Experience

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  PVAMU

  • Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas

  • Data Analyst

    • Jun 2000 - Present
    • Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas

    Information Technology Prepared, completed and submitted the state mandated Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board CBM002 reports. Done every semester (three times per academic year), the report reflects the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) status of all undergraduate students enrolled at the institution of higher education. Downloaded students’ assessment scores, and upload them to Banner.  Create a database of test scores and students’ tests diagnostics.  Prepared reports, research, and performance measures for several departments.  Monitor the progress of projects in accordance with standards and guideline. Conceive, define, and monitor needed areas of change and make policy recommendations to improve outcomes and obtain cost efficiencies.  Employ appropriate quantitative and qualitative data analyses; coalesce data into information useful in data driven deliberations. TSI Compliance Officer Maintained the Banner Security User maintenance Forma related to TSI.  Placed and removed registration holds on Banner SOAHOLD. Update students’ TSI status Banner SZATXSI.  Regularly monitored students’ progress in developmental educational courses.  Executed academic performance audits and checks for compliance infractions.  Functioned as the local expert resource for information and questions concerning TSI exemptions and requirements.  Attended informational technology meetings to test updates and patch installations pertaining to Texas Connection Consortium/TSI. Student Registration Responsible for the registration of approximately 450 students each semester.  Ensured students are accurately placed in the developmental educational courses.  Checked mid-term grades for priority registration eligibility. Assisted in trouble shooting registration issues such as course controls, pre-requisites, transfer credits, and TSI obligations.

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  Educational Leadership & Councelling dept., at PVAMU

  • Prairie View, Texas

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

    • Jan 2012 - Sep 2017
    • Prairie View, Texas

    I taught high school students who were transitioning to college and prepared them for the college placement exams (TASP, THEA, STAAR). Also taught a diverse group of undergraduate students were academically underprepared within the developmental English area. On the Master’s level, I taught students Basic Statistics; and, on the Doctoral level I taught several specialized courses, while serving as the methodologist on dissertation committees. As a Methodologist on dissertation committees, I provide guidance and advice for various methodological issues such as research design, questionnaire design, survey methods, measurement error, selecting statistical tests, testing theories, and interpreting test results.Adjunct Associate Professor, Prairie View A&M University (2012 – 2016) Educational Statistics - EDUL 5093 (Masters Students) Grant Writing Seminar - EDUL 7333 (Doctoral Students) Qualitative Research – EDUL 7613 (Doctoral Students) Dissertation Seminar: EDUL 8013 (Doctoral Students) Pre-Composition - ENGL 0131 (Remedial English Undergraduate Students)Tutor/Graduate Assistant Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1997 – 1999) Tutor Basic Statistics, and Applied Research to Masters’ level students. Assist professors with scholarly research.Instructor, ACCESS Summer Program, Prairie View A&M University (1997-2004) Taught basic Mathematics Problem Solving skills, and basic Research Methods skills to 120 High School graduates, who were transitioning to college, in the Summer Bridge Program, every Summer from 1997 – 2004.

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  Telecommunications Services of Trinidad & Tobago Limited (TSTT)

  • Laventille

  • Assist Engineer (Civil) Telecommunications

    • Mar 1980 - Jun 1987
    • Laventille

    Trinidad & Tobago Telecommunications Service (3/1980 – 6/1987, min. 40hrs/week)(Seven years of progressively increasing responsibilities in Civil Telecommunications Design)Assistant Civil Engineer (1986 – 1987, min. 40hrs/week) Evaluated the effectiveness of facilities for incorporation into new systems.  Designed new switching network areas to encompass the twin island republic. Integrated underground mass capacity with overhead plant and jumper-wire interface to form interdependent telecommunication networks.  Supervised junior staff.  Traveled across all cities, municipalities, and villages to map boundaries, highways and residential areas.  Coordinated project construction according to manufacturing and safety specifications.Technical Officer (1984 -1986, min. 40hrs/week)The Technical Officer, Outside Plant Engineering, reports to the Engineer and is responsible for the actual design and project management of the Outside Plant Network. Forecasted customer demands: planned, designed, budgeted and submitted schematics and job blueprints.  Inspected jobs per design specifications, and coordinated with construction and maintenance crews.  Functioned as a liaison with other utilities, municipalities, road authorities, public and private developers, contractors and the general public. Worked with representatives from Bell Canada, AT&T, and Nippon (Japan). Processed requests for special jobs; and monitor service capacity.Outside Plant Technician (1980 – 1984, min. 40hrs/week) Member of the developmental team to modernize the telephone industry in Trinidad & Tobago (1980 – 1987).  Utilized topographical maps and proposed residential and commercial developments to forecast and design telephone networks.  Took measurements in the field and collected data for civil designs.  Designed schematics and blue-prints for local area networks.  Submitted jobs for approval.