Objectives

• Primary Objective:  To gain secure, long term employment as a Programmer Analyst.
• Ideal Company:  I integrate well with companies of any size, although I take the most enjoyment in work that has an ethical component, which means that an ideal company is itself ethical, charitable, and committed to the community it serves.
• Ideal Job:  It is difficult to pin down what one perfect job might entail; I enjoy different aspects of vastly dissimilar working conditions. Emerging technologies always hold a fascination for me, but I also like working with solid, proven products and methodologies. Telecommuting work has been productive for me, but traveling work (especially overseas) would be stimulating, but I've become accustomed to the reliability afforded by a storefront. My experience and skills make me well suited for crib-to-coffin application development, but I'm also experienced and skilled in web technologies (e.g. PHP, MySQL, CGI, etc.). In the end, the ideal job is one where I'm engaged in the project at hand, working with interesting and conscientious people, and producing something useful.

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Education

Zend Technologies, Inc.

University of Maine

John Wood Community College

Work Experience

Michigan Network Services

• Full life-cycle development of internal tool tracking and processing every aspect of the MNS order fulfillment process in an object oriented LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment with Zend Framework, ExtJS, Prototype JS, and using strict MVC development patterns.
• Create internal documentation repository with MediaWiki, consolidating existing disparate documents, and maintaining high documentation standards as the project progresses.
• Analyze internal processes, develop streamlined solutions to various business problems, and integrate these solutions to the application.
• 100% telecommuting position.

Workforce Software

• Development of EmpCenter, coding extensive upgrades to create a modern look, feel, and user experience without compromising on responsiveness or reliability using JavaScript, Java, PHP, Perl, SQL, Oracle, Apache, Tomcat, etc.
• Analyze complicated customer requirements and perform complex user specific implementations of EmpCenter (Workforce Software's core time and attendance application).
• Perform comprehensive peer reviews using Code Collaborator against a repository maintained by Perforce and testing against various browsers on Mac, Windows, and Linux OSs.

InterServ

• Develop and code www.CoverageForOne.com, an application that simplifies the complex business rules of Michigan Blue Cross / Blue Shield, questions potential
• customers for their insurance needs, analyze the answers, and branch to appropriate options that guide them to the product that best suits those answers.
• Full life-cycle development of various databases and web sites using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), Perl, ASP, JavaScript, SVN, IIS, etc., and performing comprehensive testing with various browsers on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

RainStorm Consulting

• Develop and code with a small team to create SiteTurbine, a collection of custom built modules providing powerful but scalable web based services for large or small organizations.
• Analyze the student data tracking needs of the University of Maine Adult Education Center; develop, code, and maintain a reliable and easy to use set of web-based solutions.
• Initial contract called for 80% telecommuting and 20% on-site, but resolved into 100% on-site following a shift to full-time regular employment.

Climate Change Institute

• Develop and code the iceagetrail.umaine.edu website following provided requirements documentation.
• Full life-cycle development of various databases and web sites using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), ASP, JavaScript, Access, IIS, etc., and performing comprehensive testing with various browsers on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
• 90% telecommuting and 10% on-site.

Microdyne Outsourcing

• Provide professional support to Dell customers in the Business Sector; utilize creative problem-solving skills to satisfy customer needs within the scope of Dell's compensation guidelines.
• Support peer agents with training and procedural guidance.

Advanced Data Systems

• Full life-cycle application development of modules in ProFund SeQueL, the company's core fund-based accounting software package, as well as numerous in-house business tools.
• Primary developer of the Data Interface module, which imports from and exports to third party accounting products in a generic (source/destination agnostic) and user-friendly fashion.
• Analyze product needs with the development team and implement solutions in SQL, Crystal Reports and Visual Basic (Visual Studio).
• Design and maintenance of comprehensive specification templates used by the Development and QA teams to describe product design and implementation needs.

Osmose Inc.

• Full life-cycle application development of both internal use and customer ready products.
• Trouble-shooting, repair, and updates of existing applications.
• Team development of a comprehensive company-wide system of back-end databases and processes.
• Analyze problems and user requests; design and implement solutions using Visual Basic (Visual Studio), Install Shield, SQL, and MS Access.

Cathedral Corporation

• Development of demonstration ASP pages.
• Migration of existing PL/B (a COBOL like language) data management system to Visual Basic.
• Analyze problems; design and implement solutions with Visual Basic / Studio, PL/B, and Internet technologies.
• Develop and maintain the PL/B data-management system (running on AIX).

Avery Dennison

• Perform maintenance and upkeep of network servers - Unix, NT, PICK (running on AIX).
• Update and maintain hardware and software of systems and networks, PCs, and Printers.
• Database development primarily in Microsoft Access / Visual Basic (VBA).

Client Logic

• Provide hardware, software, and operational support on all models of SONY PCs and peripherals.
• Contribute to database development in Microsoft Access Visual Basic (VBA).
• Provide product guidance and instruction to peer tech support agents.

Illinois Veterans Home

• Development and maintenance of the Security Office's Database in MS Access/Visual Basic (VBA).
• Installation of software, lines, and hardware for NT and WANG servers and networks.

John Wood Community College

• Coordinate with the IT team in planning and extensive installation of new CAT-5, hubs, and fiber optics.
• Instruct staff members on efficient and productive use of their systems.
• Transcribe recorded lectures and hand-written papers for disabled students.
• Tutor special needs students on the effective use of available technologies.

United States Navy

• Develop and maintain Deck Department's personnel information and qualifications database in MS Access / VBA.
• Perform maintenance and repairs on shipboard computer systems.
• Streamline memory in shipboard Windows 95 and DOS / Windows 3.11 operating systems.
• Instruct officers and enlisted personnel on efficient and productive use of their systems.
• Maintain high confidentiality and discretion standards.

Awards

John Wood Community College

• Trustee Merit Full Tuition Scholarship
• Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges
• Dean's List
• Student Support Services Recognition Award

United States Navy

• Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal (NAM) for my decisive action preventing serious damage to numerous submarines.