Sales Engineer Manager Development .Net Business Objects
Resume:
Brian D. Norris
Chapel Hill, NC **517
*****@***********.***
Experience
Jan 01-Present Independent Consultant Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Developing Crystal Reports, Business Objects Enterprise, and QlikView applications.
Created fully custom Crystal and Business Objects Enterprise applications (in CSP and .NET) for customers such as Lincoln Financial Group, Enterprise Rent A Car, Sumitomo, and Tulare County. Developed integrated solutions to harness the power of Enterprise while integrating tightly with existing web applications. Added sophisticated functionality such as intranet single sign-on, dynamic parameter pick lists, and completely new parameter selection interfaces.
Created custom Business Objects Enterprise interfaces for customers such as CTG, STA Travel, and Washington County (PA). Seamlessly integrated the applications into the existing intranets.
Provided report development, product training, and consulting services for a variety of clients, including CTG, Jefferson Pilot Financial, Tulare County (CA).
Contributed to Crystal Enterprise chapters in best-selling book Crystal Reports: The Complete Reference by George Peck.
Using .NET technologies to produce a variety of applications. Using VB.NET to produce custom multimedia marketing CDROMs. Using ASP.NET to convert the presentations for web delivery. Also using ASP.NET to port older ASP database-driven administration applications.
Producing custom web sites for a variety of clients. Responsible and fully hands-on for all phases of the projects, including planning, design, programming, and deployment. Planning sites directly with clients, including information organization, navigational flow, content specification, and more. Designing sites from scratch using primarily Photoshop. Developing sites with various combinations of ASP.NET (1.1 and 2.0), HTML, CSS, Javascript, IronSpeed Designer, and DotNetNuke. Also creating fully dynamic sites using Microsoft Content Management Server.
Sep 99-Jan 01 WineToday.com (New York Times Company) Santa Rosa, California
CTO
Led the design and development of a large-scale consumer web site, including graphic design, programming, and interactive tools such as email alerts and handheld integration.
Managed the design and implementation of all technology, including web infrastructure, internal network, and development systems.
Led cross-functional team development of a cutting-edge database-driven wine matching program known as WineSleuth.
Led port (data conversion and user interface re-design) of Oz Clarke’s Wine Guide CD-ROM to the web and integrated WineSleuth technology to produce a unique food/wine pairing program.
May 96-Sep 99 Virtual Visits, Inc. San Mateo, California
Vice President of Product Development
Co-founded a web development firm for the golf, ski, and spa industries.
Built and led a team of twenty, including project managers, programmers, and designers.
Functioned as sales representative and project liaison for major clients such as The Pebble Beach Company, KSL Recreation, and Snowbird.
Led development of dynamic multimedia sites and a suite of online products, including the Invision Award-winning Global Golf Guide.
Mar 94-May 96 Redondo Design Redondo Beach, California
Founder/Principal
Founded a highly successful consulting and development company specializing in interactive multimedia design and authoring.
Developed multimedia CD-ROM and kiosk applications for companies such as Xerox, IBM, McGraw-Hill, and Sun Microsystems.
Brian D. Norris
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Apr 92-Feb 94 Aimtech Corporation Torrance, California
Territory Manager
Quadrupled sales of an interactive multimedia authoring tool to organizations in the Western U.S.
Maintained total technical proficiency for demos, training, and development in simultaneous roles of Consulting Developer and Sales Support Manager.
Mar 84-Oct 91 Irwin Magnetic Systems, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan
OEM Sales Representative
Signed nine new OEM customers while growing region by over $2 million in sales.
As Software Support Engineer acted as liaison between sales and engineering teams.
As Senior Applications Engineer, managed a four-person software engineering group.
As Applications Engineer designed and implemented various tape drive software programs.
Oct 83-Mar 84 Applied EDP Corporation Ann Arbor, Michigan
Programmer
Designed and developed custom applications written in PL/I on a multi-user TurboDos system.
Technology
Programming
.NET, ASP, and CSP for Business Objects Enterprise versions 8 thru XI R2
ASP.NET (1.1 and 2.0), Classic ASP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript
VB.NET and C#
Microsoft Content Management Server
DotNetNuke
SQL
IronSpeed Designer
Past experience includes IconAuthor, C, PL/1, Fortran, Basic, and assembler
Other Programs
QlikView
Crystal Reports
Crystal Xcelsius
Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual Studio .NET
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Internet Information Server
InstallShield Express
Microsoft Source Safe
Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Outlook, Powerpoint, Access, Visio, and many other programs
Photoshop and many other multimedia programs
Education
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.S. in Computer Engineering, 1983. Concentration in computer graphics programming.
UCLA Extension Los Angeles, California
Certificate in Film Scoring awarded in 1994.
Crystal Enterprise Certification
Certified as a Crystal Enterprise Consultant by Crystal Decisions in 2001.
Personal
Enjoy golf, tennis, and many other sports. Interests also include traveling, food & wine, and composing.
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