Robert George Mills
**** ***** ***** **. **********, NC 27406
Cell Phone 336-***-****
Email ************@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS
Professional developer with 20 years of experience in all
stages of the development life cycle.
Have worked with and developed applications using a number of
database products including Oracle, Informix, and Microsoft
Access. Proficient in SQL, Oracle triggers and PL/SQL,
familiarity with database design.
Obtained Oracle PL/SQL Developer Associate certification in
June, 2006.
Have worked with PC-based, UNIX-based, and VAX-based systems.
Have experience working with and creating/maintaining Windows-
based graphical systems using Microsoft Access and
Centura/Gupta Team Developer.
Have a working knowledge of Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI), the X12 and HL7 standards, envelopes, and protocols,
as well as third party networks and EDI mapping software.
Have developed and maintained applications using
Gupta/Centura Team Developer Scalable Application Language
(SAL), C++, PL/SQL, and Microsoft Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA).
Have experience using web-based technologies (including HTML,
VBScript, and Javascript) within an ASP framework, as well as
a working knowledge of XML and Perl.
WORK HISTORY
5/2012-present Co-owner and developer, enterthisrace.com
Partnering in a startup company developing a website to allow online
registration for endurance events. Developed using RoR, we
turned registration live in July, 2012 for our first race,
with more races planned to come in the spring. Future
enhancements will provide a front end to the website that
will allow race directors to create their own custom
registration websites.
5/2009-present Marathon Coach, Independent Contractor (part-time)
Currently serving in my fifth season of training participants of the
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training program to
complete full and half marathons as they raise money to fund
blood cancer research and patient care. I am also a two-time
participant and fund-raiser in the Team In Training program.
1/2009-2/2012 Part-time Freelance Consultant, Factix Research, LLC
Performed programming and SQL query development in Microsoft Access
to perform operations with mailing lists (merges, phone
number removals, etc.), and developed and maintained the
client website until the business was dissolved in 2012. The
Factix website can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/bvpss6p.
9/2008-2/2012 Consultant, Highmark Companies, Inc., Cary, NC
Assignment: LabCorp Implementation Specialist/EDI Project Manager,
Burlington, NC
Implemented electronic interfaces across the United States; updated
relevant computer systems with account information, sent
requests to a third party to implement, documented changes in
the project tracking application and on the shared network,
communicated best practice approaches with divisional
representatives, tracked interfaces completed, and reported
to management. Managed EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
projects with LabCorp clients across the United States;
coordinated project activities between LabCorp personnel,
clients, and various Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
software vendors.
2/1997-9/2008 Consultant, Keane, Inc., Durham, NC
Assignment: LabCorp Implementation Specialist, LabCorp, Burlington,
NC
10/2006 - 8/2008
Implemented electronic interfaces across the United States. Duties
included updating relevant computer systems with account
information, sending the requests to a third party to
implement, documenting changes in the project tracking
application and on the shared network, communicating best
practice approaches with divisional representatives, tracking
interfaces completed, and reporting to management.
Assignment: Developer/Systems Analyst, Lucent, Greensboro/Durham, NC
- maintaining Lucent's OUR application
10/2004 - 9/2006
Provided analysis for, developed, and maintained a Lucent web-based
application, providing production and user support as needed;
application was Oracle (version 9i) and Unix-based with a web
front end and had a nightly batch component;
developed/maintained ASP (Javascript, VBScript, CSS, and
HTML) pages using Microsoft Visual InterDev; created/modified
PL/SQL packages that interact with the ASPs to
retrieve/update database information; created/modified unix
shell scripts that often used anonymous PL/SQL or call
existing stored procedures; reviewed the work of other
developers and performed audits of processes and procedures
as needed.
Assignment: Developer/Systems Analyst, AT&T HR, Greensboro, NC -
maintaining AT&T Legacy Applications
10/1998 - 10/2004
Supported AT&T's management compensation
application used to award AT&T managers their bonuses and
salary increases every February. This system runs on a Unix-
based Sun platform with an Oracle (version 8) database, and
has a graphical component developed in Gupta/Centura Team
Developer and a batch and reporting component which is
comprised of PL/SQL, Unix shell and C++.
2/1997 - 10/1998
Retired several Informix-based
standalone applications that were slated for replacement;
developed and tested retirement and restoration
implementation plans; performed production and customer
support on these systems prior to the shutdown and retirement
date.
6/1990-11/1996 Programmer/Analyst, Glen Raven Mills, Inc., Glen Raven, NC
Developed and maintained an Executive Information system;
developed a graphical counterpart to the above using a
graphical spreadsheet, and later, Microsoft Access;
implemented PC-based EDI for several divisions; developed an
integrated order entry system that ran on a Unix-based
operating system against an Informix Online database; created
several integrated administrative systems using Microsoft
Access as a development tool and Informix or the Microsoft
Jet database engine as a back end database.
6/1989-11/1989 Consultant, James Thomas & Daniels, Inc., RTP, NC
Worked on two projects in Houston, TX, for two of Oracle
Corporation's clients. Entered help text, wrote forms
triggers, and performed applications testing.
4/1987-5/1989 Programmer II, NCSU Computer Graphics Center, Raleigh, NC
Designed, operated, maintained, and assisted in managing an
integrated database management system in a VAX/VMS computer
environment; wrote C programs and DCL command files to
validate, process, and analyze research data, and SQL queries
and interactive reports to access the database.
EDUCATION
BS in Computer Science, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC, 1986