Experienced Technology & Business Professional [William@WilliamJones.info]
Las Vegas, Nevada Area
- Past
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- Project Manager at WorldDoc
- Applications Developer at HCA Health Care
- Adjunct Instructor at Las Vegas College
- Lead Applications Developer/Program Analyst at Nextel Partners
- Quality Assurance Engineer at Macromedia
- Electrical Lineman at U.S. Air Force Reserve
- Lead Multimedia Programmer at Ingram Micro
- Anti-Tank Assaultman at United States Marine Corps
- Education
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- University of Phoenix
- University of Phoenix
- Irvine Valley College
- Santa Ana College
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William Jones’s Summary
Information technology professional with over 10 years’ experience working with Fortune 500 companies. Specialized in developing Internet and desktop applications; supervised and trained employees. Effective communicator able to explain complex ideas and concepts to non-technical people. Highly creative and resourceful critical thinker; thrives on solving challenging business issues. Solutions oriented with an eye toward bottom line results.
William Jones’s Specialties:
Languages & Tools: ASP, C#, C/C++, CSS, HTML, Java, JavaScript, .Net, SQL, VBScript, Visual Basic, XML, Acrplan Dynasight, Business Objects, Interwoven TeamSite, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint.
William Jones’s Experience
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Project Manager
WorldDoc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
April 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 5 months)
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Applications Developer
HCA Health Care
(Public Company; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 11 months)
Produced, administered, maintained applications and databases, performed business analysis, and implemented standards.
• Developed over 15 Intranet and desktop applications within two years using a variety of technologies, significantly improving worker productivity and/or saving time or money.
• Routinely collaborated with a myriad of business owners to define project specifications, generating clear and concise specifications that effectively communicated project details to development team and stakeholders.
• Created application templates, code libraries and development standards, considerably reducing development time. -
Adjunct Instructor
Las Vegas College
(Public Company; Higher Education industry)
November 2004 — August 2005 (10 months)
• Provided quality delivery of assigned courses in the Computer Office Technologies and Applications (COTA) degree program: Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Administrative Procedure & Theory.
• Planed course instruction, administered and graded examinations. -
Lead Applications Developer/Program Analyst
Nextel Partners
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NXTP; Telecommunications industry)
August 2001 — April 2005 (3 years 9 months)
Formed new role, managed employees, and distributed critical sales information.
• Researched and implemented both the Intranet content manager position and software, resulting in increased efficiency in creating and distributing departmental information throughout the organization.
• Trained and supervised over 100 Content Managers in Nevada and Florida to use Macromedia Contribute and Microsoft SharePoint, improving the effectiveness of communication and interaction between business units.
• Coordinated with marketing to organize and distribute monthly promotions to entire sales force through a multi-channel distribution system; sales force and customers throughout the U.S. were kept abreast of time-sensitive promotions. -
Quality Assurance Engineer
Macromedia
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
July 1999 — May 2001 (1 year 11 months)
Created automated testing solutions, performed quality assurance tests, and coordinated with beta test community.
• Implemented Athena, an automated testing solution for Macromedia Director and the Multiuser Server; minimized manual software testing by 75%.
• Worked closely with beta test community to log, investigate, isolate, and verify bug fixes; greatly increased product stability through collaboration.
• Executed smoke, beta, regression, stress, and performance tests; significantly increased product quality and customer satisfaction. -
Electrical Lineman
U.S. Air Force Reserve
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
June 1993 — June 1999 (6 years 1 month)
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Lead Multimedia Programmer
Ingram Micro
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1996 — June 1999 (3 years 2 months)
Formulated effective CD-ROM production strategies, delegated tasks, and conducted training.
• Developed production strategies, project templates, reusable code libraries, and production utilities, reducing CD-ROM development time by 33%.
• Delegated production tasks based on employee strengths, providing challenge while increasing job satisfaction.
• Trained Marketing department staff to use Macromedia Director and content managers to use Microsoft FrontPage, minimizing CD-ROM production time and improving manageability of department websites. -
Anti-Tank Assaultman
United States Marine Corps
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
May 1986 — February 1990 (3 years 10 months)
• Promoted to Dragon Gunner (0351) Section Leader and supervised 11 Marines.
• Served as military hotel manager in Okinawa, Japan.
• Earned Good Conduct Medal and an Honorable Discharge.
William Jones’s Education
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University of Phoenix
MS, Business Administration, 2005 — 2007
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University of Phoenix
BS, Information Technology, 2002 — 2004
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Irvine Valley College
General Education 1994 — 1999
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Santa Ana College
General Education 1994 — 1994
Additional Information
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William Jones’s Interests:
Self Improvement, Art History, Teaching, Japan, Japanese, Hawaiian food, Traveling, Haiku, Movies, Reading Tech Books, Smart Phones, Computer Programming, Starbucks, Mountain Biking, Collage, Creative Writing.
William Jones’s Groups:
Toasmasters International, Orange County Multimedia Association
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