Rebecca Wise

Current

Lead Applications Engineer at CompuMentor
Community Volunteer at TechSoup's Non-Profit Commons

Past

.NET Software Architect at Dataline Consulting Services Inc.
Owner and Lead Developer at Digital Elite Inc.
Manager, Information Services at Cell Signaling Technology

Co-Author, ASP.NET By Example at Que Publishing / Pearson Education
Manager, Information Systems at Upstate Biotechnology Inc.
I.T. Consultant at Argonex Inc.

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Education

Brandeis University
Virginia Wesleyan College

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Industry

Computer Software

Rebecca Wise’s Summary

I am passionate in my desire to understand the use and utility of new technologies and firmly believe that these technologies can and should be used to promote positive social change. Personally, I am motivated far less by the pursuit of wealth than by the desire to effect meaningful social transformation. I possess a unique combination of abilities including excellent communication skills, exceptional analytical capabilities, and an inherently diplomatic nature born of an innate sense of fairness. I am also able to quickly grasp new concepts and integrate them into larger conceptual frameworks, which helps me to identify novel approaches to problem-solving and opportunities for synergy.

Rebecca Wise’s Specialties:

ASP.NET, CSLA, VB.NET, C#, SQL, project management, online community management

Rebecca Wise’s Experience

Lead Applications Engineer

CompuMentor

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Software architect and developer for TechSoup.org, a division of Compumentor providing free software and technical resources to other Non-Profit Organizations.
Community Volunteer

TechSoup's Non-Profit Commons

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

2006 — Present (3 years)

As an active and enthusiastic volunteer I serve TechSoup’s Non-Profit Commons project in a variety of capacities including event coordination and planning, providing technical assistance with building and scripting efforts, and offering positive and constructive input to group discussions. Past accomplishments include developing a scripted prim counter, developing a scripted staff-pager prototype, functioning as a technical asset on streaming media projects, and actively participating in a number of decision making committees. Current projects include building a web-based tenant directory and providing functional and technical advise for the visitor metrics initiative.
.NET Software Architect

Dataline Consulting Services Inc.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 4 months)

I was hired by Dataline to help their client, Optima Health, understand the CSLA.NET application framework, train several new and existing employees on the use of this framework, and apply my understanding to a variety of application redesign efforts.

* Architected the object model for Optima’s Provider Site-Visit application and led the architectural effort for the Provider Relations application. Fully implemented this architecture for the Site-Visit application and led the development effort for the Provider Relations application.

* Developed a flexible web-based user interface based on the MVC pattern. Personally implemented this architecture for the Site-Visit application and led the development effort for the Provider Relations application.

* Provided on-site training on object oriented design and the CSLA.NET application framework and functioned as in-house technical lead.

* Implemented several new and enhanced features for Optima’s customer facing web-site.
Owner and Lead Developer

Digital Elite Inc.

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

August 2003 — August 2006 (3 years 1 month)

As owner and lead developer of Digital Elite I provided software development services to a variety of clients.

* Created a scalable web-based document storage and retrieval system providing searchable access to over 50,000 high resolution document scans. The system also supported editorial work-flow, image analysis, and document import functionality.

* Created a product database with advanced features unique to the client’s business needs.

* Designed and implemented a system to bring the benefits of dynamic content generation to the publication of traditional print media using a Quark X-Press extension to connect the print publishing system to technical product data stored in a database.
Manager, Information Services

Cell Signaling Technology

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

September 1999 — April 2003 (3 years 8 months)

Responsible for all Information Services during the initial build-out of CST’s new facility and the segregation and migration of relevant data to newly implemented systems. Implemented without consultant support CST’s e-commerce web-site including modifications to adapt the software to CST’s unique needs, created from scratch the software and SQL procedures necessary to integrate the e-commerce and accounting system order processing pipelines, and implemented without consultant support Epicor’s eBackOffice ERP solution.
Co-Author, ASP.NET By Example

Que Publishing / Pearson Education

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; PSO; Publishing industry)

September 2001 — December 2001 (4 months)

I was contracted to write the chapter “ASP.NET and Web Services” for Steven Smith, primary author for “ASP.NET By Example”, a highly regarded introduction to Microsoft's ASP.NET web programming model which had just hit the market at the time of publication. More details at http://tinyurl.com/2r6dqc
Manager, Information Systems

Upstate Biotechnology Inc.

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

September 1996 — October 1999 (3 years 2 months)

Responsible for all network and database systems at Upstate's Waltham, MA office including Upstate's e-commerce web-site. Created Upstate’s e-commerce web-site, secure online ordering system, and product database from scratch. Managed the implementation of Onyx’s CRM system, implemented without consultant support the eventual replacement of this system with Epicor’s eFrontOffice CRM system, and implemented without consultant support the integration of this system with Epicor’s eBackOffice ERP solution for which I was the project team technical lead from product selection to production use.
I.T. Consultant

Argonex Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

June 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 4 months)

Provided support for Argonex’s corporate headquarters and re-engineered the IT infrastructure of two subsidiaries. Migrated two Novell networks to Windows NT, established a WAN between two sites, and designed Argonex’s corporate and clinical trials web-sites.