Senior Consultant at Microsoft Corporation
Tulsa, Oklahoma Area
- Current
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- Senior Consultant at Microsoft Corporation
- Director at TulsaTechFest
- Owner at Professional Business Technologies, Inc.
- Past
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- VP Speakers Bureau at INETA
- President at Tulsa Java Developers Group
- President at Tulsa Developers Association
- Director of Member Services at Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group
- Technical Specialist in the Microsoft Practice Area at The Revere Group
- Vice President at Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group
- President at Tulsa SQL Server Group
- Manager of Software Development and Technical Architecture at Winnercomm, Inc.
- Assistant VP Speakers Bureau at INETA
- Software/System Architect / Application Management at TAC Worldwide / IBM Global Services / Williams
- Senior Software Developer at Winnercomm, Inc.
- Software Developer III at Bank of Oklahoma
- Software Engineer/Consultant at Sebring Systems Technologies, Inc.
- Software Engineer/Consultant at Clientele-Solutions, Inc.
- Director of Product Development at KnowledgeGEAR, Inc.
- Intranet/Desktop Application Developer/Architect for Bank of Oklahoma at Clientele Solutions, Inc.
- Consultant: Intranet/Desktop/Database Application Developer/Architect for Texaco at Clientele Solutions, Inc.
- Application/Internet Developer and Webmaster at Global Technologies International
- Computer Programmer Dial-up Networking Administrator at MultiMedia Games, Inc.
- Microsoft Office/LAN/WAN Help Desk at WorldCom
- Medical Billing and Server Admin at Tulsa Radiology Associates, Inc.
- Education
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- Tulsa Community College
- Tulsa Technology formerly Tulsa Vo-Tech
- East Central High School - Tulsa, Oklahoma
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David Walker’s Summary
Senior software development manager and .NET application/solution developer and architect is seeking a position utilizing broad-based design, development, maintenance, distribution, integration and customization skills combined with project lead and management expertise. Ideal position would offer the opportunity to apply leading edge experience, knowledge and management skills to achieve ambitious technology objectives to deliver business value and ROI internally and externally.
STRATEGIC SUMMARY
* Combining over 15 years of progressive experience in the management of information technologies with a keen business sense and the expertise to design innovative systems in order to reduce cost and improve productivity:
- Internet Applications/E-Commerce - Planning & Coordinating - Consulting
- Project Lead/Management - System Migration - Intranet Development
- Installation/Configuration - Programming/Systems Analyst - Database Architect/Design/Administrator
* Broad-based experience analyzing the scope of projects, establishing priorities, and achieved results in a fast-paced, time sensitive, leading edge environment.
* Proven experience leading a team in the development of KnowledgeGEAR, an internet-in-a-box solutions and several different add-on applications including: a centralized employee directory service, a request systems, a project management, a help desk ticket system, a time sheet reporting applications, e-commerce catalog application, virtual conference (chat), newsletter, etc.
David Walker’s Specialties:
Extensive expertise in researching and analyzing new and existing technologies, performing systems analyst functions and improving performance of processes.
Application and database architecture, design, development and management,
project management and team lead roles, C#, VB, SQL, SharePoint, Sitecore CMS, T-SQL, PL-SQL, XML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, server configuration, network architecture, social networking
David Walker’s Experience
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Senior Consultant
Microsoft Corporation
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 2009 — Present (2 months)
With a mix of advanced technology and strategic business acumen, I will implement broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to architect solutions by mapping common customer business problems to reusable end-to-end technology solutions. I will demonstrate the ability to engage in senior level technology decision maker discussions related to agility, business value, and end to end information technology security, help customer account teams identify, pursue and close strategic business development opportunities, maintain product group relationships and act as subject matter expert and show my proven experience managing projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing multi-phase/multi-dimensional/multi-resource projects to conclusion while maintaining high customer satisfaction.
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Director
TulsaTechFest
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Annual technical training conference - TulsaTechFest 2006. http://www.tulsatechfest.com In our first year Saturday October 14th 2006 had over 60+ speakers, approximately 300 attendees.
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Owner
Professional Business Technologies, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — Present (9 years 1 month)
Application Development, Marketing, and Strategy Consulting Services. Specifialzing in Web Applications.
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VP Speakers Bureau
INETA
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 1 month)
INETA (International .NET Association) is the largest organization that provides excellent speakers, presentations and assistance to .NET User Groups around the world. I am happy to help in any role I can. So, when elected as the VP Speakers Bureau I was very grateful for the opportunity.
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President
Tulsa Java Developers Group
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 10 months)
Founder and President of Tulsa Java Developers Group
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President
Tulsa Developers Association
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2005 — June 2009 (3 years 9 months)
Management and Leadership of the former Tulsa .NET User Group, moving it to a formerly incorporated Non-Profit 501c Corporation - Tulsa Developers Association, operating as TulsaDevelopers.NET
Started a sub group Tulsa SQL Server Group and Tulsa Java Developers, hosted our first annual Tulsa TechFest with over 35+ speakers, 20 tracks and 120 sessions. -
Director of Member Services
Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2009 — June 2009 (5 months)
Meets once month and covering everything SharePoint related, from user, developer and administrator perspectives. I was responsible for the relationship with CodeZone.com and other third party companies to provide prizes and other benefits to members.
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Technical Specialist in the Microsoft Practice Area
The Revere Group
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Implementing Sitecore, SharePoint and other Microsoft .NET centric technologies for multiple clients including many Fortune 500 companies.
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Vice President
Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2007 — February 2009 (2 years 2 months)
Meets once month and covering everything SharePoint related, from user, developer and administrator perspectives.
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President
Tulsa SQL Server Group
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 2006 — February 2009 (3 years)
Founder and President of Tulsa SQL Server Group
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Manager of Software Development and Technical Architecture
Winnercomm, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
March 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Broad range of responsibilities from management of software development of over 15+ full time and contract developers and database administrators delivering multiple simultaneous projects, software development environment, hosting facility management, candidate interviews, code reviews, technical architecture, initiating and finalizing Microsoft partnership and actual development with a very high end interactive multimedia company that develops high profile and high traffic web sites utilizing multiple enterprise content management systems.
Architected and managed complete client solutions from initial needs assessment interview, scope of work, contract and proposal creation and delivery, as well as, the full software development life cycle of multiple $100K-1.5M projects: www.fanu.com - collegiate sports social networking site in 3-4 months utilizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) and smaller sites utilizing Windows SharePoint Services 2007 (WSS), www.coxhelpcenter.com. -
Assistant VP Speakers Bureau
INETA
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2006 — May 2007 (11 months)
INETA (International .NET Association) is the largest organization that provides excellent speakers, presentations and assistance to .NET User Groups around the world. I am happy to help in any role I can. So, when offered the opportunity to help manage the Speakers Bureau as an Assistant VP I was quick to accept.
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Software/System Architect / Application Management
TAC Worldwide / IBM Global Services / Williams
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year)
Vital member of a global team working in a very versatile and dynamic environment, focusing on system architecture and application management of over 600 applications on 300 servers, utilizing a broad range of technologies: ASP, .NET, Cold Fusion, Java, WebLogic, Oracle 10g PL-SQL, SQL Server TSQL and SharePoint. As a member of this CMMI Level 3 certified organization all assets of the SDLC are held to the most stringent levels of accountability, documentation and maintainability. On 24 x 7 call rotation supporting high volume oil and gas Unix/AIX/Java implementation of GenTran EDI/GISB system.
* Team member tasked with server consolidation of 300+ servers and 600+ applications to 5+ huge servers consisting of multiple virtual servers to be further consolidated into less virtual servers over time.
* Architected and managed Sharepoint 2003 & 2007 install on development and production network load balanced servers. -
Senior Software Developer
Winnercomm, Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — April 2006 (4 months)
Contract position with a very high end interactive multimedia media company that develops high profile and high traffic web sites (6 of the top 10 per MSN) utilizing ASP.NET C# applications with SQL Server 2000 TSQL Stored Procedures and Triggers. Vastly improved a diversely integrated system utilizing handheld devices transmitting GPS and other data to an ASP.NET 1.1 Web Service and displayed utilizing a previously developed classic ASP application suffering from SQL Server overloaded consumption because of very high traffic was converted to a real time C# Windows Service that generates the sites content using XSLT and Triggers, as a work around solution, until .NET 2.0 and SQL Cache Dependency can be implemented.
* Increased site reliability and scalability of the most problematic web applications efficiently and effectively.
* 24 Hour transaction processing web application dependability and maintainability processing over $200,000 per month. -
Software Developer III
Bank of Oklahoma
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BOKF; Banking industry)
January 2004 — December 2005 (2 years)
Developed mission critical banking systems using ASP.NET 90% C# and 10% VB.NET, SQL 2000 TSQL and Visual Studio.NET 2003. Replaced BizTalk 2000 and MSMQ with C# Windows Service to schedule jobs and tasks using: Strongly Typed Datasets, Reflection and Remoting, several reusable C# assemblies: schedule and deliver SQL Server Reporting Services reports, post content to any Sharepoint portal and a generic Telnet component to connect proprietary back end systems. SalesForce.com web services integration and internal Oracle CRM. Quickly fixed problematic C# web app that had been struggling for several years and brought it to a stable and usable state.
• Refactored existing code reducing processing time by 400%.
• Saved $10,000+ in BizTalk licensing by architecting/developing a very extensible framework utilized in 24x7 operations.
• Architected/Developed company’s first smart client application, .NET 1.1 web services backend, .NET 2.0 beta front end. -
Software Engineer/Consultant
Sebring Systems Technologies, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 10 months)
Lead developer in several projects, including: an ASP.NET implementation of a large HIPAA compliant multi-user psychiatric web application helping doctors and patients communicate. A real time VB6 application to process data delivered via email and external web sites. Rewrite of a large Visual FoxPro 6 motor vehicle insurance application to VB6 and Crystal Reports 8.5, there by considerably improving end-user performance and usability. I developed an internal Time Sheet and Project Management System application using ASP.NET and SQL Server 2000. I converted an oil and gas measurement and calculation application from GWBASIC/BASICA to VB.NET.
* Managed multiple projects for a large variety of clients successfully throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle.
* Transitioned easily to VB.NET and C# while developing and architecting multiple ASP.NET and WinForm applications. -
Software Engineer/Consultant
Clientele-Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1998 — March 2002 (4 years 1 month)
Managed multiple projects for a large variety of clients successfully throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle.
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Director of Product Development
KnowledgeGEAR, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Utilize leadership and technical skills overseeing a team of developers in the design, development, maintenance, distribution and customization of several applications distributed and sold directly and through reseller channels as a large suite of Intranet Applications under the trade name KnowledgeGEAR; all applications developed using ASP connecting to Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle, Install Shield, completed Help system prototypes using Microsoft HTML Help, WebHELP, and WinHELP systems using RoboOffice. Served on the team in the development of the suite’s install CD GUI using Macromedia Director. Used Macromedia Flash to prototype the integration of advanced user interfaces into the application and developed Visual Basic 6 COM objects for server side deployment and usage in ASP.
Managed full software product suite from concept to shrink wrap and provided initial idea and 90% of 10+ add-ons.
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Intranet/Desktop Application Developer/Architect for Bank of Oklahoma
Clientele Solutions, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BOKF; Banking industry)
March 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 3 months)
Lead design, development, and maintenance of large mission critical corporate Intranet Apps with accountability for initiating projects using notepad and publishing with Front Page using ASP and SQL Server 6.5 utilizing many TSQL stored procedures, triggers, and user defined functions, including a Business Days and Business Hours calculation between two date and times taking into account company holidays. I created a VB 6 and Crystal Reports windows app that gave the end user the ability to run their own reports with their own criteria at their convenience. I created a Visual C++ ActiveX tree control for use in web apps.
* Saved over $20,000 per month by moving the employee newsletter to their intranet which eliminated printing costs.
* Managed, architected and developed over 20 applications in 13 months, many in critical operational use today years later.
* Mentored three entry level developers leaving them competently maintaining the applications and developing new ones. -
Consultant: Intranet/Desktop/Database Application Developer/Architect for Texaco
Clientele Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1998 — March 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Designed, developed and maintained large mission critical Internet, Intranet, and Extranet applications using notepad, MS Front Page, Visual InterDev, and HAHT with MS Access 95-97, Oracle 7.2, and MS SQL Server 6.5. This included: corporate records management, knowledge management, web portal, employee directory, group scheduling, messaging, online-conferencing, forms, and knowledge base. I created, maintained and administered several Oracle 7.2 PL-SQL stored procedures and triggers. I developed a dynamic online report server using Access Snapshot control, Visual Basic, ASP, and SQL Server 6.5 stored procedures. I created over 50 reports using Crystal Reports, VB and ASP. Member of the team that developed a multi-tier distributed VB6 windows application.
• Identified potential problems and opportunities that reduced operating cost while enhancing profits.
• This application was able to save Texaco millions of dollars in land rights litigation by finding appropriate land records -
Application/Internet Developer and Webmaster
Global Technologies International
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 5 months)
Design/development team of several distributed multi-tier windows applications to achieve scheduling requirements of the U.S. Air Force, using VB 3-5, Delphi 2-3, ASP, and Oracle 7.1 PL-SQL stored procedures.Developed several Internet, Intranet, and Extranet applications using Access 95-97, Oracle, and MS SQL Server TSQL including: employee handbook, phone directory, document repository, group scheduling, messaging, online-conferencing, forums, knowledge base, application release notification, and bug tracking.I created over 50 reports using Crystal Reports. I was involved in the production of documentation utilizing RoboHelp. After proving to company president the benefits, migrated multiple applications to the web for fast delivery and efficiency.Delivered a full suite of applications ranging from VB6, Crystal Reports to Delphi and then moved 90% to the web. Went from team member to team lead/architect; assumed responsibilities for web servers, public and intranet web site.
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Computer Programmer Dial-up Networking Administrator
MultiMedia Games, Inc.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; MGAM; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1995 — November 1996 (1 year 1 month)
Developed several multi-user applications with Microsoft Access v2 and v7 using Visual Basic for Applications and SQL.
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Microsoft Office/LAN/WAN Help Desk
WorldCom
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1995 — January 1996 (4 months)
Served on a three-member team answering technical migration questions in a call-center environment. I designed websites using HTML, CGI and Perl. Was a Key Temporary Personel Contractor.
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Medical Billing and Server Admin
Tulsa Radiology Associates, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
September 1991 — October 1995 (4 years 2 months)
Performed medical billing including skip tracing, insurance claims processing, CPT coding, Medicaid/Medicare billing, workers’ compensation, etc. as well as computer support tasks. QNX and HP system backup and nightly jobs.
David Walker’s Education
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Tulsa Community College
Almost Associates , Computer Science , 1991 — 2005
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Tulsa Technology formerly Tulsa Vo-Tech
Certification , Advanced Microcomputer Technologies , 1990 — 1991
Started with Word Processing and Desktop Publishing, then on to Database Design using DB III and DB IV, then finishing with application development using GW-Basic, Pascal and C/C++.
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East Central High School - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Diploma , Computer Math, , 1986 — 1991
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David Walker’s Interests:
development, management, new technology, c#, .net, WCF, WPF, WF, Silverlight, SharePoint, Sitecore, family, fishing, martial arts, karate, music, boating
David Walker’s Honors:
Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - ASP/ASP.NET 2007, 2008
Sitecore Certified Developer
Sitecore Certified API Developer
MCSD .NET - 2005
MCAD .NET - 2005
MCP - 1997
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