Joseph (Joe) J. Norton
***** ******** **** 703-***-****
Centreville, VA 20121 *************@*****.***
Work Summary:
• Over 25 years of experience in the information technology systems field, with proven skills in system/software requirements
analysis, software application design, development, programming and implementation, data conversion, migration and creation
of large-scale database management systems. Developing stand-alone, client-server and web-application business support and
intelligent systems.
• Presently assigned as a lead SharePoint Developer on a small team supporting the Army Headquarters Services (AHS) for the
Office of Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army and their Logistics Services Washington directorate at Fort
Belvoir, VA. Building both publishing and team collaboration sites, along with Business Intelligence modules.
• Previously assigned as a MS SharePoint Developer on the State Department/OBO customer site supporting all aspects of the
bureau’s SharePoint Architecture and daily user requirements, operations/maintenance and site redesigns. Assigned as
SharePoint Site Collection Administrator for the entire DoS/OBO bureau intranet publishing an collaboration portals and
attended to daily Operations & Maintenance (O&M) action items and on-site client support.
• Supported the SAIC DGS program management office as systems administrator for the SharePoint collaboration site, document
management system, and assisted in cloud computing and file migration. Serving as systems administrator for various
corporate proposal and financial systems and servers. Added implementation and automation support for the DISA/Service
Delivery Support Branch (NS6).
• For over 10 years served as on-site lead database/systems administrator and network engineer in support of the DoD/DISA.
Other assigned duties include network administration, systems integration, the systems management, client-server and web
application development for the DISA/DSN/Network Services group.
Education: Bachelors of Science (B.S.), Information Sciences and Business Administration,
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA, 1988.
Security Clearances:
• TOP SECRET/SSPR, DoD, June, 2014, Leidos(SAIC), Fort Belvoir, VA
• TOP SECRET/SSPR, DoS, November, 2012, Buchanan-Edwards, Arlington, VA
• TOP SECRET/SSPR, DISCO, October, 2011, SAIC, Vienna, VA
• TOP SECRET/ADP I, DISCO, February, 2006, SAIC, Vienna, VA
• SECRET/ADP I, DISCO, November, 1999, SAIC, Vienna, VA
System/Business Development Tool Set:
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) 2007/2010/2013: OOTB, Administration, Designer and Workspaces
• JQuery UI; JavaScript plug-ins library in support of MS SharePoint custom-coding and automation
• MS InfoPath 2010; MS Visio; MS Project Server; MS SharePoint PerformancePoint/Dashboard Designer
• MS SQL Server 2008 R2; Oracle 8/9/10 DB; MS Access, Visual FoxPro; MySQL; XML External Data Connection
• Microsoft Visual Studio/.Net Integrated Design Environment/ASP/ASPX 2010
• Windows XP, Windows 7 Professional; MS IE 7/8, MS IIS, Windows 2000/2003/2005 Server
Joseph (Joe) J. Norton
• MS Office Professional & Business Tools 2003/2010; MS Office 365
• Google Chrome; Adobe Flash/Fireworks web-design tools; HTML 5; CSS 3
• Agile and Scrum Professional Training Course, Arlington, VA May, 2013
Professional References:
• William Briotta, Sr. Telecom Engineer (CSC/DISA), 703-***-****
• James Romano, Sr. Telecom Engineer (CSC/DISA), 301-***-****
• Matt Townsend, Sr. Telecom Engineer (CSC/DISA), 410-***-****
• Mario Pereira, Sr. SharePoint Developer (BE), 571-***-****
• Antwane Smith, SharePoint Developer (BE/US Census), 202-***-****
• Ali Hessami, Sr. SharePoint Developer (BE/DoS) 703-***-****
• Fred Lane, Software Engineer/SharePoint Developer (Leidos/DoD) 703-***-****
Professional Experience
Leidos(SAIC), Fort Belvoir, VA
Lead SharePoint Developer June 2014 - Present
• Serving as the lead SharePoint developer on the DoD/DA/ Army Headquarters Services (AHS) and Logistics Services
Washington (LSW) publishing site project led by Leidos personnel and other subcontractors on the team. Applying custom-
coding to masterpages, cascading style-sheets, and other coding files to present a unique looks and feel to the sites.
• Maintaining and enhancing publishing site pages, content and data lists. Created and maintained master-pages, default landing
pages, and dashboard-style business intelligence pages in support of the health assessment of the LSW directorate.
• Assisting in requirements gathering, site redesign and enhancements, and presenting end-solutions to client for
final acceptance.
• Designed, developed and implemented team collaboration sites for OAA/AHS and OAA/LSW directorates.
Established templates for landing pages, navigation menus, site pages, site assets and other supporting web-parts
for directorates to upload working documents and view published information.
• Implemented SP Business Intelligence with the use of dashboard lists, scorecards and graphs for executive front-
office personnel and decision makers to evaluate over-all assessment of programs and division health
measurements.
Buchanan & Edwards, Rosslyn, VA
SharePoint Developer/Site Collection Administrator November, 2012 – Jun 2014
• Member of the MS SharePoint Development team supporting the Department of State (DoS) / Overseas Building Operations
(OBO) entire bureau intranet, collaboration and publication sites.
• MS SharePoint 2010 for the design, development and management of various department collaboration and publishing sites.
Worked with individual data owners and stake holders to customize their sites according to their business and daily operation
needs. Update and customize Master Pages and provide site-level and enterprise search capabilities.
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• Constantly utilizing the MS SharePoint 2010 Designer Tool for creating customized data entry and site management forms.
• Implemented various Business Intelligence (BI) & Performance Key Indicator (PKI) web-parts onto site master pages.
• Created web-part content queries in support of page Records Management and Document Management features.
• Created Requests Forms with standard out of the box form design and also with InfoPath connecting to other data-sources.
• Implementing custom coding and application automation with JaveScript and JQuery UI embedded within SharePoint web-parts
and various code segments.
• Assisted in the development and maintenance of Workflows for internal site business operations and record automation.
• Performed Content and Publishing Management and Development on numerous internal division and group sites. Worked with
end-users on content layout design and information presentation.
• Responsible for development, deployment, and support of custom build and out of the box applications of Microsoft Office
SharePoint 2010 environments. Customized numerous “out of the box” SharePoint sites to suit business needs.
• Participated in the architectural design, development, customization, and integration efforts of enterprise solutions involving
Collaboration, Portals, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms.
• Analyzed requirements and potential solutions for technical and economic feasibility. Responsible for identifying application
need, requirements and designing the software application specifications and resources needed to complete the project
• Utilized SharePoint Designer and InfoPath to customize data-processing of form entry and establish workflow processes to
automate the dissemination of information to approving parties and creation of record information across lists and libraries.
Enables start options to begin workflows when items are newly created, changed or manually started as well.
• Utilized SharePoint Designer to make master-page layout design modifications and insert web-parts to add functionality and
content items to site collaboration pages.
SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation), Falls Church, VA.
SharePoint Site Collection Administrator / Business Analyst February, 2012 – November, 2012
• Assigned as system administrator, information architect and designer, and business analyst of the SAIC/DGS/PMIS SharePoint
collaboration system, in support of the DISA/Service Delivery Support Branch (NS6). Duties involved the following: Managing
all end-users of the site and granting permissions to access collaboration site; creating and handling all lists and libraries, site
pages and assets; creating process workflows to automate replication of information or sending announcements out to personal.
• Defined and created site document libraries and created associated workflows to process and copy files to designated users and
other libraries for approval and review.
• Created various workflows to automatically populate data-forms and views dependent upon workflow-criteria.
• Created main site user interface library and list trees. Created customized system-user menus and pull-down lists. Managed
system-user permissions and active directory and access to site libraries, lists and site functions.
• Created master site global navigation sites and sub-sites. Utilized sites tools to create Web Parts.
• Created various lists with associated columns and indexes. Created both Standard and Datasheet views and Calendar views.
Also applied customized orders and filters to the views.
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• Installation, configuration, upgrade, architecture, site template customization, Site definition customization, nomenclature,
content management, collaboration, workflows, custom web parts, reports, Business Data Catalog, Search, InfoPath Forms,
master pages, content types, features, solutions, Excel Services, UI Branding.
• Team DBA, requirements gathering coordinator, technical writer: Architecture, Business Requirements, Technical
Requirements, and High-level Design, and Functional Design documents, Solution Advocate: presentations to management.
SAIC
Sr. Systems Engineer IV November, 1999 – February, 2012
• Lead application/software developer and systems manager for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)/ Defense
Switched Network (DSN) and DGTT/AQOSTART programs on client-site. Design, develop and maintain the Visual Basic
applications that run the quality assurance/quality of service tests for the Fax, Digital and Telesync-ISDN systems and services.
• Additional duties included web application management, maintenance and design; creating Active Server Pages (ASPs) to be
accessed from the Intranet and performing system administration utilizing Internet Information Server (IIS) and MS Visual
Studio to design and manage web documents. Maintain and update ASP files that display telecommunication database results to
assist network managers in day-to-day operations and management. Additional duties include database archiving and
management, software upgrades and troubleshooting, and MS SharePoint 207 end-user document management and data-list
management.
• Served as lead network testing/scheduling manager for the DNS-DGTT/Tektronix-Minacom Direct Quality Service Level
Testing and Measuring network telecommunication system that provides data feedback on equipment testing Fax, Modem,
Voice and Video systems. In charge of creating all site destinations, implementing configuration management, designing new
test plans and schedules for the Minacom DQ application and network analysis system. Work closely with vendor technical
support personnel in system wide upgrades, installations and configurations and trouble-shooting test result problems and
discrepancies. Creating executive level summary reports and publishing these reports on the website for system managers and
network engineer to trend analysis and review.
• Assisted DISA/NS44 network administrators in configuration management, system upgrades, hardware and software
implementation and integrations to the local area network operating systems, servers and workstations. Provide liaison support
and requirements gathering in assisting the DISA/NS44 personnel and managers to purchase hardware/software test equipment
in support of the DGTT/DSN program.
• Served as lead software engineer and technical support contact for the FSO/Information Assurance system testing of the
Telesync ISDN, Tekronix-Minacom and ION Networks SecureModem Systems to be accredited and certified for the DISA
network operations facility on a global basis. Implemented additional security device onto the Telesync system for IA approval
and accreditation.
Boeing / SAIC, Vienna, VA
Business Systems Analyst IV April, 1999 - November, 1999
• Duties involved maintaining, upgrading and implementing the Electronic Timesheet System (ETS) client/server database
management system that enables employees to enter their timesheet data in electronic format. ETS is a Visual FoxPro
application integrated with the People system (ABRA) and the Project/Account system (CostPoint). It is an on line automated
labor and absence collection system designed to replace the paper based card process.
• Designed, developed and implemented the internal group Call Log Tracking System, a MS Access database system for tracking
internal calls from employees in the company that utilized any internal business system. The database is utilized by analysts to
track and manage all technical support calls, as well as enabling analysts to document problems, solutions and other help desk
related information.
Joseph (Joe) J. Norton
Other Professional Work Experience:
CALIBRE Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA
Systems Analyst/Tech Lead September, 1996 - April, 1999
• Assigned as technical lead systems analyst for the Army National Guard Aircraft Logistics Readiness Module (ALRM) project
and supervised junior and mid-level programmers on the project. Utilized MS Visual FoxPro as the software development tool
as the back-end database engine, graphical user interface, report generator and project manager.
TranTech, Inc. / SAIC, Falls Church, VA
Programmer/Consultant October, 1995 - September, 1996
• Provided software application design, development and programming for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Telecommunications Database (VTD), while utilizing FoxPro for Windows and MapInfo. This relational database management
system was designed to support, track and manage the VHA Telecommunication service configuration information at several
hundred sites around the country, and the system contained various system administrator controls and management tools.
SRA Technologies, Inc., Falls Church, VA
Systems Analyst March, 1993 - October, 1995
• Performed relational database application development, design, programming and implementation for the Armed Forces
Institute of Pathology / American Registry of Pathology (AFIP/ARP) utilizing Microsoft FoxPro for Windows DBMS.