Experience

American Association of Individual Investors (AAII)

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Development Consultant

  • Oct 2004 - Present

  - Maintaining InstallShield projects for program installations- InstallShield projects include Package for the Web and basic setup installations using InstallScript- Upgrade InstallShield projects to latest version- Ongoing work with new programmers and SQL data to make sure all translations are executed correctly- Maintaining Visual FoxPro version 9 data generation program- Translated Visual FoxPro data generation program to plain English for use with new SQL data stream- Translated Visual FoxPro data table structures - Translated Visual FoxPro calculations to plain English for use in SQL queries - Expanded data tables and relationships within Versions 6 and 9 to use existing data trees originally designed for 8 quarters and 7 years to 12 quarters and 10 years- Designing and coding in Visual FoxPro 9.0 enhancements for use with XML data- Testing and analyzing output data for quality assurance- Visual Studio 2012, web services- Tech support for stock screening software Show less

• Programmer

  • Apr 1999 - Sep 2004

  • Software Development- Upgraded data generation program from Visual FoxPro 6.0 to 8.0 utilizing features from MSXML to integrate raw XML data- Modified reports for proprietary software using Crystal Reports- Maintained online help systems for proprietary software using RoboHelp- Compiled programs of both shareware and spreadsheet collections- Maintained installation scripts for proprietary software using InstallShield Professional- Maintained Package for the Web projects for weekly updates- Created and maintained CD Browser programs using DemoShield• Access Development - Migrated DataMart database from Access 97 to Access 2002- Maintained and wrote queries, forms and reports for in-house DataMart Access databases in Access 97 and 2002 also using Visual Basic for Applications- Merged Membership information in DataMart with MapPoint for internal research and better planning abilities• QA Testing- Install and configure Operating Systems, patches and upgrades, including Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP. - Maintained QA systems for testing in-house produced CD-ROM products- Each system is partitioned with Partition Magic and driven by Boot Magic- Drive images are maintained and restored after each test- Tested installation scripts as well as program features for proprietary software• Web Development- Prepared downloadable Excel and DBF mutual fund files for the Web Site using Access, Excel and Visual FoxPro 6.0 and FoxPro 2.6- Maintained Download Library on association’s Web Site- Maintained troubleshooting section of Stock Investor portion of Web Site- Prepared mutual fund tables for the Web Site, exporting data from Access to Excel- Maintained Stock Investor weekly download Web Site- Corrected user files for Stock Investor products by modifying tables using Visual FoxPro 6.0- Technical Support issues include installation, updating, software use, web downloads Show less



SourceMed

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Release Engineer

  • Dec 2008 - Aug 2013

  Maintained InstallShield projects for program installations - Wrote InstallScripts for InstallShield projects including installing Ensemble 2010 - Scripts include creating namespaces for Cache databases - Upgraded InstallShield to latest version - Unit tested InstallScripts - Maintained Crystal Reports - Configured virtual machines for testing including XP, Win7, Win Server 2003 and 2008 - Used RDP and/or VPN to access systems for testing or support issues Maintained InstallShield projects for program installations - Wrote InstallScripts for InstallShield projects including installing Ensemble 2010 - Scripts include creating namespaces for Cache databases - Upgraded InstallShield to latest version - Unit tested InstallScripts - Maintained Crystal Reports - Configured virtual machines for testing including XP, Win7, Win Server 2003 and 2008 - Used RDP and/or VPN to access systems for testing or support issues



Globe Pequot Press

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tech Analyst/Programmer

  • Oct 2005 - Jul 2006

  - Maintained EDI processes and analyze translations when problems occur - EDI transactions included but were not limited to 810, 812, 850, 856, 857 - Made sure invoices were processed in the order they were received during inventory assessment - Supported users with desktop and software problems - Ran and distributed monthly reports from Cat’s Pajamas - Maintained Active Directory computers, groups and users - Distributed software via LANDesk to computers on Common Operating Environment - Built queries and reports in Microsoft Access according to administrative requests - Moved Mac data from Snap Servers to Windows 2003 Server via AFP - Created ACT! Database for remote user - Extracted data from Cat’s Pajamas to use in Access queries Show less