SUMMARY:

• Experienced developer with both deep and broad experience on large, business - critical projects. Exceptional database design, performance tuning and query skills. Experience with designing and implementing High Availability and Load Balanced applications. Skilled at obtaining project requirements and building highly effective and profitable solutions which scale and remain easily adaptable. Strong track record of providing strategic feedback and direction on hiring, technology choices, workflow, and team dynamics.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology and Tools: Application Architecture Software Lifecycle Advanced SQL High Availability Database Architecture Web Server Administration Coldfusion Javascript AJAX/JSON SQL Technical Writing Attitude of Adaptability

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Senior Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Co-led a team to produce a major new software product, associated internal practices, and user documentation which produced an approximately 25% increase in revenue over 1 year. Designed and built the database and portions of the AJAX web interfaces for a curriculum, course-offering and p management system for Medical Schools and other academic programs. Designed and built a mathematical optimization model using OPL and CPLEX to process constraint and p information in order to produce optimized academic schedules.
• Configured two generations of production Coldfusion/IIS web servers for the company's principal applications. Introduced high-availability, load-balanced clustering and server virtualization.
• Designed, built and provided initial implementations of an object-oriented, drop-in custom field system. Designed and built a drag and drop AJAX administration tool to manage custom fields and form layout. Built an email queue system for throttling and archiving automated emails by recipient with the ability to query, recover and re-send emails with attachments in the event of delivery failure.

Confidential, Saint Paul, MN

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Planned and built an intranet/extranet security model and administration application for a reporting system serving Confidential Brothers’ nation-wide management and sales force. Assisted with hiring and mentored several web developers and legacy iSeries developers. Designed and developed a variety of
• Coldfusion reports, user-management tools and inquiry systems. Selected and implemented Coldfusion MX 6 and Fusebox 3 & 4 on MS IIS as the company’s web development platform. Worked on a variety of development and database modernization projects on the IBM iSeries using RPG IV, SQL, and small amounts of Java and Perl.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Brieflysupported a first-attempt intranet/extranet developed by another consultant using Lotus Domino. Designed and developed a replacement using Coldfusion and Fusebox. Also developed a variety of iSeries programs to leverage system APIs for user and file system management.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed iSeries-based applications for managing Confidential ’ business processes, and researched and developed a heightened security-layer for an iSeries-based customer FTP site using iSeries system APIs and a custom user-profile system.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed a web-based compensation and revenue reporting tool for Brokers and Managers on IBM iSeries.Designed and developed tool for entry and reporting of institutional money-market transactions using Coldfusion. Developed daily processes using IBM iSeries languages for a conversion to a new System of Record.

Confidential, Edina, MN

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• SoftwareTechnical Lead on a project to outsource loan application entry. Participated in vendor site visits and final selection. Designed and led development and testing of data interfaces with vendors. Coordinated with vendor, networking team and three other developers. Assisted in the completion of a c++ application to manage the data queue from vendor.
• Assisted a team in research, interface design, testing and implementation of a paperless application processing center and system for archival and retrieval. Programmed and tested many changes for a new database and conversion to a new banking software package.

Confidential, Saint Paul, MN

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Proposed, designed and built a project to automate delivery of electronic packing slips for products to hospitals using Perl and SQL on Linux. Developed and implemented AS/400 and PC applications for entry, reporting, and data manipulation in a regulated environment. Developed applications to track customer contacts and employee performance using MS Access 2.0 and 97. Provided support and workstation setup of Windows, Netware, NT and AS/400.

Confidential, Plymouth, MN

Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Hired one week prior to complete turnover of IT department including the IT Manager. Executed all department functions for two months after oneweek of orientationwhilenew staff and supervisor were hired. Administered AS/400, networks, PC and Mac workstations. Modified AS/400and PC applications. Built a networked multimedia system using Authorware, SoundForge and Photoshop; this project was completed on a part-time contract basis after leaving for next job.