JEFFREY J. BOWER
**** ******** ****** *****, ****** Springs, GA 30127
Cell Phone: 520-***-****
Home Phone: 520-***-****
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Software Development Manager with more than 31 years of development experience. Areas of expertise include cross-function team management, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), requirements analysis and development, mentoring of team personnel and implementation of software lifecycle tasks in an agile environment. Experience with C#, .NET, Java, Object Pascal using Delphi, Java Script, and Visual Basic. Understanding of developing and working with cloud base applications and Rest APIs.
Strong military logistics skills with over 24 years of experience and more than 6 years of experience in the military research, development, test, and evaluation process.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ProCare RX, Gainesville, GA 2022-Present
Software Development Manager
Manager a multifunctional team of 5 software developers and 3 quality assurance personnel. Team develops and improve multiple software applications used to process prescription claims, import and export client data and setup client drug plans and members. Work with team members to develop a personal development plan, direct team members daily activities, conduct regular one on one with team members, and do code reviews and test plan evaluations.
NCR, 2000-2022 in Atlanta, GA and Tucson, AZ
Senior Software Engineer IV
Lead Developer for a team developing maintaining client side, data-aware application and DLLs used for retail store management of data for items, prices, and vendors cost and deals and Web Server applications generating Web pages to interface with the same database used by the client-side application. Development was done in an object-oriented programming environment, using custom developed components and other 3rd party components in Delphi, C# .Net, VB, Java, JavaScript, HTML5 and SQL. Software interfaces with MS-SQL database.
Recognized for producing reliable and maintainable code within budget.
Advise team on coding best practices.
Conduct code reviews for developers.
Develop estimates for both customer and internal project requirements.
Conduct hiring interviews for both on-shore and off-shore team members.
TESTOUT! CORP., Pleasant Grove, UT, 1999-2000
Delphi Programmer
Developed training software for Novell CSE, MCSE and A+ courses using Delphi 5. This included developing simulation of system software such as SQL Enterprise Manager and IE4 Enterprise Manager.
Developed computer-based test generation and test administration system that supported multiple question types using Object Oriented Programming techniques.
INSURQUOTE SYSTEMS, INC., Provo, UT, 1996-1999
Development Team Supervisor
Lead a team of programmers, quality assurance testers, and technical writers in the development of Windows-based applications that perform comparative insurance quoting, communication and database management using Delphi 1-4 programming environments.
WESTERN COMPUTER SERVICES, INC., Sandy, UT, 1993-1996
PC Programmer
Programmed personnel computer to do insurance quotes and generate applications for various property and causality products.
WORDPERFECT CORP., Orem, UT, 1991-1992
Testing Specialist
Tested WordPerfect for Windows, Presentations, and ConvertPerfect. Wrote test cases and assisted developers in understanding other word processor file formats.
College Teaching Experience
CHATTAHOOCHEE TECH, Marietta, GA 2020-2022
Adjunct Professor
Teaching Physics Classes.
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Tucson, AZ 2009-2017
Adjunct Professor
Teaching Computer Science, Math and Physics Classes.
UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE, Orem, UT and SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Salt Lake City, UT
1991-2000
Adjunct Professor
Teaching Calculus (Math 112 and Math 113), Intermediate Algebra (Math 101), College Algebra (Math 105), Discrete Math (CSIS 2070), Object Oriented Data Structures in C++ (CSIS 2020) and Windows Programming using Visual C++ (CSIS 3330).
Army Active Duty and Reserve Experience
U.S. Army Reserve, 1991-2009
Rank of Lieutenant Colonel
10 BN 6 BDE as an instructor of Command and General Staff School for Majors.
Headquarters and Support Troop Battalion Commander. The Battalion Commander is responsible for the training and personnel actions of over 300 personnel, supply accountability of assigned equipment in units of command with a value of over $10 million dollars. Served a 6-month deployment to Uzbekistan and Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Key accomplishment during this deployment was commander of the logistics element providing total logistics support to the Jordanian field hospital station at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.
Active Duty with the U.S. Army 1981-1991
Test Project Officer, Dugway Proving Ground
Command Transportation Officer/Assistant Command Material Management Officer, Neu Ulm, Germany
Officer in charge of the Class IX, Neu Ulm, Germany
Battalion Adjunct, Neu Ulm, Germany
Liaison Officer System Integration Office, U.S. Army Missile Laboratory (AML), Redstone Arsenal, AL
Research and Development Coordinator, HELLFIRE/GLD project office, MICOM, Redstone Arsenal, AL
EDUCATION
Civilian
Master of Science, Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 1979
Bachelor of Science, Physics, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, 1977
Worked toward Ph.D. in Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Worked toward MS in Computer Science, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
Military
Command and General Staff College
Reserve Component Multi-Functional Combat Service Support Course
Combine Arms and Service Staff School
Ordnance Officers Advance Course
Ordnance Officers Missile Management Basic Course