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Dear Hiring Coordinator,

I am interested in an IT position in your organization. I have over 20 years in the IT industry (business analyst, programmer / analyst, data modeler). I have an extensive history of effectiveness in a variety of business / technical environments. A brief list of my most recent expertise includes:

IDEs Visual Studio (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013), Brackets, PHP Storm

Desktop apps

Dot Net Framew ork (1.1, 2.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5) – C# LINQ, XML, Xpath, XSLT, Click Once, WPF, WCF (memory mapped files), Async / Await, Reporting Services, Entity Framew ork

Internet Dot Net Framew ork (2.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5) – C# IIS (6.5-7.5)

Web Forms, Asp.Net (MVC 3 -5), Web Services, Web API (CORS), oData, SPA (single pg. apps), TDD (test driven)

HTML5 (responsive design), CSS3

JavaScript (jQuery, jQuery-UI, BootStrap, AJAX, JSON)

Databases Oracle 11g, 12c

SqlServer 2005, 2008, 2012 (SqlServer Management Studio)

Tools SqlServer Mgmt. Studio, Tora (Oracle), jsFiddle, LinkPad, IE(8-11) Programmer tools, Chrome diagnostics, GIT

My business / industry experiences encompass a broad range of experiences (from Fortune 500 companies to small public & private concerns):

Client Name Industry Role / Dates Technical Environment(s)

** Written recommendations(from many of these clients) are available

American Ecology Waste Management

Business analyst / Data modeler / programmer May 1995 – Oct 1996

Pow erBuilder client dependent on OLE, Sybase 10

American General

Insurance & f inancial products

Data / process modeler Tech resource (mentor to 5 separate projects)

Nov 1995 – Mar 1996 Oct 1993 – Apr 1995

Thin GUI, Pow erBuilder, middlew are rules, CICS, IMS D/C

Associates Financial products

Data modeler / programmer

CICS, COBOL, ADSO, IDMS/R, VSAM

Cierra Solutions Real Estate solutions

Business analyst / Data modeler / programmer Feb 1997 – Aug 1998 ASP (classic) Pow erBuilder (2 & 3-tiered client server) SqlServer SQL

Dana Manufacturing

Automotive manufacturing (big 3)

Business analyst / Data modeler / programmer Apr 1986 – Mar 1987

CICS, COBOL, ADSO, IDMS/R, VSAM

Detroit Edison Energy Programmer / analyst Dec 1985 – Jan 1986

CICS, COBOL, VSAM – Fixed price bid

James River Paper products

manufacturing

Lead analyst / programmer Apr 1987 – Mar 1990

CICS, COBOL, EDI, DB2, VSAM

Johnson Space Center Space exploration Business analyst / Data modeler / programmer Apr 1997 – Jul 1997

Pow erBuilder (2 tier), ASP (classic), SqlServer

J. P. Morgan / Chase

Banking & f inancial products

Business analyst / Data modeler / programmer Aug 1998 – Dec 2000

Pow erBuilder (2 & 3 tier) Oracle

McDonald’s Food Industry

Senior technical consultant Mar 1990 – Oct 1990

CICS, COBOL, DB2

Nynex

Telephone & communications

Database development consultant Nov 1990 – Aug 1991

CICS, DB2, COBOL II, TSO & REXX (IDE & scripting)

Philadelphia American

Life

Insurance & f inancial

products

Business analyst / Data modeler / programmer Aug 1991 – Sept 1993

Pow erBuilder, COBOL, CICS, SqlServer, DB2, IMS/DB, VSAM

State of Texas – Real Estate Commission

Regulatory

Systems Analyst V Jun 2007 - present

C# (ASP.net [MVC 3-5], w eb services, web API , JavaScript (jQuery &

jQuery-UI / BootStrap), WPF & WCF, Oracle & SqlServer

Texas Commerce Bank

Banking & f inancial products

Programmer / Analyst (off icer) Mar 1996 – Feb 1997

Pow erBuilder, SqlServer & Oracle SQL

Volksw agen of America Automotive

Programmer / Analyst Dec 1984 – Dec 1985

CICS, COBOL, VSAM

As represented above, I have excelled in many roles in a myriad of business experiences. A couple of my most recent references:

“Gary w ent above and beyond w hat was required to insure that our need for a solution w as accurately met”

“Mr. Lew is has shown the ability to communicate w ith our staff on every level and has been able to tackle and complete projec ts for us w ith

thoroughness” I am passionate about technology and thoroughly enjoy w hat I do. I look forward to discussing our future opportunities.

Sincerely,

Gary Lewis


Developer / Data Modeler

I have an extensive history of effectiveness (20 plus years) in a variety of business / technical environments. Most

recently, my technical responsibilities include:

10+ years in Microsoft technologies with extensive knowledge Web development with relational back ends

Design, development, and implementation of web based applications o C#, Asp.Net (MVC 3-5) and web forms; Reporting Services; Entity FrameWork

Design patterns – dependency injection / Inversion of Control container – Unity

o JavaScript (jQuery, jQuery-UI, BootStrap), AJAX, JSON, XML, XSL o Web services, web API 3.0 (CORS) o HTML5, CSS3

Design and development of desktop apps o C#, WPF, XML, LINQ, Reporting Services

WPF Design patterns - MVVM

SqlServer (2005, 2008, 2012)and Oracle (11g, 12c) repositories

o Data modeling and SQL

Tool usage o Browsers IE (8-11) programmer tools, Chrome diagnostic tools

o LINQpad, jsFiddle, Fiddler, git, Tora (Oracle), SqlServer Mgmt Studio

Familiar with Agile practices and Test Driven Development

Solid understanding of object oriented programming (OOP) and design patterns

Effective communication and problem-solving skills

Brief Overview of Notable Work Experience Texas Real Estate Comm. (Austin Tx.) June 2007 - Present

Role Systems Analyst V (Developer / Data Modeler / Business Analyst)

Development Effort(s)

Generate all agency letters Process XML produced by Versa Regulatory (3rd party) & produce letters (w/ attachment PDFs), support in-house workflow (asp.net), email correspondence to licensee

Capture licensee education (web service)

Web service allows education providers to send (XML based) and

persist licensee education information (calls Versa Regulatory web service)

Web based entry of licensee education

Web page that allows entry of licensee education

DPS / FBI web service client

Web service client of Texas DPS to retrieve finger print and rap

sheet(s) from DPS & FBI. Workflow (desk top app) that allows staff review / approval or denial. Web service uses asynchronous (Async / Await) pattern.

Disciplinary actions report

Extraordinary complicated effort to take data from Versa Regulatory DB

(Oracle), compare this data to an in-house relational DB (SqlServer – non 3rd normal form), apply quarterly updates from a spreadsheet, and sync up pdf files to actions – and present a readable web page

Filtered report (LINQ expression tree filters ASP.net (MVC 5) restful Web API 3.0 ) presented in Drupal / PHP frame

Financial applications ASP.net (MVC) reconciliation & third party filtered data interface

Environment C# (v 2 - 5),.net framework (v 2.0 - 4.5), XML, LINQ , JavaScript (jQuery, jQueryUI, BootStrap, AJAX, JSON) Asp.Net (MVC 3-5), Web Services, Web API (CORS), HTML5, CSS3, oData, SPA (Single Pg. Apps), TDD (Test Driven Development), GIT


Independent Effort Jan 2009 - Present

Role Developer

Development

Effort

Stock Market Trend

Analyzer / paper trader

Capture transactions from real time market feed

Detail analysis of buyer vs seller action in an attempt to identify and earmark reoccurring events

Attempt to identify short & longer term trends

Save transactions in a form that can later be replayed

Graphically display buyer vs seller imbalances based upon an incremental time and price (quotes, trade & share volume, cumulative volume)

Identify support & resistance levels

Identify entry / exit points, execute mock trades, & calculate the profitability of trades

Environment C#, Asynchronous programing (originally using background threads, updated to use ASYNC / AWAIT

pattern), serialize data to replay later, real time feed from the markets

Vistar Technologies Oct. 2006 – June 2007

Role Developer / Contractor

Development Effort

Physician credentialing Capture all aspects of provider related data and interface to key industry systems

Transition text files (delimited & XML) to relational DBs

Develop various web service clients

Develop recursive model to logically capture & service XML

Development of 2-tier client /server application with multiple repository vendors (SqlServer & Oracle)

Develop universal notes repository to capture various content mediums (word, excel, pdf, etc.) & save to a relational repository

Environment C# (.net framework 2.0), OLE, XML, Web Services, PowerBuilder, SqlServer, Oracle

JP Morgan Chase (Houston Tx.) Aug. 1998 – Dec 2000

Role Developer, Data Modeler, Business Analyst, Consultant

Development

Effort(s)

LACMS Loan Acceptance & Compliance

Team Deposit

Database normalization

Development of two tier application with an Oracle repository

Code, test, & implement

Researched & prototyped alternatives (response time improvement) o Thin client alternative (browser based Java applet) o Created server side user object that utilized COM/DCOM to communicate between tiers

o Created Java based prototype (client)

Participant in corporate-wide forum on standard (future) architecture practices. Subjects included CORBA, Microsoft Transaction Server, Java / Java beans, COM/DCOM, XML

Environment Two tiered client server (PowerBuilder) application with Oracle & CICS/IMS DB back ends

Cierra Solutions (Houston Tx.) Aug. 1998 – Dec 2000

Role Developer, Data Modeler, Consultant

Development

Effort(s)

Real estate & procurement Capture info on perspective real estate acquisitions

Track project activities at

Johnson Space Center

Capture related information on various projects at JSC

Audio / video productions Track (work in progress) status of various efforts

Network tracking

Environment Java, ASP classic (Visual Interdev), PowerBuilder with SqlServer & Sybase relational repositories


Texas Commerce Bank (Houston Tx.) Mar. 1996 – Dec 1997

Role Developer, Technical Lead, Mentor

Development

Effort(s)

Various Introduce client server architecture to an environment that was

predominantly mainframe based

Explored possible intranet / internet alternatives (prototyped and presented to bank’s management)

Environment ASP classic, CGI, PowerBuilder with Oracle & CICS/IMS DB back ends

American General - VALIC (Houston Tx.) Nov. 1995 – Mar. 1996


Development

Effort(s)

Various Worked with business community to identify and model data requirements for several areas

Developed process models that were used to create rules-based engine.

Primary resource in the choice off the presentation layer’s IDE Environment Thin GUI, middleware rules and call center server with IMS D/C & CICS

American Ecology (Houston Tx.) May 1995 – Dec 1996



Generate bids for waste disposal

Complex pricing schedule

Client list that would support a query facility (support filtered bid look-up – on any reasonable data combination)

Environment PowerBuilder, OLE & use of Word template; Sybase back ends

American General - VALIC (Houston Tx.) Aug. 1998 – Dec 2000

Role Technical Resource, Mentor, Consultant


5 separate projects

Participated in choosing class library architecture o Included security, dynamic menus, window models, reusable utility objects & functions

Environment PowerBuilder client and Sybase repository

Philadelphia American Life (Houston Tx.) Aug. 1991 – Sept. 1993


Development

Effort(s)

PICS (Policy Information &

Control System)

Complete rewrite of all administrative systems currently running on

mainframe (IBM 3090 – 350+ users)

Redesign, code, & implement 22 sub-systems ( admin of life & health related products

Designed, coded, & implemented employee subsystem (enhancement of eligibility & group maintenance on-line system – CICS / DB2) to provide quick access to group member files

Designed, coded, & implemented a commission system for PALICO) to act as a 3 rd party

Environment Two tiered client server (PowerBuilder) application with Oracle & CICS/IMS DB back ends

Nynex (Orangeburg Ny.) Nov. 1990 – Aug 1991

Role Developer, Technical Lead, Consultant


NYNEX Info-2000 project Served as technical resource for over 100 applications staff

members for American Management Systems (AMS)

Addressing any CICS technical issues

Conducted on-site classes to acquaint development staff with proper usage of APS Macros, Intertest, CICS concepts, & QMF

Environment COBOL II, CICS, DB2, TSO & REXX


McDonald’s Corp (Oakbrook, Il) Mar. 1990 – Oct 1990



Various efforts including primary technical contact for CICS & DB2 issues

Develop strategy to build a CICS-based User Security System o Co-authored document to address various approaches

o Normalized DB2 tables integral to Security System o Coded & tested COBOL programs that would load / unload the DB2 tables from an extract of

Top Secret

Developed APS Macro utility that would generate the COBOL source code needed to access this information from a CICS transaction

Build a variety of APS Basic Utility Macros that would provide programmers with a common access to CICS services

Environment COBOL, CICS, DB2.

James River (Norwalk, Ct) Apr. 1987 – Mar. 1990

Role Lead Programmer / Analyst, Data Modeler, Consultant


Various efforts

Developed process to measure, analyze, & track customer responsiveness within the order entry &

shipping departments (replaced outdated order entry system) o Dramatically improved response time by combining modules & work flow procedures

Developed, tested, & implemented system to pass data to a remote mainframe using EDI

Installed DB2 version of Intertest

Designed, developed, & implemented a system to log & track analyst’s time against projects

Designed, developed, & implemented an order entry application migrated from newly acquired Crown Zellerbach division. This was an important piece of the integration project (estimated at over 10 work years)

Later joined Technical Services group where CICS, IMS & MVS/XA performance issues were addressed

Environment Two tiered PowerBuilder applications with Oracle & CICS/IMS DB back ends

DANA Manufacturing (Marion, In) Developer, Consultant

Environment COBOL, CICS, IDMS/R, VSAM, ADSO The Associates (South Bend, In) Developer, Consultant

Environment COBOL, CICS, IDMS/R, VSAM Detroit Edison (Detroit, Mi Developer, Consultant

Environment COBOL, CICS, IDMS/R, VSAM, ADSO Volkswagen of America (Warren, Mi) Developer, Consultant

Environment COBOL, CICS, VSAM

Sante Fe Energy (Amarillo, Tx) Developer, Employee

Environment COBOL, CICS, IDMS/R, VSAM, ADSO

Plans Cotton Co-op (Lubbock, Tx) Developer, Employee

Environment COBOL, CICS, VSAM

Education Programming Degree Texas Institute (specialization in COBOL, RPG, FORTRAN) – Dallas, Tx

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