Experience

Parraid, LLC

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Dec 2021 - Present



Alcor Consulting, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development

• President

  • 2014 - Present

  • Established a consulting firm to provide technical services and support software development clients. • Led business development and client relationship management for projects in C# and VB.NET. • Developed an interface to Ring Central’s telephony API in order to receive call events for a telephony/IVR platform. • Headed project focused on Telnyx and Twilio SMS and Voice programming. • Established a consulting firm to provide technical services and support software development clients. • Led business development and client relationship management for projects in C# and VB.NET. • Developed an interface to Ring Central’s telephony API in order to receive call events for a telephony/IVR platform. • Headed project focused on Telnyx and Twilio SMS and Voice programming.



Self Employed

• Independent Consultant /Multiple Clients

  • 2008 - 2014

  • Developed and maintained applications/interfaces for Avaya and Cisco platforms, working mostly with Computer Instruments (based in Kansas City, KS). Applications were written in VB.NET and C#. • Designed a CTI server in VB.NET that was PBX-agnostic, using plugin architecture to drop in different PBX interfaces. The same plugin framework is used to allow a variety of plugins that can add business functionality to the CTI server. • Developed and maintained applications/interfaces for Avaya and Cisco platforms, working mostly with Computer Instruments (based in Kansas City, KS). Applications were written in VB.NET and C#. • Designed a CTI server in VB.NET that was PBX-agnostic, using plugin architecture to drop in different PBX interfaces. The same plugin framework is used to allow a variety of plugins that can add business functionality to the CTI server.



SMX

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer

  • 2002 - 2008

  • Assisted and supported senior software engineers in developing and maintaining Interactive Technical Manuals (IETMS) for the U.S. Navy, including the CAD/PAD and Joint Base Station projects. • Developed radio monitoring software for the White House Communications Office, written in C++. • Assisted and supported senior software engineers in developing and maintaining Interactive Technical Manuals (IETMS) for the U.S. Navy, including the CAD/PAD and Joint Base Station projects. • Developed radio monitoring software for the White House Communications Office, written in C++.



Multiple Clients

• Contractor

  • 2001 - 2002

  • Developed Java applications utilizing Java servlets, JSP, and JDBC, and created IVR solutions using the EIVR platform and Visual Basic. Completed Windows socket programming in Visual Basic. • Completed multiple Visual Basic projects involving communication with AS/400 systems using APIs to work with data queues and databases. • Developed Java applications utilizing Java servlets, JSP, and JDBC, and created IVR solutions using the EIVR platform and Visual Basic. Completed Windows socket programming in Visual Basic. • Completed multiple Visual Basic projects involving communication with AS/400 systems using APIs to work with data queues and databases.



Transworld Airlines (TWA)

• Senior Technical Specialist

  • 1999 - 2001

  • Designed GUI interfaces for applications using MQSeries (an IBM middleware product) developed using Visual C++ and Visual Studio 6.0. Developed monitoring tools and mainframe tools in PL/I and defined commands issued to the Queue Manager via the System Command Queue. • Coded applications that communicated with IMS via MQSeries by building the proper IIH structure and sending it through OTMA. Utilized Installshield Professional to create installation programs for applications . • Updated the corporate Intranet site and developed HTML help for interface programs. Show less



Associated Wholesale Grocers

• Wholesale
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Programmer/Analyst

  • 1997 - 1998

  • Conducted development work in command-level CICS, using VSAM files in an IBM MVS environment. Performed maintenance on existing procurement and billing systems components. • Conducted development work in command-level CICS, using VSAM files in an IBM MVS environment. Performed maintenance on existing procurement and billing systems components.



Commerce Bank

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programmer/Analyst

  • 1995 - 1997

  • Created an interface program using Visual C++ that combined data transfer features and HLLAPI calls to move data from P.C. network to mainframe loans system, enabling users to better access and interface with loan documents. • Coordinated user requirements meetings with customer representatives, technical staff, and other stakeholders; evaluated potential acquisitions and managed testing and implementation for CICS development. • Led budget analysis, documentation, and project scheduling for the development of a commercial loans imaging system and the installation of a major release of the commercial loan system with ~200 modules. • Served as technical coordinator for a Commercial Loans Documentation system project, overseeing the planning and implementation of the system for more than 30 branch locations. • Developed the merge process used to complete bank M&As. The process is about 50% faster than the old process used and involves heavy use of VSAM. • Performed maintenance on the Commercial and Personal Loans systems which are composed of both batch and on-line COBOL. This work involved maintenance and some development of CICS command-level COBOL. Show less