Forest E. Davidson
**** ****** **** **** ( Bowling Green, Ky. ( 765-***-**** (
**********@***.***
Systems Application Designer and Developer
Infrastructure Management / Database Design and Support / Web Application
Development
Experienced Windows, SQL Server, and web server administrator with
extensive database and web application design and development experience.
Proficient in C#, VB.Net, HTML, Javascript, Microsoft ASP, vbscript, and
Structured Query Language (SQL). Experienced with Micrsoft Access and SQL
Server Databases, as well as Oracle, INGRES, and MySQL. Strong hardware
and electronics experience.
Windows Server Administration Network Design and Support
Relational Database Design Database Administration
Web Development & Administration SQL Querying and Reporting
Data Load, Transfer, & Migration Physical Architecture Design
Professional Experience
Regional Group Services Programmer/Analyst, 2008 - Present
Kirby Building Systems, Division of NUCOR Corp. - Portland, Tennessee
Support, develop, and deploy web and Windows based applications using
VB.Net, C#.NET, jQuery AJAX framework, and Microsoft SQL Server. Developed
Windows Mobile applications to support product tracking on the factory
floor.
Selected Contributions:
V Provided support for legacy web and Visual Basic applications,
including AJAX enhancements to web applications to give a more
interactive look and feel.
V Designed and developed a new Production Tracking application for
recording daily production and calculating production bonuses. The
application integrated barcode scanners using Microsoft's POS for .NET
and made extensive use of Microsoft SQL Server stored procedures and
SQL Reporting Services.
V Developed applications for Windows Mobile handheld scanners to
wirelessly gather production data and feed it into the Production
Tracking application and an inventory tracking application.
Service Systems and Infrastructure Management, 2006 - 2008
Delphi Product and Service Solutions - Kokomo, Indiana
Defined and procured Windows server hardware to support remanufacture
operations worldwide. Installed, configured, and supported Windows Server
2000 or Windows Server 2003 for 14 U.S. and several overseas remanufacture
locations. Developed applications to facilitate the transfer and update of
test equipment software to remanufacture locations.
Selected Contributions:
V Designed a new web site using SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft .NET
technologies for distributing product service documentation and
procedures to remanufacture centers worldwide.
V Centralized disconnected sources of similar data into one SQL Server
database to reduce duplicate data entry and enable easier access to
related information.
V Created a database to analyze test equipment results data and wrote an
application to gather the data from remanufacture centers and populate
the database. Wrote a reporting application to analyze the data
collected.
IT Applications Developer, 1999 - 2006
Delphi Corporation - Kokomo, Indiana
Specified, installed and managed Windows hardware for Windows-based
applications developed by our corporate applications development group.
Performed system, database, and web analysis, design, and development of a
number of Engineering and Line of Business applications. Managed Microsoft
IIS Web Servers and SQL Server Database Servers.
Selected Contributions:
V Designed and developed multiple database driven web applications to
support engineering, production control, sales, and IT organizations
using Microsoft technologies.
V Developed SQL Server 2000 Database and application for storing and
analyzing large volumes of vendor data from multiple sites worldwide
to support early detection of product quality issues. Wrote vendor-
specific data translation and load routines. Developed web
application for extracting and analyzing data.
Systems Analyst, 1986 - 1999
Delco Electronics - Kokomo, Indiana
Worked within a team environment to specify and design systems to support
remanufacture and repair business for a major automotive electronics
supplier. Activities included following the corporate systems development
process for documenting requirements and desired system functionality, ERA
(extended relational analysis), and designing process flow models.
Selected Contributions:
V Provided primary technical support for systems implementation
including remote networking equipment installation and setup.
V Provided technical support to end users on SQL query and reporting
applications.
Work Experience prior to 1986 - Please contact me
Education & Credentials
Bachelor of Science Degree, Communications, ( University of Tennessee
-Knoxville, Tn.
Microsoft Course 2310B Developing ASP.NET Web Applications using Visual
Studio
Microsoft Course 2124C Programming with C#