C hristopher Townsend

**** ********** *****; Palm Harbor FL 34685

[phone] : 727-***-****

[e mail] : acd8gy@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS SUMMARY

IT Professional with 15+ years of experience developing a balance of Web Development, Software

Development, Project Management, and Sales. Strong background in a diverse array of programming

languages, superb customer relations and communication skills.

PROGRAMMING

LANGUAGES, APPLICATIONS

AND SOFTWARE

PROFICIENCY

Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, ASP.Net, ADO.Net, Visual Studio.Net, XML, SQL, WordPress,

Joomla!, Drupal, SharePoint, Visual Basic.Net, C#.Net, JavaScript, Lotus Notes/Domino, InfoPath,

HTML, LiveLink, Active Directory, Microsoft Office, MS Exchange, Visio, k2.Net, Casahl ecKnowledge,

Ascentn AgilePoint, Replic Action, Ultimus BPM Suite, Appian, MicroStrategy.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

2013

CIW Web Design Professional Certification

Center for Technology Training, Tampa FL

2013

CIW E Commerce Specialist Certification

Center for Technology Training, Tampa FL

2013

CIW Web Design Specialist Certification

Center for Technology Training, Tampa FL

2013

CIW Web Foundations Certification

Center for Technology Training, Tampa FL

Various CSC Internal CBT and Webinar Based Training 1999 2011

MicroStrategy Architect Advanced Project Design & Advanced Data Warehousing

2011

Appian BPM Enterprise 5 – BIZ 101 & PRCS 201 Process Design / Modeler

MS 2730 – Building Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 2008

MS 8036 – Designing IT Platform Collaborative Applications with Microsoft 2005

SharePoint 2003 2005

MS2014 – Customizing Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies 2003

MS 2310b – Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual 2005

Sutdio.Net

2005

Client Server Technology Certification Program

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN

1999

B.A., Financial Economics

Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter MN

1989

EXPERIENCE

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2012 2014

C ontinuous Learning

CIW Web Design Professional Certification

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E commerce site development

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E commerce technology and security

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Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software

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E commerce business, marketing and legal issues, including Web marketing

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strategies and online product promotion

Worked with open source technologies and W3C standards

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XHML, GUI editors and image editing

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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Multimedia and plug in technologies

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Internet marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

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Blogging and syndicated feeds

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Web design for traditional and PDA based browsers

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CHRISTOPHER TOWNSEND

3782 Pendlebury Drive; Palm Harbor FL 34685

[phone] : 727-***-****

[e mail] : acd8gy@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED…)

Computer Sciences Corporation, Minneapolis MN

7/99 – 3/2012

Senior Software Architect Engineer / Developer / Tester

Worked with a diverse cross business team to create a standardized, unified, collaborative “Third

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Generation Intranet” spanning five previous independent intranets and encompassing over 10,000

government contractor employees. The MS SharePoint portal environment is based primarily on

Microsoft technologies incorporating both physical and virtual components.

Lead for department in conducting a “Proof of Concept” assessment of various BPM Solutions to

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facilitate the integration of several independent strategic business units on to one common platform

for a major government contractor.

Primary developer contact for over 600 Lotus Notes/Domino databases. Providing ongoing technical

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support and maintenance for GDAIS’ collaboration.

Main contact for many of General Dynamic’s applications and databases supporting client sites

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throughout the country. Implementing changes to General Dynamics' database and portal

environment (Lotus Notes/Domino, SharePoint, Microsoft Access, etc.) by identification of potential

application issues, test plans, and assisting application support teams develop remediation for

i ssues.

Key player in the migration of SharePoint TeamSites from MS SharePoint 2003 to MS SharePoint

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2007.

Analytical, goal oriented, self starting, quick learner; enjoyed troubleshooting / problem solving

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issues that arise in supporting General Dynamics.

Completed Functional Specification documents for new tools or additional enhancements to existing

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databases and applications.

Executed the complete life cycle of the creation of new Lotus Notes/Domino applications from

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requirements gathering through project management and development to roll out and user

acceptance.

Web enabled existing Lotus Notes Client based databases to be accessible through non specific web

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browsers.

Created specific systems to support communication and equipment tracking between government

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contractors, field engineers and the US Armed Forces on specific projects.

Lead migration efforts to enhance accessibility and functionality of legacy file share document

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retention methodology to a newly improved MS SharePoint platform. Gave users more dynamic

interfacing and document sharing possibilities including workflow which was not available in their

prior document retention methods.

Worked with Helpdesk to troubleshoot and resolve various types of hardware, software and

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compatibility issues reported by users.

Served as liaison between system users and technical support group.

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