Robert George Mills
**** ***** ***** **. **********, NC 27406
Cell Phone 336-***-****
Home Phone 336-***-****
Email ************@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS
Professional developer with 20 years of experience in all stages of the development life cycle.
Have worked with and developed applications using a number of database products including Oracle, Informix, and Microsoft Access. Proficient in SQL, Oracle triggers and PL/SQL, familiarity with database design.
Obtained Oracle PL/SQL Developer Associate certification in June, 2006.
Have worked with PC-based, UNIX-based, and VAX-based systems.
Have experience working with and creating/maintaining Windows-based graphical systems using Microsoft Access and Centura/Gupta Team Developer.
Have a working knowledge of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), the X12 and HL7 standards, envelopes, and protocols, as well as third party networks and EDI mapping software.
Have developed and maintained applications using Gupta/Centura Team Developer Scalable Application Language (SAL), C++, PL/SQL, and Access BASIC.
Have experience using web-based technologies (including HTML, Visual Basic, Javascript) within an ASP framework, as well as a working knowledge of XML and Perl.
WORK HISTORY
5/2009-present Marathon Coach, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (part-time)
Currently in my fourth season of training participants of the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training program to complete full and half marathons as they raise money to fund blood cancer research and patient care. I am also a two-time participant and fund-raiser in the Team In Training program.
9/2008-2/2012 Consultant, Highmark Companies, Inc., Cary, NC
Assignment: LabCorp Implementation Specialist/EDI Project Manager, Burlington, NC
Implemented electronic interfaces across the United States; updated several computer systems with account information, sent requests to a third party to implement, documented changes in the project tracking application and on the shared network, communicated best practice approaches with divisional representatives, tracked interfaces completed, and reported to management; managed EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) projects with LabCorp clients across the United States; coordinated project activities between LabCorp personnel, clients, and various Electronic Medical Records software vendors.
2/1997-9/2008 Consultant, Keane, Inc., Durham, NC
Assignment: LabCorp Implementation Specialist, LabCorp, Burlington, NC
10/2006 – 8/2008
Implemented electronic interfaces across the United States. Duties included updating several computer systems with account information, sending the requests to a third party to implement, documenting changes in the project tracking application and on the shared network, communicating best practice approaches with divisional representatives, tracking interfaces completed, and reporting to management.
Assignment: Developer/Systems Analyst, Lucent, Greensboro/Durham, NC - maintaining Lucent's OUR application
10/2004 – 9/2006
Provided analysis for, developed, and maintained a Lucent web-based application, providing production and user support as needed; application was Oracle- and Unix-based with a web front end and had a nightly batch component; developed/maintained ASP (Javascript, Visual Basic, and HTML) pages using Microsoft Visual InterDev; created/modified PL/SQL packages that interact with the ASPs to retrieve/update database information; created/modified unix shell scripts that often used anonymous PL/SQL or call existing stored procedures; reviewed the work of other developers and performed audits of processes and procedures as needed.
Assignment: Developer/Systems Analyst, AT&T HR, Greensboro, NC - maintaining AT&T Legacy Applications
10/1998 - 10/2004
Member of a team that supported AT&T's management compensation application used to award AT&T managers their bonuses and salary increases every February. This system runs on a Unix-based Sun platform with an Oracle database, and has a graphical component developed in Gupta/Centura Team Developer and a batch and reporting component which is comprised of PL/SQL, Unix shell and C++.
2/1997 - 10/1998
Retired several Informix-based standalone applications that were slated for replacement; developed and tested retirement and restoration implementation plans; performed production and customer support on these systems prior to the shutdown and retirement date.
6/1990-11/1996 Programmer/Analyst, Glen Raven Mills, Inc., Glen Raven, NC
Developed and maintained an Executive Information system; developed a graphical counterpart to the above using a graphical spreadsheet, and later, Microsoft Access; implemented PC-based EDI for several divisions; developed an integrated order entry system that ran on a Unix-based operating system against an Informix Online database; created several integrated administrative systems using Microsoft Access as a development tool and Windows NT as a back end database.
6/1989-11/1989 Consultant, James Thomas & Daniels, Inc., RTP, NC
Worked on two projects in Houston, TX, for two of Oracle Corporation’s clients. Entered help text, wrote forms triggers, and performed applications testing.
4/1987-5/1989 Programmer II, NCSU Computer Graphics Center, Raleigh, NC
Designed, operated, maintained, and assisted in managing an integrated database management system in a VAX/VMS computer environment; wrote C programs and DCL command files to validate, process, and analyze research data, and SQL queries and interactive reports to access the database.
EDUCATION
BS in Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1986