Robert George Mills

**** ***** ***** **. **********, NC 27406

Cell Phone 336-***-****

Email abojwb@r.postjobfree.com

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

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