SUMMARY:

I am a Senior Software Engineer that has been working in the Information Technology sector for the past 19 years. In between my Junior and Senior years at UNK I performed my internship with the Buffalo County Sheriff's office and Kearney Police Department. Since graduating in 1995 I have worked for several corporations both large and small to include: IBP, Inc and LexisNexis and for different state government offices including the Department of Human Services of the State of Illinois and the State Patrol of New Mexico. My latest position was working as a consultant to the State of Michigan, Office of Retirement Services as a SQL Server Reporting Specialist.

EXPERIENCE:

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Owner / Consultant

• Individual consulting in Website Development and Installation of IP Security Camera Systems for local businesses in Lansing and Niles, Michigan and South Bend / Northwestern Indiana area.
• Bertrand Auto Parts of Niles, MI: Created Cloud Application for inventory control of auto parts using VB.NET Express, SQL Server 2010 Express. Hosted site with and usage of third party APIs available through SalesForce1.
• Smart Device Application development for specialized needs of local businesses and State of Michigan's MI - CODE Event.
• Computer hardware repair, Microsoft Windows OS upgrades and Virus Removal Services for local community citizens.

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SQL Server Reporting Specialist

• Computer Consultant / Sub-Contractor serving Office of Retirement Services as a SQL Server Reporting Specialist. Query writing and reports generation within SQL Server 2005 environment. These Retirement systems linked with Insurance agencies such as Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Principle.
• Visual Studio .NET programming in ASP.NET, C, and javascripting for HRMN application.
• Maintenance and customer support of Microsoft Access related applications systems.
• State of Michigan Judges Retirement System JDS / MS Access DBA and VBA programming language.
• Data management and transformation services ETL/SSIS/BI with SQL Server Integration Services.
• Database programming with SQL Server. Report generation with SQL queries built into SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS .
• IBM FileNet P8 Imaging application development. Converted Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Studio 2010 C .NET

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.Net Developer

• Full Life Cycle Development and Architectural Design and Development of this project including requirements gathering, end user interviewing and systems design. Created from infancy its Online Evidence Tracking System for Law Enforcement Agencies Nationwide to track criminal evidence via its Internet site utilizing barcoding and RFID Radio Frequency ID technology.
• Applications Development written remotely with Austin, TX HQ from remote office in Niles, MI. Devlopment was written in ASP, C, JavaScript and interfaced with Sybase ASA Database environment. Clients include New Mexico State Police, Travis County Texas Fire Department, South Padre Island, TX Police Department and Duluth, GA Police Department.
• Provided research and recommndations to management for best solution in development of application..
• Provided support and technical enhancements to SecureLynx RFID Inventory Tracking System. A WinForms Application written in C and embedded C for handheld scanner .

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.Net Programmer/Analyst

• Two person IT shop for a small privately held organization in which I served as Software Support Analyst and Database Administrator and the other person performed Network Administration and Hardware duties.
• On call 24/7 with Help Desk / Emergency issues. Remote work from home repair issues.
• Wrote documentation / user manual for online Intranet Application..
• ASP/C /VB.NET programming under MS .NET for PCI Online system with SQL Server Database.
• Script writing of Stored Procedures, DTS Packages, Triggers and table creation / maintenance with SQL Server Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer.
• Database Administration with SQL Server 2000 Databases for Online Inventory Control System available via internet at.
• New Development for hand-held scanners utilizing Embedded VB and .NET programming for Windows CE
• Upgraded to SQL Server 2005 in April of 2006 and upgraded Visual Studio 2003 to 2005 in April of 2006.
• Environment: Crystal Reports for .NET 2003 forms creation to build reports from SQL Server 2000 databases.

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.Net Programmer Consultant to State of Illinois Department of Human Services

• Converted Microsoft Access Databases into SQL Server Databases due to their Identity Theft Crisis. Research and Development work with DHS' Web Services to help them develop a plan of action on their intra / internet solutions.
• Set up Microsoft based Web Servers for their Intranet on IIS and Apache / Apache Tomcat servers. Worked with Web Services software and development tools such as Chili Soft, DB2, Dreamweaver, ASP, JSP, .NET, WebSphere and XML/XSL to bring systems up-to-date.
• Technical Support to developers within DHS' Executive Information Systems Unit in developing GUIs and Web Front Ends to Access 97 and 2000 databases utilizing ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, and JavaScript.
• Research for best technical solutions and recommendation of such solutions to State of Illinois management.

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Programmer

• Mapping of EDI/XML/XSL filings and data transfer/manipulation of the above information systems in Windows NT and Windows 2000 Operating Environment and SQL Server 7 Database environment. Worked with Microsoft C, Visual Basic 6.0 and SQL Server 7 in creating and maintaining applications dealing with UCC filings, Corporate Forms Search software and Registered Agent information via several in house built Software Packages using third party ActiveX Controls such as Far Point, Rtreieve and Vtree Visual Controls.
• Application Programmer for in-house packages which included Lexpedite, Registered Agent and Department of Motor Vehicle.
• Reversed Engineered and Re-Wrote applications that were written with Delphi using Visual Basic, SQL Server 7 and Power Designer.
• Software built in C and VB6.0 to gain access to SQL Server 7 Database by calling Stored Procedures / Functions and Triggers set up in SQL Environment.

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Microsoft Visual Basic Programmer / Consultant

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COBOL / DB2 and PowerBuilder Programmer / EDI Developer

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Storekeeper Petty Officer 2nd Class E-5

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Visual Studio.Net 2003/2005/2008/2010, ASP.Net, C, Visual Basic 3.0/5.0/6.0/.NET,

• ActiveX Controls, AS/400 Query, C/C, COBOL, Delphi, HTML, Java, JSP, OS/2 REXX,
• PASCAL, PC BASIC, Perl, PHP, SQL, XML/XSL, COBOL, CICS

Databases: SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2010 DB2 MS Access and Sybase Anywhere

Software: Adobe Flash, Coral Draw, Cognos, Crystal Reports, DBase III, DSS, Dreamweaver, EDI, Gentran, Great Plains, MS DOS, MS SourceSafe, NetScape, Redwing G/L, Visual Interdev, VSAM, WebSphere, WinHTML, Windows, and Wintronix

Operating Systems: MVS, Linux, Windows XP, Vista, 7, 2008 Server, Unix

Hardware: ATM, Barcoding Handheld Devices, Boroughs, Frame Relays, Modems, Multiplexors, IBM 9370, IBM AS/400, IBM PC/AT XT, ISDN, RFID Scanners/Readers Active and Passive and Routers.