Experience

ITA Group, Inc.

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Quality Assurance Analyst

  • May 2016 - Present



Robert Half

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Consultant

  • Apr 2016 - May 2016



DuPont Pioneer

• Senior Software Developer

  • Jul 2008 - Mar 2016

  Saved the company over $1 million annually in licensing and related costs by successfully retiring the Pioneer mainframe. Collaborated and worked closely with Senior Management, Sales, Marketing, Research, Legal, and Human Resources. Contributed toward the decision making process to acquire the Mobile Labs solution allowing remote testing on smart devices. The outcome allowed automated testing on smart devices, more secure devices and a reduction on device inventory due to increased sharing which saved the company over $100,000+ annually. Hired, trained and managed a team of off-shore automation developers. Directed developer efforts to automate smoke, regression and load tests for the NFIS and Connex applications. Used Visual Studio as the IDE. Wrote automated tests using JavaScript and the Jasmine test framework for regression tests for Encirca. Used WebStorm as the IDE. Managed a team of mainframe developers that supported the North American Information System (NAMIS) used to support sale representative activities. Performed major upgrade from TeamSite 6.3 to TeamSite 7.4.1. Executed Perl scripts to perform the upgrade. Utilized C#, ASP, HTML, SQL, and LINQ to modify sales web applications used in the field. Member of the QA Practice to establish and further standards.



QCI Consulting

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Consultant

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2008

  Completed request changes in COBOL, CICS and JCL for the North American Information System (NAMIS). Took on additional responsibilities to manage the mainframe contractor’s group. Completed request changes in COBOL, CICS and JCL for the North American Information System (NAMIS). Took on additional responsibilities to manage the mainframe contractor’s group.



American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company

• Senior Programmer/Analyst

  • May 2002 - Jun 2007

  Upgraded LifePRO software from 1.8 to 1.10. First in company to successfully convert existing LifePRO COBOL reports to SQL stored procedures that utilized Crystal Reports. Wrote code to extract data to populate tax forms (5498, 1099 INT, R, MISC, and DIV) populating 50,000 plus forms. Upgraded LifePRO software from 1.8 to 1.10. First in company to successfully convert existing LifePRO COBOL reports to SQL stored procedures that utilized Crystal Reports. Wrote code to extract data to populate tax forms (5498, 1099 INT, R, MISC, and DIV) populating 50,000 plus forms.



Rise Broadband

• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Database Systems Team Leader

  • Mar 2001 - Oct 2001

  Managed a company-wide project to upgrade an internally written legacy system to an off-the-shelf software product called Rodopi. Managed 4 FTE – Web developers and database architect. Report directly to and met with the CTO on a daily basis. Managed a company-wide project to upgrade an internally written legacy system to an off-the-shelf software product called Rodopi. Managed 4 FTE – Web developers and database architect. Report directly to and met with the CTO on a daily basis.



Principal Financial Group

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Analyst Lead

  • Jan 1993 - Mar 2001

  Sole team member who supported, maintained and enhanced numerous PowerBuilder systems written in-house which included: Network Chargeback – Handled the internal charge backs of all the network services. Service Provider Chargeback – Fed internal charges into the company’s general ledger. Network Administration Detail Repository – Used to maintain ownership of various network services. Grassroots – Used by Government Relations for communication. Corporate Customer Satisfaction Tracking System – Used to track and follow up on complaints submitted to the company. Corporate Purchasing – Handled all purchasing needs for the entire company. Defects Reporting System – Used by data center to track defects 24/7. Maintained and enhanced a project management application (TRAK) for 1,500 IT users. Implemented an automated telephone directory (Phonetics) that used voice recognition to connect a caller with a Principal employee. Trained, crossed-trained and mentored new hires.