John Zivic

Sr. Software Applications Developer at Boeing

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Current
  • Sr. Software Applications Developer at Boeing
  • Founder / Web Developer at DeserTek Solutions (Self-employed)
Past

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Education
  • Mount Angel Seminary
  • Mount Angel College
  • Arizona State University
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Industry
Computer Software
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John Zivic’s Summary

Experienced software developer with over 15 years of development experience. I have worked on small and large development teams with companies who are worldwide leaders in the Telecommunications, Aerospace/Defense, and Semiconductor industries. I have also worked for smaller companies in niche markets as well as e-commerce companies during the early days of the .COM era.

I offer a solid understanding and a wealth of experience in all aspects of the software life-cycle process including requirements gathering, programming specifications, code development, applications testing, and graphic design and layout.

I have several professional certifications including:
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
--for Microsoft .NET

John Zivic’s Specialties:

My specialty is full life-cycle development of web based applications that utilize Microsoft technologies including Classic ASP and ASP.NET front-ends and SQL Sever and Oracle back-ends. I am also skilled at graphic design and layout.

John Zivic’s Experience

  • Sr. Software Applications Developer

    Boeing

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA; Defense & Space industry)

    November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

    Member of a small (2 people) IT software development staff for this Boeing facility at Williams-Gateway Airport in Mesa, AZ. Work at this facility involves software support and development of both web-based applications (in Classic ASP and ASP.NET) as well as client-server applications written in Visual Basic. Applications include shop floor applications used by Army Apache RESET, Air Force T-38, and Navy SRF programs as well as a variety of web-based internal support and process-flow applications. This facility utilizes LEAN processes and is currently implementing CMMI.

  • Founder / Web Developer

    DeserTek Solutions (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

    October 1995 — Present (14 years 2 months)

    Co-founder of this Internet company which began as a web site design firm and has expanded into development of dynamic database driven sites that feature browser-based interfaces (mostly using ASP) for inputting and maintaining data. Current focus is on development of travel-related sites.

  • Web Developer

    Business Integration Group

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

    April 2001 — October 2006 (5 years 7 months)

    Member of the web development team for this Tempe company that specializes in web-based property management software. This application uses an ASP front-end and an Oracle back-end. Work consists primarily of maintenance of existing code, product enhancements, as well as the development of some new features.

  • Web Developer

    Intel Corp.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

    November 1999 — March 2001 (1 year 5 months)

    As part of the IT Computer and Programming Resources (CPR) Group, developed a variety of corporate Intranet applications using ASP and SQL Server; this included "start-to-finish" development on eight projects and code maintenance/enhancements on 10 other projects. This group is an internal web-consulting group within Intel, so our customers are other Intel departments throughout the world. Duties included the entire spectrum of development--from information gathering with the customer, development of a prototype, creation of requirements documents, in addition to my usual role as a developer doing coding, graphics design, testing, and deployment. Primary development tool is Visual InterDev.
    Contract employee via H.L. Yoh. (I declined Intel's permanent hire offer)

  • Web Developer

    SkyMall.com

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

    February 1999 — November 1999 (10 months)

    As part of the web development team at SkyMall.com, was responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of this company's internal and external websites. These browser-based solutions are used both for orders via the web as well as for their internal call processing center. This development involved designing/maintaining middle-tier components in Visual Basic (COM), deploying them on a web server, and connecting them with a SQL Server backend using Active Server Pages. Features of the site include shopping carts, credit card verification, and other E-commerce related technologies. Primary development tools used were Visual InterDev and Visual Basic. Permanent hire

  • Software Developer

    Lucent Technologies

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LU; Telecommunications industry)

    September 1997 — January 1999 (1 year 5 months)

    Working for the AG Communication Systems division of Lucent Technologies, I was on the development team for a product called JusticeTrax LIMS-plus(tm), a commercial app that is the industry leading packaged used by law enforcement agencies, crime labs, and forensic scientists for laboratory case management and analysis. This application, written in Visual FoxPro, supports SQL Server, Oracle, and Foxpro native tables for its backend data. In addition to this development work in Visual FoxPro, I also assisted in the migration of this app from VFP to a component based (COM) application with the GUI and business rules written in Visual Basic.
    Contract employee via Modis which led to permanent hire.

  • Database Developer

    Boeing. Co.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA; Defense & Space industry)

    June 1995 — August 1997 (2 years 3 months)

    Worked primarily in the area of database development using Visual FoxPro and earlier versions of FoxPro for DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows95, and Windows NT platforms. Work was divided approximately 60/40 between development of new systems and maintenance of the 20+ systems used at Boeing. In support of this effort, also did work using Visual Basic and a wide variety of graphics applications.
    Contract employee via General Technologies which led to permanent hire.

  • Database Developer

    McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

    July 1985 — August 1989 (4 years 2 months)

    Primary duty was the design and development of over 40 database systems for the purpose of inventory control, configuration management, parts tracking, personnel tracking, facilities scheduling, and other administrative applications. The majority of these systems were written in dBASE.
    Permanent hire.

John Zivic’s Education

  • Mount Angel Seminary

    M.A. , Theology , August 1989 — May 1994

  • Mount Angel College

    B.A. , Theology , August 1989 — May 1990

  • Arizona State University

    BSE , Computer Systems Engineering , September 1983 — June 1988

    One semester shy of degree.

    Activities and Societies:
    From 1985-1989, was part of a "Co-Op" program designed to couple academic training with actual work experience. As such, I worked full-time in the Defense Industry for half of the year, and the other half I went to ASU (and worked part-time in that same job while attending school).

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John Zivic’s Honors:

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (for Microsoft .NET)
Microsoft Certified Application Developer (for Microsoft .NET)
Microsoft Certified Professional

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