Experience

Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS)

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• System Architect

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  The Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS) collects and links data to evaluate education and workforce efforts in the Commonwealth. This includes developing reports and providing statistical data about these efforts so policy makers, agencies, and the general public can make better informed decisions. The Kentucky P20 Data Collaborative has been dissolved and its work is now being continued and expanded upon by KCEWS. This includes maintaining the Kentucky Longitudinal Data System (KLDS), a statewide longitudinal data system, as well as responding to requests for data and information, and providing reports on a number of topical areas including feedback about the performance of high school graduates after they go to college, developing the Kentucky County Profiles, and information about the outcome of teacher preparation, college, adult education, and other programs. Job duties include: Creating and maintaining intranet web application tools to help facilitate data cleansing and data storage. Created a Project Management web application for employees to manage tasks as well as add a level of accountability to those tasks. Update the Organization's Internet Site when needed. Show less



Master Meter Systems

• Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Software Developer

  • Apr 2012 - Oct 2012

  Solely responsible for supporting several Visual Basic 6 applications using MS Access by methodically fixing bugs and creating new modules for legacy software customers. Support software written in VB.Net for use with remote meter reading devices. Currently use 3rd party software for code management as well as bug reporting. Duties also include importing data from various formats into MS Access databases. Solely responsible for supporting several Visual Basic 6 applications using MS Access by methodically fixing bugs and creating new modules for legacy software customers. Support software written in VB.Net for use with remote meter reading devices. Currently use 3rd party software for code management as well as bug reporting. Duties also include importing data from various formats into MS Access databases.



Northern Kentucky University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant - Web Developer

  • Jun 2011 - Apr 2012

  Responsible for maintaining Pathways to Home Ownership web site for the Kentucky Real Estate Commission. Duties include redesign of web site, updating educational materials, creating a more user friendly experience. Responsible for maintaining Pathways to Home Ownership web site for the Kentucky Real Estate Commission. Duties include redesign of web site, updating educational materials, creating a more user friendly experience.



NGP VAN

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Division Team Lead - Software Engineer / Data Analyst

  • Sep 2009 - May 2011

  Team Lead in small team create a means for our customers to file campaign disclosure reports with state agencies using T-SQL within Visual Studio 2008 environment. Gathered research and performed notation of state laws for our clients to file state reports with their respective state. Developed modules to file state reports electronically to respective states. XML creation and use of SOAP objects in .NET is typical for e-filing. Support software that was purchased by NGP VAN from Patton Technologies, Where I was lead support and developer. Show less



Patton Technologies, LLC

• Lead Software Developer

  • Jun 2005 - Sep 2009

  Primary duty is development of campaign management software for political organizations nationwide ranging from presidential campaigns, state parties, and congressional campaigns as well as local city/state campaigns. Developed direct mail processing software with OCR capabilities using Visual Studio 2008 – C# to for quickly data entering contributions received from mailings. Developed an imaging system for our campaign management software so we could eliminate the need of keeping paper copies. Gained knowledge of C# and VB.Net for development of software upgrade from Visual Basic 6 to .Net. Gained experience using credit card payment gateways such as Authorize.Net and programming web pages to interact with them for online credit card contribution submittal for campaigns. Have become distinguished with Crystal Reports 7 in designing custom reports working closely with clients to meet their reporting needs. Proficient with SQL and writing complex queries for data processing needs in MS Access 2003 including Matched/Unmatched Queries, as well as Crosstab Queries for creation of Pivot Tables. Developed multiple e-file modules to help clients file state campaign finance reports. This includes creating XML files to be submitted to various states. Provide customer support via telephone and email for up to 70 clients. Programming Languages: Visual Basic 6, VB.Net, C# Show less



Northern Kentucky University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant/Web Developer

  • Aug 2004 - Jun 2005

  Responsible for developing Pathways to Home Ownership web site for the Kentucky Real Estate Commission. Gained experience programming with PHP and CSS.Responsible for creating educational web site entitled GiftedSources.com which provides elementary, middle, and high school students access to educational materials.

• Web Support Specialist

  • Aug 2003 - Aug 2004

  Responsible for assisting faculty and staff one on one with questions related to the design and implementation of web pages as well as other issues regarding Mac and PC software.Assisted in classroom trainings for faculty/staff regarding Apple, Microsoft, and Web Design software. Participated in project teams that designed tutorials for classes related to faculty/staff trainings offered by our IT department.Tested different software packages that would be of use to our department for future trainings such as Microsoft Producer and Qarbon ViewletBuilder.KTLN facilitator Show less

• PC Lab Assistant

  • Aug 2002 - Jul 2004

  Assisted students with basic computer tasks.Responsible for computer/printer upkeep and having knowledge of all Microsoft Office Products.



Kentucky Secretary of State

• Summer and Winter Intern for Information Technology

  • Jul 2001 - Dec 2002

  Worked with John Y. Brown, III to help develop the Kentucky Youth Web Page for www.kysos.com. Gained experience using Macromedia Flash. Performed hardware/software maintenance of computers and servers, including installing Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Server and rebuilding a server that controlled a 110 piece media jukebox for document archival. Assisted staff with one on one trainings to help migration from Windows 98/2000 to Windows XP. Worked with John Y. Brown, III to help develop the Kentucky Youth Web Page for www.kysos.com. Gained experience using Macromedia Flash. Performed hardware/software maintenance of computers and servers, including installing Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Server and rebuilding a server that controlled a 110 piece media jukebox for document archival. Assisted staff with one on one trainings to help migration from Windows 98/2000 to Windows XP.