Thomas Schunk

Past

Independent Contractor (Delivery) at Yellowbook
Independent Contractor (Delivery) at YellowBook
Part Time Independent Contractor (Delivery) at Cox AutoTrader

Volunteer (Part-time) at Political Campaign
Independent Contractor (Delivery) at Yellow Book USA
Senior Applications Developer at UnitedHealth Group
Software Engineer at UnitedHealth Group
Associate Software Engineer at UnitedHealth Group
Programmer Analyst at CustomCall Data Systems
Software Engineer at Pitney Bowes, Inc.

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Education

Hennepin Technical College
Hennepin Technical College
Minnesota State University, Moorhead

Buena Vista University
Hopkins High School
North Hennepin Community College

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Thomas Schunk’s Summary

A 16-year software development professional with talents covering the entire software development cycle. Has multiple years of Java (J2SE and pseudo J2EE infrastructure), C, SQL, and PowerBuilder coding experience. Also has coded in Perl and Korn Shell. Knows J2EE and HTML and Web Design concepts. Strong skills in analysis, written communication, problem solving, troubleshooting production issues, and design.

Currently seeking employment as Software Engineer, Programmer Analyst, Applications Developer, Business Analyst or Technical Writer. Prefer a mid-level or senior level position. Willing to consider high end of entry-level position for right environment. Always interested in learning new skills.

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." - Bill Gates

Thomas Schunk’s Specialties:

Java, C, SQL, PowerBuilder programming. Designing and programming application to be either 2-tier or 3-tier applications. Experienced developing human interactive or batch applications. Strong analytical skills. Eager to learn new technical skills. Motivated. Gets the project completed, even if it requires long hours. Completed North Hennepin Community College "Web Design Concepts" and "Web Development Concepts" courses.

Thomas Schunk’s Experience

Independent Contractor (Delivery)

Yellowbook

(Public Company; yell; Marketing and Advertising industry)

November 2009 — November 2009 (1 month)

Delivered more than 3,200 phone books to multiple residential, commercial, and government addresses on routes. Documented phone book deliveries with no reported issues.
Independent Contractor (Delivery)

YellowBook

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2009 — August 2009 (2 months)

Delivered 3,527 phone books to multiple residential, commercial, and government addresses on several routes from July 9 through August 4. Retreived 694 unwanted phone books from a large apartment complex. Documented phone book deliveries with no reported issues.
Part Time Independent Contractor (Delivery)

Cox AutoTrader

(Newspapers industry)

December 2008 — June 2009 (7 months)

Weekly delivery of various magazines published by AutoTrader, Dominon Enterprises, and other publishers to 25 retail outlets on route. Delivered free auto-related magazines to 33 stops including restaraunts, bus stops, light rail train stops, grocery/convenience stores, liquor stores, and other retail outlets. Volunteered to deliver for routes when usual delivery person was absent. Printed invoice for reatiler. Handled cash and checks from retailers. Produced route report for Circulation Manager.
Volunteer (Part-time)

Political Campaign

(Political Organization industry)

September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)

Volunteered between 15 and 35 hours per week to a political campaign. Learned campaign software. Performed data entry. Delivered lawn signs. Answered telephone. Greeted visitors to the campaign office. Stuffed envelopes. Solicited contributions. Distributed campaign literature during the University of Minnnesota Homecoming parade. Promoted candidate outside sporting events. Attended candidate debates.
Independent Contractor (Delivery)

Yellow Book USA

(Public Company; yell; Marketing and Advertising industry)

August 2008 — August 2008 (1 month)

Delivered more than 1,500 phone books to multiple residential, commercial, and government addresses on several routes. Documented phone book deliveries with no reported issues.
Senior Applications Developer

UnitedHealth Group

(Public Company; UNH; Insurance industry)

January 2000 — May 2008 (8 years 5 months)

Performed impact analysis of proposed new features. Designed, coded, maintained, and supported 3-tier Care Management, Benefits, and Eligibility software for OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions (OHBS). Documented builds, releases, and other data on internal Wiki site. Troubleshot issues with releases. Researched and corrected data inaccuracies caused by data loads, software releases, or application migration.
Software Engineer

UnitedHealth Group

(Public Company; UNH; Insurance industry)

March 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 11 months)

Designed, coded, maintained, and supported 3-tier Care Management, Benefits, and Eligibility software for United Behavioral Health (UBH). Documented builds and releases. Troubleshot issues with releases. Researched and corrected data inaccuracies caused by data loads, software releases, or application migration.
Associate Software Engineer

UnitedHealth Group

(Public Company; UNH; Insurance industry)

May 1997 — March 1998 (11 months)

Coded, maintained, and supported 3-tier Care Management and Benefits and Eligibility and Clinic Administration software for United Behavioral Health (UBH). Documented builds and releases. Troubleshot issues with releases. Researched and corrected data inaccuracies caused by data loads, software releases, or application migration.
Programmer Analyst

CustomCall Data Systems

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1996 — April 1997 (7 months)

Designed, programmed, and maintained third-party communications billing software using PowerBuilder and Watcom relational database. Developed written procedures to guide staff in preparing materials for clients.
Software Engineer

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1992 — April 1996 (3 years 8 months)

Designed, coded, and maintained commercial software in a proprietary relational database, C, and a proprietary MS-DOS based programming/DBMS. Maintained internally used data dictionary.

Thomas Schunk’s Education

Hennepin Technical College

2003 — 2004

Took Java I and Java II courses Fall 2003 - Spring 2004
Hennepin Technical College

1996 — 1996

Took PowerBuilder (version 4) course in Summer 1996
Minnesota State University, Moorhead

M.S. , Computer Science , 1990 — 1992

Worked part-time (10 - 40 hours per week) during school as data entry and analyizing surveys, 3.52 GPA, Master's Thesis on maintaining validity of HyperMedia (think "web pages") links when the target of the link changes.
Buena Vista University

B.S. , Computer Science - Math , 1986 — 1990

Deans list, Spring 1990 semister (Senior year), 3.025 GPA

Activities and Societies:

KBVC (College radio station) during Freshman and Sophomore years.
Hopkins High School
North Hennepin Community College

Additional Information

Thomas Schunk’s Websites:

Thomas Schunk’s Interests:

Java, web development, data analysis, Minnesota Twins, helping others

Thomas Schunk’s Groups:

Wooddale Job Transition Support Group, St. Andrew's Job Support Group (Eden Prairie, MN), St. Andrew's IT Job Support Group (Eden Prairie, MN), Minneapolis Job Search Workshop (Edina, MN), Face2Face.