Sergio Del Piccolo

Current

• Consultant, Founding Partner at Avantage Partners

Past

• Technology Architect at Visiphor Consulting Services (formerly Sunaptic Solutions)
• Senior Developer at Projux Online
• Data & Reporting Developer - Contract at Vancouver Port Authority

• Senior Developer - Contract at Legal Services Society
• Integration Developer - Contract at Philips, Hager & North
• Business Analyst / Programmer at CMS Cameron McKenna
• Application Developer - Contract at Media Initiatives
• Application Developer - Contract at First National Tricity Finance (Abbey National Group)

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Education

• University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Sergio Del Piccolo’s Summary

Consultant, architect and developer with more than ten years of experience in designing and developing Business Process Management (BPM) and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) solutions. With a background in the financial, legal, energy and transport & logisitcs sectors, delivered solutions for large multi-national companies in Europe and North America. Excellent communication and technical skills and the track record to deliver timely results.

Sergio Del Piccolo’s Specialties:

• Business process/workflow (BPM) planning, design, and implementation.
• Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) architecture and implementation, specialising in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Application architect, specialising in Object Oriented Programming (OOP).

Sergio Del Piccolo’s Experience

• Consultant, Founding Partner

  Avantage Partners

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2008 — Present (9 months)

• Technology Architect

  Visiphor Consulting Services (formerly Sunaptic Solutions)

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  • Led client technical sessions on the benefits of using BizTalk for integration solutions, K2.Net and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) for automating business processes.
  • Architected, led development teams and implemented integration and business process solutions using the following technologies: BizTalk Server, EDI, SQL Server, .Net Framework, web services, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), K2.Net 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), SharePoint 2003, InfoPath, ASP.Net and Office 2007/3.
  • Mentored co-op students and junior developers.
  • Led training courses for clients and in-house staff.
  • Compiled Statements of Work and project development estimations.

• Senior Developer

  Projux Online

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

  July 2000 — July 2005 (5 years 1 month)

  • Designed and developed the Projux backend using SQL Server 2000, the Projux API (VB6 and .Net) and the user interface using ASP.NET.
  • Designed and developed Projux scalar reporting system in ASP.Net, C# and SQL Server.
  • Migrated data stored in SQL Server to XML-based distributed data system using ADO.NET. Developed a migration service to update the XML-based system as changes occur in the database.

• Data & Reporting Developer - Contract

  Vancouver Port Authority

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Maritime industry)

  May 2005 — June 2005 (2 months)

  Reporting on Containerized Trade:
  Designed and created database objects to help automate existing management reports created with Crystal Reports. Database performance a key issue.

• Senior Developer - Contract

  Legal Services Society

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Legal Services industry)

  October 2003 — December 2003 (3 months)

  LawLINE:
  Designed and built a web application in VB.Net and ASP.Net to capture data and aid advocates in providing legal advice to customers of a legal aid service.

• Integration Developer - Contract

  Philips, Hager & North

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Management industry)

  October 2001 — December 2001 (3 months)

  Portfolio Control Project:
  Designed and built a web application to reconcile and migrate portfolio data from multiple databases into a single integrated management system.

• Business Analyst / Programmer

  CMS Cameron McKenna

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  September 1999 — May 2000 (9 months)

• Application Developer - Contract

  Media Initiatives

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 1999 — September 1999 (7 months)

• Application Developer - Contract

  First National Tricity Finance (Abbey National Group)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

  July 1995 — February 1999 (3 years 8 months)

Sergio Del Piccolo’s Education

• University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

  Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, 1989 — 2001

Additional Information

Sergio Del Piccolo’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Sergio Del Piccolo’s Groups:

Project Management Institute, PMI Canadian West Coast Chapter, K2 Insiders

•    Microsoft Partner Network

Sergio Del Piccolo’s Honors:

K2 Insider

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD Visual Studio 6.0, MCSD.Net),
Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD.Net),
Technical Specialist: Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006,
Technical Specialist: Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Sergio Del Piccolo’s Contact Settings

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