Holly A. Zell

IT professional with five years experience performing analysis, web design, development, programming, maintenance and graphic art in a federal agency. Practiced in the application of Section 508 web requirements. Working knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), server-side and client-side scripting and Object Oriented Design. Proven interpersonal and communications skills, exceptional organization skills, detail-oriented, self directed, and creative with outgoing personality. Key skills include:

As a student intern for this large federal banking regulator and while pursuing IT Bachelors degree, working in a PC Windows environment (95, 2000, XP):

• Designed, developed and maintained three business-focused intranet web applications utilizing CSS, HTML and JavaScript via MS Front Page. Graphics developed using Paint Shop Pro. Sites required Section 508 compliance and testing using JAWS. Required system documentation produced using MS Word and VISIO.
• Performed budget analysis for contract expenditures and project analysis for the Chief of Information Office (CIO) Council producing MS Excel charts of the findings.
• Produced two marketing brochures using MS Publisher for the Enterprise Architecture Branch and for the Program Management Office (PMO)
• Completed intensive training in the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Produced RUP documentation for the upgrade of the Google Search Appliance (GSA)
• Assisted in project management related to overseeing an Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) assessment and establishing a supportive MS Sharepoint site for this task
• Produced MS PowerPoint presentation for the CIO Council explaining the methodology and process of an OPM3 assessment to obtain senior executive understanding and future

 

Birth of only child caused a shift in life priorities resulting in a 13 year absence from the workplace to raise and care for my child.

 

As Senior Programmer/Analyst and technical manager of the Contract Reporting team in the Management Information Systems (MIS) department working in an IBM mainframe environment:

• Provided technical support for contract reporting and accounts receivable applications utilizing the McCormick and Dodge (M&D) accounting software package run on IBM mainframes
• Designed and developed user interface applications using the M&D programming tool and established best practices and reusable code libraries for this effort
• Supervised two programmers and two junior programmers

As Programmer/Analyst:

• Using COBOL and PL1, Designed and developed code and established procedures for updating and reporting on Contracting files

As a Private Industry and Government IT Contractor:

• Provided COBOL programming and process support for a Chicago-based law firm
• As an on-site contractor for the Department of Justice, Anti-trust Division, provided automated support of large litigation cases utilizing the INQUIRE DBMS

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Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems specialization Programming, Summa Cum Laude,
June 2007, Strayer University

Associate in Applied Science, Information Systems Technology specialization Software Development, Summa Cum Laude,
May 2004, Northern Virginia Community College

Associate in Arts, Business Computer Programming, June 1977, Prince Georges Community College

Certified Group Fitness Instructor, August 1999, American Council of Exercise (ACE)

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Software - Additional software experienced in using:

Web Portfolio - all development utilizing MS Front Page and Adobe Photoshop

Designed, developed and maintain the following websites:

• www.hollyzell.com – personal website showing graphic skills and interests - 2000
• www.hollyween.net – annual Halloween display website illustrating creative abilities – 2001
• www.fairfaxchristmaslights.com – Tacky Christmas Lights in Fairfax County developed using JavaScript, PHP and MySQL, CSS and XHTML – 2003, database-driven since 2007
• www.eXtraSpecialYou – new client business site currently underway using CSS & XHTML standards - 2008

Redesigned the following websites:

• www.dalbytutoring.com – client business site redesign and upgrade to CSS and XHTML standards - 2007
• www.goldengirls.org – frames-based website developed utilizing HTML & JavaScript – 2001
• www.waterskiingsanta.com – pro-bono effort currently underway – 2008
  (Design promotional flyer for this event using MS Word & Adobe Photoshop since 2004)

Graphic Artwork - Sample of my artwork demonstrating my graphics/artistic ability. Also, see NOVA Course Work.

Animated Artwork - Samples demonstrating my animation capabilities.

References - Available upon request

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Last Updated: 02/05/2008