Technical Profile
Award-winning multi-platform software developer, analyst, and project manager specializing in .Net and Integration development experienced in building cross-platform and independent systems. 10+ years in positions of increased responsibility for organizations involved in cutting edge technology; experienced in providing project management expertise with a strong knowledge of software development. Background features information systems development and support, process migration and improvement, team building, and communication. Possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Expertise in planning and the organization of cross-functional teams which provide the abilities to coordinate with a variety of departments, teams and customers to achieve mutual goals and objectives. Logical and task-focused, highly flexible and skilled at managing multiple demands in a high pressure, deadline intensive environment.

Object-Oriented Systems: C #, VB .Net, ASP.Net 1.1, 2.0, 3.5. and 4.0 SQL Server 2005, 2008 R2.

Java SOA application developer.

Microsoft SharePoint 2003, 2007 and 2010.
WCF, InfoPath, .Net Windows Form, ASP Web Page development, testing and deployment.

Integration Systems: Tibco BusinessWorks v5.3 and v5.7, Administrator and BusinessConnect v5.2. ORACLE database

ERP Systems: Microsoft Dynamics Nav (Navision)

Mainframe OS/2 Systems: COBOL, JCL, DB2-SQL, SAS.

Other Programming: Crystal Reports, SSRS, SSIS, TOAD, XML Spy; 2 years each, ClearCase, TFS

Operating Systems: Windows 7, Vista, XP, Unix.

Microsoft Proficiency: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint

Professional Experience

Confidential,Rolling Meadows, IL

Developer November 2011 to Present
Currently developing small company web sites using .Net and classic ASP. Back-end databases are coded in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 and Microsoft Navision RTC and Classic. SSI works with small to medium-sized companies to customize finance/accounting, sales and service, and customer relationship management within an integrated software application. My primary focus at SSI is enabling these applications to work as web front-ends as an online retail shop.

Confidential,Elgin, IL

Developer, Administrator, Analyst October 2010-October 2011 (Downsized)
Created the company intranet from scratch on SharePoint 2010 including page look and feel, database setup and maintenance, web part and application development from requirements analysis to testing and deployment. Applications I developed include web parts that: display stock price information, displaying current projects and project members, as well as web services to support web-side InfoPath applications using workflows. I also created and modified dashboard reports using SSRS, T-SQL. I also wrote data loading applications using SSIS. Applications are written in C# using Visual Studio 2010, Web pages are developed in ASP .Net, and all back-end data storage is in SQL Server 2008 R2.

Confidential,Hoffman Estates, IL

Developer, Analyst July 2010-October 2010 (through Sogeti Consulting)
Created the Inquiry Verification Service, a Windows Communication Foundation app that verifies customer personal information by calling a third-party service, which returned a rating signifying whether the name matches with the address and/or phone number. Results are passed back to the calling app, and stored in SQL Server tables. This application will result in greater sales call efficiency and increased sales. Developing using C# (WCF), ASP.Net Web Forms, .Net 3.5, SQL Server 2008.

Confidential,Westmont, IL

Developer, Analyst March 2010-June 2010 (through Sogeti)
Used Crystal Reports and .Net to accommodate Text Rental initiative. Additionally, SQL Server tables, stored procedures, and batch application code was modified to handle these changes. Found incorrect reporting calculations on previous reports, proposed and was granted approval for additional corrections. Cut report generation time by doing SQL Server query analysis, cutting some report generation time by 50%. Developed using Crystal Reports, SQL Server, C#, in a .Net environment.

Confidential,Chicago, IL

Developer January-February 2010 (through Sogeti)
Developed enhancements and corrections to the Physician Advisory Services application. Enhancements included adding additional fields to web pages and SQL server tables, and adding a batch print event to generated reports. The PAS is used by hospitals nationally to enter and retrieve patient medical information. Developed in VB .Net 1.1, ASP .Net Web Forms, and SQL Server 2003.

Confidential,Northbrook, IL
Developer, Analyst, Project ManagerJune 1999-July 2009 (Downsized)

Developer: Claims Technology Systems/Integration Team May 2008-July 2009
Winforms and Integration developer on the $125 million Allstate NextGen claims processing system project. Developed in SharePoint (WSS), C#, ASP.NET Web and Windows Forms, SQL Server, Crystal Reports, Tibco BusinessWorks, BusinessConnect, and Administrator. Developed systems to securely transfer files across various platforms between Allstate and third-party vendors resulting in boosted profits by eliminating paperwork and expediting claim repairs. Accomplishments of this initiative include:

• $15k annual savings due to release a Windows Forms application that can check message levels instantaneously in MQ Series queues in 9 locations with the press of a button.
• $87K in annual savings to Allstate by building integration application to access and deliver adjuster reports and images, eliminating much of the paper shuffling and overnight mailing

of documents among offices.

• $113k annual savings to the company through a designed

and built automated Windows Forms application
that could download/upload Tibco components
to/from source control. Application featured built-in security, dynamic compilation, source validation comparisons,
and error reporting. Application is estimated to save the company
in faster development time and reduced work.

Confidential,April 2005-May 2008
Developer and analyst on team that managed the central database for Allstate Co. Developed applications to create/modify stored procedures. Developed applications in SharePoint, C#, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, SQL Server, Java, XML Spy, COBOL, CICS and DB2. Developed applications to upload and normalize massive files into central database. Responsibilities evolved into converting legacy stored procedures into a Service Oriented Architecture model; including completing a POC to prove cost-benefit analysis of using synchronous versus a-sync integration models.

Highlights include:

• Collaborated to design a new grand Logical Data Model

based on a legacy copybook structure.

• Developed and collaborated with team to create new service to return policy data based on new LDM; resulting in added flexibility

and scalability.

Confidential,Business Analyst & Project Manager: Agency Desktop Team
June 1999-April 2005
Developed in COBOL, C#, ASP.Net Web Forms, and SQL Server to produce the Allstate Customer Satisfaction and Profitability Reports; a series of reports derived from premium, claims, survey, and HRM data that provides extensive performance metrics from the agency to countrywide level and is the basis for company Wall Street quarterly reports on policy and item counts, claim dollars paid, catastrophe severity, customer sat survey results and other information. Began as a junior developer, and rose to become a BA, PM, and Subject Matter Expert.

Accomplishments include:

• Incorporated HRM’s household identification algorithm to identify agency cross-sell progress and opportunities; now a main barometer for a core strategy of the company.

Managed the 6-month duration “CSRP by Zip” project;
from initiation to closing. This project created customized sales metrics by ZIP Codes.

Collaborated with Sales and Finance teams on the “Agency Revenue
Splits and Assignments” project, which tracked policy metrics after agency books-of-business were sold or assigned either partially or wholly.

Selected achievements:

• Promotion awarded in 2005 after highly acclaimed household data tracking project was launched.
• 2004 Division award for most peer to peer awards in 100-member division for outstanding team support, helping others, and acting as subject matter expert when called upon.

Education / Certifications / Professional Organizations
Bachelor of Science
Allstate .NET development (TRIAD) certification June 2005.
Computer Career Program certificate, DePaul University, Chicago, May 1999.
Courses at Oakton & Harper Community Colleges: C, C++ & Java from 2001-2002.