James E. Huffman
Bella Vista, AR 72714
Phone: 479-***-****
*************@*******.***
December 2004 to July 15, 2010
PRGX Global, Inc. Bentonville, AR:
Senior Software Developer
Develop VB6, Access 2003 and VB.Net (2003, 2005 and 2008 versions) programs
accessing multi-terabyte (70 Terabytes) Sql Server 2008 databases to enable
and assist auditors in analyzing and writing claims.
. Develop programs to automatically scan multiple FTP sites and download
new files.
. Client email viewing applications
. Database and server management utilities
. Claim creation and Claim Management (internal and external claims)
applications
. Report creation using Crystal Reports, Access and Sql Server Reporting
Services
September 2003 to December 2004
PRG/Schultz, Inc. Bentonville, AR:
Consultant
. Develop VB 6 and Access 2000/2003 auditing applications.
. Develop VB 6 COM objects to provide Business Intelligence (BI) rules.
. Develop VB 6 COM objects to produce Access reports.
April 2002 to February 2003
Humana Inc., Emphesys Claims IT Louisville, KY:
Consultant
Manage maintenance and enhancement activities for Emphesys website.
Technical lead on mission critical intranet project that provides interface
for departments to create and change data that replaces hardcoded values in
mainframe programs with values stored in DB2. This project required using
IBM's MQSeries and CICS programs to transport data in XML format between
mainframe DB2 databases and web server interfaces. Presentation of data was
accomplished using ASP (VBScript, JavaScript and HTML) and XSL templates
and transforms.
Design and implement team / work tracking databases with MS Access.
Design and implement MS Excel workbooks, Visio diagrams and MS Access
databases as repositories and design aids for DB2 table and query designs.
Utilize MS Project for project tracking purposes.
Demonstrations and training aids were created with MS PowerPoint.
December 2001 to March 2002
Raytheon Travel Air Wichita, KS:
Consultant
Modify VB 6.0 executables to utilize Oracle 8i backend
Design Access database for Raytheon Aircraft Charter & Management
Create Access 97 graphical user interface
April 2001 to December 2001
State of Wyoming, Department of Employment, IT, N-Tier Development Section
Casper, WY:
Consultant
Design, code and implement VB 6.0 GUI, COM and MTS components to retrieve
Mainframe and Visual FoxPro data files and update SQL Server 7 and 2000
databases.
Design, code and implement ASP 2.0 (VBScript, JavaScript and HTML) pages,
VB 6.0 DLLs and ActiveReports 2.0 reports for displaying on the departments
website (Staff Viewing only).
December 2000 to March 2001
Raytheon Travel Air Wichita, KS:
Consultant
. Design, model and implement Visual Basic 6.0 project that calculates and
displays ownership, contract and flight data. The program assists RTA in
managing fractional ownership and analyzing aircraft usage.
. The project uses a VB 6.0 GUI application and two VB 6.0 DLLs (COM
objects) in the user, data and business services (tiers).
. Mentor staff members with suggestions and training in GUI design
following the Microsoft Windows Style Guide, data acquisition with ADO
and methods for deploying Access databases.
August 2000 to
December 2000
Jackson National Life Ins. Lansing, MI:
Consultant
Design, model and implement data migration from Oracle and Paradox
databases to DB2 web-enabled database. Participate in all phases of
development.
June 2000 to
July 2000
Sterling Commerce Inc. Columbus, OH:
Consultant
Perform maintenance and enhancements to an existing Visual Basic 6.0
application. Successfully completed project six weeks earlier than
scheduled.
October 1998 to June 2000
Humana Inc. Louisville, KY:
Consultant
14. Provide technical direction, research, graphical user interface design
training (Microsoft Windows Style Guide) and leadership mentoring for
Humana's Information Systems HHACP and HB teams.
Produce white papers for staff and clients.
Analyze requirements, design, code, implement, test and document
enhancements for HumanaHealth Advanced Care Partners and HumanaBeginnings
with Access 97, VBA, ODBC and Visual Basic 6.
Provide troubleshooting and support for HumanaHealth Advanced Care Partners
and Humana Beginnings programs with Access 97.
Design, document and implement ActiveX and class based data structures
and design elements using OOP methods and ADO with Visual Basic 6.
Design, document and implement ODBC/ADO and Visual Basic 6 GUI container
for dynamic reporting using Crystal Reports.
DBA for HumanaBeginnings Test and QA SQL Server 7.0 databases.
Design, develop, implement, install and tune SQL Server 7.0 and MSDE
databases. Create indexes, stored procedures, views and triggers.
May 1997 to October 1998
Federal Express. Memphis, TN:
Consultant
Analyze business requirements and create business processes to audit,
maintain and track development of baseline software for FedEx's LEC&C
Division Tandem Computer environment.
Project lead, lead programmer, DBA, GUI and "best practices" trainer and
mentor for FTE team members in the Application Migration Services Year 2000
Software Configuration Management Team.
Design, code, document, test and lead the implementation of Access 95 and
Access 97 databases, VB4 and VB5 applications using ADO and ODBC for data
access and Crystal Reports for reporting.
Participate in the establishment of SCM processes for attaining CMM Level
2.
. Create pilot project for a team intranet with Visual Studio 97 and
Interdev to produce ASP (VBScript and HTML) and HTML intranet web pages.
Provide technical direction, design and participation in upgrading an
Access 2.0 call center application to VB5 and Access 97 using class modules
and DAO.
December 1996 to May 1997
Cardinal America Consultants, Inc. Dallas TX:
Senior Consultant
27. Develop and analyze requirements, design, code and test Client/Server
applications using Visual Basic 4.0 "front ends" (GUI) according to
Microsoft Windows Style Guide and Access 95 and 97 (7.0 & 8.0) databases
using DAO and ODBC with Crystal Reports.
Provide technical leadership, trouble shooting, training and support for NT
and Novell LAN & WAN installation and security, virus eradication and
packaged software support and training.
January 1991 to December 1996
Consultant:
Design and develop custom applications and databases for various business,
nonprofit organizations and individuals in the Northwest Arkansas area.
Using Visual Basic, ODBC, Access, Visual FoxPro, Delphi 1.0. Crystal
Reports, Clipper 5.0 to 5.2, dBase III & IV, C/C++, Pascal.
Provide technical assistance, direction and training for clients in
selection, procurement and installation of network hardware and software
(Token-Ring, NT and Novell), as well as, off the shelf and custom software
including installation/administration of MS SQL Server 4.X.
Teaching Experience
Northwest Technical School, Springdale, AR.
Instructor's Assistant
Assisted instructor in teaching BASIC language and beginning programming.
Summer 1992
North Arkansas Community College, Rogers, AR.
Instructor's Assistant
Assisted instructor in teaching Word Perfect, dBase IV, and Lotus 123.
Summer 1992
Rogers and Bentonville AR school systems
Substitute Teacher
Teach a variety of subject areas including all math and computer science
classes.
1990. - 1993
Education
B.S.B.A. University of Arkansas, College of Business Administration
Major: CISQA (Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis)
MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer) in VB6 - June 2003
Database and RDBMS: Access 1.0-2007, Paradox, Visual FoxPro, Xbase, MS
SQLServer 4-2008, Sybase SQLServer, Sybase SQL Anywhere 5, Inprise
InterBase, Oracle 8 and DB2/2 and DB2/6000 - Universal Database ver 7.1.
Platforms, Databases, Languages and Productivity Packages
Programming Environments: Visual Basic 3-6, ODBC, VBScript, Visual
Studio.Net 2005 & 2008, C#, VB.Net, ASP, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, MTS,
Delphi, Clipper 5.2E, COBOL (MicroFocus Workbench), Turbo Pascal 6.0, Turbo
Assembler, Turbo C & Borland C++, SQL 92, Transact-SQL, PL/SQL, VBA, Think
C, Think Pascal, AS/400 CL, RPG/400.
Operating Systems: OS/400, DOS,OS/2, Windows 3.0 through Windows 98,
Macintosh 6.X & 7.X, Windows NT Workstation and NT Server 4.0, Windows
2000, Windows XP Professional, Windows 7, Novell 3.0 through Novell 4.10.
Data Modeling, Project Management, Report Writers and Productivity: MS
Project 4-2000, Visio 4-2007, S-Designor DataArchitect, MS Excel, MS Word,
MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, Crystal Reports, ReportSmith, ERWin,
ForestAndTrees, Data Junction, Sql Server Reporting Services, and
ActiveReports.