Manager Software

ROBERT PATCH

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CAREER SUMMARY

Highly motivated team leader who started as a software engineer and worked through Software Engineering management to become Director of Information Technology. Expertise in development lifecycle of both hardware and software products. Major strengths in LAN, WAN and complex server management. Skills in software development, including the managing, analyzing, designing, planning, budgeting, scheduling, programming, testing, validating and release of quality products for international software market.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

• Active Directory and MS Exchange • /Hyper-V / VM-Ware • Active Server Pages

• Software Development Lifecyle • C/C++ / MFC • Windows SDK API

• Network configuration (LAN & WAN) • Visual Basic • Windows 3.x to 10.x

• Project Management Software • HTML / XNK • Switchvox VoIP

• Configuration Management Software • SQLServr/mySQL/Oracle • Java, Linux, Unix PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rommel Capital Management / Rommel Harley-Davidson, New Castle, DE 2002 – 2017 Information Technology (IT) Director

Responsible for strategic direction of enterprise IT

• Developed and supported the company’s Intranet and automated radio station

• Created infrastructure to support only fully functional portable Harley-Davidson dealership in the world

o “Tent dealership” in convention center parking lots for major motorcycle events o Capabilities included motorcycle sales, financing, service, and retail sales

• Developed use of tablet technology for retail management o Leveraged dealership management system provided by Harley-Davidson Dealer Systems (HDDS) despite claims of software incompatibility by HDDS

• Designed and developed Intranet-based Motorcycle Delivery Manager driven by Microsoft SQL Server

o Secured system features to allow specific personnel access to specific functions

o Tied security to Microsoft Active Directory used throughout all the dealerships.

• Built network infrastructure to support interconnections to 18 facilities o Created an Interstate WAN using MPLS, point to point and virtual private networking technologies

Orchid Biosciences, Inc., Princeton, NJ 1998 – 2002 Software Development Manager

Responsible for developing bioinformatics software applications, writing the enterprise software development processes, and administrating the configuration management system

• Designed, developed and implemented software for the automatic selection of PCR and GBA (Genetic Bit Analysis) Primers from a DNA sequence Hewlett Packard, Wilmington, DE 1995 – 1998

Chemical Analysis R&D Section Manager / Software Quality Engineer Responsible for software development R&D department with $4MM budget

• Managed 25 software engineers and 4 project managers Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc., Columbia, MD 1985 – 1995 Software Development Manager

Responsible for software development group

• Managed 15 team members and 4 students in a mentorship program Howard County Community College, Columbia, MD 1988 – 1995 Continuing Education Instructor (Part time)

• Developed series of C language and Microsoft Windows programming courses for experienced computer professionals

• Instructed courses quarterly

General Instruments Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD 1981 – 1985 Senior Programmer Analyst

• Worked in large teams developing custom real-time systems for financial payment processing clients using Data General Nova and Eclipse computers

• Developed new products based on IBM PC/XT’s and other internally engineered computers using C and internally developed languages Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Columbia, MD 1980 – 1981 Scientific Programmer (American Instruments Division)

• Responsible for programming clinical instrumentation control, data acquisition and diagnostics from electrical schematics, using assembly language and FORTRAN

• Developed applications using port diagrams and electrical schematics EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park, MD 1975-1980

• Chemistry / Pre-Med

• Undergraduate research published in instrument control and data acquisition using early microprocessors starting in 1979

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