Resume
Walter W. Holliday
Walter Holliday
Walt@WeAreUSS.com
Office: 440-237-4186
Cell: 614-537-4013
EDUCATION
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio (1994)
Bachelor of Science degree
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
Minor: Management Information Systems
SKILLS
Computer Science:
Operating Systems; Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (and many others)
Programming: C#, VB.NET, HTML, XML, SOAP, XSL, ASP.NET, Java Script, VB Script,
Web Applications, Web Services, Windows Applications, Windows Services,
.NET Remoting, COM, COM++, C, Pascal, FORTRAN
Packages: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET (All), Infragistics, Dreamweaver Ultradev and Dreamweaver MX,
Visio, Lab View, Rad Controls
Databases: SQL Server (All), Microsoft Access, ADO.NET, Oracle
· Administration
· Tuning
· Stored Procedures (dynamic)
· DTS Packages (dynamic .pdf creation)
Recognition:
Time Magazine 2006 - “Person of the Year”
Biltmore “Who’s Who” 2007
Marquis “Who’s Who” 2009
Certifications:
MCP - .net XML Web Services Developer (Microsoft Certified Professional)
MCP - .net Web Application Developer (Microsoft Certified Professional)
MCP - .net Windows Application Developer (Microsoft Certified Professional)
MCAD – Microsoft Certified Application Developer (Includes all of the above)
NOTE: All of the above were obtained in C#
Engineering:
· Design and assembly of personal computer systems
· Understanding of LAN and WAN design and implementations
· PC hardware installation and maintenance
· Design and installation of alarm and communication systems
· Web page design with multimedia capability – Site hosting
· Embedded systems communication protocol design - TCP/IP
Foreign Language: Spanish (Rusty)
EXPERIENCE
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 08-09 to 10-09 ( 2 Months )
Consultant – .NET Solution Architect & SR. .NET Developer
PartsSource Inc. Staff augmentation, Designed and developed Windows based camera control photographic image archiving system for their web based marketing and sales of medical equipment parts. Pre-deployment testing, prior to QA of WMA service oriented architecture meant to eventually replace legacy .dll solution. Testing was through N-Unit. Gained experience with Rad Controls.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 01-07 to 12-08 ( 2 Years )
Consultant – .NET Solution Architect & SR. .NET Developer
Corning Inc. (R&D), contracted me to design and create a GUI which would be used to interface with an embedded system. As I have a confidentiality agreement with Corning, I cannot go into details with respect to Corning’s product. I created a secondary GUI as a configuration tool. This tool was required as well as AES encryption. I also created bootable USB devices which will ultimately be used in production environments. Configuration of the primary GUI was through XML. My final project was to create a .net communications interface for electrical lab equipment using NI VISA which is to be ported to a web services architecture.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 07-06 to 12-06 ( 5 Months )
Consultant – .NET Solution Architect & SR. .NET Developer
The Cleveland Clinic., contracted me to design and create a message transport system which would consume a web service provided through Epic’s “MyChart” web application. The message transport system involves a Windows service, web application, and Windows application. The system has a SQL Server back end involving multiple databases. Coding utilized C# through Visual Studio 2005. The databases required multiple tables and stored procedures to support a common SQL component.
I completed the work 1 month prior to the term of my contract; hence the 5 month period.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 03-06 to 07-06 ( 4 Months )
Consultant – .NET Solution Architect & SR. .NET Developer
National City Bank., contracted me to work on several C# and VB .NET SQL Server projects.
Some were related to project management; others covered areas of risk management and charge-off functionality. My contract ended early due to budget cuts as National City is procuring another bank.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 12-05 to 03-06 ( 7 Months )
Consultant – .NET Solution Architect & SR. .NET Developer
Predictive Service Corp., contracted me to create some C# enhancements for a .net solution. The project involved: nUnit, nHibernate, SQLBsae, SQL Server, and .NET 2005. Ultimately the solution was for Rockwell as they are the client of Predictive Services Corp. in this venture.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 08-05 to 11-05 ( 3 Months )
Consultant – .NET Solution Architect & SR. .NET Developer
Xerox Global Services, contracted me to create a high level .NET design. This design represented a re-engineering of a legacy system which currently serves their clientele. The design was a services oriented architecture and a composite solution. It included Web Services, Web Applications, .NET Remoting and Windows Services. Third party components suggested included iWay Adapter Manager, iWay PrintManager and iWay Prime. The databases involved in this 3tier solution were to be SQL Server as well as Oracle.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 05-05 to 08-05 ( 3 Months )
Consultant – SR. .NET Developer
AmTrust Bank (was Ohio Savings Bank), contracted me to augment their staff for an ongoing .NET conversion project of their Gemstone mortgage processing web application. This contract served to be an introduction to Oracle and Toad. The product was a mix between legacy ASP and ASP.NET. Java Script and XML were used extensively along with .NET Remoting. Most of the database work was assigned to the database technology group.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 03-04 to 04-05 ( 1 Year )
Consultant – .NET Solution Architect & Mentor/ Sr. .NET Developer
Atlas World Group, the parent company of Atlas Van Lines brought me on board to design and develop a financial data transfer process. The data source was a mainframe computer. The destination was Microsoft Great Plaines accounting software. The process involved a Windows Service, Web Service, Windows application, XML, and XSLT. This was an intranet solution which will act as a data bridge during the process of reducing reliance on their mainframe. After 6 months, Atlas requested my presence for an extended time in Evansville, IN. For the six months I worked on numerous projects. All of these projects were .NET based; some were written in VB.net in conjunction with VBA. Some of these applications supported the product I produced for Atlis prior to this engagement. Others were proof of concept designs and prototypes. Finally, others were converting existing COM components to .NET Dynamic Linked Libraries. My duties also included mentoring their staff on .NET technologies, improving SQL performance and researching 3rd party geographical mapping products for inclusion into their composite business solution.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio 01-04 to 03-04 ( 3 Months )
Consultant – Sr. .NET Developer
Proquest hired me to assist in an ongoing development effort.
My duties involved .Net development.
I solved an image uniqueness problem for the Proquest PowerSport DMS product.
I also wrote extensive DTS packages within SQL Server 2000.
Unified System Solutions Ltd., Dublin, Ohio 05-02 to 01-04 ( 1 Year )
Consultant – .Net Web Architect and Developer
Started consultancy and began to develop with Microsoft .NET technologies.
Client sites: The DeadBeatList.com & Community-Life.net
Used: C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Java Script, VB Script,
HTML, XML, MD5, SQL Server 2000
I used SourceSafe for version control and Visio for design documentation.
Implemented:
Web Services
§ DB access
§ Business Logic (including Authorization and Authentication),
§ Email processing
Web Applications
§ User Interface
§ Processing Logic
§ Caching
Windows Services
§ File Watcher – to start document processing
§ Batch Processing via Windows Scheduler
SQL Server 2000
§ Tables (indexes), constraints, foreign Keys
§ Stored Procedures with dynamic SQL
.NET Remoting
§ Single Call
§ Singleton
Ashland Inc, Dublin, Ohio 03-99 to 05-02 ( 3 Years )
Systems Analyst
I worked on a team which was responsible for the development of over 1 million company reports which spanned 4 divisions and were delivered via email to every level of employee within the company. We as a team also were responsible for the development and maintenance of the systems and processes which produced the reports. Technologies employed were SQL Server 7 and Visual Basic 6.
Other contributions included:
PNC Bank, Charlotte, NC 05-98 to 12-98 ( 7 Months )
Consultant – Systems Analyst
PNC Bank, performed credit card processing for Sears, AAA, and PNC Bank. The bank had a customer service center in Lafayette, IN. As Senior Consultant with PNC, duties included designing, developing and implementing 15 to 20 small banking applications using Visual Basic 6. These Applications used embedded SQL Scripts which called Microsoft Access databases. I also mentored PNC employees.
My contract was transferred from Lafayette, IN to Charlotte, NC during the PNC Bank customer service relocation in October of 1998. After the relocation, I worked as Technical Team Lead in Y2K remediation of existing Visual Basic applications across the customer service area.
Liebert Corporation, Columbus, Ohio 03-95 to 05-98 ( 3 Years )
R&D Design Engineer
References: Upon request
Personal Information: Photography, private pilot, scuba diving, fly-fishing, amateur radio, solving puzzles
Licenses: Pilot - Single Engine Land, Certified Scuba Diver (PADI), Amateur Radio - Technician Class