Anthony Jackson
Cell (203) 980-0413 · Anthony.resume@ITSolutionsCT.com
SUMMARY
Seeking senior programmer/analyst position where more than 10 years of Visual Basic experience in diverse industries and client settings will add value. Microsoft Certified Solution Developer.
PROFILE
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Strong programmer/analyst background includes
10+ years Visual Basic and 7+
years ASP, with expertise in .NET Framework, VB.NET, ASP.NET and MS SQL Server
2000 (development and DBA).
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Routinely save $100,000 to $1 million in IT
costs with extensive analytical and problem solving skills. Consistent record of maximizing efficiency for
employers and clients.
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Top producer. Delivered $800,000 in reduced fees in 90 days in
(2003) and saved $1.3 million by lowering processing expenses (1997-2000), both
as Senior Programmer/Analyst.
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Highly adaptable. Achieve success as technical
lead, team member and in individual roles.
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Manager said: “Anthony is extremely knowledgeable and has
a can do attitude. He is constantly pushing himself to learn more. Senior
management consistently looks to him for answers and solutions.”
EXPERIENCE
Senior Programmer/Analyst-Consultant, GCS, Inc.,
Developed intranet
and customer extranet portal, based on Microsoft best practices IBuySpy portal
kit, including numerous modules spanning all operations of this equipment
repair company.
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Saved 20 man-hours per week by writing module (interfacing with Active Directory)
that automated process of requesting and adding user accounts and permissions
on domain.
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Maximized productivity of field service technicians by creating
user-friendly interface that enabled more than 200 non-technical call center
users to connect directly with technicians’ cell phones.
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Created
ability of users to directly run customized, timely reports against extensive
data warehouse.
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Modules
were written using ASP.NET, VB.NET WebForms, ADO.NET and MS SQL Server 2000.
Senior Programmer/Analyst-Consultant, Peppers &
Key member of six-person
team that rewrote marketing web site to replace Broadvision-based product for
this customer relationship management consulting firm.
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Saved client $800,000 in annual licensing
fees by rewriting and
mirroring existing site in three months. New site was written in ASP.NET,
VB.NET WebForms, ADO.NET and MS SQL Server 2000.
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Greatly
improved functionality by developing administrative tools that allowed
marketing staff to maintain web site, administer surveys and position advertisements.
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Developed
customer-facing portions of web site including registration, security, search
and surveys.
Senior Analyst/Programmer-Consultant, OdysseyRE,
Developed web-based
system for tracking broker and client information. Created interface with existing
PICK-based system. Participated in entire life-cycle of project.
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Led
meetings to gather user requirements, wrote high and low-level specification
and use cases.
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Trained
employees to rewrite and maintain remaining business applications in .NET.
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Teamed
with network support team to facilitate development of deployment strategy and
plan.
Senior Programmer/Analyst-Consultant, First American,
Developed
applications for importing and cleaning insurance transaction data using VB 6.0
and VB.NET.
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Reduced processing time 90% and eliminated pre-processing of monthly
reports by rewriting reporting application using VB.NET and SQL Server 2000.
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Saved $47,000 monthly in late fees and
penalties by allowing
submission of insurance transaction reports to governing bodies in timely
fashion.
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Wrote VB.NET
system for tracking broker information that interfaced with Great Plains
Accounting.
Senior Programmer/Analyst-Technical
Lead-Consultant, Danzas-AEI,
Analyzed and
corrected defects in soon to be released global logistics order system (GLOS)
that allowed customers to enter and produce reports on information regarding
large shipments via web client.
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Served as technical lead for project to gather and analyze requirements, write specifications
and documentation for second version of GLOS application.
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Led sub-project
of system, using MSF Team and Process models, to connect to existing mainframe
system. Served as Visual SourceSafe administrator and build manager.
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Utilized
VB 6.0 WebClasses, MTS Classes, ASP, Crystal Reports 7.0 and Oracle
database.
Senior Programmer/Analyst, NFO Ad: Impact,
Analyzed and
programmed systems for this provider of marketing surveys.
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Completed
system to generate survey reports five days ahead of 30-day contract deadline for
major financial services company using VB 5.0, Excel, VB for Applications and
SQL Server 6.5.
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Reduced annual processing costs $300,000+ by designing and writing web-based reporting
system which allowed customer access to survey data stored on mainframe.
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Saved more than $1,000,000 per year in
processing expenses charged
by parent company by building system to collect and process data and feed it
directly into reporting system.
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Allowed for 150% increase in user demand by rewriting ASP-based system using VB 6.0
WebClasses.
Visual Basic Programmer/Analyst, Flexi International Software,
Analyzed and coded
customized software applications for diverse client base.
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Completed project two months ahead of
schedule for developing
client-specific software by producing new specifications to avoid total rewrite
of client-developed system taken over by Flexi.
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Cut report processing time from five hours to
15 minutes by speeding up
file creation process with stored procedure written in VB 4.0 with DB2 back-end.
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Designed
and coded data conversion utility for FlexiAssets program, allowing data to be
imported from client’s asset management software without need to modify VB code
for each change to import format.
CERTIFICATION/EDUCATION
· Microsoft Certified Solution Developer.NET-MS.NET solution architectures, Windows-based and web applications with VB.NET and Visual Studio.NET and databases with MS SQL Server 2000 (2005).
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Microsoft Certified Solution Developer-solution architectures, desktop and
distributed applications with VB 6.0 and web solutions with Visual Interdev 6.0
(2003).
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Microsoft Certified Professional (1998).
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BS, Business Administration,
Charter Oak State College, (expected 2007).
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Computer Science course work,