TISSA BALAN VANNIASINGHAM
18/21-23 Railway Parade, Westmead,
New South Wales, NSW 2145 Australia.
61-2-9635-6945 (H), 61-2-9794-2691 (W)

PERSONAL RESUME

To continue to make a positive contribution as part of a software development team, which includes results and accountability with an active involvement in the Web based Information Systems development.

• Good knowledge of system development life cycle principles. Ability to work on applications, analysis and design tasks without instruction or guidance, develop work plans and coordinate work efforts of team members.
  
• Possess a high degree of problem determination and resolution skills. Strong project development skills including analysis, design; project leadership over development, testing, implementation and support. Ability to deal effectively with data processing client community.

• Very good team player and have the ability to operate as part of a self managing team and to work under pressure while maintaining commitment to customer service, quality and results.

• Designed, developed and implemented Manufacturing and distribution based solutions on Mini/Midrange platforms.

• Developed and Implemented PC/desktop computer applications for sister companies in New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam.

BS - Maths, Computing University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

COBOL, COBOL-II, VISUAL BASIC 4/5/6, MS ACCESS 95/97, SQL, VB SCRIPT,JAVA SCRIPT, SQL WINDOWS

Tools

Microsoft Office 97/95, Microsoft Project98,Internet Explorer 4.x, Front Page 98, ColdFusion Studio 3.1, HAHT Site 3.0, Quick Site, VB Scripts, Java Scripts, EDI tools, ER Studio for data modelling, and MS Project 98.

Platforms

MS Windows 98/95/3.11, DOS, WANG O/S, UNISYS BTOS/CTOS

PROFESSIONAL  EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - SUMMARY

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Member of Australian Computer Society (MACS) since 1990
• Australian Computer Society Practicing Computer Professional (PCP )
• Microsoft Communique member
• Member of Institute of data processing Management (IDPM) - UK

NATURE OF COMPANY : A Branch of Detroit Diesel Corporation - USA. Manufacturers and distributors of diesel and gas powered engines and other associated products.

ADDRESS : 78-82 Riverside Road Chipping Norton, New South Wales 2170, Australia

POSITION : Senior Analyst / Project Leader

SOFTWARE :

COBOL, COBOL-II, DMS-II, BERGER (4GL) Windows 95/98, VISUAL BASIC 4.0/5.0/6.0, MS ACCESS 95/97, MS Project 98, FrontPage 98 ER/Studio, Visio, ColdFusion, PWS 4.0,HAHT Site, VB Script, HTML, ASP, ADO, OLE DB and Java Script

DURATION : March 1989 - Present

DUTIES :

Supervise three software support personnel

Analysis and functional specification design for major system enhancements and modifications.

Develop and implement GUI based information systems using Visual Basic, MS Access and ER/Studio using IDEF1X methodology.

CAREER HISTORY :

Project Leader - March 95 - Present

Senior Analyst - June 90 - March 95

Analyst/Programmer - March 89 - June 90

ACHIEVEMENTS : Developed EDI interface using MS Access and Visual Basic to existing purchase order and Invoicing modules, installed the Telstra Trade link software to receive the purchase orders from trading partners and send the shipment advice and invoice.

Developed Auto parts information system for Detroit dealers for using Visual Basic 5.0 and MS Access 97.

Developed Quote/Order entry applications using Visual Basic 5.0 and MS Access for a branch office in Vietnam.

Designed and developed an Executive Information System (EIS) for Sales/Marketing department using Visual Basic 5.0 and MS Access 97.

Redesigned the General Ledger Report Writer, which improved the response time by 75% and led to increased productivity.

Developed and published Websites on Intranets using HAHT Site 3.0, WebStar, ColdFusion, Front Page 98, PWS and IIS.

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS : Managed two system disaster recovery projects and rebuilt all lost data from available information on the system.

Solely designed and developed a manufacturing and unit inventory modules and interfaced to the existing system.

Identified, designed and developed an automatic inter branch payment system to settle the payments between branches. This reduced the work done by the account staff and increased the productivity of the account staff throughout the organisation.

NATURE OF COMPANY : WANG Computer Vendor

POSITION : Contract Analyst / Programmer

SOFTWARE : COBOL, COBOL-II,INDOWS, MS Products

DURATION : June 1988 - Feb 1989

NATURE OF COMPANY : Management Consultants and Public Accountants.

POSITION : Systems Analyst / Programmer Analyst

SOFTWARE : COBOL, MICROFOCUS COBOL,DMS, COBOL-II, PASCAL

DURATION : February 1984 - April 1988

COMPANY : STAFFORD COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD. SRI LANKA

NATURE OF COMPANY : Subsidiary of Stafford Motor Company Ltd. Agents for HONDA motor cars providing computer services for its daily operations.

POSITION : Systems manager / Systems Analyst

SOFTWARE : COBOL, MICROFOCUS COBOL, BASIC,Lotus, DBASE III

DURATION : May 1981 - January 1984

NATURE OF COMPANY : Software House.

POSITION : Trainee Programmer/Programmer

SOFTWARE : COBOL, DMS II

DURATION : May 1979 - April 1981

POSITION : Graduate Teacher

DURATION : Jan1978 - April 1979

POSITION : Tutor

DURATION : Jan1976 - Dec 1977