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Obaji Nyambi, MFA, MSc
OTA ID#: 104540

Education Experience: BFA, Graphic Design, Oklahoma University, 1984
MFA, Art (Printmaking and Drawing), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990
MSc, Information Systems, DePaul University, 2004
Focus of Study: I have completed my Masters degree studies in Information Systems.
Awards: HONORS AND AWARDS
• Awarded, Artist Fellowship and by Arts International " the Lila Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund" for Artist at Giverny Program, 1995
• Awarded, Artist Fellowship Grant By The State Of Illinois Arts Council, 1994
• Award of Distinction, Mid West Pastel Society, 1994
• Awarded, Artist Fellowship Grant in Visual Arts By The National Endowment For The Arts, 1993
• Awarded, Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, 1991
• Awarded, Neighborhood Arts Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, 1991
• Awarded, Artist Fellowship Grant, State of Illinois Arts Council, 1990
• Awarded, Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, 1990
Work Experience: Globalpie Inc.
2/2003 - Current
IT Consultant
Providing Systems integration solutions, Relational Database Implementation/Management, and e-Commerce
solutions to small, and mid sized companies in the Chicago area.

Chicago Public Schools
5/2004 - Current
Substitute Teacher
Instruction of Computer Science, Art, and Literature to high school students including special education students in the greater Chicago area.

The Planet Group Inc. Chicago, IL
3/1999 - 2003
Network Administrator/Webmaster
* Network Migration and Upgrade
Migrated the Planet Groups' Network from a Hybrid (WinNT 4, Win98, Mackintosh, Linux) to
Windows 2000 Network. Also, Implemented Active Directory.
* Website Design and Corporate identity
Designed and maintained corporate website, and implemented a corporate identity campaign using
Macromedia, Adobe Systems, and other HTML, and graphics tools.
* Data Recovery and Mail Infrastructure Upgrade.
Performed data recovery, and migration of MS Exchange Server5.0 from WinNT to Windows2000
environment
* Asset Management
Graphically captured information on the Planet Groups' network systems, and peripheral equipment,
and kept track of cost, warranties, hardware/software, manufacturer, and support information.
* Data/System Recovery
Planned and implemented disaster recovery plans for the network, and prepared weekly status reports
of infrastructure maintenance activities using Microsoft products.
* VPN Implementation
Installed, and configured VPN Server/Clients for 50 users at their remote locations.
Skills & Achievements: Application Development
* Business to Business & Business to Consumer E-commerce;
* Employee IT solutions portal;
* Client/Server.

Business/Management
* Conducted deployment analysis for help desk applications upgrade;
* Participated in all stages of system development lifecycle (SDLC);
* Integrated e-business rules to migrate a brick and mortar organization to a click & brick;
* Developed cost benefit analysis;
* Created request for proposals (RFP) for vendor selection;
* Integrated business processes into system development design;
* Interviewed business users to determine system requirements.

Database, Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence
* Performed logical database design/data modeling (ER & ERD);
* Database programming;
* Performed database back up/recovery, import/export data, manage data files, data dictionary, table spaces & control files.

Software & Hardware
* Oracle 8i & 9i, SQL Server;
* IBM IM, DB2, Access Database;
* PL/SQL, SQL, Shell Scripting, SQL Loader, Import/Export Utility;
* Macromedia Dreamweaver Altradev/MX, Flash MX/ColdFusionMX;
* Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Golive;
* Cute ftp, Fetch, SSH ftp, WLSftp, Telnet, DNS Expert, Interarchy;
* VBS, ASP, JSP, Tomcat, Java, Java; Servlets, Web Services, JDBC/ODBC;
* Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, Visio/Project Professional;
* Firewall, Router, VPN, LAN/WAN; configuration and monitoring;
* TCP/IP, WINS, DNS configuration;
* Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP;
* UNIX/Linux/Macintosh.
Career Interests: I am interested in working full time as a Systems Analyst in the financial services or advertising industry.
Outside Interests: English Literature, Art and Architecture.
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