Software Engineer
Resume:
Harry Levinson
*****@******.***
Bedford, MA 01730
Technical Skills
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Web:
ColdFusion (MX 8, 7, 6.1, 5.0, 4.5), JSP, IIS, Apache, HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, jQuery, Velocity, AJAX, XML, VBScript
Languages:
Java, C, Visual Basic, some Python, C# and C++
Java APIs/Tools:
J2SE, J2ME, MIDP/Palm, Wireless Toolkit, Hibernate, IBM VisualAge,
JBuilder, Visual Café, AWT, Swing
Databases:
Microsoft SQL Server (2005 Beta, 2000, 7.0, 6.5), MySQL 4 & 5, Oracle, Access, Visual FoxPro, dBASE, some Sybase
Analysis/Design:
OOD/OOP, data flow diagrams, flow charts, entity-relationship models
OS:
Windows, Linux/UNIX, some MacOS; MS-DOS, several mainframe OSs
Networks:
Installed and managed Windows, Novell, and Banyan networks
Mail:
Postfix, Microsoft Exchange
Applications:
Microsoft Office, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Visio, PaintShopPro,
Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Acrobat, RoboHelp, Microsoft Outlook, Eudora, Thunderbird, many others
Employment History
Akubot, Boston
Computer Consultant • 2004 – Present
(see project list near end of resume)
Groundspring.org, San Francisco
Technology Operations Manager • February 2003 – November 2004
- Monitored web-based services in an application service provider (ASP) environment, responsible for ensuring the efficient and reliable operation of the systems
- Provided Tier 2 technical support, to back up the Customer Service department
- Configured operating systems (Windows/Linux), web servers, mail servers, remote access, user accounts for employees, contractors, and partners
- Supported open-source development on LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) platform
- Created shell scripts and CRON jobs to automate system administration
- Coordinated technology efforts with corporate IT department
- Evaluated and monitored colocation services from commercial providers
- Developed and executed quality assurance plans
- Performed statistical analysis of web and application traffic
- Participated in system architecture planning, evaluation, and documentation
- Provided support to internal users of commercial and custom applications
- Coordinated weekend maintenance and support coverage
HEALTHCENTRAL.COM, Emeryville, CA www.healthcentral.com
Chief Technical Project Manager • 1999 – 2000
- Technical lead for Tenet Healthcare project, managed launch of 100+ web sites using ColdFusion and Microsoft SQL Server (http://www.tenethealth.com/).
- Member of engineering management team, responsible for operations & strategic planning.
- Managed web development projects (ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access) for the #3 Internet health site. Site received more than 16 million page views per month in 2000.
- Launched two new channels: the People’s Pharmacy, including content from New York Times best-selling authors Joe & Terry Graedon; and Fit or Fat, featuring fitness content from Covert and Christina Bailey.
- Supervised 4 Technical Project Managers.
DIGITAL COYOTE INC., San Francisco
Computer Consultant • 1997 - 1999
- Digital Coyote: created & marketed DateHound through my company. Named the best Y2K scanning utility by FoxPro Advisor magazine (June 1999)
- Designed, constructed, hosted & managed new web sites, guiding full lifecycle development including analysis, design, programming (ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL, JavaScript, FrontPage)
- Created and maintained custom desktop software (Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic).
DESIGNMIND, INC., San Francisco www.designmind.com
Senior Software Developer • 1996 - 1997
- Siemens-ROLM: created a voice response system for multinational telecommunications corporation, that allows employees to use their telephones to register for courses, check their grades, and more.
- Wilderness Travel: programmed and supported FoxPro reservation system for an adventure travel company with 30 users & several thousand clients.
- Analyzed, designed, developed, and supported custom business software, computer telephony/interactive voice response systems, and Internet applications for clients worldwide (Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic).
Selected Consulting Projects, 1997 - present
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- SimpleTuition (2008): wrote Java programs, conducted web analytics engineering, created custom reports, developed stored procedures and database verification scripts, assisted users with database queries. (Java, Velocity, Eclipse, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Hibernate, Linux shell/BASH scripts, some Python)
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals (2007): enhanced several applications related to journal article management and surveys (ColdFusion MX, MySQL, JavaScript/AJAX)
- [A consumer electronics startup in stealth mode] (2007): conducted R&D related to a consumer electronic product involving wireless devices & speech recognition. Wrote programs to interact with web and voice servers (Java, JSP, VoiceXML, MySQL).
- Superpage.com (2007): wrote interface program to transfer data from GPS devices to desktop and web site; added Microsoft Virtual Earth functionality to a ColdFusion MX application (C, ColdFusion MX, SQL Server, JavaScript/AJAX)
- Massachusetts Dental Society (2006-07): migrated application to ColdFusion MX 7, while maintaining connections to eMPower CMS (ColdFusion MX, SQL Server, JavaScript)
- [An internet startup in stealth mode] (2006-07): programming for a project incorporating artificial intelligence techniques for an interactive IM/SMS/Web application (ColdFusion MX, MySQL, JavaScript/AJAX)
- Digidesign (an Avid company) (2005-06): developed code for a multi-lingual product registration portal (ColdFusion MX, JavaScript, Oracle)
- Symantec: developed modules for sales rep intranet (ColdFusion MX, SQL Server)
- City of San Francisco: created intranet application to manage human service delivery (ColdFusion 5.0, JavaScript, SQL Server)
- BrassRing Systems: programmed web-based correspondence module
(ColdFusion 5.0, JavaScript, XML, Microsoft SQL)
- Motorola: developed web sites for wireless product customers & dealers (ColdFusion 5.0, JavaScript)
- CompCare Group: enhanced modules for an ASP’s medical application (Visual FoxPro, Oracle, Citrix)
- Digital Coyote: created & marketed DateHound through my company. Named the best Y2K scanning utility by FoxPro Advisor magazine (June 1999)
- Designed, constructed, hosted & managed new web sites, guiding full lifecycle development including analysis, design, programming (ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL, JavaScript, FrontPage)
- Created and maintained custom desktop software (Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic).
Recent Publications
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Levinson, H. (2008, May 21). Getting Started With Telecommuting. The Employment Times.
http://www.employmenttimesonline.com/career_advisor/article.php?ID=844
Professional Affiliations
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Assocation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Reuters Insight Community of Experts (reutersinsight.com)
Education
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Salesforce.com, Administrator training, Summer 2003
Java course, UC Berkeley Extension, Fall 2002
Computer Science courses in MS program, Northeastern Univ., Boston 1989-1991
Sociology courses in MS program, University of Pennsylvania, Phila. 1987-1988
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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