PETER NICHOLSON
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Syniti dba BACKOFFICE ASSOCIATES LLC
March 2007 – Current
HARWICH, MA
IT Director (Jan 2014- May 2020)
Reported to CFO and responsible for management of two million dollar budget including personnel, software and hardware required to support day to day operations at Backoffice. Designed and led plans for virtualization project and implemented new phone systems reducing total IT budget by 30%.
Director of Internal Development (Jan 2010-Jan 2014
Led a team of internal developers who were responsible for customizations to internal systems and reporting needs of the organization
Senior Internal Developer (March 2007- Jan 2010)
Responsible for development of internal software systems to support day to day operations. Customizations included customizations to Great Plains and other internal systems using a variety of development tools
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
September 2003-April 2005
GREENSBOROUGH, NC
Great Plains Technical Consultant
Responsible for installations, upgrades, backup plans and maintenance of Great Plains installations for multiple clients.
Developer responsible for customizations to Microsoft Great Plains using a variety of development tools including .Net, Dexterity, VBA, eConnect and Integration Manager for multiple clients.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CONSULTING
ARLINGTON, VA
May 2001--September 2003
Software Consultant
Responsible for design, documentation and development of custom software for clients as needed
Customer software development using VB and SQL server
Sr. Software Consultant
Led small development teams for development of custom software for multiple clients.
SOFTRAX
BRAINTREE, MA
September 1995-April 2001
Software Consultant
Worked with Fourgen Financials, Powerbuilder and SQL server to develop custom solutions for clients
Customer software development using Fourgen Financials, Informix, PowerBuilder and SQL.
Sr. Software Consultant
Led small development teams for development of custom software for multiple clients.
THE SYSTEM DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
N. ANDOVER, MA
1990-1995
Technical Support
Responsible for support of hardware and software configurations at customer locations
Applications Developer
Developed custom software for car rental companies
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems
All versions of Windows, Dos, Mac, Vax/VMS, Linux
Software Applications
All MS Office tools, Salesforce, MS Great Plains, FRX
Development Tools
SQL Server –Almost 20 years’ experience
Visual Studio, .NET 10+ years, ASP.net and VB.NET, Some C#
GP development tools – eConnect, VBA, Integration manager, Dexterity 10+ years
Crystal Reports 10+ Years
Certifications
MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA
BS Computer Science, May 1989