Robert S. (Skip) Sailors
23027 128th Place SE
Kent, WA98031
(235) 630-2720
skips@drizzle.net
http://www.drizzle.com/~skips
Professional
Experience
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Logic 20/20, Seattle, WA, 2006 -- present
Senior Consultant:
Responsible for designing and implementation of data model and class libraries supporting predictive traffic flow. The subsystem was part of a traffic-enabled portable device coupled with a mobile phone to provide hands-free navigation aid as an option in new vehicles. Data stored in SQL 2005 was communicated with web services and XML, or SMS. A web page integrated with a host site was part of the product.
Senior Consultant:
Senior developer for a dynamic startup in television advertising media using SOA, .NET 3, ASP, SQL 2005, with TFS. Developed system integration with Excahnge 2007 Web Services. Developed service for captuirng information for Data Warehouse. Developed some user controls. Diagnosed problems with WCF. Developed unit tests with TFS testing framework. Client was able to meet some very aggressive deadlines with a good quality product.
Qualifacts Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA, 2004 -- 2006
Program Developer III C:
Work directly with Chief Architect to implement platform components for applications. Implement security provider model .NET 1.1 applications. Deliver Microsoft Enterprise Library configuration blocks to the platform. Provide upgrade path to ASP.NET 2.0. Use BizTalk and SSIS to provide integration with existing eligibility systems.
Program Developer III B - Team Lead:
Develop and direct development of an adjudication system for Health and Human Services and commercial claims processing. Team consisted of between three and five other developers. The system is written using C#, SQL, and proprietary form generation tools. The system is architected as a 3-tier using Microsoft Application Blocks, Datasets ASP.NET, Remoting. Tools include NAnt and NUnit.
Harland Financial Solutions, Mortgage Solutions Group (formerly INTERLINQ Software), Bellevue, WA, 2000 -- 2004
Lead Software Engineer:
Capacity Planning for distributed .NET components. Improvement of quality measurement process for the LOS system. Analysis of Web Services. Obtained Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification for C# Web applications.
Senior Software Engineer (QA, formerly Release Quality):
Capacity Planning for web-based Loan Origination System (LOS) software with .NET components using LoadRunner, ACT, WAS, Perl, ASP.NET, C#, C++, SQL (MSSQL 2000), and various other tools. Initial development of deployment for web-based LOS. Development of automation framework for Release Quality department using WinRunner, TestDirector, and tools mentioned below. Development of enterprise quality and SCM standards. Development of networked testing labs. Quality assessment of EAI products. Helping others learn XML and XSLT, scripting, programming, and process development.
Senior Software Engineer (Servicing):
Development of software for Servicing segment of the mortgage industry using C++, Visual Basic, VBScript, VBA, UML, Perl, korn shell, Microsoft Access, SQL 7, SQL 2000, HTML on various Windows platforms including Windows 2000 and XP. Installation packages developed using InstallShield 3, 5, 6 and Windows Installer (MSI). Development and maintenance of build processes for a half-dozen products. Helping others learn to maintain products' builds.
Senior Software Engineer (Secondary):
Development of software for Secondary Marketing segment of the mortgage industry using C++, Visual Basic, VBScript, VBA, UML, Microsoft Access, SQL 7, SQL 2000, HTML on various Windows platforms including Windows 2000 and NT. Installation packages developed using InstallShield 5 and 6. Development and maintenance of build processes for a several products.
Integrated Design Engineering Systems (IDES), Inc., Laramie, WY, 1996 -- 2000
Manager of Software Development and Information Technology:
Authority over seven developers' scheduling, quality control, and project management. Helped research ISO 9001 certification potential, capacity planning strategies.
Product Developer:
Analysis, design, maintenance, installation of middleware between SQL Server or Microsoft Jet Engine and various Web-based (ASP, IIS, ISAPI) or Desktop (Word, Excel, Access, our own code) GUI clients supplying plastics materials information. Design and code with Object-Oriented principles, Booch and UML notation, Patterns, VC++, COM, MFC, Transact SQL, XML, Perl and various other components and tools. (Desktop was a port of the networked version.) Network administration of around ten NT servers and 30 NT Workstation and Windows '95/'98 clients, including the disaster recovery, Exchange services, fax cards, disk duplication, CD-ROM burning and Web deployment using a dedicated T1 and TCP/IP. Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Access, and Visual Basic were project management and software documentation tools. Researched Java and ActiveX solutions to resolve Netscape and Internet Explorer browser compatibility issues. Used InstallShield to build installation packages.
Aspen Tree Software, Laramie, WY, 1996 -- 1996
Software & Systems Developer:
Development of telephony (VRU) system for Human Resources departments using xBase (dBase) platforms, specifically FoxPro and CLIPPER, and application-specific hardware. The product was console-based. Implementation of reporting software interfacing between Novell network and Windows NT/95 environment using FoxPro and Microsoft Access. Network administration and deployment of the product on 10 Novell Servers and delivered to an 800 number via a T1 line translated to voice. Some administration of an NT/95 environment. (Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Access, and Visual Basic were project management and software documentation tools.)
ClassiFACTS, Aurora, CO, 1994 -- 1996
Project Lead:
Supervision of three other programmers.
Programmer:
All aspects of development during lifecycle for classified advertisement database retailer, including inbound and outbound telemarketing, data acquisition, indexing and cross-referencing information in classified advertisements. Implementation of system components using Borland C++ (and the OWL), ProtoView, the Sybase dblib, Access, PowerBuilder, Paradox, Booch, Rational Rose. Helped design and implement physical and logical data models capturing information gathered from full-text search of classified advertisements, customers' demographics and accounting information (including credit cards) using ERD (ERWin.) (Database implemented in Novell SQL then Sybase.) Maintenance of SCM process using PVCS. Maintenance of Novell/NT network; 4 five servers and 60 Windows 3.11 clients. (Used Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, and Access.)
Managed Care Technologies, Inc., Fort Collins, CO, 1992 -- 1994
Programmer:
All aspects of development during lifecycle of networked DBMS supporting managed health care operations, including team leadership. Relational design implemented in Btrieve and C for Windows 2.0 and 3.x platforms and Novell. (Some knowledge of Intel Assembly Language required.) Administration of Novell development network of one server and eight clients. Presentation of seminars on SQL reports. Some marketing and sales. Devloped defect tracking system.
Additionally I have been a graduate assistant teaching WordPerfect, Lotus, and BASIC; roofer; musician; tutor in math, computer science, and statistics; laboratory assistant; grader; lawn care maintenance man; movie theater usher; statistics specialist; night receptionist; data processor (where I wrote an RPG report on an IBM S/36;) night shift answering service operator (where I wrote a QBASIC DBMS for a Kaypro;) lifeguard and swim coach on and off since 1977. Details are available on request.
Education:Creighton University, OmahaNE
Thirty two hours graduate work in computer science , 1991 -- 1992, G.P.A. = 3.9
University of Wyoming, LaramieWY
Course work in computer science , 1986 -- 1990, G.P.A. = 4.0
BS in Chemical Engineering , -- Spring, 1986, G.P.A. = 3.0
Copyright (c) 1978-2007 by Skip Sailors. All rights reserved.