Software Developer

Tracy Spratt

Flex, AIR, ActionScript, Dot.Net, Web Developer

Summary:

• Over twenty five years development experience

• Fifteen years with web technologies and full lifecycle methodologies and OOP principles, practices and patterns

• Eight years full time developing applications with Adobe Flex 1.0 – 3.5, using the Flex Builder IDE

• Two years developing on Adobe AIR

• Expert level development of Action Script and MXML components, utilizing the Flex component lifecycle best practices

• Extensive use of Flex, Flash and third party component libraries, including Papervision, Tweener, Caurina, Tweensy, Robot Legs to provide a rich user experience for the Geonav product

• Designed and implemented full applications and Implemented designs by graphic designers

• Six years experience using .Net to develop SOAP Web Services and AJAX / REST services (XML over HTTP) to build the business logic layer for Flex front-end applications

• Extensive experience integrating disparate data sources into .Net business layers, including Micros, Itendant, Percipia, Weather Channel, Drupal, secure payment portal, hotel booking engine. Integrations included tcp sockets, Web Services and AJAX/REST sources.

• Expert level business analysis and requirement development skills

• Twelve years continuous use of XML as data transport, data persistence layer, and XSLT to produce HTML presentation.

• Three years building AJAX web applications using classic ASP and DHTML

• Expertise with VBScript and Javascript.

• Strong skills using CSS to style user interfaces.

• Very strong SQL (13 years), utilizing SQL Server, to develop the persistence layer for n-tier Flex applications

• Experience with Apache Tomcat, IIS

• Active contributor to online development forums. Google: Tracy Flex

• World-class attitude.

Recent Flex Projects in Production:

Geonav Product User Interface: Geonav is a new product line of ocean going marine electronics developed by the team that produces the Humminbird fishing electronics products.

• The UI handles all user input and much of the rich display

• Implemented in Adobe Flex 3.5, running under Adobe AIR 2.1, in Gentoo Linux

• The waterproof, unvented enclosure and consequent cpu power restrictions enforced maximizing performance and efficiency

• The AIR UI communicates with the charting, radar, sonar and other underlying applications via sockets

• Supports five languages, selectable at run time

• Supports standard and metric measuring systems and provides dimension level unit selectability

Imagine Rentals: This site showcases high-end vacation rental properties.

• Public facing

• Interactive calendar filters available properties

• Asp.Net business logic and integration tier

• Integrates with third party booking engine

• Integrates with secure payment portal

• Also included data administration and reporting functionality

http://www.chicasrentals.com (live)

Halo Residence Portal: A portal for luxury condominium residences.

• Fully configurable content

• IP Thermostat controller

• Utility usage analysis and display

• Package delivery notification

• Community Classifieds Bulletin board

• Virtual Shopping

• 20+ Applications, with identity-based availability

• Asp.Net business logic and integration tier

• Integrates with property management software

• Integrates with Drupal content management

• Also included data administration functionality

http://halo.novaregroup.com/Halo/Test.html (demo: user id: ****@*****.*** password:demo)

GHOST: This application runs on the in-room thin clients in all of the TWELVE® Hotel rooms.

• Fully configurable content

• Dynamic application load/unload to optimize thin-client usage.

• Asp.Net business logic and integration tier

• Real-time interface with MICROS/Fidelio Front Desk Check In-out application via TCP sockets.

• integrates with Percipia “Wakeup Call” web service

• Integrates with Servidyne/Itendant property management system web service

• Integrates with CVPS parking system web service

• Room-service and virtual shopping applications provide in-room delivery

• Weather, locally and at guest home

• Preferred vendors banners

• Ecards

• Guest folio/account review

• Remote checkout

• Attractions Map

• Interactive Jogging map.

• WEB access

• Many additional services and applications

http://ghost.twelveatlanticstation.com (live url, but simulated guest login: guestsim/guestsim)

FirePump: Build-to-order configurator of fire pumps, for Patterson Pumps, Inc

• Built on our Proprietary BLADE (Business Logic Application Development Environment)

• Extremely complex product configuration logic maintained with simple, form-based IDE, stored in database and generated to custom Flex component

• Asp.Net business logic and integration tier

• Sorry, but this Flex 1.5 application demo is no longer available.

Employment History:

Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics (2009 – 2011)

• Geonav User Interface Development Lead

• See Flex Projects list above for details

Lariat Technology, Inc, (2003 – 2009)

• Development Lead

• See Flex Projects list above for details

Greenway Medical (2001 – 2003)

• Web Developer, working on Electronic Medical Records software

• ASP, DHTML, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, SQL

2order.com (1993 – 2001)

• Lead Developer, primary projects included product configuration software, ecommerce applications, porting client-server applications to web-based products

• ASP, DHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, XML, XSLT, SQL, Java, Visual Basic.

Abco Builders (1981 – 1993)

• Project Manager, managed construction of commercial buildings from $10k to $5 million

• Information Technology Coordinator, administered hardware, software, networks, developed internal applications, supported scheduling and estimating software, office applications.

• Unix, Netware, Progress, COINS, Timberline, Aldergraf, MS Project, many others.

Education:

• BA English, Mathematics Minor, Magna cum Laude, Georgia State University, 1978

• Secondary School Teacher Certification, English, 1980

Contact information:

• Full name: Nelson Tracy Spratt, III

• Email: *******@*****.***

• Phone (m): 770-***-****

• Phone (h): 770-***-****

• Address: 60 Nugget Rd, Carrollton, GA 30117

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