Greg Boice
Greater Atlanta, GA
acel4b@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/gregboice/
SUMMARY
Software Developer with over 20 years experience in numerous
development environments working for clients in varied industries
looking for a .Net software developer position in the Atlanta area.
LANGUAGES, TOOLS
C#.Net, VB, VBA, Microsoft Visual FoxPro (VFP), Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL
Server, T-SQL, Toad, Java, PowerShell.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Software Developer (Oracle PL/SQL, Agentry) Ventureforth, Inc
2011 to 2013 Atlanta, GA
Development Manager over ten off shore developers, responsible for
overseeing day to day assignments and progress, timesheet approvals,
interviewing, hiring and dismissing as needed
Lead developer on client site for GoLive for 2000+ users across 27
states
Wrote tool to determine benchmarks to find and eliminate
inefficiencies in SQL
Centralized all client-specific business logic greatly reduced
maintenance costs by rewriting core SQL
Tuned core SQL to improve performance
Oracle PL/SQL development
Agentry client development (handheld device development tool)
Worked directly with clients both on and off site, internal QA and
customer UAT
Created and maintained client development and QA environments
Created installation scripts, packaged deliverables, prepared
release notes
Software Developer (Visual FoxPro, Java) DataScan Technologies
2005 to 2009 Alpharetta, GA
Developer for the industry's premier automotive wholesale financing
package, WMS
Defect Coordinator / Technical Liaison to ensure issues found by QA
were prioritized (Triaged), assigned, coded and reviewed in time for
scheduled code builds for QA, UAT and Production
Developed a utility to find all database changes for a given user /
time frame to reduce development time as well as reduce testing time
and improve data verification in QA
Developed a utility to scan language specific property files that
are created by an outside translation service to prevent invalid
labels from entering the code base
Mentored off-shore development team on-site in Pune, India for seven
weeks
Programmer Analyst (Visual FoxPro) Millennium Software
1998 to 2003 St. Louis, MO
Enhanced and maintained distributed system Payroll interface for
Southwestern Bell Call Centers across six states
Developed real time "mission critical" tools as part of the Payroll
process
Initiated, designed and maintained various "DBA Tools" to simplify
common tasks
Rewrote data transfer routines to greatly improve efficiency and
error handling
Developed an application that seamlessly integrated with the Payroll
system that allowed the users to maintain attendance data and
generate reports
Designed and Implemented a system which allowed on-the-fly changes
to access of various parts of the software based on changing
individual user needs, allowing all users to have the same software
Integrated versions of software that addressed differing rules for
calculations, etc, based on user location, allowing all users to
have the same software, reducing code and maintenance
Designed and programmed an automated application that gathers data,
performs calculations, programmatically generates an Excel
spreadsheet and emails the results on a daily basis
Responsible for creation and deployment of deliverables
Worked for nine years as a consultant despite customer's 18 month
"Hire or Fire" limitation
Programmer Analyst (Visual FoxPro) Pulse Technologies / EIS
1994 to 1998 Chantilly, VA (on client site in St. Louis, MO)
Lead programmer for employee appraisal system (SERPS) for
Southwestern Bell
Headed conversion of all CCAP applications from FoxPro 2.6 (DOS) to
Visual FoxPro (Windows)
Redesigned and coded PC to mainframe client/server SQL to improve
efficiency and reliability
Initiated design and code for DBA Tool interface to simplify
maintenance on the mainframe database
Responsible for the release of updates for all new versions of the
software and release notes
Programmer Analyst (Visual FoxPro) Long Term Computer Systems
1992 to 1994 St. Louis, MO
Responsible for the redesign and coding of LTCS Pharmacy Package
Programmer for Medical Records, Fund Accounting and Employee
Scheduling software packages
Designed and coded automated data submission software for
Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement
Responsible for extensive client support for both software and
hardware
Prepared Drug Interaction Database updates which insured conflicting
medications were not given
Wrote/updated manuals, prepared software updates, in-house
software/hardware and network changes
Trained new and existing clients on the use of our software packages
Programmer Analyst (Visual FoxPro) Missouri Department of Natural
Resources
1988 to 1992 Rolla, MO
Responsible for the design, coding, installation and maintenance of
a state wide multi-user DBMS
Implementation of this system saved the Water Well Head department
from cancellation
Implementation of this system resulted in the Governor's Award for
Productivity and Quality
Assisted in the Installation of the LAN (cabling, hardware, and
software)
Programmer Analyst (Visual FoxPro) Radio Station KMNR-FM
1988 to 1992 Rolla, MO
Rewrote existing DBMS to increase efficiency, functionality and
allow multi-user capabilities
Responsible for the purchase and installation of the LAN as well as
new computers and software
EDUCATION
B.S. in Computer Science from The Missouri University of Science and
Technology (MS&T) (formally the University of Missouri at Rolla,
UMR).
AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES
Twice nominated for DataScan's "Pinnacle of Performance" Award
Missouri "Governor's Award for Quality and Productivity"
Sigma Tau Gamma (social fraternity): Active Member, Recording
Secretary, Fund Raiser; Alumni Association, Elected President,
Elected Recording Secretary
Radio Station KMNR: Elected Public Relations Director, Computer
Director, Production Assistant, Librarian, "Roadshow "Manager,
received Class C FCC License, volunteer Disc Jockey