Rick Schott

Current

Senior Software Engineer at SilkRoad

Past

Owner at Cedar Creek Kennel, Inc
Programer Analyst, DBA at Microfibres
Software Engineer(contracted) at Hammerman Associates Inc.

IT Solutions Developer at Keane
Image Processing Programmer on assignment at Silas Technologies(Wachovia) at Eastridge Technology
Intern Programmer at Pitt County MIS

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Education

East Carolina University - College of Business

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Rick Schott’s Summary

Over 10 years experience writing software with a proven track record for delivering scalable, reliable and extensible internet/intranet systems. I have worked across many different industries on full scale E-commerce, B2B, Enterprise SAAS and ERP systems as well as small business inventory/content management systems.

I believe in using the technology that fits the solution.

Rick Schott’s Specialties:

.NET, C#, VB.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Java, JSP, PHP, ColdFusion, Javascript, AJAX,

IIS, Apache, Tomcat,

Enterprise Architecture, Information Architecture, Object Modeling, Security Models, Secure Application Development, Database Performance Tuning

Rick Schott’s Experience

Senior Software Engineer

SilkRoad

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

May 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

Design, implement and support features for enterprise SAAS product Wingspan, utilizing ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, .NET 3.5, SQL Server 2005/2008, AJAX and WCF.
Owner

Cedar Creek Kennel, Inc

(Hospitality industry)

July 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 1 month)

Owned and operated boutique style boarding kennel for dogs. Increased revenue and customer base each year with superior customer service. Was responsible for day to day operations including payroll and employee management.

http://www.cedarcreekkennel.com
Programer Analyst, DBA

Microfibres

(Privately Held; Textiles industry)

January 2002 — May 2005 (3 years 5 months)

Implemented and customized new Java ERP system(www.jomarsoftcorp.com) from 2 failed legacy ERP implementations. Maintained 24/7 high availability production environment with 99% up time. Designed highly secure customer extranet along with various internal web applications such as helpdesk and shopfloor systems.
Software Engineer(contracted)

Hammerman Associates Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

December 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 4 months)

• Developed and supported HammerLaunch 2.2 (Standalone Crystal Report Viewer)
IT Solutions Developer

Keane

(Privately Held; KEA; Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years )

Wrote full scale E-commerce, B2B web applications and content management systems using various technologies: VB6 COM+, ASP, Java, JSP, PHP, MySQL, SQL Server, Flash, advanced JavaScript.
Image Processing Programmer on assignment at Silas Technologies(Wachovia)

Eastridge Technology

(Computer Software industry)

June 2000 — October 2000 (5 months)

Managed project for Silas Technologies’ intranet site development.
Designed and developed an internal, web-enabled project/resource management system using Visual Basic and ASP.
Completed image research, documentation of process flows using Visio, and aided in interface design and specification discussions.
Intern Programmer

Pitt County MIS

(Government Administration industry)

January 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 6 months)

• Designed and maintained a VB 6.0 client server application using a SQL Server backend utilizing Crystal Reports 8.0 called CHECKIN, which is an employee management system that tracks the absence and presence of employees during regular working hours. CHECKIN is still in use today.
• Developed a module to automate ODBC connection setup.
• Developed a front-end application using VB 6.0, Access 97 and Crystal Reports 8.0 for the Pitt County Detention Center called Pistol Plus which tracks incidents that occur inside the Detention Center involving inmates, officers, or visitors.

Rick Schott’s Education

East Carolina University - College of Business

BSBA , MIS , 1996 — 2000

Developed various mock-up applications utilizing Visual Basic, Flash, SQL Server, and MS Access.

Activities and Societies:

Baseball