Experience

Technical College of the Lowcountry

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Tech Consultant

  • Sep 2017 - Present

• Applications Developer

  • Aug 2011 - Sep 2017

  Technical College of the Lowcountry, Beaufort, SCApplication Developer – August 2011 to presentDesign and maintain complex reporting systems providing online information to all users utilizing SQL Server, C#, vb.net and Microsoft Reporting Services. Design, test and implement custom web based programming solutions to answer specialized data processing needs with limited supervision or assistance. Prepare documentation of procedures for programs and train users in the operation of new and existing systems. Responsible for the Datatel system which provides fully integrated software and professional services to build Enterprise Education Platforms for higher education. Participated in the development of a web application of a survey of student opinion of instruction. I also created all reports via Microsoft Reporting Services for the summarization of the results of this survey for analysis by administration and faculty. Automated multiple tedious manual processes resulting in time savings and efficiency. Show less



Barnes & Noble, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Leader - Application Developer

  • Aug 1998 - Nov 2010

  Responsible for the designing of advance SQL queries, stored procedures, cursors, and scripts to analyze data originating from the Point of Sale. Maintained the documents and created reports for the business analysts and end-users. Responsible for analyzing, and designing, of the software development life cycle. Studied the requirements and system specifications. Understand the current systems, coding and testing. Host the system on production server and train the user about the system. Converted 7 years of Sales history data, from a Mainframe IMS database, to a SQL database. Converted over 150 mainframe jobs and COBOL programs to new technology utilizing SQL, C# and Microsoft Reporting Services. Designed and coded all interfaces to 3rd party credit companies and American Express for daily credit card settlement. Designed and coded all interfaces for Electronic Gift Card settlement. Worked closely with Café Operations, to develop a monthly café statistical report that allows Café Managers to monitor sales based on time of day. Participated in testing of all store pilots and rollouts with Store Systems to ensure that sales data polled was received accurately and loaded to the database. Actively participated on team for rollout of Store’s Electronic Check processing - major responsibility was to pull all checks not electronically authorized, payroll checks and travelers checks for exceptions and send to check processing company. Lead for the development of procedures and all critical reports utilizing Microsoft Reporting Services, for Sales Audit fiscal monthly close, which balances and clears accounts in order to be ready for the next accounting period. Show less



Publishers Clearing House

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Programmer Analyst

  • Jul 1997 - Aug 1998

  Acting Project Leader overseeing two Associate Programmers, responsible for maintaining of a Mainframe Magazine Fulfillment System, the Direct Scan System, Direct Entry System, Gift System, Paid Premium System , the Title Analysis System and the off hours production coverage support of these systems. Solely responsible for the Contest System. These processes include the capturing and processing of eligible entries and developing numerous “one shot” programs to meet user needs while adhering to strict time constraints and legal guidelines. Major responsibility is the processing and winner identification of the highly visible $10 Million and $1 Million contest. Show less



Bank of America/NatWest Bank

• Programmer Analyst - Systems Officer

  • Oct 1988 - Jul 1997

  Senior analyst responsible for enhancements, maintenance and production support for an on-line, real- time Mainframe Retail Demand Deposit System. This system provides access to account maintenance and relationship processing for over 380 branches and requires heavy interaction with users to identify and resolve problems. Contributed to all aspects of the development of a large scale on-line and batch Retail Demand Deposit System utilizing IMS DB/DC and DB2. It included design, analysis, coding, testing and modifications requiring consistent interface with users to determine their needs and priorities. This system provides a complete retail customer account database and offers more attractive packages and products. Major responsibilities included the incorporation of Passbook Savings processing into the Retail Demand Deposit System, General Ledger processing and the reporting of interest for 1099 processing. Participated in the analysis, design, coding, testing, and implementation of an on-line Referral Processing System utilizing IMS/MFS. Actively participated in the conversions for major bank acquisitions. Show less