Martin Nickel

Current

• Database Developer at Beal Bank

Past

• Consultant at Riptide Worldwide
• Database Analyst at MeterMesh (Shea Development Corp)
• Database Analyst at Robert Half Technologies / Alliance Data Systems

• Managing Consultant at Portant Communication
• Applications Architect at Harwood Technologies
• Software Architect at Rock Digital Technology
• Independent Consultant at Matrix Resources
• Project Manager at StarBase Corporation
• Senior Systems Engineer at Computer Task Group (CTG)
• Programmer/Analyst at Aviation Office of America
• Programmer/Analyst at Gardner and Associates

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Martin Nickel’s Summary

My expertise is with data modeling and database design, drawing on over 20 years of software development experience in a variety of environments.

Though I'm 100% geek, I have strong communication skills. I can develop and present a fine PowerPoint, write a proposal or position paper, and carry on a conversation with almost anyone.

Martin Nickel’s Specialties:

I've designed and developed solutions for many different industries. In technical areas, my current experience is slanted heavily toward SQL Server and .NET, but I have a broad background including Oracle, DB2, and MySql with PHP.

Martin Nickel’s Experience

• Database Developer

  Beal Bank

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Beal Bank is strategically leveraging the current market by purchasing distressed loan packages and working them through to resolution. I'm working with the loan servicing group integrating data from their various systems to create a cohesive model of the Bank's loan portfolio.

• Consultant

  Riptide Worldwide

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 2007 — July 2008 (9 months)

  Designing and developing database solutions in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.

• Database Analyst

  MeterMesh (Shea Development Corp)

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; SDLP.OB; Utilities industry)

  March 2007 — November 2007 (9 months)

  Information Intellect is developing a radio-based automated meter reading system (AMR) which reads information from electric, water, and gas meters. The information is collected to a central database and is available through a web--based interface. I've done SQL Server 2005 database design and development for the project.

• Database Analyst

  Robert Half Technologies / Alliance Data Systems

  (Public Company; ADS; Computer Software industry)

  July 2006 — March 2007 (9 months)

  Alliance Data Systems Corporation provides network and transaction services for various card processing operations. I supported several software development teams with SQL Server database design, query optimization, and problem isolation.

• Managing Consultant

  Portant Communication

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2002 — 2007 (5 years )

  Data modeling, database design and development with Microsoft SQL Server and other database platforms for a variety of clients.

• Applications Architect

  Harwood Technologies

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 1999 — February 2002 (2 years 10 months)

  Harwood provided software consulting for a variety of customers in the Dallas area. I managed the internal development team and had account management, software architecture, and database design responsibilities.

• Software Architect

  Rock Digital Technology

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

  November 1996 — May 1999 (2 years 7 months)

  Provided software architecture and database design for various clients, including: Harbinger International and CompUSA

• Independent Consultant

  Matrix Resources

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 1995 — November 1996 (1 year 3 months)

  Provided software architecture and database design for various clients, especially Harbinger International - an Electronic Document Interchange (EDI) software provider.

• Project Manager

  StarBase Corporation

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1994 — August 1995 (1 year 8 months)

  StarBase was a spinnoff of Borland, and was eventually re-aquired by them for their StarTeam product. I had account management, project management, and software architecture responsibilities (too many hats, really) for projects in Dallas, Montreal, and Los Angeles. Designed databases on Oracle and SQL Server.

• Senior Systems Engineer

  Computer Task Group (CTG)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CTGX; Computer Software industry)

  December 1988 — January 1994 (5 years 2 months)

  Software development in C and C++, primarily for IBM at their Southlake, Texas, Toronto, Ontario, and RTP, North Carolina labs.

• Programmer/Analyst

  Aviation Office of America

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

  March 1986 — December 1988 (2 years 10 months)

  Software Developer using CICS Cobol in IBM VM/VSE environment and C in NCR Unix

• Programmer/Analyst

  Gardner and Associates

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

  March 1985 — March 1986 (1 year 1 month)

  Software Developer on Unix and NCR VRX Cobol

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