Experience

Nucor Tubular Products

• United States
• Building Materials
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior System/Software Engineer

  • 2007 - 2013

  Birmingham, Alabama Area Steel Tubing Manufacturing • Plant-wide server, network, workstation, and user admin & support, including server backup and disaster recovery • Custom software maintenance on accounting, database, EDI & FTP communications, and related software systems • Company graphics & DTP • Other IT-related duties as needed, including managerial tasks on some projects



Protective Life

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior System Analyst

  • 2005 - 2007

  Birmingham, Alabama Area Life Insurance • Support and maintenance of the two major policy issuing & tracking systems, one in VB6 & the other in C#; both used SQL Server 2000 as the database; honed additional C# and .NET skills



BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior System Analyst

  • 2005 - 2006

  Birmingham, Alabama Area Telecomm Billing • Migrated the Billing Management System application (VB6 / Access) from DAO to ADO connectivity and Access 97 to Access 2000, including any other maintenance and enhancements as needed • Coordinated the development side of this major version release effort with the release manager



Handoff Wireless LLC

• Senior System Analyst

  • 2005 - 2005

  Birmingham, Alabama Area Telecomm Wireless Warehousing and Recycling • Maintained and enhanced the existing warehouse inventory application; • Designed the new version using SQL Server and .NET technologies with the aim of total automated inventory process flow control from receiving to shipping and integration with the current accounting system



Alabama State Department of Education

• Education Administration Programs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior System Analyst

  • 2004 - 2005

  Montgomery, Alabama Area • Developer Lead in migration project of the Special Student Monitoring application into .NET framework & SQL Server; coordinated the design and re-engineering of the application as needed through interaction with business analysts • Responsible for business liaison, overall project management, change control, and time allocation for new system development; change Management, version/patch control and rollout for current system.



Xcitek Inc

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Senior Software Engineer

  • 2000 - 2004

  Birmingham, Alabama Area Originally Solutions Plus, Inc., Financial Services (Securities and Corporate Actions) • The primary project was the solution development & total integration of the SWIFT ISO 15022 messaging system with the company’s flagship application suit, in order to produce a complete messaging sub-system • Managed Phase 1 of this project, which included overall project management, detailed design analysis and specifications, technical requirements and specifications, final development and… Show more Originally Solutions Plus, Inc., Financial Services (Securities and Corporate Actions) • The primary project was the solution development & total integration of the SWIFT ISO 15022 messaging system with the company’s flagship application suit, in order to produce a complete messaging sub-system • Managed Phase 1 of this project, which included overall project management, detailed design analysis and specifications, technical requirements and specifications, final development and testing, and delivering on time • The SWIFT ISO 15022 messaging system is similar to EDI systems and allows financial institutions to inter-communicate between them using a common messaging system; the solution engineered uses a totally object-oriented approach for the message parsing/creation and XSP integration process; the message parser was written as a separate API with interface, business and data object layers; the API is fully-configurable and database-driven, and easily allows the parser to read and create not only SWIFT messages, but any other vendor feed data which is based on the ISO 15022 format • Worked closely with the Configuration Managers to ensure smooth issue tracking & resolution for the different application base versions; helped merge some of the base version in a single one; developed Peer Review standards in collaboration with the other engineers and the CM • Other duties included team lead for other projects, assisting with architecting solutions and project management for other application enhancements, some UML design, technical training on the ISO component, design and maintenance of several Crystal Reports pertaining to the ISO component, as well as occasional troubleshooting and maintenance to resolve miscellaneous application issues Show less



Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• System Analyst

  • 1999 - 2000

  Birmingham, Alabama Area Health Insurance • Responsible for maintaining the code, database, Crystal Reports, and database back end for two company-wide systems; enhanced both systems as needed; took maintenance and new development requests all the way from the analysis gathering stage to QA & deployment stage; performed most upgrades remotely for clients • The first system, the Surgical Episodes Profiler (SEP) was a multi-user data mining and reporting application used to audit a subset of the paid claims… Show more Health Insurance • Responsible for maintaining the code, database, Crystal Reports, and database back end for two company-wide systems; enhanced both systems as needed; took maintenance and new development requests all the way from the analysis gathering stage to QA & deployment stage; performed most upgrades remotely for clients • The first system, the Surgical Episodes Profiler (SEP) was a multi-user data mining and reporting application used to audit a subset of the paid claims data; specifically SEP analyzed data for a top set of paid medical procedures performed by physicians associated with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama • The second system was the Surgical Complications Outcomes Review and Evaluation System (SCORES), used for reviewing and scoring surgical episodes that had complications after treatment, as well as scoring the physicians who performed those episodes Show less



United States Steel Corporation

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Designer / Manager

  • 1993 - 1999

  Fairfield, Alabama Area Steel Manufacturing • Developed a wide variety of skills due to the nature of the computing environment, which included among others, excellent project planning & management, people management, crisis handling and time management skills • Instrumental in creating and organizing the 2-tiered Help Desk (Level 1) and PC Technician group (Level 2); developed a web-based Technical Knowledge Base for use by the PC support personnel and managed the daily operations of this group for almost 5… Show more Steel Manufacturing • Developed a wide variety of skills due to the nature of the computing environment, which included among others, excellent project planning & management, people management, crisis handling and time management skills • Instrumental in creating and organizing the 2-tiered Help Desk (Level 1) and PC Technician group (Level 2); developed a web-based Technical Knowledge Base for use by the PC support personnel and managed the daily operations of this group for almost 5 years • Assisted direct supervising manager with interviewing candidates, personnel evaluation, product research and development, and strategic and budget planning • Pioneered the use of total remote software deployment on the plant’s workstations for all software, including operating system upgrades, as well as introducing the capability of remotely troubleshooting computers • Supervised custom and packaged application deployment for the plant's computers, and developed standard operating procedures for smooth migrations and upgrades of server & desktop software & hardware. • Developed standard installation procedures and software for outsourcing the new & replacement PC installations, using a variety of software including Ghost, QuickBasic, VB, WISE and MS-DOS batchfiles • Developed and maintained several applications; became knowledgeable in programming using the Windows API • Became the plant’s webmaster and was responsible for designing and maintaining the plant’s Intranet sites, as well as coordinating with other departments for web content and development; served as the 1997 chairman for the corporation’s Web Technical Council, responsible for Intranet strategic planning and web technical standards • File & Database Server, LAN, & desktop admin & support Show less



University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Collection Coordinator

  • 1987 - 1993

  Birmingham, Alabama Area Biology & Biophysics Research and Development • Migrated most of the laboratory’s custom software from DOS to Windows versions • Developed computer hardware maintenance, troubleshooting and repair skills • Provided computer support services to laboratory personnel • Analyzed important scientific data; developed excellent skills in Computer Aided Design, Graphics and Desktop Publishing • Pioneered in the department the creation of scientific papers in total electronic… Show more Biology & Biophysics Research and Development • Migrated most of the laboratory’s custom software from DOS to Windows versions • Developed computer hardware maintenance, troubleshooting and repair skills • Provided computer support services to laboratory personnel • Analyzed important scientific data; developed excellent skills in Computer Aided Design, Graphics and Desktop Publishing • Pioneered in the department the creation of scientific papers in total electronic form • Co-authored one research paper (see below) • Produced graphics for scientific papers • Constructed posters for exhibitions • Designed and constructed several devices & instruments to meet specific laboratory needs Show less