EXPERIENCE

Director of Development

Firstegg/MyRVAdvantage, Louisville, KY 10/2004 - 5/2008
Software as a Service for a niche vertical industry paired with marketing services  

§  Responsible for interviewing, selecting, and reference checking for two technical positions.

§   Responsible for meeting with key staff members and providing technical solutions to business issues.

§  Project lead, Team Lead for CRM Product in ASP.NET (VB) 2.0 with SQL Server 2005 database.

§  Responsible for majority of development, testing, performance tuning, and preparation for implementation.

§  Responsible for Beta Testing Phase of CRM Product, including meeting with clients, guiding them through the test process, scheduling, gathering feedback from clients and determining which changes or improvements to implement.

§  Responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting of legacy Products (CMS, CRM, Inventory).

§  Analyzed legacy applications and client requests and common issues, recommended and built new functionality.

§  Responsible for researching and recommending new technologies and tools, and then learning their use, and teaching other developers.

§  Technical Environment included ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0 in C# and VB with SQL Server 2005. Tools used included Visual Studio, SQL Sever Management Studio, and third party components like ANTS Profiler, DeKlarit, ComponentArt, Infragistics, ABCPDF, DotNetNuke, and others.

 

Programmer Analyst, Internet Analyst

Metro Louisville/Jefferson County Government, Louisville, KY 11/2003 - 10/2004
Merged City/County Government; IT department provides internal and external facing solutions

§  Programmed an employee directory application in ASP.NET, interfacing with a PeopleSoft database with 6,000 users.

§  Project lead for intranet redesign project, including documentation, analysis and design, in ASP.NET and JavaScript with CSS.

§  Responsible for implementation of a content management system for multiple sites.

§  Technical environment included Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, SQL Server (T-SQL) and other tools.

Web Developer/Analyst

America's Best New Homes, Louisville, KY 1/2002 - 2/2003

Real Estate Marketing via Internet and TV

§  Programmed functionality in ASP, JavaScript, and SQL for non-technical end-user administration of content, data, feature and user management.

§  Analyzed business requirements and environment; proposed changes for business practices, sites, and services.

§  Responsible for creation, testing and implementation of sites and related applications.

§  Responsible for development of 5 custom web traffic analysis tools for dynamic database content in ASP and SQL.

§  Analyzed site traffic and statistics reports from WebTrends and custom applications I developed in ASP and SQL.

§  Responsible for training and technical support of 9 staff members and over 200 client companies.

§  Wrote documents for project plans, change requests, implementation guides, and user support.

§  Responsible for installation and use of technical environment, including Microsoft Visual Studio (ASP/VBScript, InterDev, SourceSafe, Visual C++), SQL Server (T-SQL) and other tools

§  SQL use: Table, Trigger, DTS (Data Transformation Service) packages, and Stored Procedure creation.IT Staff (in conjunction with Development duties)

§  General IT support including but not limited to network, email, and software troubleshooting.

§  Researched and recommended new hosting provider, resulting in a cost savings.

Contract to Hire Web Developer/Analyst

Firstegg, LLC and America's Best New Homes, Louisville, KY 10/2001 - 1/2002

§  Responsible for post-live support, troubleshooting, and training of newly launched application.

§  Responsible for development of key new feature requests.

Web Developer/Analyst

Firstegg, LLC, Louisville, KY 10/2000 - 12/2001
Project-based Application Development Consulting

§  Responsible for developing the majority of ASP, SQL, JavaScript, and HTML for projects assigned.

§  Responsible for meeting with clients, determining specifications, coding and implementation for projects assigned.

§  Project lead for 3 content management and ecommerce database-driven web application projects.

§  Responsible for project scheduling, meeting milestones, and writing documentation including:  10 documents on Vision and Scope, Functional Requirements Specification, Implementation and Support. 

§  Implemented functional and technical design changes for 16 websites within teams and individually.

§  Interacted directly with 14 client companies for design specifications and milestone presentations.

§  Responsible for risk assessment, pre- and post-live testing, and error handling for each project.

§  Responsible for estimation, development and implementation of client change orders for each project.

§  Responsible for mentoring and training for 3 junior developers.

§  Technical environment included Microsoft Visual Studio (ASP/VBScript, InterDev, SourceSafe), SQL Server (T-SQL). SQL use: Table, Trigger, and Stored Procedure creation.

§  Key Project Highlights:

§  Built company’s first Content Management System, based on need I saw in a project, thus opening a new avenue for revenue and new project types.

§  Lead Developer for integration of a local TV Station’s Closed Captioning System and their website. Responsible for writing Trigger to clean the data on import, and developed code for TV Station staff to select and post news stories to their website through a specially-built addition to their CMS. Found a non-technical solution to one of the project goals, thus saved the Station money.

Web Developer and Design Team member

Lodiroma International Holding Corporation, Iowa City, IA 5/1998 - 5/2000
Italian Product Import and Product Marketing

§  Developed online catalog display system for client companies: Used C++ to pulled data from a flat file and generate pages based on a token-filled template I created. This catalog system reduced total time for new catalogs and for updates.

§  Developed, designed and managed a magazine-style website that generated 30% of total company traffic.

§  Identified internal software need. Designed system requirements and managed outsourcing to completion.

§  Designed and coded over 90 pages of Lodiroma's site.

§  Responsible for UI design, code, and content maintenance of sites' other 500 pages.

§  Responsible for organizing and implementing both English and Italian language versions for all sites and pages.

§  Responsible for recruiting individuals for tasks and providing technical support and training for 3 developers.

§  Initiated and managed the outsourcing for two web development projects and development of content.

§  Responsible for technical environment installation, including Visual Studio (Visual C++), Access, and other tools.

EDUCATION

University of Louisville - College of Business and Public Administration

§  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

§  Major: Computer Information Systems

§  Graduation Date: 2001

§  Dean's List Academic Honor

§  Additional Coursework Includes: CIS 490-01 Data Mining/Knowledge Discovery in Databases

SKILLS

 

Skill Name	Skill Level	Last Used/Experience
ASP.NET using VB	Expert	Currently used / 5 years
SQL (T-SQL)	Intermediate	Currently used / 8 years
Web Services	Intermediate	1 year ago / 1 years
XML	Intermediate	1 year ago / 1 years
ASP.NET using C#	Intermediate	3 years ago / 1 years
AJAX	Beginner	1 year ago / 1 years
ASP using VBScript	Intermediate	2 years ago / 4 years
IIS	Intermediate	Currently used / 5 years
CSS	Intermediate	Currently used / 7 years
HTML	Expert	Currently used / 10 years
JavaScript	Intermediate	Currently used / 10 years
C++	Intermediate	+4 years ago / 2 years
Visual Basic (VB 6)	Beginner	+4 years ago / 1 years
Crystal Reports	Beginner	3 years ago/1 year