(407) 647-6997
bbaker@microapplications.com
Highly motivated, hands-on, self-starting systems engineer with business customer focus, and broad experience in current and legacy technologies, commercial software development practices, training, and R&D, project, and software development management.
Operating Systems Win32 (API level) and Unix
(SCO, Linux, Solaris, IBM AIX and Digital Unix)
Methodologies Chen, Shlaer-Mellor,
DeMarco, UML, Formal Object Role Modeling, GOF (and other) Design Patterns, Instructional
Systems Design, Proposal Red-Teaming.
Hardware Intel-based PCs/servers,
Alpha, Motorola, and Sun workstations/servers, routers, card readers/writers, and
Scantron equipment.
Software Microsoft SQLServer, Oracle Tools, Interbase, Informix, xBase, Microsoft Visual Tools, Win and HTML Help, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Visio, Borland Together, Rational Rose/XDE, Sparx Enterprise Architect, InstallShield and Wise Installers, Doc-to-Help, XML Spy, Team Foundation Server, NUnit, CorelDraw!, Microsoft and VMWare virtualization products.
EXPERIENCE
Principal
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Provide information systems’ analysis, design, development and
integration for commercial and government clients, specializing in desktop, thin-client,
back-office, and real-time transaction business data processing.
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Design and develop commercially viable real-time host-to-host and
public network Point-of-Sale activation systems for prepaid long distance
telephone cards and gift cards over VISANet (SNA), Dial-Up sockets, and Dial-Up
Frame Relay topologies.
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Design and develop eCommerce, job tracking, workflow, and
line-of-business applications for the desktop, intranet, and extranet.
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Architected, designed and developed a family of GPS gateway servers,
middle-tier application servers and back-end database to feed a Virtual Earth
real-time tracking system using TCP/IP sockets, MSMQ, Enterprise Queued
Components, and SQL Serve 2005.
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Designed and developed transportation logistics B2B web and back-office
application suite, including automated carrier load assignment and extra charge
calculations with real-time customer, vendor and carrier update.
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Managed, designed, developed, and integrated a commercial Point-of-Sale
phone card system using standard Verifone terminals in four months from
inception to production rollout under budget.
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Designed and developed a custom workflow web application for Food
Demonstration Management client in ASP.Net (mix of VB.Net and C#.Net Web
Services against SQLServer 2000).
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Reversed engineered complex home-grown ASP web application to re-factor
and develop an n-tier intranet solution that was commercially released and
Certified for the Windows 2003 Server Family.
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Designed and developed a Law Enforcement Training repository and a
complete
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Developed custom Accounting Docket management application for small
Accounting firm in Access.
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Microsoft Certified Partner, Oracle Technology Network member,
Executive Software Associate.
Director,
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Operated semi-autonomous business unit in systems, training, and
management consulting at a growing profit level: identified and negotiated customer
requirements, and developed architecture, information models, specifications, designs,
and costing for process, system, and training solutions.
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Formed, led, and managed teams of 5-15 professionals per project in meeting
customer and corporate objectives. Briefed project status and results to
clients at the highest levels.
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Developed CASE/SDLC documentation, user interfaces, core logic, dynamic
link library modules, data base application code, commercial quality user and
system documentation, and installation services for a variety of knowledge
worker systems.
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Produced and fielded internet-based remote client/server decision
support system hosted on Solaris/Oracle with SQLWindows (4GL) client via
SQL*Net (TCP/IP and Async). Reused data base reporting code in migrating query
portion to Oracle Web Application Server.
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Produced outplacement contact management client/server system using
SQLWindows and SQLBase.
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Reverse-engineered analog panel trainer for conversion to interactive
multimedia driven simulation.
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Achieved steady revenue growth from both repeat and new business
through solid client and employee management, as well as the writing and
costing of winning competitive proposals.
Manager, Independent
Research & Development
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Planned, directed, and managed multi-disciplined IR&D program
emphasizing application of emerging technologies in the development and
delivery of training. Wrote and costed winning competitive proposals. Evaluated
and recommended corporate MIS components.
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Produced two automated Instructional Systems Development support data
base systems with relational data base back-ends as lead information system
engineer.
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Developed system design documentation, specifications, and Windows-based
prototype in C++ for computer-assisted Joint Special Operations front-end
analysis system.
Senior Research Engineer
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Developed supporting microcomputer software for statistical analysis,
decision support, computer-based instruction, and other analytical and output
processing requirements.
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Created methodologies to evaluate simulation functional requirements by
assessing cost-to-train at the task level, and options for delivery media based
on training fidelity and trainee population.
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Developed specifications and training syllabi for multiple
Research Engineer
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Invented emergency egress system for large surface mine haulage
vehicles.
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Designed work flow model for U.S. Navy specification for the systems
approach to training.
Graduate Engineering
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering The
References/Publications
available upon request.