CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Ali Asghar Contractor

CONTACT TEL NO: 16088248919

EMAIL ADDRESS:

ADDRESS: 5252 Brindisi Court, #8

Middleton, WI - 53562, USA

DATE OF BIRTH: October 16, 1974

NATIONALITY: Pakistan

EDUCATION: Bachelor in Computer Science and Information Systems Analysis and Design

TECHNICAL SKILL SUMMARY

Operating Systems

MS Windows NT 4.02 yr

MS Windows 981 yr

MS Windows 951 yr

DOS2 yrs

UNIX (Sun Solaris, SGI)2 yrs

Languages

Visual Basic 6.01 yr

ASP1 yr

HTML/DHTML2 yrs

Java Script2 yrs

VBScript1 yr

SQL2 yrs

C++1 yr

Visual C++0.6 yrs

COBOL0.6 yrs

Java0.3 yrs

Software

MS SQL Server1 yr

MS Access1 yrs

MS Visual Interdev1 yr

MS FrontPage1.5 yrs

MS Excel1 yr

Oracle SQL Plus0.6 yrs

SQL Programmer320.6 yrs

ERwin0.3 yrs

Crystal Reports0.3 yrs

Lotus Notes0.6 yrs

Others

RDBMS2 yrs

Data Modeling2 yrs

IIS4.01 yr

MTS1 yr

COM/DCOM1 yr

MFC0.6 yrs

EXPERIENCE

COMPANY: Automotive Directions, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin, USA

TITLE: Application Developer

DURATION: January 2000 - Present

SKILLS SUMMARY: ASP, HTML/DHTML, VBScript, Java Script, Visual Basic 6.0, Active-X, COM/DCOM, RDBMS, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Data Modeling, MS Visual Interdev, MS FrontPage, IIS4.0, MTS, Windows NT4.0, DOS, UNIX, Seagate Crystal Reports.

DUTIES: Design and provide support to a web-based application called Internet Lead Management in ASP, HTML/DHTML, VBScript, Java Script, Visual Basic 6.0, Active-X, MS SQL Server, MS Visual Interdev, MS FrontPage, IIS4.0.

Design and provide support to an E-Commerce Application in ASP, HTML/DHTML, VBScript, Java Script, Visual Basic 6.0, Active-X, MS SQL Server, MS Visual Interdev, MS FrontPage, IIS4.0.

COMPANY: UW Applied Economics Department Madison, Wisconsin, USA

TITLE: Web Developer

DURATION: September 1998 – December 1999

SKILLS SUMMARY: HTML, Java Script, SQL, MS FrontPage, MS Access, MS Excel, Windows 98/95, DOS, UNIX.

DUTIES: Designed and provided support to a WebPage by using MS FrontPage'98, HTML, JavaScript and SQL.

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COMPANY: American Express Financial Advisors Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

TITLE: Summer Intern (Computer Programmer), Technologies Group

DURATION: June 1999 – August 1999

SKILLS SUMMARY: C++, Visual C++, SQL Programmer32, ERwin, Sybase 11.x, Lotus Notes, Windows NT4.0, DOS, UNIX.

DUTIES: Re-engineered the physical database into ERwin from the Sybase table definitions and then converted the ERwin PC based tables to Sybase as the ERwin repository.

Created stored procedures in SQL Programmer32 which extract records given specified criteria from the database, and insert and update records in the database stored in Sybase 11.x.

Developed programs in C++ and Visual C++, and scripted procedures in Unix.

Designed forms, views and navigators for data input and retrieval in Lotus Notes.

COMPANY: Deluxe Data Systems Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

TITLE: Summer Intern (Computer Programmer), IS Department

DURATION: June 1998 – August 1998

SKILLS SUMMARY: Visual C++, C++, MFC, Oracle SQL Plus, MS Access, MS InstallShield, MS Visual SourceSafe, Seagate Crystal Reports, Lotus Notes, Windows NT4.0, DOS.

DUTIES: Created a program called version checking for Install in Visual C++ by using MFC, Oracle SQL and InstallShield, which detects whether the application is running in current version or not.

Created a program called Icon Backup for Install in Visual C++ by using MFC, Oracle SQL, MS Access, which creates database and stores data in Access, and generates reports of retrieved data.

Developed a database in MS Access and generated reports in Seagate Crystal Reports.

COURSES

University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Overall GPA: 3.2 / 4.0

Courses: Database Management Systems, Intro to Compilers, Intro to Artificial Intelligence, Linear Programming, Computer-Based Business Systems, Computer-Based Data Management, Computer-Based Systems Analysis & Design, Computers in Business, Management & Operation Research.

Languages/Software/OS: C++, Java, Visual Basic 5.0, VBA, MS Access, CASE Tool, MathLab, Unix, DOS, Windows 98/95, Internet Applications.

Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, USA

Courses: Intro to Programming in C++, Data Structures, Intro to Scheme, Machine Organization & Programming, Intro to Combinatorics, Digital Logic & Design, Computer Architecture & Design.

Languages/Software/OS: C++, LISP, Assembly, MS Excel, Unix, DOS, Windows 95/3.1, Internet Applications.

Grace Institute of Technology Karachi, Pakistan

Languages/Software/OS: Basic, COBOL, Assembly, Dbase III Plus, FoxPro, Lotus 123, Word Star4.0, DOS.

HONORS

Golden Key National Honor Society

Iowa State University Dean's List (2 Semesters)

ACTIVITIES

Member of Association of Information Systems Professionals (AISP), Madison, WI

Member of Karachi Jaycees, Pakistan

REFERENCES

Malcolm Thorne

CEO, Automotive Directions, Inc Madison, Wisconsin USA

Ph: 16082689000 x222

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Brian Gould

Senior Scientist, UW Applied Economics Department Madison, Wisconsin USA

Ph: 16082633212