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Garrett Gunderson G@GarrettGunderson.com Chicago, IL. USA |
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| POSITION | |||||||||
| .NET Web Developer | |||||||||
| SUMMARY | |||||||||
| ·Over 15 years of technical experience in all phases of the application development life cycle including requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, management, implementation, documentation, training and technical support. | |||||||||
| ·Professional communication and interpersonal skills. | |||||||||
| TECHNICAL SKILLS | |||||||||
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| EXPERIENCE | |||||||||
| Zurich Insurance -- Enterprise Data Specialist I (Oct 2010 - Current) | |||||||||
| ·Data Management Organization [DMO] (Oct 2010 - Current); Worked as a member of the tactical Enterprise Reporting Team. Assessed organizational needs and originated reporting solutions throughout the enterprise which were then productionalized by our support resources. All development utilized BusinessIntelligence XI 3.1 and Xcelsius 2008. | |||||||||
| BrochureBox LLC -- Founder/CEO (Mar 2010 - Current) | |||||||||
| BrochureBox.biz & BrochureBox.mobi | |||||||||
| ·BrochureBox System (Mar 2010 - Current); Conceptualized business, designed data-model, designed application flow and page layouts, developed database, built collateral, developed all website pages, classes and user controls, created database and site backup plans, deployed and maintained both the database and website on remotely hosted servers. Handled all administrative tasks including trademark, domain name & business registrations. Also managed all physical manufacturing activities. All software development utilized Visual Studio 2005, VB.NET & SQL Server 2005/8 in a .NET 2.0/3.5 Environment with IIS 7.5. | |||||||||
| TechAlliance Consulting -- Senior Technical Consultant (Apr 2008 - Feb 2010) | |||||||||
| Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) (Apr 2008 - Feb 2010) | |||||||||
| ·Dairy Events Registration System (Apr 2008 - Feb 2010); Team Lead. Directly responsible for all aspects of this project’s life-cycle from requirements gathering and design through development, testing, implementation and training. Worked very closely with the client’s principals, stakeholders, and end users to accomplish work within a high pressure deadline. Designed the data model, database, classes, application flow, and screen layouts. Led a team of developers through shifting demands and priorities. Designed and developed numerous subsequent system enhancements. All development utilized Visual Studio 2008, C#, .NET & SQL Server 2005 in a .NET 2.0/3.5 environment with IIS 6.0. | |||||||||
| ·Annual Meetings; Tech Support. Entrusted with this high profile position to provide technical support and ensure smooth operation of the registration process at the client’s annual week long conventions of national dairy industry leaders, held at various locations around the country. | |||||||||
| ·National Dairy Council (NDC) (Sep 2009 - Dec 2009); Developed numerous SharePoint website layouts, pages and web parts. Sliced images and built pages based on collateral provided by design firm. Integrated pages with existing master pages. All development utilized SharePoint, Visual Studio 2008, C#, SharePoint Designer 2007, HTML & CSS in a MOSS 2007 environment. | |||||||||
| ·Innovate With Dairy (IWD) (Jun 2009 - Sep 2009); Developed numerous SharePoint website web parts which were used as utilities to perform various tasks including creation of a Google sitemap, email processing and utilization of data obtained from SharePoint lists. All development utilized Visual Studio 2008, C# & CAML in a MOSS 2007 environment. | |||||||||
| ·Backup Data Center (BDC) (May 2009 - Jun 2009); Responsible for compiling instructions and documentation to be used by the client under conditions of catastrophic failure of their business and/or computer facilities. | |||||||||
| Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) -- Senior Application Developer (Oct 2004 - Apr 2008) | |||||||||
| Zurich Insurance (Oct 2004 - Apr 2008) | |||||||||
| ·Strategic Claims Portfolio (Nov 2006 - Apr 2008); Member of development & support team for three major applications: Claims Work Station (CWS), Document Data Center (DDC) and the Care Center (CC). Responsibilities included working with fellow developers, business people and/or end-users to resolve various data and coding issues, administering and resolving IBM MQ queues & issues, and handling general application support activities. All development utilized Visual Studio 2003, VB.NET & SQL Server in a .NET 2.0 Environment with IIS 5.0. | |||||||||
| ·Commercial Operating System (COS) (Jan 2006 - Nov 2006); Member of team that enhanced and supported the primary policy writing customer interface to the Zurich Small Business satellite broker & agent partners. All development utilized Visual Studio 2003, VB6 & SQL Server in an IIS 4.0 environment. | |||||||||
| ·Zurich Financial Services Bill Review Replacement -- Zipper.exe (Sep 2005 - Nov 2005); Responsible for analysis, design and development of a server-side, C#, console application that iterates directories and utilizes a third party dll to zip files specified via a config file. | |||||||||
| ·RiskIntelligence® Customer Information Hub (Aug 2004 - Jan 2006); Built a series of Java servlets & jsp pages that were modeled after my previous designs for the Risk Management Reporting Project. These interfaces enhance document access functionality in the RiskIntelligence® website. They include Loss Sensitive Invoicing, used to give customers real-time access to their billing documents, and Risk Engineering Workshop, used to access inspectors reports. All development utilized WebSphere & DB2 in a J2EE environment. | |||||||||
| Zurich Insurance -- Systems Specialist (Oct 2000 - Oct 2004) | |||||||||
| ·RiskIntelligence® Express (Jun 2004 - Aug 2004); Converted the RiskIntelligence® Express Administrator security application from utilizing RDO/Sybase to ADO/UDB. | |||||||||
| ·MarketIntelligence (May 2004 - Jun 2004); Worked with the VP of the Middle Markets Business Unit to analyze & cost estimate his pet database project. | |||||||||
| ·EIS CIID Org Structure (Feb 2004 - May 2004); Worked on this high profile project to rapidly implement the Executive Information Systems annual update process. Organized and streamlined existing processes into a series of annually reusable code templates. Worked with members of another team to integrate this process into an existing mainframe environment. | |||||||||
| ·Summer Intern Program (Jun 2003 - Aug 2003); Successfully fulfilled role and responsibilities as a mentor. | |||||||||
| ·Risk Management Reporting (Aug 2002 - Feb 2004); Involved with all aspects of the planning and development of the Internet interface of this legacy reporting tool. Worked with MQClient utilities to enable conversion of reports from mainframe EBCDIC to XML. Developed numerous JSP Pages using WebSphere. Worked with JavaMail and other such Java classes. Spearheaded effort to oust failing consulting firm. Worked with team members to re-design the application as an internet interface accessing pdf files. Solely responsible for all JSP development (via WebSphere) and integration into the existing vendor interface (InStranet). | |||||||||
| ·Zurich RiskIntelligence® Express (May 2001 - Aug 2002); Developed ASP Pages in a customer focused web site giving users the ability to access insurance claims information online. Also developed the security administration application using Visual Basic. | |||||||||
| ·Global Compliance Solutions (Oct 2000 - May 2001); Worked as an internal business consultant designing, coding and supporting applications for corporate compliance with governmental laws and company regulations. The applications were used in a client server environment utilizing Visual Basic, SQL Server, HTML, VBScript, ASP, COM and MTS. | |||||||||
| Paradigm Business Systems Inc. -- Business Systems Analyst (Apr 1999 - Oct 2000) | |||||||||
| Interstate Insurance Group Inc. (Aug 2000 - Oct 2000) | |||||||||
| Worked as a consultant creating a statistical database to verify the accuracy of current business operations. Created numerous SQL Server stored procedures utilizing cursors, error handling and transactions. Developed two Visual Basic applications which set up entries in the Windows Registry and utilized them to batch zip files into specified directories on corresponding servers. | |||||||||
| White Hen Pantry Inc. (Apr 1999 - Aug 2000) | |||||||||
| Worked as a consultant on a team project replacing a legacy accounting system. Created numerous Visual Basic applications, including ActiveX classes/dlls, used to port legacy data into the new accounting system. Developed and converted Crystal 5.0 and 7.0 reports running against both SQL Server and Oracle. Enhanced and developed the data model used to track corporate and franchise store operations. | |||||||||
| Kraft Foods Inc. -- Independent Contractor (Mar 1998 - Jun 1998) | |||||||||
| Created a dozen Crystal reports for an internal job tracking system used by the Packaging-Design department. | |||||||||
| Heitman Financial Ltd. -- Programmer/Analyst (Jun 1997 - Apr 1999) | |||||||||
| Developed numerous, small to medium sized Visual Basic applications for internal company use. The applications were used in a client server environment on either SQL Server or Access databases. Examples include a contact-management program used by the corporate sales force, and an application for the Accounting department which used the Crystal Info API's to batch schedule reports in Crystal Info Desktop. Developed VBA scripts utilizing COM for Excel. Created reports against Essbase using both Excel and Crystal Reports. Trusted to create payroll reports against ADP using ReportSmith. Additional responsibilities included working as the assistant SQL Server DBA. | |||||||||
| Options Clearing Corporation -- Crystal Report Writer (Feb 1996 - Nov 1996) | |||||||||
| Worked as an independent consultant on a team project developing reports to be used in a Financial Clearing House software package. Developed both original and legacy-system based reports. Responsible for conversion of all reports from Crystal 4.0 to 5.0. Conducted training in the use of Crystal Reports for the client's employees. | |||||||||
| Business Records Corp. -- Visual Basic Programmer (Sep 1995 - Nov 1995) | |||||||||
| Worked on a team project developing Voter Registration/Election software using Visual Basic 3.0 and Oracle 7.2 in a client-server environment. Assisted in the development and coding of individual modules based on client's specifications. Responsible for creating and integrating Crystal Reports into an existing Visual Basic front-end. | |||||||||
| Innovative Systems Group, Inc. -- Staff Consultant (Apr 1995 - Sep 1995) | |||||||||
| Created an Access application, (used by corporate VP's to track departmental information in a fortune 500 company) including reports, for use as a sales tool for a potential client. Performed various duties at a designated client sight including working on a team project using Crystal Reports. | |||||||||
| Paradigm Business Systems, Inc. -- Associate Consultant (Oct 1994 - Apr 1995) | |||||||||
| Assisted in the development and integration of an Electronic Funds Transfer system with an existing Visual Basic/Access application in a multi-user environment. Participated in interview and evaluation process of potential EFT providers. Conducted user interviews to determine potential enhancements to existing systems including remote access to multiple locations from a central site. Member of in-house development team responsible for all invoicing, payroll and client information systems. | |||||||||
| EDUCATION | |||||||||
| Bachelor of Science (1992) | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. USA | |||||||||
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