I complete complex software development projects accurately, and I complete them quickly.
- For one of the US' largest credit card processing companies, I took over a challenged 13-month-old project and completed it in less than a month with more functionality than the original team was attempting.
- For a Louisville, KY-based hi-tech startup, I took over a lagging six-month-old project and rebuilt everything from scratch in two months with an architecture much more suited to the company's long-term needs.
- When my former boss from Microsoft started his own company, he hired me to lead his development efforts because he knew he'd get top-notch software and he'd get it fast.
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Project Highlights
Industry: Transportation
Primary technologies: Classic ASP, Oracle
Retained by this transportation company to straighten out a number of challenged projects underway both internally and through outside vendors. Work was focused around two
projects: a reporting function used by its clients that performed poorly, and a web-based HR application for acquiring and tracking job applications. The reporting
function was rebuilt to reduce execution time from 15 seconds to less than 1/10 second and allow it to better scale to the client's needs. HR function required
re-engineering to simplify and streamline the application process.
Industry: Financial
Primary technologies: Classic ASP, VB Script, D-HTML, JavaScript, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 & 7.0
After 13 months in development, this company found itself frustrated by its attempt to develop an Internet application to serve over 20,000 of its clients. I
was retained and asked to complete the application adding the functionality it required that the existing team could not deliver. In less than a month, I
helped the company better define the application's functional requirements and delivered the completed application. This process required a rewrite of
80-percent of the application's code reducing its size by 40-percent while including the additional functionality. I was later retained to develop a second
version and assist in converting the application's database from Microsoft SQL 6.5 to Microsoft SQL 7.0.
Industry: Louisville, KY-based Startup
Primary technologies: Classic ASP, VB Script, D-HTML, JavaScript, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Was retained by this startup after another development company spent six months attempting to develop its application after originally
projecting a two-month lifecycle. Shortly after I began, it became apparent the project underway would not scale to the needs of the client
because it made use of the wrong technologies. I proceeded to work double-time for the next two months writing a completely new application
and database.
Industry: Telecommunications
Primary technologies: Classic ASP, VB Script, D-HTML, JavaScript, Visual Basic, MTS, COM, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Active Reports
Assisted team in redevelopment of complex order-entry and order-processing Intranet application for this telecommunications company. Performed system-wide
analysis to help define and document application requirements. Re-architected and rewrote application code to make it more maintainable and malleable.
Through this process, the ASP code base was simplified and reduced in size by 30-percent. Business logic originally performed by Microsoft SQL 7.0 stored
procedures was moved into a business layer reducing SQL stored procedure code size by 50-percent. This process allowed the frequent changes
required by this company to be made in one-third the previous time and with minimal impact on the application as a whole.
Industry: Energy Management
Primary technologies: ASP.Net, Classic ASP, VB.Net 2003 & 2005, .Net Framework 1.1 & 2.0, Visual Studio 2003 & 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, XML, MSMQ, MSMQ Triggers, .Net Charting, Dundas Charting, Dundas Maps
Initially began working with this Energy Management company to build a data-driven website for one segment of its business. Was retained longer-term as it began to work with an off-shore vendor to build a complex line-of-business application and client-facing reporting site. I served as the architect for its systems overseeing the overall application designs, coordinated much of the work with its India-based team and lead all of the work for its US-based team.
Industry: Silicon Valley-based Startup
Primary technologies: Classic ASP, VB Script, D-HTML, JavaScript, Visual Basic, COM, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0-2000, XML, Windows 2000 Server, IIS 5.0
Hired by my former manager at Microsoft who was a co-founder and President of this company to lead engineering efforts and oversee development of its applications. Applications included both a global marketplace and an internal application client companies would use for employees.
Represented engineering division in meetings with members of senior management and advisors. Recruited, evaluated, hired and mentored all other developers. Researched and developed application architectures all other development would be based upon.
Oversaw full lifecycle development of all applications.
Industry: Insurance
Primary technologies: Classic ASP, VB, COM+, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
Retained by this insurance company very early in the project lifecycle to help gather requirements for a time entry and tracking application for
its 14,000 employees, and build it if necessary. As requirement gathering progressed, it became apparent the best way for the company to achieve its
goals would be to acquire existing software from an outside vendor. With in-house development for that project unnecessary, I stepped in and
helped retrofit an existing time entry application adding FMLA-required functionality, and rapidly developed a thinly-defined intranet site used
to kick off its new succession management process.
Industry: Energy
Primary technologies: Oracle, Visual Basic, COM+
At the time I joined the 50-person team building a multi-million dollar commodity-trading application, I became the third consultant to attempt to
build its accounting functions. I arrived with no experience in Oracle and was asked to build the most complex Oracle packages and queries. The challenges arose from extremely complex requirements, a multi-terabyte database, and very
optimistic performance goals. Over the course of several months, a project lead with extensive accounting system experience, a dedicated front-end
developer and I worked closely with the accounting team to learn its needs. We proceeded to design and build functions around the existing system
achieving the accounting team's goals.
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