PAMELA L. THOMPSON

Catawba College

2300 West Innes Street

Salisbury, NC  28144

 EDUCATION:

            Ph.D. student, ITSC program - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, current

            M.B.A., James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA  1989

            B.B.A. in MIS, James Madison University, Harrisonbur, VA  1982

 HARDWARE & SOFTWARE:

Java, Java Script, Visual Basic, VB Script, COBOL, RPG, FORTRAN, SQL,

DOS,  HTML, DHTML, ASP, Windows 98/NT/2000, Novell, Microsoft IIS,

DataNow, Front Page, Visual Interdev, Visible Analyst Workbench,

Photoshop, Image Ready, Peachtree, Real World Accounting,

Microsoft Office (Word, Acess, Excel Powerpoint), HP 3000 Administrative

Systems, Oracle

 

COURSES COMPLETED:

            Undergraduate:  COBOL, RPG, FORTRAN, BASIC, Database Design,

            Systems Analysis, MIS, Cobol Programming Internship, Math I and II,

            Probablility and Statistics, Business Mathematics, Marketing, Accounting

            I and II, Calculus and Matrices I, Business Statistics, Quantitative

            Methods, Production Management, Legal Environment of Business, Economics,

            Business Policy

 

            Graduate:  MIS, Operations Management, Managerial Accounting, Marketing

            Management, Leadership, Simulation, Finance, Economics, Artificial

            Intelligence, Multimedia Database Systems, Research Methodologies,

            Advanced Internet Applications

 

            Other:  MS 404:  Programming in MS Visual Basic, MS 793:  Mastering

            Website Development with Visual Interdev, MS 936D, Creating and Managing

            A Web Server using Microsoft Internet Information Server, Novell

            Netware Administration Course

 

CONSULTING:

            Downtown Salisbury, Inc., Salisbury, NC  28144

            Directed a student team through design and implementation activities for

            A data driven web site located at http://www.ci.salisbury.nc.us/dwntnsal.

 

            Web Development

            Continue to serve as an advisor for student teams in the development

            Of custom web sites.  Some examples of recently completed sites:

            Todd Air Solutions:  http://www.toddas.com

            Piedmont Boll Weevils:  http://www.bollweevils.com

            Center for Faith and the Arts, Salisbury, NC  28144

            Maintain custom database management system for the Center.  The system

            Was developed by a student team under my direction.

 

            Johnson Concrete, Salisbury, NC  21844

            Designed and implemented a custom windows based salesman

            Tracking system (using Access) with integration to

            Legacy sales and product data.

 

            Taylor Clay Products, Salisbury, NC  28144

            Converted manual accounting and database systems to computerized

            Information system with 5 workstations on a Novell network.  Configured

            And implemented Real World Accounting and office software systems.

            (1992-1994)

 

            Goodman Millwork, Inc., Salisbury, NC  28144

            Upgraded Real World Accounting System to latest version and provided

            All necessary conversion and training activities.

            (1991-1993)

 

            Information Systems Consultant, Rocco Enterprises, Inc.,

            Harrisonburg, VA  22801

            Analysis and programming in COBOL and RPG

            (1989-1990)

 

EXPERIENCE:

           

1991-Present, Catawba College, Associate Professor of Business/IS

            Professor and advisor to Information Systems majors in the Ralph

            W. Ketner School of Business.  Teach courses in Introductory VB 6.0,

            Advanced VB 6.0, Visual Interdev, Java, Electronic Commerce, Database

            Design and Development, Management Information Systems, Information

            And Technology, Personal Productivity with IS Technology (advanced Excel

            And Access), Programming Logic and Design, Production and

            Operations Management.

            Consistently receive excellent teaching and professional evaluations.

 

Other:  Instructor at UNC Charlotte, 1990-91 (Information Systems), Instructor at Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA, Programmer and Systems Analyst at Rocco Enterprises, Dayton, VA programming in COBOL and RPG for a large manufacturing enterprise.