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Professional Summary

• Over 10 years of Visual Basic (2.0 - .NET) development experience with strong knowledge of utilizing object oriented programming and third-party components.
• Extensively uses classes, modules and common coding naming standards and has experience in creating OLE servers.
• Extensive experience in all phases of development from program analysis/design to shipping the final product and providing post-sales support.
• Extensive experience in building web sites with IIS, ASP, ASP.NET and Visual Basic.
• Author of the book (and web site) VB Tips & Tricks (released May 1997 by Mabry Publishing).
• Author of the book David McCarter VB Tips & Techniques (released June 2000 by Apress)
• UCSD Extension Teacher - Teaches and develops college level VB.NET, ASP.NET, Visual Basic Intro, Visual Basic Intermediate, Visual Basic ActiveX COM, Web Application Development Using VB and Visual Basic Database courses.

Technical Summary

Visual Basic (2.0 - .Net), ActiveX COM, OCX, DLL s, Win32 API, ASP, IIS, MTS, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Access, ADO, SQL Server, XML, Java Script.

Experience

• Developed customer front-end web sites in ASP to allow potential candidates to enter their information and submit resumes for job openings. These pages used an SQLServer backend and communicated via XML. These pages also used Java Script for client-side validation.
• Developed a Question Engine that allowed customers to ask candidates questions during the information retrieval process on their web site. This engine allowed customers to identify "disqualifying" answers. These answers would be used to atomically disqualify a candidate with no interaction from a recruiter. This Question Engine included ASP.NET web pages for the customer to maintain their questionnaires.
• Helped to develop a custom back office solution for our customers so that they can view, update and get reports on the contacts that submitted their information through their front-end web site. This back office is written in ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET using SQLServer, XML, .NET Assemblies and .NET Windows Services.
• Migrated ASP pages to ASP.NET

• Helped to architect and develop a new, flexible web based Portal product for Venture Capital companies. This system is based on ASP, ADO, SQL Server, XML, .NET and Great Plains Software.
  • This application included the company s first .NET project that utilized Windows Service written in VB.NET, DLL assemblies written in VB.NET and reporting/searching written in ASP.NET. This application is going to be featured in an upcoming feature article in the Visual Basic Programmers Journal.
• Helped to develop a new web based Portal demo for Venture Capital companies.
• Developed procedures for documenting specifications, Visual Source Safe and company coding standards.

• Developed a high-speed delivery system for suppliers using Visual Basic, SQL Server, ADO and XML. This system delivers and prints orders for suppliers for product shipments. This system replaced the older fax system that could only deliver 40 orders per fax machine per hour. This new high-speed system delivers 1,300 orders per hour per printer. Videosoft featured this system in a press release.
• Developed BackOffice reports on the administration web site to provide reporting and inventory management control for other departments in the company. This system used ASP, ADO and SQL Server.
• Helped to architect and develop a new, flexible and faster e-commerce web site for Proflowers.com that will meet their current and future business needs. This included writing specifications, developing code with Visual Basic, ASP, ADO, Stored Procedures and SQL Server.
• Developed procedures for documenting specifications, Visual Source Safe and company coding standards.

• Currently leading 14 Visual Basic projects (all aspects of the development process) that are part of Rosco s multi-tier enterprise program DesignGroup. The projects range from the creation of EXE s, ActiveX COM controls, and DLL s.
• Performs as Web Development Team Lead in charge of a web project that ports Rosco s DesignGroup client functionality over to the web. This project uses Microsoft Internet Information Server, ASP, Java, Java Script, Visual Basic COM components, Rosco COM components, Microsoft Transaction Server and the Microsoft Scripting Engine.
• Implemented classes via the Microsoft Development process.
• Supervised a team of two other programmers.
• Performs conceptual design, written specifications for all Visual Basic projects, tested and deliver.

Develops, markets and supports custom programs using Visual Basic and publishes Visual Basic centric information for the Visual Basic community.

Publishing:

• Publisher of "VB Tips and Tricks". VBTT is a free web site dedicated to helping Visual Basic programmers. VBTT is available on the World Wide Web.
• Is on the Editorial Advisory Board and the Technical Review Board for the Visual Basic Programmers Journal. Writes articles and edits code for the magazine.
• Performs other writing/editing projects for Pinnacle Publishing Inc. and VBXtras

Development:

• Developed the popular program Same<>Same. This program is a Windows file transfer utility and is sold worldwide. Same<>Same was reviewed by PC Magazine in 1995.
• Performs custom programming projects. Recent customers include Intel, Media Architects, JASCA Corp., Radical Corp. Admit 1 Technologies and The Bare Facts.
• Develops and supports other programs including multi-media screen savers that are sold worldwide.

• Managed day-to-day activities of development group, which included the assignment of tasks and reporting project progress to company and customers.
• Mentored several less experienced programmers.
• Wrote and designed a Visual Basic 4.0 32-bit program for an existing movie ticketing system that interfaced between that program and Wyse dumb terminals. This system runs on a Windows NT server and uses com ports to communicate with the terminals and ticket printers.

• Re-designed and coded a multi-media application in Visual Basic 4 that displayed information via television sets targeted for horse racing tracks. The program used many third-party controls and an Access database to store multi-media page information. Also developed a multi-media page editing program, a scheduling program, and a program that displayed information to the television screens over a Windows for Workgroups to send the display Designed and coded a Visual Basic 4 program that allows users to purchase horse racing information and place wagers.
• This 32-bit program used other third-party tools to display spreadsheet information, perform remote dial-up of web server back-end, display HTML information and more. Program uses TCP/IP and http protocols to send requests and receive information form a UNIX-based web server on a Silicon Graphics computer. This program also uses a secure Access 7 database to store user/racing information required to place wagers.
• Designed look-and-feel (HTML, CGI, Graphics) of the IWN HomeStretch web site (www.iwnonline.com) that allows users to purchase racing information and place wagers. Worked with company that wrote web server back-end scripts and programs.

• Developed new Windows-based software and enhanced existing programs. The software included programs that connect to an INFORMIX database on a UNIX mainframe.
• Developed a multimedia program that is an electronic catalog that customers can use for product searches. The program displayed graphics, video and animation from information gathered from an Access database.

• Migrated company s DOS-based programs to Windows environment using Visual Basic for Windows, Microsoft Access and various third-party products.

• Used Visual Basic (Windows/DOS) and Pascal to develop in-house programs.
• Developed custom Windows Help Files and developed custom databases using Access for Windows and dBASE.
• Installed and configured software and hardware, and provided training and support.