Engineer Project Manager
Resume:
Christopher L. Alley, MBA **** Castille Place
Biloxi, MS 39531
*******@*****.***
Senior IT Consulting Engineer
Career Overview
I have 17 years of IT industry experience. As a multi-disciplinary
professional, I have expertise in IT project management, software
development, systems integration and software architecture involving many
different team structures, programming languages, applications, commercial
products, hardware systems, and operating systems. I worked for 5 years as
a software engineer, 2 years as a systems engineer and 10 years managing IT
departments. I am a people person with business acumen garnered from an MBA
education allowing me to design and implement information technology
solutions that align with business requirements while also taking time,
budget and quality into account. I utilize my interpersonal and written
communication skills to ensure that consensus based solutions are
delivered. I have vertical market expertise in Telecommunications, Defense
Contracting, Commercial Software Development, Financial Aid Services,
Government Contracting, Independent Consulting and Public Safety/First
Responder Technology. I also teach Computer Science classes at Tulane
University as an Adjunct Professor where I teach programming languages and
database design.
Skills Summary
. 17 Years IT project management and systems engineering experience with
HPUX, Solaris, Linux, and Windows based servers (HP, Sun Sparc, Dell,
Compaq, IBM AS/400, IBM xSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM/Netapp/HP/Sun SAN
solutions)
. 17 Years software development, design and management experience
utilizing a diverse range of Languages and RDBMS' (PERL,
C/C++/C#/ASP.NET/Java/PHP/Delphi/MS SQL Server, PL/SQL, Unix, Linux
Shell, Oracle, PostGreSQL, MySQL, Informix and HypersonicSQL)
. 15 years of IT project management experience on many diverse projects
large and small.
. 5 Years middleware engineer experience with Hitachi TPBroker, BEA
Tuxedo/WebLogic, Apache, IIS, Inprise Visibroker, Midas, Tomcat,
JBOSS, GlassFish, OpenEJB, and IBM Websphere
. 12 Years IT management experience managing team leaders, group
managers, programmers, network/system administrators, support staff
and database administrators
. 10 Years IT strategy, data center design and cloud technology planning
and implementation experience
. 7 Years public safety technology program management and grant
administration
. 1 Year SAP BusinessOne data integration, support, reporting and
implementation experience
Professional Experience
9g Technologies - CEO
5/2012 - Present Independent Consultant and Senior Software
Developer
Independent consultant providing IT project management, custom software
development services, web site development, IT strategy proposals and
recommendations to small and medium businesses.
Client Name - American Public University, Charles Town, WV
Wrote and managed IT project plan for large data conversion initiative
to assist client with migration from a legacy Financial Aid Management
System to a new system. I was responsible for developing the software
necessary to convert the data from the old format to the new format.
One of the algorithms developed allowed the customer to correct data
input errors prior to uploading into the system which saved an
estimated $130K in staff salaries that would have been necessary to
perform manual corrections. Developed database loading programs and
custom SQL scripts to load data necessary for accomplishing a
financial reconciliation after conversion was complete.
Client Name - Corista, Boston, MA
C # maintenance developer for server side applications used to import
large image files and convert them to other formats. Developed Linux
shell scripts for installation and support of C# server application.
Tulane University - School of Applied Computing
11/2007 - Present Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science
Teaching computer science classes covering, IT Project Management, Hardware
and Software Architecture, data center design and implementation, Database
Fundamentals using MS SQL Server and software development using C#/ASP.NET,
SQL and PHP. The Database Design and Development class covers PL/SQL,
C#/ASP, and MS SQL server stored procedures as well as Oracle database
administration. The programming language instruction and advanced
application development classes cover the Visual Studio and Netbeans
integrated development environments in a Windows 7 environment.
Global Financial Aid Services - Gulfport, MS
05/2011 - 05/2012 Executive Director of Systems Development
04/2009 - 05/2011 Director of Information Technology
As Executive Director was a member of Executive Committee responsible for
day to day operations of the company. Developed IT strategy for IT
Department and software development organization. Designed, planned and
managed the implementation of a ~$1M data center upgrade and technology
refresh project. Followed through on strategy and design recommendations by
managing the implementation and overseeing the production cut over
activities. Reduced data center footprint from 4 racks to 1 using Cisco
Routers, switches and firewalls, HP Blade Servers, VMware, NetAPP, F5 Big
IP and Windows Data Center Edition. Upgrade reduced maintenance and support
costs and time to market for new products.
University of Southern Mississippi - Office of Public Safety & Technology
Training
6/2007 - 4/2009 Director of Systems and Software Development
9/2002 - 6/2007 Chief Information Technology Architect
Responsible for the IT strategy and project management for a ~$30M
statewide public safety grant project. Also followed up with the design,
procurement, management, implementation and overall software/system
architecture of the network, systems, and data integration projects.
Designed and managed development of J2EE based suite of public safety
applications that utilized web services, Java, JBOSS, Hibernate and
PostGreSQL. Also utilized Netbeans IDE and rich client platform. Performed
Linux administration, configuration and shell scripting and trained staff.
Deployed data warehousing solutions to allow information sharing.
Op40 Inc. (Previously IIC, Ltd.) - Armonk/White Plains, New York
6/2001 - 9/2002 Director of Software Engineering
6/2000 - 6/2001 Technical Product Manager
Worked with start-up management team on company/product strategy, project
management and business planning. Responsible for research, software
engineering and team management for Java 2 EE, Weblogic, Websphere,
Unix/Linux, Windows 2000, DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server based cloud computing
systems. These systems Also ran on equivalent open source environments that
leveraged Apache /Tomcat/JBOSS/OpenEJB/Hypersonic SQL and MySQL/PostGreSQL.
Sprint Systems Architecture Division - Irving, Texas
10/1998 - 6/2000 Consultant - Systems Architect (Technology
Evaluation)
Responsible for technology research and strategy recommendations for Java
and C++ based application server products Weblogic /Websphere /TPBroker
/Visibroker / iPlanet). Evaluated product features, functionality and
executed performance and scalability testing with Spring and Sun
Microsystem test labs. Performed Oracle DBA and performance tuning function
for project team and developed C++ applications in Unix Solaris server
environment. Benchmarked system and Application performance under various
load conditions in Sprint and Sun Microsystems Test Lab. Made software and
system architecture and strategy recommendations to Sprint based on
research, testing and findings. Provided Project Management support to the
team through-out this contract engagement.
GTE (Now Verizon) - Irving, TX
11/1996 - 10/1998 Programmer Analyst
Developed back office enterprise applications for GTE Long Distance and
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier. Developed C++ applications, web
Applications and Informix database applications in HP UX server
environment. Utilized Rational Unified Process and tool suite. Developed
object relational mapping code in C++ for Informix database. Deployed data
warehousing system. Fulfilled role of Project Manager for the development
team.
Litton Data Systems Division (Now Northrop Grumman) - Ocean Springs, MS
03/1995 - 11/1996 Software Engineer
Developed C and C++ embedded systems and HP UX/Oracle server based
applications for the Navy.
Performed software configuration management function - responsible for
compiling, installing and configuring systems in secret testing labs and
ship board. Travelled to remote Naval facilities to install system software
on custom built computers and embedded systems. Performed software
maintenance and support on various Naval systems.
Education
MBA with Specialization in Telecommunications Management
09/1997 - 07/1999 University of Dallas, Graduate School of Management
BS: Computer Science (Minor: Mathematics)
09/1988 - 05/1995 University of Southern Mississippi
References available upon request.
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