
Software Engineer and Computer Software Consultant
Phoenix, Arizona Area

Software Engineer and Computer Software Consultant
Phoenix, Arizona Area
I am an experienced developer with years of Visual Basic.net (VB.net), Active Server Pages.net (ASP.net), Visual Basic (VB) and Active Server Pages (ASP) development experience. Have been doing ASP.NET development for the past few months. Microsoft SQL server and Access have been the primary databases I have used. I am interested in new systems development. My favorite work is working for a small company and being an integral part of growing the company over the years.
I am currently interested in working in start up internet or computer development firms, or even existing firms starting new groups for design and development of completely new systems. Also doing web development as consultant is an interest.
VB.NET, ASP.NET, VB6, XML, ASP, MS SQL server, Analysis & Design, web development, C#, .NET Compact Framework, Mobile Appplication Devleopment
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
Travel Agent at Main Street Travel Co. Assist clients in thier travel plans, specializing in Disney Vacations.
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Owner and Webmaster of site that maintains list of all Disney themed podcasts, oth official Disney company podcasts and fan created podcasts.
(Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Create weekly content for two podcasts. One covering the past weekend's top box office films and the following weeks new releases. The second podcast covers the week's Major League Soccer scores and schedule. Post-produce sound (audio and music) tracks and publish podcast.
http://www.weeklyfimupdatepodcast.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2005 — Present (3 years 8 months)
Application consulting and development. Provide software consulting and devleopment to aid in business process improvements.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2004 — Present (4 years 9 months)
Small business doing custom software development consulting specializing in applications for small businesses. Also developed and maintained web sites for customer. Developing software applications and web communities for public sale.
(Internet industry)
February 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 6 months)
Research, create, author daily weblog content.
Contributor to:
DownloadSquad: Covering new software applications and web sites. http://www.downloadsquad.com
Past Contributor to:
(RETIRED) Droxy: Covering digital radio and podcasting news, technologies and programs. http://www.droxy.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — November 2005 (5 months)
Create and maintain ASPX pages for Sigma clients web site using VB.net. Updates to VB.net ASPX pages on another Sigma client web site used to record survey responses on use of the clients printers and copiers. Created ASP.NET administration web pages for internal web site to maintain data support tables.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
October 2004 — June 2005 (9 months)
Created, maintained, and enhanced HTML, ASP pages for Studentloan.com web site. Designed and wrote XSL style sheet used to convert HTML content into XML meeting third party provided schema for use as content on third partys large portal web sites college financing information. Added additional functionality to C# and VB components to provide new functions for use on the website. Assisted in the analysis of requested changes to determine the scope of impact and amount of work required to complete said changes. Participated in design and planning meetings for projects.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
April 2004 — November 2004 (8 months)
As a volunteer for Bob Cook's campaign I designed and maintained his web site. It was a database driven site with an online interface for entering news releases and upcoming events for the campaign. It was written in ASP and used Access as the databse running on the site. The campaign got numerous postive feedback on the site.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2000 — September 2004 (4 years 8 months)
I originally came aboard as the first in house developer. I was the second non family member to start working at the company. I was responsible for building the client application used by our customers to organize and transmit their data to the web site for storage and later retrieval. I also maintained and wrote a lot of the back end components used on the web site, as well as assisted with the database system coding and maintenance. I also worked closely with the CTO in design and structure of the system as a whole. I was an integral part of growing the company from 6 employees to over 20.
(Computer Software industry)
August 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 7 months)
Created Active Server Pages, which were hosted on IMPCO's website, and accessed from client's website through the use of frame sets. Responsible for design and implementation of Intranet based database applications using Active Server Pages and SQL Server. Enhanced Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system to facilitate text-to-speech for use by clients in scripts. Added customizable incoming email processing to existing automated outgoing email program. Assisted Client Services with the development and planning of IVR scripts to fit into IVR systems. Created and maintained several support programs for IVR system. Programmed generic interface used to run production jobs by Operations group, using Visual Basic and SQL Server tables. Created interfaces used to maintain database information used by telephone representatives. Assisted with development of generic output production systems. Helped maintain setup of support tables for processing of responses to client's marketing.
new technology, startup, small business, blogging, social networking, RSS, blogging, podcasting
microISV, PCN (Podcasternews), WIN (Weblogs Inc Network), podcasting community