Gustaaf Vandermeeren 240-***-****

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20882

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SUMMARY

Multifaceted software developer with 30+ years experience in higher ed ERP software.

Enjoy and am skilled at all aspects of software development, including documentation, support and training.

Understand the full meaning of “quality” with regard to the entire life cycle of software.

Do constant cost/benefit analysis to maximize long term benefit to employer.

Have a proactive and root cause analysis approach to understanding and reducing problems.

Love sharing knowledge: mentoring, documenting, training, etc...

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Languages

UniBasic, Java, C#, XML, HTML

Development Environments

Envision, Eclipse, MS Visual Studio, Colleague Studio

Databases

UniData, MS SQL Server, Oracle

Operating Systems

Unix, Windows

Other tools, products and systems

Colleague, ANTLR, Agile, Scrum, TFS, JIRA, Eclipse plugin development, .NET, UML, sh, bsh, ksh, awk, sed, grep

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ellucian, Fairfax, VA 1994-March 2015

Senior Software Developer, Systems

Developed software development tools used by Ellucian programmers and support staff.

Wrote and maintained runtime routines called by generated and developer-written code.

Maintained and enhanced …

oThe IDE used by Ellucian application developers

oThe code generators

oVarious developer productivity tools

oThe runtime infrastructure (subroutine library)

Worked on the Colleague to LMS interface (LMS = Learning Management System. Examples: Moodle, BlackBoard).

Provided project turnover documentation and training to support and QA staff.

Did design and code reviews of work by others.

Mentored junior developers.

Taught Envision programming classes (received excellent ratings from students).

Wrote both online and hardcopy documentation.

Provided 2nd-tier support to clients.

Worked on migration of products from PRIME OS to Unix.

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Intelus, Rockville, MD 1993-1994

Programmer

Did installation and customization of hospital medical records processing systems.

Did onsite installation of hardware and software.

Customized Unix shell scripts and reports to meet individual client needs.

Wrote client-specific operations manuals.

Ellucian, Fairfax, VA 1983-1993

Programmer, 1985-1993

Worked on Colleague (a College/University ERP product)

Maintained/enhanced Admission, Registration, Curriculum, Student Affairs, and Financial Aid modules.

Provided 2nd tier support to clients

Rewrote the Degree Audit (DA) module.

Wrote the DA user manual and taught DA classes to clients and Ellucian staff.

Led DA sessions at annual client user group conventions

Client Support Consultant, 1983-1985

Assisted Colleague clients with their support line-submitted questions/problems.

Researched reported problems, often logging in remotely to do so.

Used active listening skills and sincere empathy to calm highly emotional clients.

Escalated problems as needed, working with developers to resolve problems.

Entered new problems and enhancement requests into product backlog database.

Connelly School of the Holy Child, Potomac, MD 1982-1983

Teacher

Taught Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry.

Designed, outfitted, and implemented a computer lab.

Developed computer courses curriculum.

Taught basic computer programming, computer applications.

Coached volleyball and soccer.

EDUCATION

Bachelors, Computer Science

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Bachelors, Secondary Mathematics Education

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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