Career Objective

To obtain a position that allows me to utilize my programming, website design and database experience as well as my excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Professional Experience

Independent website developer, contractor through SpunCreations since June 2007. Developed web applications for third-party clients using ASP.NET, Classic ASP, SQL Server 2005, PHP, and MySQL. Clients included a real estate brokerage, a baseball facility, and a pool builder.

Senior Applications Programmer, Memphis City Schools, April 2006-June 2007. Hired on a contract basis, later converted to full-time. Developed web applications to be used on district-wide Intranet.

Developed ASP.NET/VB.NET applications using Visual Studio, hitting a SQL Server 2000 database. Was the first programmer in the department to deploy an ASP.NET 2.0 application to production.
Developed an asset inventory application which allowed the schools to track which items were eligible for federal assistance for maintenance contracts, saving MCS thousands of dollars.
Created a system for potential volunteers to fill out applications online. System saved MCS money that was being wasted on duplicate background checks under the old, paper-driven method.
Conducted meetings and demos with non-technical clients to extract their business processes and to train them on the use of the final product.

Programmer/Analyst, Advertising Checking Bureau, Memphis, TN, October 2004-April 2006. Developed websites for large corporations with rebate programs.

Development consisted of complete ASP.NET sites and some hybrid ASP.NET/Classic ASP sites. Coding included VB.NET, VBScript, HTML, CSS stylesheets, and some Javascript.
Data store was SQL Server for large rebate programs and Microsoft Access for smaller ones. Worked extensively with T-SQL, stored procedures. Used Data Transformation Services (DTS) to move data from Access to SQL Server, to schedule automated nightly updates of data, and to dump data to Excel spreadsheets for reporting.
Used XSLT transformations to format XML data for the Web.
In meetings with clients, discussed business processes, worked with them to extract business rules to be translated into code. Clients included Bryant, York, Panasonic, Samsung, Xerox, and Shell.

Information Technology Specialist, Whitmor Manufacturing/Earle Industries, Earle, AR, June 2001-December 2003.

Developed Visual Basic 6 programs that used Automation to control Office applications. Created custom financial statements in which Access data was delivered on-demand to Excel worksheets. Created a Bill of Lading form which read store data from Excel worksheets and sent the data to Word to create attractive printed output.
Set up a Web order tracking system using Active Server Pages (ASP). Developed web-based login system with different roles for salespeople, managers, and administrators. ASP code created SQL queries on the fly to deliver data from an Access database.
Wrote and updated Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) programs in Visual Basic 6 using SQL to query an Access backend. The EDI programs allowed company to interface with large customers including Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Wal-Mart.
Trained employees on use of Windows, Microsoft Office, and custom applications used to manage the factory.
Worked with ADO Recordset, Connection, and Command objects, and with the DataEnvironment designer within Visual Basic.

Application Developer, Financial Design Associates, Memphis, TN. Consulting basis from September 1999; ownership stake since November 2001. Worked with a local inventor to design and program Moneytecture - the Personal Finance Design Tool.

Developed a complete VB6 Windows forms-based application from start to finish.
Incorporated third-party spreadsheet control to add functionality and cut development time.
Authored help files which were incorporated into the program.
Developed a custom installation process for the product using a third-party installer.
Assisted the inventor with completion of an Excel prototype, with extensive programming in Visual Basic for Applications, prior to development of the standalone product.

Assisted with the development of patent application for the product. Product is still patent pending as of October 2007.

Web Applications Programmer, Sicommnet, San Diego, CA, August-December 2000. Resigned due to need to move back to Memphis to be near family.

Developed purchasing/requisitioning Web-based applications using server-side JavaScript. Web scripts built SQL commands to query an Oracle backend.
Used TOAD to directly access Oracle data for testing purposes.
Administered a Linux workstation running X Windows; used FTP and Telnet to transfer files to other servers and do remote compilations.
Was praised by manager of technical support department for excellent documentation.

Instructor, University of Memphis, Mathematical Sciences, full-time faculty member 1994-1999, graduate assistant 1992-1993.

Taught 3-4 undergraduate mathematics and computer courses per semester. Quickly gained a reputation for being patient and easy to understand; received accolades for working well with students with disabilities.
Was named course director of the Computer Literacy course in fall 1997. Completely responsible for all aspects of a required undergraduate course serving 500 students with 33 lab sections per semester. Selected textbooks, hired lab assistants.
Created an Access-based system for recording lab grades. This system reduced errors in students’ grades from 30% per semester to practically zero, and eliminated a hefty departmental expense on bubble sheets.
Was invited by Addison-Wesley to serve on their textbook development committee, offering feedback and suggestions to the author for the next edition of the text used in the Computer Literacy course.

Programmer, ACLS Research, February-August 1994, consultant through 1996. Developed ACLS Advisor, a program which advised doctors and nurses on the proper administration of Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Grant-based position.

Used Level 5 Object, an expert system shell for Windows.
Assisted in client-centered knowledge engineering, extracting treatment algorithms from two noted experts in ACLS and from American Heart Association published guidelines.
Doctors being tested as they led a mock ACLS intervention saw their average test scores rise from 69% without the program to 90% with the program.

Education

Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences (all 34 hours in Computer Science), University of Memphis (Mathematical Sciences Department), August 1994.

Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science and Mathematics, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, May 1991.

Interests/Community Involvement

MPACT Memphis, member since February 2002; at-large member, Board of Directors 2004-2005. MPACT is designed to promote Memphis and build relationships among emerging community leaders.

Served as an advisor to the Executive Director on Phase III of the organization's website; reviewed proposals from three development firms.
Coordinated the second event in the Mphasis Music series promoting local musicians. Supervised venue reservation, hiring of artists and sound engineers, obtaining of permits. Wrote a proposal selling Mphasis' benefits to sponsors which resulted in a $2,000 annual sponsorship from D. Canale Distributors.
Coordinated a phonathon in which volunteers called members to get them to renew for 2005, donate, update their contact information. Membership chair called it a success and a model for future years.
Coordinated two Community Involvement events in conjunction with Friends for Life.

Co-moderator of Handling-Panhandling online forum since July 2007. Downtown Memphis has had a problem with career panhandlers who portray themselves as homeless and aggressively beg for money, ruining the quality of life in the area. Created a Google group to allow Downtowners to discuss the problem. City officials and police have joined the forum, and a notable decrease in panhandling has been seen in some of the identified hotspots.