Taryn Ernd

Sun Certified Programmer and Trainer, and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and Program manager with over 11 years experience as an information systems professional.  Excellent technology background with significant experience developing curriculum and delivering technical training for a variety of technologies including C++ and Java®.  Outstanding presentation and delivery skills as well as excellent course research, design and development abilities.

Programming Experience

Java®, Microsoft Visual C++, C, Microsoft C#.NET, Pascal, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft VB.NET, Dreamweaver, UML, Tomcat, BEA WebLogic, Microsoft Office, HTML, XML, JavaScript™, VBScript, and SQL.

Operating Environments

Windows XP, Windows NT (4.0), Windows 2000, and Windows 95/98.

Business Experience

Productivity Point International
Senior Technical Trainer / Program Manager

  • Train a wide variety of standard and custom classes.

  • Participated in consulting projects.

  • Assisted in evaluating new classes and courseware.

  • Developed Java® courseware for introduction and advanced classes used by all United States Productivity Point International training locations.

  • Developed XML courseware for advanced classes used by all United States Productivity Point International training locations.

  • Conducted certification on junior trainers to approve them for deliver of classes.

  • Provided users with consultations of system applications.

  • Conducted a bootcamp of C++ classes for global investment company to assist in the development of standalone window-based and internet-based applications for real time trading.

  • Microsoft Certified for Visual C++ training.

  • Microsoft Certified for Visual Basic training.

  • Sun Certified Java Programmer.

Training Alliance - Synapsis Solutions, San Francisco, California
 Programming Consultant

  • Developed application in Visual Basic and Access applications for insurance company in Chicago.  The majority of the applications performed file I/O operations, while the Access project gathered information from Access databases.

Centrifusion - Dewpoint, Chicago, Illinois
Application Engineer / Technical Trainer

  • Implement and manage web content management system using the content management application TeamSite by Interwoven.

  • Assisted in development of application built in Java programming language used to read in XML files containing gift card information purchased from customers for the online store.

  • Developed content management, and XML courseware using SOAP, SAX and DOM for Dewpoint education program.

  • Developed support documentation for airline reporting company, to use to illustrate Use Case and Certification Test Cases specification using the Unified Modeling Language.

Source 1, Burr Ridge, Illinois
Programming Consultant / Technical Trainer

  • Develop intranet website for trucking Company.

  • Conducting Java training classes at major banking company in Chicago for over five years.

Sun Microsystems, Chicago, Illinois
Contract Training Consultant

  • Responsible for stand-up instruction of Sun Official Curriculum classes.

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