Brian Fending

Current

• Senior Web Developer (Code Ninja) at BuildingGreen, LLC

Past

• Information Analyst at Delaware North Companies
• Senior Programmer at LoVullo Associates
• Webmaster at Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

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Education

• Miami University
• State University of New York College at Fredonia

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Brian Fending’s Summary

I am a programmer/architect with extensive IT and business analyst experience and an interest in emerging technologies. My roles in various industries have been of increasing responsibility and are progressively strategic in nature.

Brian Fending’s Specialties:

Web technologies, application development, SDLC including change management, data analysis, data warehousing, PHP, C#, ColdFusion, SQL, MySQL, Oracle BI, LAMP, nunchuck skills

Brian Fending’s Experience

• Senior Web Developer (Code Ninja)

  BuildingGreen, LLC

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  I am a remote worker for a publisher of products serving the Green Building sector primarily using PHP, MS SQL and MySQL. I act as technical lead on assigned projects across all lines of business for several custom apps. I manage vendor relationships and a short list of contractors, and provide guidance on technology strategies and process management. The most recent property for which I was the technical lead and solution architect is www.leeduser.com, currently in beta release.

• Information Analyst

  Delaware North Companies

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Hospitality industry)

  May 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  I was a lead software engineer in the App Dev area of IT. I developed custom C# applications, advised on technology trends and best practices, and managed some IT projects. I was the project lead on ETL using Oracle BI products, strategy lead in various areas including Web marketing and document management, and did a bit of app dev scoping for mobile devices, too. I was all over the map when it comes to app dev and management.

• Senior Programmer

  LoVullo Associates

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry)

  January 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  PHP/SQL development, some ETL/IDL (Foxpro/Progress/SQL/Sybase), data cleansing/management, custom reporting. We ran PHP in ISAPI mode in IIS, and one time I custom recompiled the PHP DLL for Sybase to maintain data consistency. We were all about getting it right the first time at the right layer.

• Webmaster

  Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Libraries industry)

  February 2002 — January 2005 (3 years)

  ASP/Access/SQL. I developed in classic ASP and brought the organization from a mostly flat HTML website and intranet to dynamic content. The intranet in particular was created from my task-based clickpath analysis which drove the technical and functional specs; I believe the taxonomies created are still in use today. All browser-based app UIs were designed to meet section 508 requirements.

Brian Fending’s Education

• Miami University

  MM , Music , 1996 — 1999

• State University of New York College at Fredonia

  BM , Music , 1992 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Magna Cum Laude
  Honors in the Liberal Arts
  Performer's Certificate

Additional Information

Brian Fending’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Brian Fending’s Interests:

music, emerging technologies, blogging, green technology, green building

Brian Fending’s Groups:

PMI, PMI Buffalo Chapter, Infotech Niagara, Upstate New York Oracle Users Group, Western New York PHP Users Group

•    Miami University Alumni Association
•    infoTech Niagara
•    ODTUG BI&DW SIG
•    SUNY at Fredonia Alumni Group
•    Buffalo Technology Group
•    Rochester Area SharePoint User Group
•    Buffalo Homecoming
•    Delaware North Companies Official Group

Brian Fending’s Honors:

Magna Cum Laude, SUNY College at Fredonia, 1996
Honors in the Liberal Arts Distinction (Honors Program), SUNY College at Fredonia, 1996
Performer's Certificate, Fredonia School of Music, 1996
Employee of the Month (107 times)

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