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Summary

  • I am a well-rounded developer with professional presentation and outstanding communication skills, complemented by a background in diverse industries including financial, telecom, oil and gas, public utility, medical, and manufacturing.
  • I received training in Powerbuilder and object oriented development methodologies in 1993 and since then I have been working with all versions of Powerbuilder versions 2 through 12.5 constantly and extensively.
  • I bring extensive experience as a software developer with the last 21 years developing client/server applications in a senior role as technical lead, primarily using Powerbuilder with Sybase, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server databases, making extensive use of stored procedures and triggers.
  • The diversity of projects on which I have utilized my Powerbuilder skills has provided me with a unique expertise that brings to your organization the value of robust and cost effective solutions for your system's needs. I can work effectively with your in house staff to define, design, and implement superior system solutions.
  • I am available for permanent employment in the Houston, Texas area, or anywhere within the continental United States for contracts. I can be on site achieving your goals immediately after establishing an agreement.
  • References available upon request.

Expertise

POWERBUILDER 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,11.5,12 and 12.5 , PFC, Powertool, SYBASE ASE and Transact SQL, Sybase EAServer, ORACLE and PL/SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, Informix, SQL ANYWHERE, WATCOM, CC B, ERWIN/ERX, DESKTOP DBA, RAPID SQL, TOAD, DB Artisan, EDALINK, IEF, DOC2HELP, Robohelp, VISUAL Studio 2013, Visual Basic, TFS, COBOL, COBOL II, MICROFOCUS COBOL, SQL, RPG II, DB2, INTERTEST, VSAM, DYNAM, CLARION, MAGEC, INSTALLShield, MICROSOFT OFFICE, Smartstream, SOAP, XML, SDLC, Rally, Windows, Citrix, Service Oriented Architecture, SOA, WSDL, SOAPUI, Sarbanes-Oxley.

Previous Engagements

Contracting Consultant

Confidential

Providing solutions utilizing Powerbuilder 11.5 with PFC, and SQL Server 2012 in processes for the company's Gas Pipeline Management System Pinnacle . Integrys Energy Group, Inc. is a diversified energy holding company with regulated natural gas and electric utility operations serving customers in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Confidential

St. Paul, Minnesota

Provided solutions utilizing Powerbuilder 12.5 with PFC, and Informix 9 in processes for Workman's Compensation within the Imaging system.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Responsible for transforming two mission critical Powerbuilder 12.5 applications to acquire data from the Oracle database utilizing Web Service Proxies, that previously used SQL to interface information from Oracle's web based Customer Care and Billing ERP CC B to Duquesne's Customer Complaint and Smart Comfort applications.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Reporting directly to the chief executive, responsible for implementation of a Billing system developed with Powerbuilder 11.5 utilizing Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Coordinate the creation and configuration of a cloud for application, database, file, and WEB servers for the billing system. Configure the system for EDI interfaces at banks, credit card processors, the electric grid, and others. Assist with data migration from the legacy billing system to the new billing system.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Converted the Chain of Title application from Powerbuilder 8 to Powerbuilder 12 and converted to access Oracle 11g from Oracle 8i and converted to access Sybase SQL Anywhere 11 from Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 6.0. Responsible for addressing about five years' worth of enhancements and modifications backlog. The Chain of Title application is the application Anadarko utilizes to manage their Oil and Gas leases.

Senior Associate Confidential

Responsible for providing application development and support for the Structured Analytical Model application used to manage the banks CDO'S, primarily utilizing Powerbuilder 11 and Oracle databases on this PFC based application for the CDO technology department of the bank. Collateralized Debt Obligations CDO's this bank manages exceed 13 trillion dollars and represent in excess of 50 market share of securitized CDO's worldwide.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Working remotely, converted the AdvantX software application from Powerbuilder 6.5 to 11.0., and performed comprehensive testing of application functionality.

Contracting Consultant 11Confidential

Responsible for providing assistance in eliminating a database providing a repository of common data from various Microsoft SQL Server databases to various applications and tools. The references to this data were modified to reference the data from the databases of origin.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Responsible for converting six large Powerbuilder applications from versions ranging as far back as 5.0 to Powerbuilder 10.0. Provided a code review and audit of each of the applications to ensure best practices were utilized and to eliminate memory leaks.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Responsible for providing extensive modifications and enhancements to the Loan Remittance Processing System using Powerbuilder 7.0 and Oracle 7.3. Emphasis was oriented toward stabilizing the application while providing additional functionality.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Evaluated and modified stored procedures and triggers on Sybase ASE 12.0 for optimal performance within the Powerbuilder Supplyline application.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Responsible for designing and programming custom processes using Powerbuilder to create activities for use by Dun Bradstreet H/R System. Extensive development of complex stored procedures using Sybase 12. Modifying Java Server Pages application code, and installing, configuring, and administering Macromedia JRun and Apache Tomcat java application servers.

Marketing Consultant Confidential

Responsible for acquiring job orders from clients for contract and permanent placement of IT professionals, and recruiting applicants for these positions.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Migrated several large systems from Powerbuilder 3.0a 16 bit using Sybase 4.9 to Powerbuilder 6.5 32 bit using Sybase 11 with Open Client to remediate them for Y2k compliance. Authored the White Paper for Amoco that documented the issues and outlined the necessary actions required for migrating applications from Powerbuilder 3.0a 16 bit using Sybase 4.9, to Powerbuilder 6.5 32 bit using Sybase 11 with Open Client.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Senior technical consultant to provide POWERBUILDER knowledge transfer to staff and contract personnel involved with the Telecom Systems Application. Replaced the original in house developed application framework with Powerbuilder Foundation Class PFC library. Also provided support to end-users.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Senior technical consultant to provide POWERBUILDER knowledge transfer to staff personnel. Project involved developing a Gas Pricing System utilizing POWERBUILDER with PowerClass and PowerObjects class libraries and ORACLE 7.3. Project required complex stored procedures and triggers. These were originally written as a package on ORACLE, and later converted to run on SYBASE System 10.

Contracting Consultant Confidential

Senior technical consultant to provide POWERBUILDER knowledge transfer to other consultants and staff personnel. Project consisted of developing a Worldwide Reserves Inventory System using POWERBUILDER 3 and SYBASE for deployment on UNIX servers accessed by TCP/IP. The system operates on a worldwide WAN across 5 continents.

Senior Systems Analyst Confidential

Responsible for designing, developing, and implementing computer systems for WINDOWS based CLIENT/SERVER and large IBM mainframe applications. Primary areas of responsibility were with financial applications. Participated in a project to evaluate, select, and validate, a suite of tools that would become the standard used for developing CLIENT/SERVER applications within Central Power Light and its parent company, Central and Southwest. Used Texas Instruments' IEF Information Expert Facility -- a CASE tool for developing DB2 database systems on IBM mainframes to develop Business Rules, a system which maintains a repository of information containing what previously were hard-coded values in application programs.

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