Mark Rackley

Mark Rackley

Organizer at SharePoint Saturday Ozarks

Springfield, Missouri Area

Current
  • Owner at SoYouKnow.org
  • SharePoint Dev Guru in Training at www.sharepointhillbilly.com
  • Anaylist Programmer III at Mincom
Past
Education
  • University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
  • Harrison High School
Connections
154 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Mark Rackley’s Summary

I have over 15 years of software development experience and have filled all rolls in the full SDLC including BA, PM,
Dev, Install, Support, Admin, Maintenance, Documentation, and training.

Recently I have become involved in SharePoint taking on a lead role in my organization as Architect, Developer, and Admin and I have become very active in the SharePoint community where I have started a blog (www.sharepointhillbilly.com), spoken at SharePoint events and I am currently organizing a local SharePoint event (http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/ozarks).

My goal is to do whatever it takes to ensure any project I am a part of is successful.

Mark Rackley’s Specialties:

C#, ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, AJAX in .NET, LINQ, MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0, SharePoint Designer, Hibernate, NHibernate, SQL Server 2005, DB2, Oracle, MySql, Java, Javascript, JSP, Struts, Web Services, XML, Salesforce, Apex, MSCRM, Web Applications, Scheduled Batch Applications, Data Modeling and Conversion, Tomcat, IIS, Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Gimp, and many other technologies.


Mark Rackley’s Experience

  • Organizer

    SharePoint Saturday Ozarks

    (Computer Software industry)

    March 2009Present (9 months)

    Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday Ozarks’, on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 in Harrison, AR. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!

  • Board member

    Ozarks DNUG

    (Computer Software industry)

    December 2008Present (1 year )

  • Senior Programmer Analyst

    United Natural Foods / Millbrook

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; UNFI; Food & Beverages industry)

    October 2007Present (2 years 2 months)

  • Owner

    SoYouKnow.org

    (Information Services industry)

    2007Present (2 years )

    SoYouKnow.org is a family oriented site that allows you to share messages, photos, timelines, and cherished information with your friends and family. SoYouKnow.org allows you to create future dated messages that your friends and family cannot access until a defined time period. SoYouKnow.org also offers the ability to create intricate memorials for those people who are no longer with you. You can even create Kid Safe accounts where you can monitor who is contacting your child and what messages they are receiving.
    SoYouKnow.org was created using Java, Struts, Hibernate, MySql and Tomcat. It contains around 20 tables and 70 jsp's.

  • SharePoint Dev Guru in Training

    www.sharepointhillbilly.com

    (Computer Software industry)

    November 2007Present (2 years 1 month)

    Check out my new SharePoint blog as I attempt to wrap my head around the beast that is SharePoint http://www.sharepointhillbilly.com

  • Anaylist Programmer III

    Mincom

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2005Present (4 years 9 months)

    • Design and develop enhancements to Customer Watch (Utility CIS Software Solution) at implementation sites.
    • Analyze utility business needs for development of new enhancements of the Customer Watch CIS package.
    • Analyze, design, and make technology decisions based upon company and customer needs.
    • Project documentation, proposals, and demonstrations for supervisors.
    • Provided experience knowledge in the development of interfaces to systems external to Customer Watch.

  • Senior Programmer / Analyst

    EFCO

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Construction industry)

    August 2003March 2005 (1 year 8 months)

    • Responsible for designing, developing, and testing multiple manufacturing web applications for non-technical employees requirements/requests.
    • Analyze, design & make technology decisions based upon company & customer needs.
    • Responsible for reporting, project documentation, proposals, and demonstrations.
    • DB2 table design and creation and Java Development on AS/400.
    • Stored procedure creation on AS/400 for data storage.
    • Lotus Notes development including forms, agents, views, documents and outlines using both Lotus Script and Java.
    • Design and Display of UI and Data using ASP, HTML, and Javascript.
    • Create reports using Cognos.
    • Develop windows applications in Visual Basic as needed for internal and external client use.

  • Software Consultant

    Athens Group

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19992003 (4 years )

    • Responsible for consulting projects from design and management to development and documentation with emphasis on process and client satisfaction.
    • Integral in designing and developing inventory tracking application using Java, Struts, Oracle, and WebLogic
    • Developed web application in .NET as a proof of concept for re-development of existing internal applications to .NET.
    • Extensive use of Tcl/Tk on PC and HP-UX to create end user applications as well as a reusable SECS/GEM interface between host systems and semiconductor test equipment.
    • Designed and implemented Ring 3 and Ring 0 file system drivers for Windows 98 and Windows NT using C++.
    • International travel to install and support software systems for clients.
    • Experience in interacting with high profile clients including Intel, Motorola, Dell, and Agilent Technologies

  • Software Applications Engineer

    Cirrus Logic

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CRUS; Semiconductors industry)

    19961999 (3 years )

    • Responsible for a multitude of development responsibilities and OEM customer support with international travel to support customers.
    • Wrote BIOS routines in 8086 assembly for audio devices.
    • Developed, debugged, and tested audio drivers for Win 3.1x/95/98.
    • Designed and developed internal semiconductor testing software in C++ and Visual Basic.
    • Designed and developed demo applications for trade shows.

  • Lead Software Engineer / Webmaster

    MIlestone Systems

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    May 1995October 1996 (1 year 6 months)

    • Responsible for designing, developing and maintaining the client portion of a client/server based commercial software application written in Delphi, as well as customer install and support during initial Beta release.
    • Designed and maintained company website.
    • Wrote portions of the application using CGI to prove feasibility of redesigning application as one of the first commercial web applications.


Mark Rackley’s Education

  • University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

    19911995

  • Harrison High School

    19881991


Additional Information

Mark Rackley’s Websites:

Mark Rackley’s Groups:

Ozarks DNUG, Active member of SharePoint community

  •    Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - 2007, 2010, ...
  •    University of Arkansas Alumni
  •    SharePoint Experts
  •    SharePoint MOSS User Group
  •    Tweeple
  •    SharePoint Sat.
  •    SharePoint 2010 Network

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