Ronald J. Breen
************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Seeking Software Engineering and System Administration
A seasoned, experienced, and productive Software Development Manager, OPS Manager, Software Engineer and Contract Proposal Team member, System Manager, System Administrator, and Software Developer with 28+ years of experience in Project Management, Logistics Management, Data Processing, Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Web Solutions fields with a track record in managing, designing, procuring, implementing, testing, and operating complex IT solutions involving software development, infrastructure design, upgrades, and consulting services. I possess extensive experience in strategic planning, network development, vendor relations, executive presentation, and team building.
I will bring your environment great IT management, contract proposal writing, and developer capabilities.
TECHNOLOGIES
RHEL, AIX, C, C#, Oracle DB, Informix DB, Delphi 7 (Pascal and GUI), JAVA (NetBeans), WCF Services, SSMS, TFS, HTML,.NET, Windows, MS Office, IBM OS 360, 370
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Currently Retired June 2021 - Present
CSF International (CSFi) - Sarasota, FL Jan 2015 - June 2021
Software Engineer
Developed client/server enterprise software for international banks debit/credit card processing:
MS Windows 7, 8 and 10
Delphi 7, JAVA, Oracle DB, Informix DB, and associated tools.
Built backend real-time interface programs providing POS and ATM card processing.
Redhat Linux
SUN Solaris
IBM AIX
Communication between HOST banks and card reading devices.
C programming, Oracle DB, Informix DB
Conditional execution depends on the detected database engine.
Developed/updated system-level and user-level documentation.
Visense, Inc. - Bradenton, FL Feb 2013 -Sept 2014
Software Developer
●Developed client/server enterprise software using Silverlight, C#, WCF Services, SSMS, TFS, and associated tools.
●Built Silverlight GUI pages, menus, child windows, and related code files. Built WCF web services and interfaced with the client side.
●Installed and configured Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as the software datastore.
● Database implementation and updates included defining tables based on the DoDAF DM2 specification and developing scripts to update/configure deployed databases in a live environment.
●Found & documented 400+ bugs in extant code. 25% crashes, 25% bad results, 50% ugly behavior.
●Created “Final Report” MS Word for 3 deliverable cycles consisting of 250 pages + appendices.
●Created program-controlled prototype API access using C++
Kelly Services Jan 2013 - Feb 2013
Consultant
●Assigned to Jackson-Hewitt Tax Service online to perform Help Desk duties.
Adecco Staffing April 2011 - Dec 2012
Consultant
●Assigned to GE Corporate Tax office in Ft. Myers, FL. until March 2012.
●Contracted to analyze, organize, and report General Electric Corp. credit-card product user accounts that were involved in bankruptcy. The project included 5 years of data for customers in Texas, New York, and California. The resultant reports allowed GE to recover over $50 million in state sales taxes, which was subject to refund to GE under bankruptcy law.
Independent Consultant Nov 2001 - Mar 2011
http://girlslife.com
●Developed Web applications for order entry, site navigation, age-sensitive access, abuse reporting, advertising rotation, efficient storage, and graphics retrieval.
●Utilized C#, WCF, DevExpress, SSMS, Tortoise SVN, RegEx, MVC model
●Converted MS Access files to MS SQL database
●Created orders pages and code-behind to process customer interface for GL Subscriptions.
●Implemented local and remote SQL DBs for two-phase commit capability
● Implement daily batch data synchronization between: MS Access data/ SQL DB 1 / SQL DB 2
●Created software to port data from MS Access to SQL Server.
●Set up LAN and VPN for clients.
http://mdppt.com
●Maintained web site
●Built government-approved tax forms with embedded text boxes for Maryland forms
●Built government-approved tax forms with embedded text boxes for DistrictOfColumbia forms
●Tested site as “user” click-by-click, box-by-box. Documented bugs, anomalies, and design flaws
●Modified WebForms design and code
Boston Area Public Schools
●Created software to port data from FileManagerPro to MS SQL Server.
●Wrote end-user documentation products.
●Modified Win Forms design and code
JDOVE Service Company
●Converted service tracking data system from shared MS Excel file to SQL DB & Win Forms
●Created software to port data from MS Excel to MS SQL Server.
Army Materiel Command (AMC) - Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program Dec 2000 – Nov 2001
Datacenter Design and Implementation Project Manager
●Provided professional support services to the CSC Program Manager at Letterkenny, PA AMC. Including project planning, scheduling, resource requirements estimation, trade-off analysis, and management briefing preparations.
Army Materiel Systems Command - Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program Jan 2000 - Dec 2000
Project Manager
●Program management of the Army Materiel Command (AMC) Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) legacy software configuration management and control.
●Planned and migrated the Army Materiel Command (AMC) Logistics Management environment from a DoD data center in Missouri to the Computer Sciences Corp datacenter.
●Captured the AMC Software Baseline to include auditing, inventorying, and documenting version baselines of the AMC Logistics software suite.
●Wrote specifications for the new WLMP Help Desk, including defining the help desk support levels, call logging, escalation triggers, call routing, call resolution, and aggregated call analysis.
Raytheon SAP Implementation Team April 1999 - July 2000
Project Manager
●Managed team to create a normalized (data) database of all the vendors that were used by Raytheon’s purchasing systems worldwide.
●Directed the effort of representatives from twenty-seven subsidiary divisions of Raytheon's purchasing departments to collect full contact information for over 27,000 vendors who were used in Raytheon’s disparate purchasing systems.
●Managed the effort to check vendor data to assure legitimacy and eliminate redundancies, utilizing D&B and Hoovers search capabilities.
●Delivered output of this effort to the SAP implementation team for implementation of the SAP purchasing elements.
NASA Logistics Support Depot 1994 to April 1999
Mission Operations Manager
●Managed elements of a cost-plus award fee five-year contract valued at $175M. Each year exceeding 80% of the available award fee.
●Coordinated staff of 110 contracting, purchasing, finance, supply, transportation, computer, and integrated logistics support professionals.
●Planned hardware and software procurements; developed and published internal policy and direction of all data processing functions.
●Managed installation, security and operation of client/server hardware and software, DELTEK System 1, IBM RS/6000 AIX and Sybase database..
●Designed and implemented GUI to the legacy system utilizing PowerBuilder.
●Directed professional staff of up to 24, including purchasing personnel, network administrators, help-desk personnel, computer operators, and programmer analysts.
CLEARANCE
Status: Inactive
Level: ‘SECRET’
Grantor / Date: DSS/DISCO / May 2012
EDUCATION
Loyola University in Maryland
Master of Business Administration
University of Maryland
Bachelor of Arts, Ancient Studies