TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Database Development - Access, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, Visual FoxPro, Paradox
Web Development - HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, WordPress, XML, Java
Programming Languages - VB.NET, C, C++ and Visual C++, Pascal, Assembly Language
Data Communications - pcAnywhere, WS-FTP Pro, Co-Session
Graphics - SnagIt, Jing, Paint Shop Pro, Animation Shop, Hijaak
Spreadsheet - Excel, Quattro Pro, Lotus 123
Word Processing/Text Editing - Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Brief
Operating Systems - Microsoft Windows, DOS, OS/2
Other Software - Crystal Reports, Visio, RoboHelp, Visual SourceSafe, PuTTY, WinSCP

EXPERIENCE:

Web Sites

• Programmed a lookup page and created a blog for Politician Search.
• Created new web sites for the Longevity Centers of America and Thermography Centers.
• Set up replacement web sites for King's Wok of Muskego and Airport Storage.
• Created a new blog for Just Ask Me For Help and redirected domain name.
• Programmed a new web site and helped set up hosting for AJA Enterprise.
• Reworked the Weathered Edge Landscaping site to show new service categories and more photographs.
• Set up a web site and helped secure a domain name for Wuerl Legal Nurse Consulting.
• Programmed a calculator page for a Send Out Cards representative.
• Coded an organizational web site and secured a domain name for Zebaoth Church.
• Developed a commercial web site for Joyful Living Ministries.

Database Development

• Coded programs that added records to business software tables from data stored in a variety of formats.
• Developed commercial packages to process information for medical claims so customers were reimbursed quickly.
• Created software for employees at a major mortgage company to maintain records and generate loan documents.
• Programmed stand-alone tools to manipulate software through object linking and embedding.
• Produced runtime application with several modules for use in the food industry.
• Set up tables, views and stored procedures in SQL Server.

Custom Reports

• Developed list history report system for a marketing department. Included code to highlight records under 6 months old.
• Created files to generate monthly billing statements, loan disbursement histories, reports showing total interest billed, interest due and credit reports, delinquency reports, letters showing payoff figures, and post due notices.
• Prepared Crystal Reports files for use with web applications.
• Produced and revised internal reports on the status of loans for multiple users.
• Set up custom reports and modified reports for customers to use with vertical market software.

User Instructions

• Created on-line help files for commercial software products.
• Wrote end-user instructions and technical documentation for custom software.
• Prepared flow charts for client-specific applications.

WORK:

Independent Contractor. Brown Deer, Wisconsin. 2001-present.
Database Technician. Robert Half/Managed Health Services, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2006-2008.
Database Technician. Robert Half/Central State Mortgage, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Winter 2005-2006.
Programmer. Empire Medical Review Services, Mequon, Wisconsin. 2003.
Programmer. I/O Technologies, Germantown, Wisconsin. 2000-2001.
Programmer. International Computer Support, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 1998-1999.
Programmer Analyst. Miller Computer Group, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1996-1998.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Computer Science Education. Cardinal Stritch University. Earned GPA of 3.39 on a scale of 4.
Certificates in Programming, Web Programming and Web Page Design. Milwaukee Area Technical College.
BA in History. UW-Milwaukee.

OTHER:

Past club president and area governor in Toastmasters International.