Curriculum Vitae

Ariana AlmajanPlace of birth: Constantza, Romania

3446 Mercer Lane Nationality: Romanian

San Diego, CA92122Immigrated to US in 1971

858-587-1684 (Home)Citizenship: US

858-414-8414 (Cellular)San Diego resident since 1974

arried, one daughter

Work status: Retired

Education

MS Mathematics,BucharestUniversity.

MS Chemistry, BucharestUniversity.

Qualifications

  • Excellent knowledge of Romanian language and grammar.
  • Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English.
  • Ability to plan, organize, schedule, execute and bring to successful completion large and complex projects by established deadlines, while maintaining high quality output.
  • Strongverbal language skills in English as well as Romanian, developed while
  • teaching programming languages at Bucharest University, Romania;
  • assisting San Diego Romanian community with translation and interpretation needs;
  • working in various management positions.

Translating and Interpreting Experience

  • Provide translation and interpreting services on an as-needed basis to the San Diego’s Romanian community, on a volunteer basis.
  • On call for interpreter services for the San Diego Superior Courts.
  • Translated in Romanian several Nuclear Engineering documents (Operating Manuals for the TRIGA Nuclear Power Plant acquired by the Romanian Government in 1976) for General Atomics, a research and development engineering company in La Jolla, California.
  • Owner of a home-based translation and interpretation services business, A & A Translations, as of August 2007.
  • Currently working on the translation in English of a collection of Romanian folk fairy tales.

Professional Experience

county of san diego1977 - 2006

Group Information Technology Manager1998–2006

  • Responsible for managing all Information Technology (IT) activities of the county’s Land Use and Environment group (LUEG) of departments. Report directly to the LUEG Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (DCAO) and work under the functional direction of the county’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Ariana Almajan CV

  • Plan, direct, organize, coordinate, execute, and evaluate the overall IT activities in LUEG.
  • Provide strategic planning, financial and business process reengineering for LUEG.
  • Prepare the LUEG IT budget.
  • Work with the CTO to plan, develop and implement programs, policies and practices pertaining to IT.
  • Identify problems and propose solutions.
  • Prepare and make presentations to department directors, the DCAO and the CTO.
  • Communicate in writing as well as orally with computer users, vendors, executive management and peers.

Information Technology Manager – Department of Public Work1997-1998

  • Responsible for managing all Information Technology (IT) activities in the department.
  • Report to the department director.
  • Supervise a staff of ten systems analysts in the development and implementation ofnew applications and the maintenance of existing ones and in the management and maintenance of the computer equipment and network.
  • Prepare Request for Proposal/Quotation/Information documents, review proposals, select vendors, negotiate contracts.
  • Prepare IT budget and various presentations.

Document Management and Imaging Specialist – Department of Public Works 1994-1997

  • Responsible for department-wide implementation of document imaging andmanagement technology to automate the capture, storage, indexing, retrieval, manipulation, control and distribution of large volumes of documents.

Systems and Operations Manager – Department of Public Works 1986 - 1994

  • Manage the department’s computer resources servicing 500+ computer users.
  • Supervising a staff of ten in the followingfunctional units: System Management, Wide Area Network and Local Area NetworkManagement, Computer Operations, Customer Support/Help Desk.

Applications Development Supervisor – Department of Public Works 1977 - 1986

  • Supervise a staff of eight systems analysts in the developmentand implementation of new applications and the maintenance of existing ones.
  • Personally design and develop more complex systems.

ncr corporation 1974 - 1977

Rancho Bernardo, California

Programmer-Analyst III

  • Project Leader for two major systems.
  • Designed, developed and implemented the unit and system test for the COBOL compiler and the Operating Systemof anew NCR mini-computer IMOS 8400.

Ariana Almajan CV

data resources, inc. 6/73 - 12/73

Boston, Massachusetts

Programmer-Analyst II

Designed, developed and implemented an Accounting and Billing System, to keep track of the amount of CPU and other computer resources used by eachcomputer user and bill accordingly.

young and rubicam international, inc. 12/71 - 5/73

New York, NY

Programmer-Analyst II

Supervisor of the Maintenance Group, consisting of three programmer-analysts.Responsible for the revision of all existing programs and systems in accordance withuser requirements.

computer center, bucharest university 1968-1971

Bucharest, Romania

Mathematician-Programmer

  • Designed, developed, and implemented scientific applications requested by the university departments.
  • Wrote manuals for programming in FORTRAN and COBOL, published by the BucharestUniversity.
  • Taught programming languages at the Department of Mathematics, BucharestUniversity.

Hobbies and Special Interests

  • Reading
  • Music
  • Travel
  • Gardening – Member of Home Gardening Club
  • Words etymology