TERENCE F. GOLLA

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SUMMARY:

Experienced, successful computer professional with a broad range of corporate IT experience in application development and system implementation.

Highly technical background with advanced skills using current technologies like Microsoft .NET Framework, Visual Studio, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, WCF, Web API, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, React, CSS, Bootstrap, Windows Forms and Services, LINQ, Entity Framework and SQL server with expertise in system integration and scalability, test driven development (TDD), integration testing, source control using TFS and Git, Entity Framework profiling, coding standards and reviews, design and development, training and mentoring, 3rd level troubleshooting, best practices and over 15 years’ experience developing Web and Windows based applications.

Team building, employee motivation, mentoring, training and employee management skills.

Creativity in analyzing end-user requirements and developing a solution resulting in successful applications that meets the customer’s requirements while providing a return on investment.

Project management utilizing Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) expertise and a comprehensive understanding of ROI, Cost of Ownership, sales, customer service, user interaction, agile mythologies and the ability to see the “Big Picture”. EXPERIENCE:

Peregrine Academic Services Gillette, WY

Senior Developer (Remote)

July 2016 through Present

Hired to bring my knowledge as a full stack developer using technologies like C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Web API, LINQ, Entity Framework, SQL Server, HTML, JavaScript, React, CSS and Bootstrap along with my vast experience in software development life cycle (SDLC), development standards, best practices, agile development, n-tier architecture, test driven development (TDD), integration testing, source control using TFS and Git, Entity Framework profiling, code reviews, design, process flow, mockups, and in-code documentation in order to improve organizational learning and knowledge management.

Corrected multiple issues with an unsupported CMS code snippet called Piranha while working on its replacement with Orchard (http://www.orchardproject.net/), a robust full feature open source CMS based on ASP.NET MVC.

Completed development of leadership assessment application, one of many ad hoc designed applications in the organization. This included generating design documentation, process flow diagrams and mockups using tools like Balsamiq Mockups and Draw.io. As well as, restructuring the application to an n-tier application using Entity Framework for the data level and a factory pattern for the business layer, removing all business rules from the user interface. The project also provided examples of integration testing using NUnit and Selenium.

Worked on the companies internally developed educational content management system CMAD initially documenting and automating the development environment setup which involved the use of tools like Visual Studio, PowerShell, NuGet, NPM, Grunt, GitHub, Jenkins, Postman, Entity Framework Profiler, Slack and Trello.

Cimarron Technology Solutions, L.L.C. Tulsa, OK

Application Development Consultant / IT Consultant / Owner September 2000 through June 2016

Cimarron Technology Solutions specializes in custom software development using Microsoft .NET platform technologies including the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, WCF, Web API, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, Bootstrap, Windows Forms and Services, LINQ, Entity Framework and SQL server. Providing expertise in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including detailed design, testing and documentation which can dramatically a projects overall cost. And assisting with system integration and scalability, source control, Entity Framework profiling, coding standards and reviews, training and mentoring, 3rd level troubleshooting, best practices and agile mythologies. I provided customer value with highly technical skills, creativity, management experience, mentoring, knowledge transfer and training.

Developed .NET applications for time tracking, nurse line communication, custom file importing, PO confirmations, automated product quote request, manufacturing pattern tracking, MLS custom proprietary searching to name a few.

Launched Internet strategies, application design and website development projects for customers.

Conducted .NET project assessments and developer training for companies who utilizing Microsoft .Net Framework.

Provided knowledge transfer in new technologies for clients including sample code, training, hands-on implementation and trouble shooting.

Designed customer IT strategies for development and operations utilizing SDLC, ROI and cost of ownership.

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Tulsa, OK

Domain Application Lead, Rental & Fleet

September 2009 through February 2010

The Domain Application Lead must understand business objectives to build and oversee current and future roadmaps for business application. Responsible for developing technical solutions for project while maintaining strategic direction with the enterprise architectural roadmap. Manage, develop and mentor technical leads and developers. Research and develop new and emerging technologies. Identify opportunities for system/application improvements. Ensure application security and compliance with SOX/PCI and other regulatory compliance initiatives. Manage critical response ("SWAT") teams to address high priority and escalated issues.

Reduced the rental application test system restoration time from over three weeks to two days thus allowing for a more agile and aggressive development schedule.

Identified several SOX/PCI compliance issues including the removal of credit card data from the test system database.

Managed a critical response team responsible for the quick resolution to a new printer hardware compatibility issue that threatened a hardware rollout deadline which would have resulted in the costly extension of a leasing agreement.

Responsible for the technical troubleshooting of a new credit card swiping device and determination of an incorrect shipment of the devices. Microsoft Tulsa, OK

Application Development Consultant (ADC)

January 2007 through March 2009

Consulted with Microsoft Premier Support customers to help software developers rapidly build and deploy quality applications for Microsoft platforms. Customers received proactive, personalized support services and expert consulting on how to exploit the potential of Microsoft technologies. This included providing architectural guidance and design recommendations; workshops, training and knowledge transfer; best practices and standards; code reviews and code samples; troubleshooting, debugging, case management and escalation.

Reduced customer’s per project development time by over forty hours by reviewing existing best practices and standards revealing the failure to adopt built in security features.

Allowed a customer to maintain an aggressive conversion schedule to Office Communicator by providing base code samples for the conversion of existing IM “Buddy” list.

Assisted a customer in the troubleshooting and quick resolution of an AJAX behavior issue discovered at the time of the applications role out only on their production system.

Provided custom training and workshops in such areas as parallel processing, Silverlight, DateTime programming practices and SQL injection.

Worked with senior developers on the architecture and design of a high profile development infrastructure project using leading edge technologies including SharePoint Server 2007, XBAP/XAML and OBA development tools.

ChoicePay Tulsa, OK

Sr. Developer

January 2005 through January 2006

Designed, developed and delivered production application which have generated increased revenue growth. Mentored junior programming staff, conducted developer training, defined standards and was involved in third level support and debugging.

Designed, developed and implemented an XML account balance web service using the .NET framework to query biller web services for customer balances in real-time.

Contributed to the corporate environment class used to easily move application from development to testing and then production.

Coded and implement the necessary change to the XPress kiosk system to expand it ability to process multiple billers at a single site.

Directed the migration from ASP to ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0 applications determining standards, security models and globalization.

Berendsen Fluid Power Tulsa, OK

Manager, Web Development / E-Commerce

April 1999 through August 2000

Managed a development team focused on Internet and Intranet application development including E- Commerce.

Directed a all aspects of an environment conducive to a cohesive development team utilizing communication and people skills, incentive management, mentoring, training, telecommuting and office space.

Assembled a "bullet proof" helpdesk application with intuitive priority calculation, rule based messaging and statistical analysis.

Utilizing sound software life cycle processes and Microsoft products such as NT, IIS, ASP, Site Server, SQL Server, FrontPage, Visual Studio, VB we were able to place an E-Commerce presents on the Internet in only two months.

Oversaw the redesign of the business web sites http://www.fluid-power.com/, http://www.bfpna.com/, http://www.lhaproducts.com/, http://www.vescor.com/, http://www.berendsen.com.au/ and the corporate Intranet. Patterson-Kelley Division Tulsa, OK

Project Specialist / Sr. Systems Engineer

November 1997 through March 1999

Provided all aspects of corporate IT including standards and policies, business unit 3rd level support of E- mail, WAN and LAN, server and desktop operating systems and staff management. Groomed and mentored by corporate management to assume promotion to corporate IT Director.

Designed and implemented WAN over frame relay using Cisco routers.

Conducted server conversions from Novell 3.12 and 4.0 to NT Server 4.0.

Performed E-mail conversion from GroupWise to Exchange 5.5 with cc:Mail and SMTP connections.

Centralization payroll processing using Citrix WinFrame.

Implemented Intranet server including site design and content.

Launched Monitor/Process server using MailCheck, Webtrends, WebPosition and CiscoWorks. Williams Communication Group Tulsa, OK

Internet Technical Consultant

September 1997 through October 1997

Contracted resource to the Internet Development Group supporting all aspects of Web design, development, installation and maintenance as a technical liaison with internal operations groups, vendors and customers.

TMS Sequoia Tulsa, OK

Sr. Systems Engineer

February 1997 through July 1997

Contracted as part of the company's growth plan to open a Tulsa office including supervision of office construction, design and installation of the office telecommunications and network infrastructure and project development involving imaging software design, web development using active server pages and NT workstation security implementations.

Created a highly secure NT workstation login that restricted the user to the execution of a single application through various highly technical programming, registry, system policies and binary changes to the NT operating system for Cessna.

Designed, developed, documented, implemented and trained staff on a drawing image retrieval system using ASP for Cessna.

Independent Contract/Consultant Tulsa, OK

November 1996 through January 1997

Provided technology contract and consulting services for several Tulsa area businesses.

Installation and configuration of a Intranet NT Web server for Parker Drilling.

Troubleshooting and configuration of a cellular laptop solution for Parkside Hospital.

High level support, trouble shooting and training for Union High School.

Instructor for the Tulsa Community College business training department teaching Windows NT 4.0 Server for the Air National Guard based at the Tulsa International Airport.

Authored of COM component Parse HTML marketed for use with ASP. Williams Energy Ventures Tulsa, OK

Network Coordinator

June 1995 through October 1996

Established desktop and network standards, analyst supervision, user support, product evaluation, beta testing, upgrade paths and the configuration of an Intranet WEB site. This involved the redesign, development, implementation and administration of the Local and Wide Area Network, Network Operating System and desktop applications including E-mail, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, TCP/IP connectivity for Internet/Intranet, host and mid range access, virus software, etc.

Implemented Microsoft NT Server, Windows for Workgroups with an upgrade path to Windows 95, Novell GroupWise, Microsoft Office, Reflections TCP/IP Suite, Norton Anti-Virus, SMS Server, SQL Server, IIS, Microsoft Gateway Services for NetWare, Microsoft File & Print Services for NetWare and Microsoft FrontPage.

Developed an HTML form to GroupWise API conversion utility application written in C++ utilizing CGI to process Intranet forms through e-mail.

Built an integrated workstation platform providing a desktop standard with one step software installation, automated software updates, virus protection and automated backups. Dresser-Rand Broken Arrow, OK

Contract Sr. Programmer Analyst

February 1995 through June 1995

Constructed a strategic direction for the implementation of Windows 3.1 including the design and development of Windows applications.

Designed, developed and implemented a standard Integrated Windows Platform which simplified and standardized the installation of the Windows operating system and applications improving user support and allowing for automated updates of software.

Taught training classes for Windows applications. American Airlines / The Sabre Group Tulsa, OK

May 1989 through February 1995

Sr. Programmer Analyst / Sr. Consultant

Member of a development team designing Windows applications for a premise based front end systems to the SABRE FOS system for M&E Line Maintenance utilizing Visual Basic, C++, Windows NT Servers, Novell networks and X.25 gateways communication to SABRE.

Oversaw the project implementation including network, server, gateway, workstation and software installation at over 30 airports.

Field Communications Representative

Involved in all aspects of installation, configuration, relocation, conversion and trouble shooting of the premise systems. Conducted user interfacing and support, project management, LAN administration, application integration and development. This included both hardware and software for desktop computers, operating systems (MSDOS, Windows 3.1, Novell NetWare 2.15 & 3.x, Unix), LANs (Token Ring, Ethernet, Arcnet, Appletalk), network gateways (SNA, Sabre and X.25), printer services, fiber cabling, etc.

Participated in CP5 headquarters role out with instrumental role in identifying and resolving Novell server setup of diskless workstations.

Assembled solution for the integration of Rabbit VTAM and ACF Sabre applications on Windows 3.0/3.1 including the development of an installation application. Sr. Communications Coordinator

Performed project package design and development for LAN installation, provided field support and coordination of installation, created and maintained installation databases, inventory planning and budget support, technical support and training for both local and field personnel, acted as liaison with engineering and technical support groups and provided LAN administration.

Designed and oversaw the installation of over 50 airport and office complex LANs.

One of twelve selected to be trained on Novell Netware 2.5 and act as a liaison between corporate technicians and Novell dedicated support. Sheraton Kensington Hotel Tulsa, OK

Information Systems & Services Manager

April 1985 through May 1989

Supported the development, implementation, maintenance and training for both hardware and software of a corporate owned luxury hotel utilizing an EECO PMS System, CTC POS System, Wang Office System, IBM compatible XT and AT desktop computers, Spectradyne In-Room Video System, Andover Energy Management System, Dialcom Electronic Mail, ROLM Phone Switch, and other miscellaneous electronic office equipment.

Accomplished connectivity between all of the hotel systems through the networking of desktop computers.

Designed and developed a DOS based terminal communications emulator for use with the EECO property management system. The application was written in Pascal and utilized by over 60 Sheraton and Delta hotels.

Tulsa Community College Tulsa, OK

Adjunct Professor

Spring 1997 - Fall 2003, Fall 2010 - Fall 2012

Instructor for the TCC Corporate & Contract Training department and adjunct professor in the business department at the TCC Metro Campus teaching the following courses.

NT 4.0 Server Administration

Microsoft FrontPage Web Development

HTML

Introduction to Internet

ASP (Active Server Pages)

ASP.NET utilizing Visual Studio, C# and SQL server. The opportunity has allowed me to continue to sharpen my presentation skills since leaving AMR Toastmasters.

Tulsa .NET User Group

Cofounder

Fall 1999 to Present

CERTIFICATIONS:

Microsoft MCP (ID#2951295) - April 2003

Developing and Implementing Web Applications

with Microsoft VB.NET and VS.NET

Novell Authorized CNE (#6027030) - May 10, 1990

Certified on Novell Netware versions 2.x through 5.x EDUCATION:

University Center at Tulsa (UCAT) Tulsa, OK

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

*Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Computer Science 1987

*Completed degree while working full time

1984 to 1987

University of Oklahoma Norman, OK

Computer Science

College of Engineering

1979 to 1983

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