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Darren W. Odell, MCSE
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
- Over 10 years of professional computer experience
- MCSE NT 4.0 (Electives - TCP/IP, IIS)
- 4 years of computer networking and support experience
- 6 years software engineering and web developer experience
- Quick and enthusiastic learner, willing to keep abreast of new technologies
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Software Developer Contractor, January 2010 – Present
- Work closely with other developers through telecommuting and video
conference to create solutions to meet clients’ needs and deadlines
- Write code, queries, create databases, and manage servers to support the project
- Able to use current standards to write HTML and CSS for the front end as well
as create images with photo editing software
Software Developer, Improvement Direct January 2009 – May 2009
- Created solutions to problems using object oriented ColdFusion
- Wrote queries to retrieve and store data in a SQL Server database with over 100
tables
- Managed projects from beginning to completion
Software Developer, School Services of California February 2008 – September 2008
- Converted Visual Basic desktop applications into web applications using
ColdFusion and MySQL
- Created a new cutting edge web site using the latest HTML and CSS techniques
(www.sscal.com)
- Responsible for all legacy Visual Basic/dBASE desktop applications
- Provided customer support to our software clients
- Assisted management with decisions and acquisition of new technology
- Provided backup helpdesk and network support
Software Engineer, InsWeb Corporation January 2005 - August 2007
- Responsible for maintaining and updating all of InsWeb’s Java applications
- Took responsibility of the C# .NET agent registration application
- Responsible for all InsWeb.com and AgentInsider.com web page implementation
Site Operator, InsWeb Corporation May 2001 - December 2004
- Perform duties of Network Operations Center technician
- Monitor production site and applications 24x7 using Sitescope, running over
1,000 monitors on 150 servers running Windows NT 4.0/2000
- Monitor and track web site availability, network traffic, and CPU Load statistics
using Keynote and MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher)
- Configure servers, desktops, and laptops; resolve user issues, and other systems
related tasks
- Assist network manager in making, running, and troubleshooting cat-5 cables
- Provide first level troubleshooting for Windows NT/2000 Servers
- Install network operating system service packs and security patches as required
- Install upgrades on proprietary software applications on windows workstations
- Created and maintained the Network Operations Center website and problem
tracking applications
TECHNICAL
- Languages: Java, C# .NET, ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, SQL
- Web Technologies: HTML, JavaScript, CSS
- Database Systems: SQL Server, MySQL
EDUCATION
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - TechSkills – Sacramento, California (2001)
Associate of Arts Degree - Sacramento City College – Sacramento, California (1992)
References Available Upon Request