
Sr. Lotus Notes Developer, Lotus Foundations reseller, speaker, author, trainer
Greater Chicago Area

Sr. Lotus Notes Developer, Lotus Foundations reseller, speaker, author, trainer
Greater Chicago Area
Over twenty five years experience in software development. For the past 17 years I have specialized in Lotus Notes Development and Administration. I have worked in all versions of Lotus Notes from R2 through R8.5.1. I am also a Certified Lotus Notes Professional (CLP) and an IBM Business Partner.
I have worked for numerous companies around the country, both on-site and remotely on either a full time basis or through consulting arrangements.
Experienced working for a variety of organizations including, but not limited to, home building, health care, insurance, automotive parts manufacturing, packaging and shipping, defense contractors, printing, electronics manufacturing, banking and consulting.
(Sole Proprietorship; Computer Software industry)
January 1995 — Present (14 years 11 months)
Certified Lotus Notes Application Development specialist
(Computer Software industry)
July 2009 — November 2009 (5 months)
(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
October 2008 — January 2009 (4 months)
I was responsible for all facets of IT within the company. I personally oversaw the Network and the Servers, all Lotus Notes Development and Administration, Backups, Disaster Recovery processes, Telecom and the Help Desk.
(Public Company; TDY; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
August 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 2 months)
As an off-site consultant, I was directly responsible for the development of, and support for, over 25 active corporate applications.
Note: The client was located in Thousand Oaks, CA and all my work was done remotely from our office in Aurora, Illinois. All communication was handled through Email, SameTime Instant Messaging and over the telephone.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Defense & Space industry)
March 2007 — July 2007 (5 months)
Developed Lotus Notes applications, redesigned and redeveloped corporate Development Request & Change Control application, designed and developed web interface for corporate intranet accessibility. Redeveloped work flow application to allow users to process requests and sign-offs more efficiently.
(Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
October 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Responsible for the support of all existing applications.
I managed the design and development of many new applications.
I developed a new Sales Tracking application that allowed management to chart sales efforts from prospect to opportunity.
I upgraded the company from Lotus R6 to R7.
I planned, implemented and supported a new BlackBerry Enterprise Server and managed daily user support.
(Privately Held; Packaging and Containers industry)
May 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 5 months)
Originally hired as a consultant, I was offered and accepted a full time position after six months.
Some of the projects I worked on included transitioning the existing Call Center and Inventory Databases to an R6 web-based solution.
I worked closely with the users to identify and define their business requirements for new applications.
I performed the daily administration for 3 Lotus Notes Servers.
I oversaw the upgrading of the company servers and desktop clients from Lotus R5 to R6.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Chemicals industry)
November 2002 — January 2003 (3 months)
Completed work on backlog of existing projects including technical documentation for company website. Designed extensive work flow system to allow for serial and parallel reporting by management.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
June 2001 — November 2001 (6 months)
Updated and maintained corporate Intranet using Lotus Notes/Domino. Implemented Lotus Quickplace to allow project coordination from local and remote locations affording managers and staff easier project tracking and increased productivity.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2001 — June 2001 (3 months)
Developed corporate intranet using Lotus Notes/Domino R5. Designed and built new interface to allow the users a self-service functionality to submit new ‘pages’ to the corporate intranet. Daily support of newly hired Lotus Notes Administration staff.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 6 months)
Sr. Lotus Notes consultant at multiple clients
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Construction industry)
May 2000 — March 2001 (11 months)
Designed, installed and implemented company-wide Lotus Notes e-mail infrastructure on AS/400 platform and transitioned users from existing Quick Mail system. Designed and incorporated Lotus QuickPlace application allowing users to conduct ‘face to face’ meetings, discuss projects and plans without travel. Designed and managed development of Lotus Notes application interfaced with existing RPG/DB2-based transaction system to allow remote users to update data on AS/400 over the web through a Domino interface. Developed automated process to produce Notes-based reports using Datalink/400 retrieving DB2 data from AS/400 databases. Responsible for system diagnostics, configuration, analysis and design, capacity planning and computer security within Lotus Notes server infrastructure. Provided first line support and trained employees on daily administration duties and advanced development to support future applications.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)
December 2000 — December 2000 (1 month)
Responsible for the upgrade of their AS400 Lotus Notes servers.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
July 2000 — August 2000 (2 months)
Installed and configured an AS400 to run Lotus Notes in their new headquarters.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
January 2000 — May 2000 (5 months)
Managed development of Lotus Domino and NetObjects web-based publication project. Coordinated and installed Lotus Notes throughout multiple company locations.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry)
December 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Managed the Lotus Notes development team and supported the Lotus Notes Administrators on a daily basis. Identified, designed and developed new applications as identified by management. Performed Y2K remediation on the company's PCs, Windows and Lotus Notes systems. Awarded "Consultant of the Month" for October 1999
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Sr. Lotus Notes Consultant for multiple clients. Conceived of, developed and managed the Lotus Notes Consulting division across all company branches nationwide.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
June 1998 — December 1998 (7 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
August 1997 — June 1998 (11 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1996 — August 1997 (1 year 6 months)
Computers, Internet, cooking, reading, continued learning in new technology, software/application development
Former member of: Kane County Emergency Management Agency, Hazardous Materials Response Team and the Search & Rescue Team
Professional:
Lotus R5 CLP (Development)
Who's Who Worldwide 1990
Who's Who Worldwide Platinum Edition 1992
Strathmore's Who's Who 2008
Personal:
Certified First Responder
Search & Rescue Operations Manager
Advanced Weather Spotter
Decontamination Team Member
Hazardous Materials Awareness Trained