Tim Brandel
Fremont CA *****
Mobile: 510-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
SUMMARY: Senior Analyst / Developer with over 15 years experience of
analysis, design, prototyping
and development on a wide range of computer systems, platforms
and applications. Seeking to obtain a position where my
experience and knowledge can be utilized.
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:
Languages: SQL, C#, Python, PHP 5, Perl, PL/SQL, HTML, VB, Lingo, ASP, C,
C++, JavaScript, CSS.
Technologies: OOD, MVC, Agile SDLC, URL mapping, templates, caching,
AJAX, Web services.
Operating systems: Windows(NT, 3.x-8), Mac(OS X), UNIX(BSD, System 5,
AIX), LINUX (Red Hat).
Multimedia Applications: Fireworks, Director, Sound Forge, PhotoShop,
Premiere, Acrobat, Flash.
Other Applications: Oracle (11g), MS Office Suite, Visio, Project,
Access, SQL server, Apache, MySql, DB Artisan. Various Telnet/SSH, FTP,
Email and Web clients, and IDEs (Visual Studio, TOAD, Dreamweaver,
Eclipse).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
October 2013 - October 2014 Data Analyst Talent Burst @Facebook
Created scripts in Python to read, analyze and parse MS Excel and text
files.
Developed and documented process flows and procedures for internal teams
and vendors.
Wrote complex statements in SQL to discover and fix data caused by legacy
lease terminations.
Created graphs and charts in Tableau to visualize data into a story of
leased assets past and present.
Identified errors in vendor billing resulting in savings and credits close
to $100K over a 6-month period.
April 2013 - Aug 2013 Web and Applications Developer Insight
Global LLC @PING
Developed Web application enabling client's customers to sign up for
electronic delivery of documents.
Built console application to distribute documents to clients email daily,
weekly or individually.
Utilized: VS 2012 w/TFS, C#, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, Teradata DB, Web
Services via WCF, DI/IOC
Feb 2010 - April 2013 Metrics and Reporting Analyst
Dignity Health
Worked with management to define key metrics to measure project efficiency
for future process improvement.
Developed and distributed (daily/weekly/monthly) dozens of reports
supporting over 100 projects in flight.
Normalized data from dozens of tables to views and tables for faster query
speed making BI data accessible.
Aggregated data via complex queries, scripts and stored procedures on
Oracle 11g DB using SQL and PL/SQL.
Created and supported dashboards, scorecards and other tools in Project and
Portfolio Management tool (HP PPM) allowing leadership to monitor
resources, budget, schedule and other data in their respective projects.
Was 'source of truth' of financial reporting for projects with combined
budget exceeding over $100M annually.
Created web applications for more visual reporting of data using C#, XML,
Flash and JavaScript on ASP.Net.
Sep 2007 - Nov 2008 Programming Lead Rogers
Software Development
Duties split betwixt software development and serving as a liaison for
development management.
Development was on a custom OO PHP framework(similar to Rails) utilizing a
MVC model, technologies used: PHP 5.x, MySQL 5.x, CSS, HTML and
JavaScript (client side and AJAX calls).
Conducted teleconference calls with Client's BAs, Managers and QA staff to
resolve development issues in a timely fashion. Provided documentation of
code base, clarification tickets, framework architecture, network
architecture and database schema on internal website (Trac based Wiki
pages).
Created and maintained PHP 5.3 code base using OOP methodologies, along
with other developers using version control, against a sequence of build
plans followed by regression testing after each build.
Communicated with parties using IM chat, VOIP, and Email, home office
includes color printers and fax.
March 2001 - August 2004 Director of Information Systems
Southwest Travel Systems Inc.
Managed and assisted team of developers (using LAMP stack) in various
phases of software development and hardware support:
Development ranged from open external applications to secure internal
applications, using HTTP and HTTPS protocols respectively.
Met with department leads to develop clear definitions of needs and
expectations of internal applications.
Was key in building an E-commerce travel reservation website from the
ground up, which included airfare.
PERL ASP scripts were coded and tested in a OO (object orientated)
development environment on a LAMP stack: using the CGI::App MVC framework
in Perl, HTML, CSS, JavaScript with HTML templates then transferred via SSH
or FTP.
Created Native Perl scripts to perform various functions: XML parsing, DB
updates, check data integrity...
DB Admin functions included: creating table structure, documentation of
schema, normalization, indexing.
Server installation - procurement, configuration, installation of OS (Red
hat Linux), DB and Web Server Modules.
Desktop support duties: OS updates, virus scan updates, software
configuration, data backups, printer and network troubleshooting.
July 1997- December 2000 Web/Multimedia Applications Consultant
Web:
Designed and deployed complex Internet and Intranet CGI based Web projects
for major Silicon Valley Corporate clients (HP, Intel, 3Com), using a
variety of Web, Client/Server and Database technologies.
Web applications developed: document repository, equipment reservation, PDF
conversions, user-defined database queries, and software subscriptions.
Training on HTML, server side scripting, RDBMS technologies and Web server
setup and support.
Performed installation, configuration and development on O'Reilly Web Site
Server and MS IIS server.
Multimedia:
Developed interactive multimedia CDs for Intel; providing confidential info
to worldwide Intel partners.
Procured, installed, and configured necessary hardware and software for
multimedia development workstation.
Designed interface and controls, digitized, compressed and edited videos
and audio, converted files of various sources to PDF format, created AVI
files, created animations, wrote scripts to control application, and
assisted with CD Cover design.
Fixed bugs, added features, wrote instructions and frequently asked
questions (FAQs) with answers in accordance with testing.
May 1994- July 1997 Applications Developer
3 Com Corporation
Created custom reports for users pulling data from SQL and Web servers,
using SQR for SQL and Interse 3.0 for Web.
Developed password protected commerce application for Netscape Web server,
using a proprietary markup language, VB and MS Access under NT 4.0 to
access data from MS SQL server, as well as its predecessor application on
the BBS using Dbase.
Interfaced BBS to TCP/IP network allowing IP access in, and dial-up users a
SLIP connection to IP services.
Developed tools in C for various functions: parsing text files, archiving,
generating reports under DOS.
Conversion of data to and from various formats (HTML, FRAME, ASCII, RTF,
MIF, MS Word, and TIFF).
EDUCATION: Masters Institute, Diploma in software development, GPA 4.0,
April 1992.