Certified Software Engineer with an extensive background in software design and development for Windows, the Web, and wireless PDA. Seeking an opportunity to apply 14 years of experience in a challenging, team-oriented work environment.

Testimonials

“Kevin’s quality of work, attendance, efficiency and overall performance has been excellent in every way.”

-James Saunders ; President, CISYS

“It’s a pleasure to work with Kevin. He has met or exceeded all goals for our existing and new products.”

-Ned Hamilton ; Director of Development, RCS

Skills

Languages: C++(11 yrs), C#, C, Java, Java Script, VB Script, Perl, HTML

Operating Systems: MS-Windows 2000/NT/Me/98, Windows CE, Palm, MS-DOS

Databases: MS SQL(6 yrs), Oracle, MS Access , C-Tree ISAM (Faircom)

Development Tools: MS Visual C++, MS eMbedded Visual Tools, Visual Studio .NET, Code Warrior 7.0

Case Tools: Erwin, Rational Rose, MS Visio

Other: .NET Framework, IIS, Visual SourceSafe, Crystal Reports, InstallShield

Certifications

Microsoft Certified Professional

Education

Pace University; White Plains, NY, Computer Science

Ohio State University; Columbus, OH, Communications Major

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Travel Management Partners ; Raleigh, NC (Contract position ; 12/2002 – Present)

Responsible for the full life cycle design and development of a system to obtain and store airline passenger’s profiles in a standardized MS-SQL database, and, a web-based interface to allow travel agent and business traveler access. This COM+ multi-tier system, designed to expedite data retrieval, enable reporting features, and provide a user-intuitive web interface, was implemented on a web farm utilizing network load balancing.

Programming Language: MS Visual C++, VB script, Java script, HTML

Operating system: Windows 2000

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: COM+ ; XML ; Windows scripting components (WSC) ; Data modeling ; ASP ; SQL stored procedures ; Regular expressions

CISYS, Inc. ; Raleigh, NC (1/2000 – 10/2002)

Palm-Based Medical Prototype (8/2002 – 9/2002)

Designed and developed a Palm VII prototype for a prospective client in need of a mobile extension to their existing desktop medical application. This application allowed physicians to review and update patient information with data stored in a Sybase database and synchronized with the handheld application via a Palm conduit plug-in to the HotSync Manager.

Programming Language: Code Warrior C++, MS Visual C++

Operating system: Palm ; Windows 2000

Database: Palm database (PDB) ; Sybase

Symbol Technologies - Handheld Showcase (6/2002 - 7/2002)

Developed a graphics-intensive IIS Active Server Page application that allowed consumers to see and learn more about Symbol Technologies’ products that fit their specific needs. Product information was represented in an MS-SQL database accessed via ADO. URL: http://216.27.72.89/usa/

Programming Languages: VB script, Java script, HTML

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: CDONTS mail

Cisco Corporation Engineering Status Reports (4/2002 – 5/2002)

Created an Intranet-based Perl solution for a major Internet networking corporation in need of a mechanism to allow their engineering staff to log goals, training, interactions, initiatives, etc. to upper management. The management-side requirements included a robust selection criteria process for reporting on the data stored in an Oracle database.

Programming Languages: Perl script, Java script, HTML

Database: Oracle

.NET Applications & Components (3/2002 – 4/2002)

Designed and developed .NET components and ASP.NET Web Form applications for use as examples on our company web site as well as code samples for fellow staffers. The first application was a multiple-view calendar in which user’s could store standard business/personal data. It had a SQL server backend that was accessed through a .NET component using stored procedures. I additionally wrote ASP.NET versions of the classic games “Hangman” and “Connect Four”.

Programming Languages: C#, HTML

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: .NET Framework ; SQL stored procedures

ACRS - Web-Based Training Management Application (1/2002 – 2/2002)

Developed an ASP application to track the training and development of the members of various search & rescue teams. In addition to progress tracking, and administrative security control, this program additionally offered multiple custom Crystal Reports.

Programming Languages: VB script, Java script, HTML

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: Crystal Reports

Pocket PC Fluid Collection (12/2001 – 1/2002)

Designed and developed a voice-enabled application for the Pocket PC that performed user-independent speech recognition capable of voice-directed data entry and program navigation. This was designed for use by truck drivers employed by a fluids collection firm.

Programming Language: MS eMbedded Visual C++

Operating system: Windows CE

Database: Windows CE database

Other: fonix Faast-Embedded ; multi-threaded

Internet-Based Project Manager (11/2001 – 12/2001)

Collaborative development of an Active Server Page application to organize and analyze tasks, projects, and deadlines. The program additionally stored client information and offered various progress and tracking reports.

Programming Languages: VB script, Java script, HTML

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: CDONTS

Cisco Corp. Budget & Expense Internet Application (9/2001 – 11/2001)

Involved in the design and development of an Internet-based budget allocation and expense tracking application. This “phase one” portion of the system was developed for a major Internet networking corporation and also included organizational charts, employee certification tracking, and, login-level security.

Programming Languages: Perl script, Java script, HTML

Database: Oracle

ASP Upload Component (9/2001 – short term project)

Developed an ASP-accessible ATL COM object that allowed users to upload data files to a server. Although there are third-party packages available, the client wanted robust source code with provisions for future enhancements.

Programming Language: Visual C++

Other: ATL

Digital Signature Capture (8/2001 – one week project)

Designed and implemented a small program for the Pocket PC to capture digital signatures and place them in the mail system Outbox for transfer on subsequent synchronization.

Programming Language: MS eMbedded Visual C++

Operating system: Windows CE

Other: Mail API ; InkX Control

Finishing Touches (8/2001 – one week project)

Wrapped up a nearly completed project by writing a C++ COM object input-driven by an ASP page which dynamically generated comma-separated value output files from data stored in a SQL database. Also implemented security level features in which administrators controlled user access to the various areas of the system.

Programming Languages: Visual C++ ; VB/Java script

Operating system: Windows NT

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: STL

Physician’s Patient Organizer for the Palm OS (7/2001 – 8/2001)

Developed a Palm OS version of the Pocket PC application described below. Wrote various MFC-like class wrappers around many of the common controls and a dialog wrapper to expedite development.

Programming Language: Code Warrior C++

Operating system: Palm

Database: Palm database (PDB)

Physician’s Patient Organizer for the Pocket PC (6/2001 – 7/2001)

Developed and contributed in the design of a small but robust application to aid physicians during their daily patient rounds. This program periodically synchronized information with a master data store and tracked patient’s complaints, diagnosis, medication/family history, lab results, etc.

Programming Language: MS eMbedded Visual C++

Operating system: Windows CE

Database: Windows CE database

Voice-Enabled Pocket PC Application (6/2001 – 7/2001)

Performed investigative research into voice-enabling a Pocket PC application. This led to my development of a demo application that performed user-independent speech recognition capable of voice-directed data entry and program navigation for presentation to a potential client.

Programming Language: MS eMbedded Visual C++

Operating system: Windows CE

Other: fonix Faast-Embedded ; multi-threaded

Productivity Point - Online Course Catalog (5/2001 – 6/2001)

Designed and developed a multi-tier web-based course catalog. This system allowed students to preview and enroll in online courses, and administration to schedule new class information as well as maintain history profiles. The system was implemented with Active Server Pages accessing a SQL database via stored procedures through a Visual Basic DLL.

Programming Languages: MS Visual Basic, VB script, Java script, HTML

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: CDONTS

Financial Reports (5/2001 – two week project)

Designed numerous financial, availability, and status reports for a major hotel management firm importing data into a Microsoft Access database.

Database: Microsoft Access

MedAptus - Pocket PC Application for Medical Industry (12/2000 – 5/2001)

Developed a Pocket PC application for use by physicians. Responsible for providing audio dictation capability, extending custom controls, and general user-interface development against a database object.

Programming Language: MS eMbedded Visual C++

Operating system: Windows CE

Database: Windows CE database

Sertus Corporation - COM+ MTS Components (8/2000 – 12/2000)

Designed and implemented the middle-tier business portion of a COM+ MTS component in C++. Clients of the component were Active Server Pages and C++ applications. The component itself was a client of various MTS COM+ components. The component utilized XML technology as well as the Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer in its implementation.

Programming Language: Visual C++

Operating system: Windows 2000

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: Microsoft XML DOM ; STL ; ATL ; Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer

Sertus Corporation - UML Modeling (6/2000 – 8/2000)

Took part in the collaborative modeling of a multi-tier COM+ MTS-based enterprise system.

Other: Rational Rose

Sertus Corporation - MFC Extension Classes (5/2000 – 6/2000)

Extended the Microsoft Foundation Class libraries with additional classes designed specifically for developers working with an organizational model. This code provided a representation of hierarchical data through various customized views.

Programming Language: Visual C++

Other: Stingray/Rogue Wave libraries

Intellicissions - Real-Time Graphing Applet (4/2000 – 5/2000)

Developed an applet with dynamic graphing capabilities for ultimate use as part of a real-time Internet site. Graphs were rendered using calls to Java’s native drawing functions.

Programming Languages: Java, HTML

Client/Server Data Transfer (4/2000)

Designed and implemented a system where an HTTP client application initiated two-way communication with an ISAPI extension server. Proprietary information was transferred over secure socket layers to the server where a database was updated and an e-mail attachment sent off for storage into Lotus Notes.

Programming Language: Visual C++

Operating system: Windows NT/2000/98/95

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: CDONTS ; SSL ; COM

Web-Based Bulletin Board System (3/2000 – 4/2000)

Implemented a web-based bulletin board system where user submissions were e-mailed to a central location and reviewed prior to posting by a manager application. The submissions were handled using ASP, management and posting by Java applets.

Programming Languages: Java, Java script, VB script, HTML

Paradigm Genetics - Internet Contact Management Application (2/2000 – 3/2000)

Designed and developed with Active Server pages an application for managing company contacts. This managed users of the system as well as outside contacts.

Programming Languages: Java script, VB script, HTML

Database: Microsoft Access

AutoSoft - Inventory Web Applet (1/2000 – 2/2000)

Completed a Java web applet designed to aid auto dealers in reviewing inventories over the Internet. Custom-coded controls provided a fast and efficient search mechanism.

Programming Languages: Java, HTML

RCS Research ; Raleigh, NC (10/1991 – 1/2000)

Chosen as a team member in the design and development of a Windows-based audio recognition system.

This large-scale system for monitoring, identifying, and reporting portions of radio and television broadcasts boasted a 98% accuracy rate. Responsibilities included the design and development of numerous applications including various user interface system management programs and 24x7 background scheduling services. The object-oriented system design included the use and development of COM technologies.

Programming Languages: C, Visual C++

Operating systems: Windows NT/98/95 ; MS-DOS

Database: Microsoft SQL

Other: COM ; multi-threaded ; ActiveX ; MFC ; SQL stored procedures ; ATL ; UI threads

Additional accomplishments & achievements:

Windows NT Secure Desktop Replacement
Graphical Audio Comparison Viewer
Yield Management System
System Integrity Monitor
DOS-Based Audio Recognition System
Master Control

Radio Computing Services ; White Plains, NY (3/89 – 10/91)

Collaborative software development of several PC applications designed for the radio and television industries.

Programming Languages: C, 80x86 Assembler

Operating system: MS-DOS