Derek B

Current

• ColdFusion Developer at Market America
• ColdFusion Consultant/Contractor at DAB Worx (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• ColdFusion Developer at Ascent Healthcare Solutions
• Senior Web Developer at eDiets.com
• Senior Programmer/Analyst at Spherion Corp.

• Web Developer at Corel Corp.

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Education

• Herzing College

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Derek B’s Summary

Accomplished ColdFusion Web Developer with SQL, Javascript, DHTML, HTML, XML and other web language experience.

Brainbench Master Certification in ColdFusion MX.
Brainbench Certification in Microsoft SQL Server Programming.
Brainbench Certification in Microsoft SQL Server Administration.

Derek B’s Specialties:

Web Development
ColdFusion
Microsoft T-SQL
Javascript
ExtJS/JQuery
AJAX
DHTML
XML
HTML

Derek B’s Experience

• ColdFusion Developer

  Market America

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2008 — Present (3 months)

• ColdFusion Consultant/Contractor

  DAB Worx (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  August 2005 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  Develop and maintain client websites using ColdFusion MX 7 & 8 with Microftsoft SQL Server.
  Use of Flash Remoting, AJAX, CFC’s, CSS for table layout, extensive cross-browser JavaScript and DHTML, XML and more.
  Some clients include… Vemma, Verve, New Vision, Track My Bets, eDonor, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, CGI, Bell Canada

• ColdFusion Developer

  Ascent Healthcare Solutions

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  February 2007 — August 2007 (7 months)

  Software development lifecycle (SDLC) including the creation of requirements definition documents, software architecture, and maintaining project schedules. Strong analytical skills and experience in coding, debugging, testing and writing specifications for new code as well as provide support and maintenance of existing code. MS SQL server development environment, application development and maintenance using ColdFusion to develop simple to complex web-based applications. An understanding of relational database design and basic Document Object Models/CSS is required as well as experience with ERP systems.

• Senior Web Developer

  eDiets.com

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; DIET; Consumer Services industry)

  April 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 6 months)

  • Develop and maintain the eDiets.com website using ColdFusion MX and MS SQL Server 2000.
  • Implement new functionality for site redesign using Flash Remoting, CFC’s, CSS for table layout, extensive cross-browser JavaScript and DHTML and more.
  • Key developer for our new “Funnel” process using MVC methodology.
  • Created a ColdFusion error log search and viewer that increased productivity and member retention by identifying bugs sooner and with more detail.
  • Created several internal applications that increased productivity and saved the company money.
  • http://www.ediets.com

• Senior Programmer/Analyst

  Spherion Corp.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  September 2000 — January 2004 (3 years 5 months)

  • Develop and maintain dynamic websites with ColdFusion 5 and MS SQL Server 2000, DHTML, JavaScript and more
  • Use of MS Visual SourceSafe for revision control.
  • Maintaining and upgrading computers as necessary
  • Helped develop our Intranet e-commerce application that involves several outside vendors such as Office Depot. Includes shopping cart and checkout system that connects to Office Depot to verify addresses and product stock all with XML and ColdFusion. Office Depot has there own administration area to approve orders and update. Users can check on all orders as necessary.
  • Developed our big sites for clients such as Toyota, Verizon and more.

• Web Developer

  Corel Corp.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 1998 — May 2000 (1 year 9 months)

  • Helped develop and maintain http://www.corel.com/ and http://linux.corel.com/ and various internal sites
  • Develop and maintain ColdFusion applications with database connectivity to MS SQL Server 6.5/7 and MS Access for the Internet, Extranet and Intranet sites
  • Developed and maintain databases on SQL Server 6.5/7
  • Setup and maintain NT 4 servers with IIS 3 and 4
  • Setup and maintain Microsoft Visual SourceSafe server
  • In charge of evaluating new web software technologies

Derek B’s Education

• Herzing College

  Database 1998 — 1999

Additional Information

Derek B’s Websites:

• My Website

Derek B’s Interests:

Home Theater, Car Audio, New Technologies, Cars

Derek B’s Groups:

•    Ex-Diets.com
•    Adobe ColdFusion Group

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