VB.NET, MySQL, MS SQL

Aaron L Gold

** ****** **, ***** ******, NJ *****•856-***-****•*******@*****.***

Summary

Dedicated, results-oriented, hands-on information technology director with focus

on increasing productivity, efficiency and collaboration. Managing programming

and technical staff to exceed expectations. My philosophy is any problem can be

solved with the right amount of resources applied. VB.NET and database/SQL

programming. Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Windows Server 2003. Currently

enrolled in JAVA/Web Development course to be completed by mid-Jan 2014.

Experience

12/2006 - 05/2013 Community Options, Inc Princeton, NJ

Non-profit organization serving disabled individuals with training, employment and

housing

Sr. Director of Information Technology

Provided technical support and guidance to 37 remote sites located across the

United States.

Hands-On support and administration to Windows Servers 2003/2008, desktop PC's,

laptops, Blackberry and cell phones.

Recommend and implement improvements to enterprise network, phone systems and

multifunction copiers.

Vendor liaison and review related contracts.

Creatively solved problems with the goal being cost/benefit optimum outcome.

Responsibility for daily supervision and mentoring of IT Director and Network

technicians

Monitored network resources and daily backup activities

Written VB.NET programs

With MySQL to maintain a simple document management system using Adobe Standard

and MS Excel (VBA)

Maintain multiple generations of remote sites daily backup onto external disk

drive and send an email alert if an error occurred

Transfer accounting information from Medicaid Billing system (.X12) to AccPac

(Pervasive/Btreive) and Microsoft Navision (MS SQL 2008 R2) software

Developed an employee exit questionnaire database to identify trends and

deficiencies related to current and future staffing

Developed a payroll comparative analysis of budgeted verses actual dollars and

hours maintenance and reporting system

Achievements

Changed IT Department response from reactive to proactive.

Wrote customized middleware saving time and resources

Acquired 100's of donated PC's saving over $100,000

Reorganized each remote office's data storage (folders and related

permissions/access)

07/2000-05/2006 [Office Phase One Marketing Gibbsboro, NJ

Closed]

Telemarketing firm tailoring calls and promotions to individual client needs

Vice President of Technology

Supervised, trained and hired programming and administrative staff.

Developed and designed applications in Pick Basic (MVBase) and VB.NET.

Evaluated and purchased technology related equipment and software.

System administrator for an NT 4.0 network and Exchange Server 5.5.

Added security, reorganized the LAN, and instituted DHCP.

Installed Symantec Antivirus Enterprise and Veritas Backup Exec.

Achievements

Increased dialer's productivity 20% by defining more efficient process for

utilizing agents increasing overall profitability.

Increased system availability from 70-80% to 99.5%.

Analysis reporting excessive breaks and dropped calls to better manage call center

agents increasing overall profitability

04/1989 - 7/2000 Cherry Hill Board of Education Cherry Hill, NJ

New Jersey public school district grades K-12

Management Information Systems Coordinator/Programmer

Supervised 2 programmers and 7 PC technicians.

Responsible for administrating a $300,000 budget.

Supported 20 schools and 4 administrative buildings with technical assistance,

computer setup, installation and training.

Developed and designed applications using UniBasic (UniData's Multivalue Basic)

and RPG II.

System administrator of HP-UX 10.20 and Windows NT 4.0 servers.

Managed installation of Linux firewall at all district buildings.

Oversaw installation of wireless WAN system for backup connectivity.

Achievements

Wrote screen/program generator to provide a consistent user interface saving hours

of software development time.

Wrote custom middleware budget entry program to save school administrator time

uploading into the accounting software.

Rewrote inventory control system from batch processing to realtime.

Rewrote employee attendance system adding alerts to possible employee abuses such

as excessive tardiness and Monday/Friday sick days.

Consulting/Contract

06/2006 - Present

Markeim Chalmers Necky Appraiser

Cherry Hill, NJ

Residential and commercial real estate appraisal firm

Programming and PC/Network Support

Custom commercial appraisal tracking program and reports in VB.NET, Crystal

Reports and MySQL.

Custom comparative sales tracking program in VB.NET and MySQL.

Installed and configured MySQL on Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2008 R2

severs.

06/2006 - Present

Predictability Plus

Lunenburg, MA

Provides small to medium size businesses with high end Call Center Products and

Services

VB6/VB.NET Programming

Custom programming using VB6 and VB.NET and MYSQL for the telemarketing industry

Create custom reports and forms using VB.NET interoperability with Microsoft

Office Suite 2003

Education

Temple University BA Computer Information Sciences Philadelphia, PA

Student consultant at main campus computer center and student manager at Temple's

center city computer center.

References

References are available on request.

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