Manager Project

Alasdair Johnson

** ******** ******, ***********, ** 01950

508-***-**** ****************@*****.***

February 11, 2010

Dear Hiring Executive,

I am writing to express my strong interest in the SOFTWARE MANAGER position

advertised online.

I have a successful track record building and retaining software

development teams, and leading new technology development.

YOUR NEEDS MY QUALIFICATIONS

"Education: BS in Computer Science, BSc in Math & Computer Science (1st

Mathematics, Statistics or Class Honours from a leading UK

equivalent." university in math)

"Overall Experience: 3+ years of Manager of engineering teams since 2002.

experience in an engineering or

operations

management role. "

"Excellent written and oral Many years experience discussing project

communication skills." needs with customers, senior management

& engineers.

"Proven ability to mature an Led software group at TransForm

organization." Pharmaceuticals from ad-hoc startup

environment to much more mature group

with appropriate processes and

documentation.

"Proven ability to scale out Delivered high-throughput systems for

systems." use by global clients within Johnson &

Johnson. Engineered database and

application architecture to adapt to

distances & scale.

"Solid development ability in either Solid experience in C++ for telecoms

C++ or PERL and command of SQL." support applications. Good command of

SQL (for both Oracle and SQL Server).

Attached is my resume which further details my qualifications. I look

forward to speaking with you soon about how I can contribute my experience

and skills to the benefit of your company.

Sincerely,

Alasdair Johnson

Alasdair Johnson

44 Prospect St, Newburyport, MA 01950 ( Cell: 508-***-**** (

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

SOFTWARE MANAGER & DEVELOPER

Experienced manager of software development teams. Adept at hiring,

reviewing and coaching staff. Successful leader of teams developing modern,

distributed systems using the latest technologies.

Technologies: ASP.NET, Ajax, WCF, .NET 3.5

Languages: C#, CSS, JavaScript, LabView, C, C++, Assembly Language

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server 2008

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TransForm Pharmaceuticals Inc. / Johnson & Johnson, Lexington MA 2000

- present

Provider of automated high-throughput lab automation systems for the

pharmaceuticals industry.

Group Leader and Principal Developer - Database & Reporting (2007 -

present)

Tasked with spearheading new developments in data delivery for scientific

data within company.

. Managed team of 2 database professionals, and associated budgets and

schedules.

. Successfully led cross-functional software development project to

deliver analytical data collection, warehousing & reporting

applications.

. Dramatically reduced time to develop and deploy new data reporting and

analysis workflows by creating a modular data extraction and analysis

tool.

Group Leader and Principal Developer - Automation Informatics (2005 - 2007)

Tasked with rebuilding software development team after company acquisition

by Johnson & Johnson and loss of several key individuals. Tasked with

architecting software to support highly-distributed lab automation in

Belgium, California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Massachusetts.

. Recruited and managed up to 8 software professionals, and associated

budgets and schedules.

. Led the architectural development of the core lab automation platforms

using ASP.NET Ajax, web services, Oracle PL/SQL and Microsoft

Reporting Services. Platforms were successfully deployed to sites in

Massachusetts, New Jersey, California and Belgium.

Project Manager and Principal Developer (2002 - 2004)

Tasked with oversight of all software development projects; responsible for

keeping them on track.

. Transformed schedule to be predictable and transparent by establishing

processes to manage software lifecycle.

. Used new processes to plan, track, review and report progress for

$25MM development project.

Senior Developer (2000 - 2002)

Tasked with designing & building new automation software to support core

scientific platform.

. Managed team of 2 software professionals.

. Streamlined automation of lab experimentation by successfully

championing the establishment of a lab automation strategy around C#

and .NET.

. Developed software to automate lab processes for pharmaceutical solid-

form screening platform, using robotics, spectra clustering algorithms

and machine vision / image analysis.

Alasdair Johnson - Page 2

Alasdair Y Johnson Ltd, Dunfermline, Scotland 1996-2000

Contract software company.

Director

. Founded company for embedded and PC software development. Clients

included Telecom Sciences (real time telecoms OS), Chalksoft

(animation using Borland Delphi), Incorporated Technologies (PIC

implementation of wireless mouse), Bio-Medical Instrumentation

(machine vision), Mitel Telecom (telecoms switch support), and NCR

Financial solutions (ATM development).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Software Development Engineer for Shering Weighing Ltd, Dunfermline,

Scotland, a Manufacturer of industrial weighing scales and instrumentation.

Led the architecture and software development for new digital loadcell.

Implemented custom DSP algorithm using Analog Devices DSP. Developed

MathCad scripts to develop and validate error-correction algorithms.

Programmer for Donprint Product Identification, East Kilbride, Scotland, a

manufacturer of high-tech labels for various industries. Developed suite

of database applications in Clipper to run label factory, from sales leads

and orders through shipping the finished product. Modernized software

development effort, leading to increased application reliability and

decreased development times.

Analyst and Programmer for Shering Weighing Ltd, Dunfermline, Scotland, a

manufacturer of industrial weighing scales and instrumentation. Architect

and technical lead for developing all embedded software for the company,

using C and Z80 assembly language.

EDUCATION

BSc Math & Computer Science, University of Dundee, Scotland

Mathematics Exchange Student, Bowdoin College

PUBLICATIONS & PATENTS

"Iterative High-Throughput Polymorphism Studies on Acetaminophen and an

Experimentally Derived Structure for Form III," J. Am. Chem. Soc.;

(Communication); 2002; 124(37); 109**-*****. By Matthew L. Peterson et al.

Method And Apparatus For High-Throughput Preparation And Characterization

Of Compositions. (US Patent Application 200*-******* A1).

Apparatus And Method For High-Throughput Preparation, Visualization And

Screening Of Compositions. (US Patent Application 200*-******* A1).

Apparatus And Method For High-Throughput Preparation And Spectroscopic

Classification And Characterization Of Compositions. (US Patent Application

200*-******* A1).

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