A. Marie Alm
Santa Clara, Ca.

Tel:    (408) 296.2432
Cell:   (408) 497.9674
Email:  marie@crystalsw.com

OBJECTIVE
Registered Nurse in Cardiac Cath lab or Inverventional Radiology lab. 

CREDENTIALS and EDUCATION
RN Licenses:   California, Washington
Certificates:  ACLS (exp. 2004), BLS

Bachelor of Science, Nursing (6/75), Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA.
Master of Science, Computer Sci/MIS (2/92), Eastern Washington Univ, Cheney, WA.
  Thesis: Left Ventricular Boundary Detection in Digitized Cardiac Images. 

SUMMARY
Cardiac intensive care (13 years), domestic and international, civilian and military.
  Acute care of surgical and medical cardiac patients
  - hemodynamic monitoring (central and arterial lines, pressure measurements)
  - operate sophisticated equipment (e.g. monitors, ventilators, IABP)
  - regulate potent medicines
  - constant observation and assessment of patients; instant response to 
      critical changes; TLC
  - communication with nursing team, physicians, and ancillary services
  - include family psycho/social interventions.
Extensive (11 years) experience as a Software Engineer: (Java/C/C++, OO, Unix)
Strengths include:  detail-oriented, organization (time and task), 
  communication, perseverance, high integrity, 
  software development lifecycle understanding and use.

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NURSING EXPERIENCE       (16 years)
3/19 - present Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, Ca.
                Cardiac Cath Lab, RN/Software Engineer, ACLS/BLS
1/02 - 3/03   El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, Ca.
                Medical ICU, RN, ACLS/BLS
6/87 - 9/91   Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, Wa
                CICU (Cardiac ICU), Staff Nurse, ACLS/BLS
4/88 - 9/91   US Army Reserves (Maj), 385th Combat Support Hospital, Spokane, Wa
                Head Nurse (OIC) ICU
                continued in inactive reserve through 1993
11/83 - 10/86 King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
                CCU, staff nurse, rotating charge, instructor, ACLS/BLS
9/80 - 9/83   US Army Nurse Corps (Cpt), Tripler Army Med Ctr, Honolulu, Hi
                CCU, staff nurse, rotating charge, ACLS/BLS
                commendation; secret clearance, sharpshooter medal
                continued in inactive reserve through 1993
1/79 - 8/80   Peralta Hospital, Oakland, Ca
                CCU (original Coronary Care and ACLS training and certification)
11/76 - 12/77 Carlson Convalescent Hospital, El Cerrito, Ca
                Director of Nurses (supervise, schedules, staffing, 
                Utilization Review, patient screening)
12/77 - 12/78 Shields and Terrell Convalescent Hospital, Richmond, Ca
                Director of Nurses (supervise, schedules, staffing, 
                Utilization Review, patient screening)
12/74 - 7/76  Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, Wa
                Student/graduate/staff nurse, med/surg wards, neurology


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ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE       (13 years, 12/91 - present)
2/99 - present   Crystal Software, Santa Clara, Ca.
                   Chief Software Engineer
                   Independent contracts (web), business
6/02 - 10/02     eAggregator, Toronto, Ontario Canada
                   Sr. GUI Software Engineer                  
                   GUI, telecommute, accounting
4/01 - 3/02      0-In Design Automation, San Jose, CA
                   Sr. Software Engineer                      
                   GUI for Verification Tools, EDA (chip design)
1/01 - 3/01      Cisco Systems (KForce), San Jose, CA
                   IT Engineer
                   eCommunity discussion board (web), networking
5/00 - 11/00     CareThere, Inc., Mountain View, CA
                   Sr. Software Engineer
                   comprehensive website for healthcare providers, healthcare
11/98 - 4/00     Applied Signal Technology, Sunnyvale, CA
                   Sr. Member Technical Staff                 
                   standalone n-tier systems for h/w, telecomm, defense, EBI
1/96 - 11/98     Lockheed Martin
                 Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale, CA
                 Western Development Labs, San Jose, CA
                   Sr. Software Engineer
                   standalone and web apps, defense, TS, SSBI/EBI (SFN on file)
12/91 - 12/95    E-Systems (Raytheon), Garland, Tx
                   Software Engineer
                   standalone apps, defense, TS, SSBI/EBI (SFN on file)