shier652@gmail.com
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Anne L. Shier
Summary of qualifications
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Secondary School Teacher
- Toronto District School Board
§ full-time
teacher from September 2000 to June 2015 (then retired) :
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Taught Computer Programming (Grades 10–12),
Computer Engineering / Technology
(Grades 10–12), Systems Analysis and Design (OAC), Desktop and Internet Publishing (Grade 12), Business Technology (Grades 9 and 10), and Career Studies
(Grade 10)
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Am well acquainted with Java, Turing and C /
C++ languages
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Have a solid knowledge of computer networking
technologies
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Graduated from Seneca College of A.A.&T.
with a Computer Programming and
Analysis 3-year (advanced) diploma (1996) and minored in English literature (5 credits with an A average)
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Achieved a certificate from Ryerson University
(8 credits) in Information Systems Management (awarded in Spring
2009)
Technical Systems Analyst / Programmer Analyst
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Worked for RBC, Systems and Technology
department for 2+ years as a Programmer/Analyst and Technical Systems Analyst
on the mainframe
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Professional experience
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1996
to 1997 Seneca College –
School of Computer
Studies
- Don Mills Campus
Full-time Teaching Assistant:
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Tutored in Applied Problem Solving (Math) for
3 semesters
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Tutored
in C Programming for 2 semesters
1997 to 1999 Seneca College – School of
Computer Studies – Newnham Campus
Part-Time Instructor:
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Taught Applied Problem Solving for 2 semesters
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Taught
Introduction to Computer Systems and C Programming for 2 semesters
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Taught
Introduction to Computer Systems (including Web Page Design and Programming concepts) for 1 semester
1997
to 1998 RBC Financial
Group – Systems and
Technology Department (Royal
Direct
Telephone
Banking System)
Full-Time Programmer/Analyst:
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Worked in Mainframe Host Group – Aug./97
to Dec./98
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Engaged
in Y2K planning and testing
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Revised
and tested various DB2 database programs
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Resolved
production problems, as required
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Set up
new personnel with DB2 access, as required
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Wrote
an online DB2 program to search the Company table
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Worked
on various projects and implementations
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Revised the online Operations Manual.
1998
to 1999 RBC Financial Group – Systems
and
Technology
Department (Indirect Lending
System)
Full-Time Technical Systems Analyst:
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Worked as Mainframe Host Person – Dec./98 to Nov./99:
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Engaged
in Y2K testing
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Revised
and tested various online IMS programs
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Worked
on a major implementation (a special report)
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Resolved
numerous production problems
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Revised
the online Operations Manual
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Professional memberships
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Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF),
Ontario College of Teachers (OCT), Association of Computer Studies Educators
of Ontario (ACSE), and Institute of Canadian Bankers (ICB)
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Skills and Accomplishments
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Excellent
English verbal and written skills as required for teaching and creative
writing
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Excellent
presentation skills using MS-Office software
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Excellent
research skills used to find relevant information on the Web
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Excellent
web design skills for making personal web sites
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Acquired
knowledge of HTML, PHP, and JavaScript
for making dynamic web pages
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Hobbies
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Past karaoke singing, listening to music, watching TV and DVD
movies, photography, traveling within Canada and abroad, reading novels and writing short stories
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Interests & activities
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Being an actively-involved
grandmother; maintaining and updating my own personal short story blogs,
publishing 2 books of short stories: My Short Stories (Book One) and My
Short Stories (Book Two), and working at being the best teacher I
could possibly be at the high school level regardless of subject area
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Volunteer experience
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Assistant / Head Judge in Ontario and Alberta (10
years); Women’s Gymnastics Judging Assistant
at the World University Games in Edmonton, Alberta in 1983 (Universiade’83); St. John’s Ambulance Brigade member (3
years); Assistant / Head Coach for 3
amateur sports clubs / teams (7-8 years in total)
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Awards received
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The Tom Proctor
Business Communications Award for Seneca College – 1994; The School of
Computer Studies Scholarship for Seneca College – 1995; Associate of the
Institute of Canadian Bankers (AICB) designation – 2005
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