Developer Sql Server

Rick Pierson

*** ****** **.

Dothan, AL *****

334-***-****

************@*****.***

Objective

To gain employment as a software developer or related position. Once

employed, to gain further experience and responsibilities in the IT

department.

Technical Skills

Languages

- Proficient in: Visual FoxPro 6.0

10 years experience, including record/table buffering,

referential integrity, triggers, stored

procedures, OLE automation, complex SQL queries, function

libraries, and object-oriented

programming.

- Experience with: C#, VB.NET, VBA, C/C++, T-SQL, JavaScript,

Java, PC Assembly Language, COBOL

Software & Technologies

- Database: Visual FoxPro 6.0, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft

Access, DBase, Paradox

- Platforms: Microsoft Windows

- Web/Internet: ASP.NET, XML, LINQ to XML, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

- Other: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, ADO.NET, Relational

Database Theory, UML

Experience / Work History

Software Developer / Database Manager (Jan 1997 - Jan 2010)

Movie Gallery, Inc. - Dothan, AL.

- Sole developer for the Product Management department for Movie

Gallery (2500-store corporation

with locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico).

- Designed, developed, and maintained many information systems

using Visual FoxPro 6.0.

Inventory control systems.

Title Management system.

Multi-vendor revenue share tracking and reporting system.

Receiving verification system.

200+ automated title-activity reports/Excel spreadsheets

generated for management weekly.

- Coded many VBA macros for different departments.

- .NET trained: onsite professional seminars and ongoing AppDev-

based CBT.

- Migrating VFP systems to SQL Server and VB.NET when Movie

Gallery closed in Jan 2010.

Help Desk (Dec 1996 - Jan 1997)

Movie Gallery, Inc. - Dothan, AL.

- Diagnosed problems over the phone and provided solutions to

field staff having issues with the

company's proprietary POS, logging the calls in HEAT.

Field Staff Employee (assigned to Russell's Sportswear) (Mar 1995 -

Dec 1996)

Personnel Resources, Inc. - Dothan, AL.

- Shipping and receiving.

- Created several Paradox databases and corresponding reports for

management.

Computer Programmer (Jun 1993 - Mar 1995)

Bottle Creek Data Systems, Inc. - Dothan, AL.

- Developed several applications using FoxPro 2.5 for clients of

the company.

- Developed and maintained a networked Quality Control package for

a geotextile manufacturing plant.

Education

Troy University (Jan 2004 - Dec 2006)

Dothan, AL.

- B.S., Biology

- Graduated summa cum laude

- Cumulative GPA: 4.00

- Received "Outstanding Student Award in Biology (Undergraduate)"

Troy University

Dothan, AL.

- B.S., Computer Information Systems

- Graduated summa cum laude

- Cumulative GPA: 4.00

- President's List all quarters

- 99th percentile in standardized College BASE exams

- 3 consecutive years in "Who's Who Among Students in American

Universities and Colleges"

George C. Wallace Community College

Dothan, AL.

- 1-year band scholarship; worked towards Associates of Applied

Science, Business Data Processing

- Cumulative GPA: 4.00

- President's List all 4 quarters

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