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Skills Summary
Over 12 years of experience developing large scale mission critical enterprise
applications. Strong Project Management expertise including definition /
requirements gathering, resource management / staffing, communicating, and
writing skills. Expert in databases and several programming languages. Wide
range of IT experience from design to development to supportof both custom
and package applications.
Oracle 9 yrs
Other RDBMS 4 yrs
SQL 12 yrs
PL/SQL 9 yrs
ATG 2 yr
WebLogic 1 yr
HTTP Servers 5 yrs
Java 5 yrs
Perl 6.5 yrs
C 8 yrs
XML 2 yrs
Unix 11 yrs
Windows XP/NT/2000 5 yrs
Experience
Gloss.com / Estée Lauder Companies (ELC).
Dec 99 - Dec 01
Lead Technical Architect Gloss.com Dec 99 - Jun 00
Executive Systems Programmer ELC / Gloss.com Jun 01 - Dec 01
ELC acquired Gloss.com on May 2000
* Responsible for architecture, development, launch and maintenance of
Gloss.com, a premier multi-brand cosmetics e-commerce site. Gloss
consists of 9 brands and is owned by Estée Lauder, Chanel and
Clarins.
* Design, code and implement the product catalog and the Remote Object
Management for Products (ROMP) tool. Oracle data definition
language (DDL) and entity relationship design for the product
catalog and ROMP.
Design Java object hierarchy for the product catalog and ROMP.
* Transition Gloss.com from an outsource solution to an in-house
solution.
* Transition Gloss.com from Blue Martini/ BEA WebLogic to ATG Dynamo.
* Perform due diligence during acquisition and evaluation of software
architectures.
* Oracle database performance tuning and backup and recovery strategies
for production Gloss.com commerce website.
* Achieve 100% uptime and zero data loss for the production Gloss.com
Oracle database.
* Assisted in acquisition proceedings and post-acquisition transition.
Environment: BEA WebLogic 4.5.1, Blue Martini 3.x, ATG Dynamo 5.x (DCC,
DPS, DAS), Oracle 8.x, 9.X, PL/SQL, SQL and Java 1.2.2, Netscape
Enterprise Server 3.x, Perl5, Java Server Pages (JSP), JHTML, XML, XSL,
Unix, Sun Solaris
Milo, Inc. / Voxeo Corp.
Sep 98 - Mar 01
President and Co-Founder Milo, Inc. Sep 98 - Jan 00
Board of Advisors Milo, Inc / Voxeo Corp. Jan 00 - Sept 01
Voxeo Corp. acquired Milo, Inc on Mar 2001.
* Assisted in acquisition proceedings.
* Manage the operation and execution of a high growth Internet
business.
* Build a profitable, customer oriented, multi-function organizations
from an early stage.
* Grapple creatively and successfully with private and public
financing, and with planning, developing and managing strategic
partnerships with significant industry players.
* Review, refine and execute the Company's operating plan and
priorities in consultation with the Board and senior management.
* Design and code high performance, high volume Internet solutions for
enterprise customers.
* Worked as a technical team member to conceptualize, design, code,
and shipped the Milo Internet groupware product MiloMail to
ThirdAge Media.
* Oracle data definition language (DDL) and entity relationship design
for MiloMail.
* Implement Milo JSP architecture at Digital Impact and Charles Schwab.
Environment: JDK 1.1.x/1.2, JDBC 1.22, Java Servlets, Java Server Pages
(JSP), GnuJSP, Apache 1.3, Oracle 8.x, Linux, Sun Solaris
ThirdAge Media
Sep 97 - Dec 98
Technical Architect, Consultant
* System Administration for all Netscape Web Server products,
Oracle 7.X, 8.X and Sun UNIX Servers.
* Oracle DDL and entity relationship design using Oracle Designer 2000.
* UNIX TCP/IP Sockets Network Programming.
* Design, code and implement statistical analyst tools for web site
traffic tracking, user membership and registration, and dynamic
content server.
Environment: Java (JDK 1.1.x, JSDK 2.0, JDBC 1.22), 'C', Pro*C, PL/SQL,
FastCGI 2.0b2, Netscape Enterprise Server Ver 2.x/3.x, Perl 5 (Exts: DBD,
DBI, FCGI, SFIO), oraperl, HTML, Oracle 7.x/8.x (NT 4.0, Solaris 2.5.1),
Oracle Designer 2000.
Netscape Communications Corporation / Actra Business Systems, LLC /
General Electric Information Services
Jun 96 - Jun 97
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
Actra Business Systems is a joint venture between GEIS (General Electric
Information Services) and Netscape.
* System administration for all Netscape Web Server products, UNIX
hardware and Oracle/Informix DBMS.
* Develop code and implement HTML parsers and http clients to automate
testing for the Actra Publishing System V1.5/V1.6 and the Business
Document Gateway (BDG). BDG is an electronic commerce software
solution for business-to-business electronic data interchange
(EDI) over the Internet and non-Internet networks.
* Develop Billing C++ API and Command Line API test modules for CORBA
based products.
* Manage a release lab consisting of several instances of Oracle and
Informix and every released/beta/alpha version of Actra commercial
products.
* Develop performance monitoring and statistical analyst tools.
* Ran user group sessions throughout the project to gather
requirements, jointly develop user interface, test and training.
Environment: Netscape Publishing System V1.x, Netscape Commerce Server,
Netscape Enterprise Server, LiveWire, LiveWire Pro, LivePayment, Netscape
Bank Card Gateway, Perl 5, DBPerl, oraperl, HTML, Java, JavaScript, C/C++,
Oracle 7.x, Informix 7.x, Sun Solaris 2.5, IRIX Release 5.3, Windows NT
3.51/4.0, Windows 95. System
Pacific Bell Information Services
Dec 95 - Jun 96
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* UNIX Network Programming. Network topology engineer.
* NON-Local Host IPC programming using TLI API for a concurrent
connection oriented server and client processes.
* Local Host IPC programming using Named Stream Pipes for I/O
Multiplexing Server for multiple clients.
* Design, code and implement a serial device driver for Solaris
Operating System.
* Design, code and implement an Interactive Voice Response System and
On-line Credit Card Verification System for FDC (First Data Corp.).
Environment: C, TCP/IP - TLI (Transport Layer Interface), Named Stream
Pipes, Solaris 2.4, SunOS 4.1.3, Pro*C 2.0.3, Oracle 7.x. Perl V4.0,
OraPerl V2.4
Hewlett Packard
Sep 94 - Sep 95
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* Oracle DDL and entity relationship design for an 800 Gigabyte Oracle
database comprising of more than 300 tables.
* Design, code and implement a system to manage product and pricing
information for all HP products worldwide.
* Design, code and implement a system to provide backwards data
compatibility and concurrency from a legacy mainframe database
system to the new Oracle database.
Environment: C, OraPerl V2.4, Perl V5.0, PL/SQL V2.0, Pro*C 2.0.3, Oracle
7.x, HP-UX 9.x
Wells Fargo Bank
Nov 93 - Sep 94
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* Architect software development, quality assurance and production
environments for Teller Vision. Teller Vision is an X Windows
base system used by bank tellers. Teller Vision was the largest
private UNIX network
in the world handling over one million bank transactions a day.
* Oracle database performance tuning, capacity planning and backup and
recovery strategy.
* Oracle DDL and entity relationship design.
* Design, code and implement a system to provide branch transaction
information and account reconciliation data.
Environment: C, Pro*C, Oracle 7.x, HP-UX 9.01
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Jan 93 - Jan 94
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
Continuation of the Oct 92 - Feb 93 PG&E project
Digital Equipment Corporation
Feb 93 - Jun 93
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* Design and code DECwindows Motif GUI for a Department of Justice
Statewide Integrated Narcotics System.
* Write a serial device driver for Indentix finger print image capture
and verification device (Biometric Access Device).
* Design and code a computer security system using finger print
verification.
* Design and code image rendering modules.
* Develop a system to provide information on War Room, Surveillance and
Investigative and Analytical and Mission Planning Activities.
Environment: C, VMS, X Window, DECwindows Motif, DEC VUIT, DECimage, VAX
Rdb/VMS 4.1, MS-DOS
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Oct 92 - Feb 93
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* Design, code and implement the Outage Management System (OMS). OMS
is a system to track electronic switching operations to manage
statewide power outages.
* Develop a system to provide a means of exchanging information with
customers and among distribution and customer operation groups
involved in electronic service interruptions and restoration.
* Design and code data retrieval modules using Oracle embedded SQL.
* Oracle DDL and entity relationship design.
* Analyze algorithms and implement performance enhancing modifications.
Environment: C, SunOS, Pro*C, Oracle, X Window, Xview, RTworks software
developer.
Carlyle Systems
Feb 92 - Jun 92
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* Design, code and implement a library business management system.
* Develop coding standards for X Window interface.
* Design and code data retrieval modules using Ingres embedded SQL.
* Ingres DDL and entity relationship design.
* Design and code the Xview interface for the Acquisitions business
function.
Environment: , SunOS, X Window, Xview, Ingres
Syntex Corp.
Dec 91 - Jan 92
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* Design RMS data structures.
* Develop modules to generate analytic data for the marketing, finance
and accounting departments.
* Add additional functionality and enhancements to Intellinomics
Workbench Report Writer Software.
Environment: C, VMS, VAX RMS
Motorola Inc.
Feb 91 - Sep 91
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* Design, code and implement a business system to execute the Motorola
business plan and provide full business management functionality for
accounting, marketing and finance departments.
* Develop screen functional specifications.
* Educate Motorola employees and consultants on UNIX, Oracle,
Relational Theory and JAM.
* Design screen and cursor navigation standards.
Environment: Oracle, UNIX AT&T Sys. V, X Window - Motif and JAM
AT&T
Oct 89 - Feb 91
Programmer Analyst, Consultant
* Manage the technical development of a joint venture between AT&T and
Electronic Data Systems to create an Interactive Computer Graphic
System to be used for Geographic Information Systems,
NFMS (Network Facility Management System), Computer Aided Design
and Global Positioning Systems.
* Sybase and Sun system administration.
* Develop formal courses on UNIX, Sun, Sybase system administration and
NFMS for AT&T employees and clients.
* SunLink DNI/Ethernet - Network System Administrator for Sun, DEC VAX
and Intel X86 PCs.
* AutoLISP application developer.
Environment: C, Sybase, SunOS, X Window, Xview, SunView and PHIGS
(Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphic System) software developer.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Computer Science
DePaul University, Chicago, IL.
Completed 12 Courses, GPA 3.75/4.00 Overall.
Bachelor of Science in Statistics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, - Dec 1987
ACTIVITIES
* Traveled extensively throughout Australasia, Pacific
Islands, South East Asia, China, Central America,
South America, North
America, Himalayan Countries and Europe
* Surfing
* Sailing
* Rock Climbing
* Snowboarding
* Cycling
REFERENCES
Available upon request