Vincent E. Saul
**** *. ********* ***. ******, CA 93710
E-mail: ***********@*********.***
Summary of Qualifications
A results-oriented, high-energy, hands-on professional with over 26 years of computer technology experience in right-sizing, installation, configuration and maintenance of relational OLTP and business intelligence OLAP databases, software engineering in complete SDLC and Agile methodologies, functional business analysis including process reengineering as well as technology industry leadership and mentorship. I also possess a proven project success record of within various industries including food manufacturing, medical, banking, data center implementation, municipal revenue consulting, GIS, end-user customer service, payroll deduction management and insurance.
Work History
•Contract Database/SharePoint/SSRS Analyst - Madera Community Hospital (via TEKsystems), Madera, CA
7/2017 – 10/2017: Full SQL Server RDBMS migration (2K5/2K8 to 2014), report migration from legacy to SSRS (NPR to 2014) and complete intranet migration (IIS 6 to SharePoint 2016) including dashboards (via PowerPivot & PerformancePoint) and new SSAS BI implementation for a 160 bed hospital. Custom T-SQL, SSDT and PowerShell script necessity.
•Director of Information Technology - PC Solutions, Fresno, CA
11/2016 – 5/2017: Managed service provider’s sole Dynamics AX ERP and .NET support resource. Mentored a staff of five engineers and technicians on network infrastructure projects for satisfied customers. Heavy customer service and functional requirements gathering.
•Director of Information Technology - National Raisin Company, Fowler, CA
9/2014 – 10/2016: Revamp of floundering Layer 2 network which was plagued with hourly corporate crashes into a Layer 3, scalable infrastructure with a 100% uptime over one year with 800+ connected devices and under budget. Resuscitation of broken BOARD USA business intelligence (BI) OLAP database installation to the point of it being heavily relied upon by the entire salesforce and as well as the top executive team of a $75M/year food manufacturer. Sole support for Dynamics NAV ERP. Implementation of WMS within Dynamics NAV. Mentored a technician, network administrator and EDI analyst.
•Sr. Software Engineer - Lyons Magnus, Fresno, CA
9/2009 – 8/2014 & 9/2005 – 5/2008: Instrumental technical resource in a $7M+ ERP implementation for a $500M/year food manufacturer using Dynamics AX 2012 ERP (replacement of initial internally-developed 30+ year old system then SAP including accounting, WMS, BOMs and QC testing), SSRS 2008, SSAS 2008, SharePoint 2010 and IIS 7.0/7.5. Discovered a $1,653,327 recovery for the company over fiscal year 2012 via overlooked granulated sugar export claim opportunities through the Federal Sugar Drawback program. Increased the efficiency of the company’s Customer Service department by 20% via consolidated “order-to-acknowledgement variance” reports representing $8,451,191 of disputed revenue over fiscal year 2012 within EDI sales order transactions. EDI sales order transactions represent 80% of the company’s accounts receivables. Presented profitability data visualization through the creation of business analysis tool “Sales Order Profitability Analyzer” via T-SQL, SSAS and .NET. Managed a staff of five (5) full-time personnel and two (2) contractors responsible for design, deployment, service and support of network, workstation, server, wireless and Internet technologies for use within a food manufacturing, warehousing and distribution corporation of 550+ employees spanning four (4) facility locations as well as remote sales operations within the United States. Have led the organization in leveraging the business deployment of technology to sustain an increase in gross sales by ten (10) percent annually.
•Director of Information Technology - Global Data Corp., Oxnard, CA & Olive Hill, KY
5/2008 – 8/2009: Managed, with a team of eleven (11) experts, all aspects of information technology specification, design and implementation within the corporate-wide environment of an information technology consulting firm. Main projects were the construction of the world’s largest subterranean Tier IV+ data center complex in Olive Hill, KY as well as the creation of a US-Mexico telecommunications company (http://www.telecom1.net) in Mexicali, CA and Calexico, Mexico.
•Director of Information Systems - Table Mountain Rancheria Tribal Government, Friant, CA
1/2005 – 9/2005: Mentored a staff of six (6) personnel responsible for researching, developing and troubleshooting a wide array of network, workstation, server, wireless, telephony and Internet technologies for use by the department’s two primary internal client pools: 250+ Tribal Administration personnel and 80+ Tribal Members. Have saved the Administration approximately $100K through vendor research, system reuse and technological migration. Have successfully turned the department into a functional organization. Was successful in justifying a 300% increase in this year’s department budget via Tribal Council approval. Orchestrated a successful Netware/Groupwise to Windows/Exchange/Outlook migration. Presented revenue opportunities and implementation plans to a tribal government centered on leasing of tribal land tower space for cellular and radio frequency equipment for use by California Department of Forestry, Fresno County Sheriff’s Department, California Highway Patrol and various cellular network carriers.
•Software Engineering Contractor - Vincent Saul Consulting, Clovis, CA
6/2004 – 12/2004: T-SQL, .NET and database design expertise to MBIA Muniservices regarding bulk address cleanup and standardization.
Work History (con’t)
•Sr. Software Engineer - Hourglass Systems, Fresno, CA
10/1999 – 6/2004: Initial creation of the company’s primary product, AdminDirect (http://www.adminidirect.com), an on-line insurance benefits management web application utilizing T-SQL and .NET. Software development and technical support of in-house digital technology for insurance administration service bureau and application service provider. Responsible for functional specification creation, design, development, testing, infrastructure and operations. Maintain software development time-lines and resource loading schemes. Oversee contract programmers and developers. Development and maintenance of EDI and HIPAA X12 compliance to/from Transamerica, Blue Shield, Blue Cross, HealthNet, Kaiser, Pharmaceutical Care Network, Pacific Union Dental, Vision Service Plan, Catalyst Rx and many others. System is comprised of GUI, back office batch, reports, and object library components for A/R, payroll reconciliation, billing, benefit administration, benefit tracking, and EDI functions.
•Application Development Manager - MBIA Muniservices, Fresno, CA
5/1996 – 10/1999: Created and maintained budgets, resource loading schemes, project plans, status reports, technical personnel policies and Y2K remediation projects on a corporate level for a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 municipal bond insurance organization. Managed a resource pool of nineteen (19) employees including Programmer Supervisors, Client/Server Programmer/Analysts, Production Programmers, Business Process Re-engineering Analysts, and Database Administrators utilizing FoxPro, .NET, T-SQL and MS Access. Development of EDI transfer procedures to FTB and SBOE. Oversaw specification, design, and implementation of an enterprise-wide process re-engineering effort within the scope of a client/server architecture. Created and implemented goals, objectives, strategies, and tactical plans regarding an enterprise data processing system for municipal tax revenue auditing. Created and maintained project plans, budgets, and a resource pool of eight (8) employees including Programmer/Analysts, QC Engineers, and Database Administrators.
•Programmer/Analyst III - Fiserv, Fresno, CA
3/1995 – 5/1996: Utilized T-SQL and Visual Basic to Design and implement bank branch automation tools using mainframe terminal emulation software suites. Focus was on new account creation and teller-line operations. Development tool comparisons.
•Information Systems Administrator - BSK & Associates, Fresno, CA
9/1993 – 3/1995: Primary technical support for five branch office locations including biological and geological laboratories. Programming support for a company-created laboratory information management system (LIMS) including data acquisition, report generation, and static table creation. Configured a 3rd-party LIMS for corporate use. Installation, management, maintenance, and administration of a Novell 3.12 25-user local area network server, workstations, utilities, and applications in an environmental laboratory atmosphere. Interfaced numerous analytical instruments to the LAN for data acquisition. Supported a Sun SPARCstation with SunOS and the corporate COBOL-based accounting system for analytical and geological laboratories.
•Software Engineering Manager - Ross & Sons, Inc., Fresno, CA
7/1991 - 9/1993 & 10/1989 – 1/1991: Specified, designed, coded, presented, and maintained embedded Andover and Teletrol DDC systems for cold storage facilities, packing houses, dairy processing plants, and retail grocer distribution centers within California. Responsibilities included field PC system support, modem and LAN communications in electrically noisy environments, client training, client relations, logic design, programming, debugging, and testing. Administered Novell 286 and 3.1x LANs, supported AutoCAD blueprint operations and created custom reporting software.
•Co-operative Software Engineer - IBM, Santa Teresa, CA
1/1991 – 7/1991: Accepted as one of three out of four hundred students statewide to develop syntax-checking modules for the company’s Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Repository Manager within IBM’s Santa Teresa Laboratory for Exxon-Mobile and American Express.
Education & Training
•Bachelors of Science, Computer Science (Focus: Software Engineering), California State University Fresno, CA July 1992
•IPH-1 iPhone iOS Objective-C Programming, August 2012, Santa Ana, CA
•IPH-2 iPhone iOS Objective-C Programming, December 2012, Santa Ana, CA
•J-OOP Java Object Oriented Programming, July 2012, Santa Ana, CA
•DAX2012-TECHBOOT MS Dynamics AX 2012 Technical Bootcamp, December 2013, Fresno, CA
•BOARD USA Technical Bootcamp, May 2015, San Diego, CA
Certifications
•ANSI SQL: 2011 Programming 100% Competency Certification, International Knowledge Measurement, September 2017
•Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence 88% Competency Certification, International Knowledge Measurement, September 2017
•Privacy & Information Security (HIPAA/HITECH) Compliance Certification, TekSystems, July 2017, Fresno, CA
•Sophos Engineering Certification, February 2017, Fresno, CA
•Sophos Sales Certification, January 2017, Fresno, CA
•CoreDial VoIP Certification, December 2016, Fresno, CA
Associations
•Tribal Lead (Wyondot), YMCA Indian Guides, Fresno, CA 2003 – 2008
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Professional References
•Doug Jensen, Director of Client Services, Muniservices, 559-***-****, ****.******@************.***
•Tony McMillan, Consultancy Owner, McMillan & Assoc., 559-***-****, ****@********.***
•Steve Johnson, Owner of West Coast Exhaust, 559-***-****, ********@*********.***
•Jim Hendon, Senior Project Manager of Rain For Rent, 559-***-****, *******@*****.***
•Jon Parker, CIO, Lyons Magnus, 559-***-****, *******@***********.***