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Lead, design, analyze, and develop database applications. Of particular interest are systems that provide solutions to clinical trials.

As technical lead, oversaw, facilitated and performed application configuration, installation, integration testing, submission and GCP adherence of clinical trial EDC web based databases developed in Phase Forward s flagship product InForm for multiple large pharmaceutical corporations. Delivery of InForm applications requires skills in Windows NT 4.0 platform including IIS, Oracle 7 8, VBScript, SAS, HTML, Phase Forward s XML specification MedML, et al. As technical lead and in conjunction with project managers, developed and executed against timeline estimates of technical components of projects. Lead more junior personal as well as team members in technical delivery of applications. As application engineer working in InForm designed, analyzed, developed, optimized and critiqued InForm EDC forms MedML InForm , middleware rules MedML VB Script , custom reports Crystal Reports , custom defined outbound databases MedML Oracle SQL, SAS . Through strong technical leadership and clinical understanding, helped established the culture for high performance teamwork characteristic of the Ann Arbor branch of Phase Forward Incorporated. Served as InForm technical resource to application engineers, clinical trial designers, project managers, business development, product development, product engineering and tech transfer customers via structured and unstructured means by trouble shooting, issuing technical reviews, solution exploration, inventing viable workarounds, impromptu training, bug reporting, tracking submission, and hands-on resource assistance. Identified and sought to address various product process improvements by creating and/or participating in the creation of shared utilities developed in VB for Applications client specification spreadsheet add-in, customer database code harvesting engineering add-in, installation log inspector add-in , Oracle SQL InForm to Oracle Clinical post processor, function library , SAS provided vision leadership for InForm to SAS re-use module , and multiple work instructions. Participated in and contributed to client meetings for requirements gathering, specification, product presentation, and user acceptance reviews.

Within 3 weeks, designed, analyzed and implemented a toxicity decision report system enabling very rapid review of the "health" of institutionally crucial patient treatment protocols. Application summarized data from 2 platforms utilizing Visual FoxPro with OLE Automation to MS Excel. End-user targets are senior hospital executives including Director and Chief Medical Officer. Assigned Project Lead for mid-phase development of large-scale client/server initiative HNAM Clinical Trials . Documented assigned change requests and future phase functional requirements. Served as senior on team as well as developed Protocol Document Manager component of HNAM Clinical Trials product. Filled interim duties of project manager for large-scale client/server initiative HNAM Clinical Trials . Coordinated work of development team through establishment of milestones, planning and coordination of functional specifications, and authoring of Phase I development document via Paradigm Plus OOP CAD tool. This effort supported and maintained this institutional initiative until all 9 FTE positions were recruited and filled. Project technology includes VB 5.0, Oracle on VMS and a proprietary business layer Cerner CCL . Through enhancements and maintenance, continue to provide support for all applications developed under my jurisdiction over the past 7 years MS FoxPro 2.6 DOS, MS Visual FoxPro 3.0 SIR SAS . Recruited and supervised contract employee for this effort. The result allowed applications and services to be maintained while significant efforts were leveraged toward the CPDM initiative. Salvaged a delayed VB 5.0 project under development by a junior. Stepped through a "post-mortem" review process with the developer creating a learning experience. Participated and contributed to an informal book review of Grady Booch s "Object Oriented World" with co-workers and motivated application of those skills in development.

Team leader of a group of three that designed and implemented an OO protocol database framework VGS using Visual FoxPro 3.0. VGS enables rapid distribution of protocol data collection projects that meet certain business process axioms. Implemented full round trip database system for support of Bone Marrow Transplant group using aforementioned VGS frame. VBMT pulls institutional laboratory data from an Oracle 7.2 database using ODBC connections, provides a separate query instance to facilitate clean, ad-hoc queries, and includes a Quality Control module generic to the VGS framework. Currently, all institutional transplant records are maintained in VBMT. Perceived a need for and single handedly developed a generic form manager database tool in FoxPro 2.6 DOS for use with complex questionnaire oriented projects. This metadata driven, highly normalized database significantly decreases project role-out time from weeks to hours. Developer of a comprehensive, metadata driven, distributive data-entry research protocol database PROGEDD in FoxPro 2.6 DOS. PROGEDD attempts to generalize clinical trial needs thereby providing rapid support for Phase I, II and III SJRCH trials. Currently, this project tracks 18 protocols over 3 principal tumor types. Contributed to development of comprehensive database application shell GS written in FoxPro 2.6 Windows. Project objectives include object oriented metadata theory as solutions for data dictionaires, security modules and rapid system development. The underlying approach evolved into the Visual GS VGS mentioned above using Visual FoxPro 3.0. Developed the curriculum and instructed a SQL training seminar using SAS as language setting. Used FoxPro 2.6 for Windows, SQL, Oracle and ODBC to develop several small, turn-key solutions to access institutional data for statisticians. Assisted in recruitment, hire evaluation of database/software team.

Wholly responsible for maintenance and upgrades of several institutionally strategic protocol databases on VAX platform using SIR as DBMS and SAS, DEC DCL and Fortran for add on utilities. Developed a randomization menu system on VAX using DEC DCL which significantly simplified randomization needs of hospital pharmacy. Developed a tissue inventory database in FoxPro 2.0 for Pediatric Oncology Group grant-based tissue bank. The project replaced an older, obsolete VAX based system and consequently increased input and querying time from tens of minutes to instantaneous.

Part time, intern based position designed as a training ground for students. Heavy programming in SAS and SIR as well as limited programming in Fortran as requested for projects by statisticians.

• OS Win95/NT 4.0, VMS, Unix
• Languages FoxPro 2.x DOS/Windows, Visual 3.0 , SQL, VB5, VB Script, VBA, HTML, C, Java
• DBMS Foxpro, Oracle 7.2/8i SQL/Plus, MS Access
• Packages InForm Phase Forward , SAS, Microsoft products, Paradigm Plus, ER/Win, BP/Win, ODBC, Visio, FrontPage 98

• Softskills Training: Communications; Priority Management; Conflict Management; Change Management
• 7 Habits of Effective People September 1999
• Leadership Skills Workshop June 1999
• 16th, 17th, 18th Annual Meeting of Society for Clinical Trials
• VBITS 97 Visual Basic Jump Start Orlando, FL
• MS Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies Seminar
• ACM PODS/SIGMOD Annual Meeting Principles of Database Systems/Special Interest Group on Management of Data
• 95 FoxPro User Conference, 92 93 MS FoxPro Developer s Conference, MicroEndeavors Advanced FoxPro 2.0 Training

MS in Computer Science University of Springfield Dec 1997
Oral Comprehensive Project: "Supporting Multiple View Maintenance Policies: Strategies for Data Warehousing"
BS in Mathematics Lambuth University Spring 1986 with hono rs