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Flexible technologist with 16 years of professional experience in software development and IT management

Areas of Expertise

IT Management, Web Development, Database Development, Problem Solving

IT Management Skills

Resource Management: Virtualization (VMware), Utility Management, Remote Access, SaaS

Asset Management: SAN, Backup Systems, Disaster Recovery, Data Retention

Security: Corporate Policies, Firewalls, Data Encryption, Intrusion Detection and Prevention

Development Skills

Web: Agile, MVC, Ruby on Rails (RoR), JavaScript, AJAX, HTML/XHTML, CSS, Apache

Databases: SQL, ETL, JDBC, ADO, DAO, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Ingres, Informix

Languages: Ruby, Python, Java, C++, C, Unix shell script, Clojure

Platforms: Linux (server), OS X, Unix, VMS, Windows (server and desktop)

Work and Accomplishments

Martin Dawes Analytics (Lavastorm) - Software Developer [Fort Worth, Texas]

03.2008 - current

Revenue Assurance

Developed business and domain rule analysis systems - Lavastorm BRAIN/ETL

Web Application Development

Developed web/AJAX application for Fortune 500 client - RoR/Oracle

JMC Capital Group - Consultant [Houston, Texas]

01.2007 - 01.2008

Developed CRM and commission tracking web applications - RoR/MySQL

Jetta Operating Company - IT Director [Fort Worth, Texas]

05.2001 - 01.2008

IT Management

Planned and grew corporate computing infrastructure significantly as company tripled in size and grew by a factor of 50 in data and application use

Created highly scalable, fault-tolerant data center with full remote internet accessibility - VMware ESX/SAN/Citrix/Linux/Windows Server

Guided executive management on technology and human process topics

Managed contract desktop, server, and network support staff

Developed and maintained positive relations with multiple vendors and providers

Defined corporate social policies for computing, data security, and liability

Reviewed and recommended vendors and products from accounting workflow systems to field data collection systems to engineering applications

Trained employees on applications, general computer use, corporate technology policies

Maintained secure network with only one limited virus incident in 8 years

Development

Developed web-based oil and gas production reporting system - JSP/SQL Server

Developed custom, comprehensive computerized worker time recording software with modules for accounting and cost tracking, supervisory approval, and payroll reporting - MS Access/VBA/SQL Server

Developed comprehensive oil and gas asset management and maintenance tracking system - MS Access/VBA/SQL Server

Created special purpose database migration and ETL tools - Java/Ruby/Python/SQL Server

Implemented content management system (CMS) for employee knowledge exchange and store - Plone

Migrated and loaded large databases from varying sources - ETL

Celebrity Treasures, Inc - Consultant [Houston, Texas]

09.2000 - 02.2001

Developed business management web applications and databases - JSP/PostgreSQL

Developed order shipping and tracking system - Visual Basic/PostgreSQL

MCI/WorldCom - Consultant [Richardson, Texas]

05.2000 - 09.2000

Developed server components for telecom provisioning system - C++/Oracle

Managed enterprise project build process - CVS/make

Past Work

Ensemble Studios; Saint-Gobain; CompUSA Corp.; NEC America; IBM; TeleCheck

1993 - 2000

Developed software and systems in gaming, manufacturing, retail, network management, and finance

Emphasized problem solving, design/concept/user-interface, and rapid new skills development

Communicated effectively with all levels of workers, from executive to end-user

Education

Principia College [Elsah, Illinois]

1989 - 1993

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science