Microsoft

 

Microsoft

 

Mach 5 from Griffin-X

 

James B. Griffin
(210) 215-3607

griffinx1@yahoo.com
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Summary:

Technical Project Manager and application programmer with over 15 years of Information Technology (IT) and business management experience in the health care, public, government, and private sectors with key emphasis on software/web development, infrastructure management, networking, data-warehousing, telecommunications, and project management.

 

Background:

  • 15+ years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) field with expertise in project management.
  • Project management (PMP) certified with experience in the full life cycle of application development (SDLC).
  • Successful in meeting new technical challenges and finding solutions to meet expectations.
  • Above average verbal, written, presentation, problem solving, and analytical abilities.
  • Able to handle multiple projects while serving as prime company liaison.
  • Experienced in software/web application programming in a structured team environment.
  • Working background with Microsoft .NET Web Services, SOAP, JAVA, and WSDL technologies.
  • Background as a visual designer in Windows and web based browser technologies.
  • Strong background in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), design, and implementation.
  • Ability to translate end user requirements into Graphic User Interface (GUI) layouts.
  • Strong working knowledge, design, and administration of Microsoft SharePoint.
  • Working background with Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, and other graphics programs.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

 

Work Experience:

  • Jan 2006 - Present - CHRISTUS Health Care (McKenna Health System) - New Braunfels , TX
    Technical Project Manager
    Responsible for determining user requirements and demands, establishing work priorities, plans, statement of work, and directing and monitoring all technical project work. Support IT related business planning requirements including, budgeting, scheduling, and workload planning of IT resources. Maintain project issues and report to IT management and local steering teams on progress of critical path items, time lines, and milestones. Develop and maintain test plans and oversee testing of each new software and/or web application and its improvement for the organization. Coordinate other technical related items in the Enterprise including, network topology design, cabling, server infrastructure, database design and warehousing, software coding and development, and computer/printer hardware discovery and placement.
    Technologies Used: VB.NET, C#, ASP, ASP.NET, MS SQL, MS Project, MS Sharepoint

  • Jan 2006 - Present - CHRISTUS Health Care (McKenna Health System) - New Braunfels , TX
    Senior Web Application Programmer
    Responsible for the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, documentation and maintenance of McKenna Health System web applications. Serve as the Senior Programmer providing organizational strategies for developing and implementing web based applications throughout the organization. Review requests for additional application development and computer services and identify impacts on current and planned resources. Perform analysis of system requirements in order to gain a thorough understanding of business functions, data entities, their relationships, data types and controls workflow, and inquiry and reporting requirements.
    Technologies Used: VB.NET, C#, ASP, ASP.NET, HTML, XML, MS SQL, MS Access, MS SharePoint

  • Feb 2003 - Jan 2006 - AMEDD Center & School, Fort Sam Houston - San Antonio , TX
    Lead Web Application Programmer
    Responsible for the development, administration and project management of new and existing applications for the Fort Sam Houston Army Medical Center and School Knowledge Management division. Coordinate with AMEDD Center and School customers to provide robust database driven applications via the web to include AMEDDCS KM Database Management Systems (DBMS), Knowledge Exchange, Enterprise Consultancy and AKM web sites and desktop applications. Provide knowledge of applications software programming, graphical user interfaces and analysis techniques, system testing and evaluation methods, Database Management Systems (DBMS) with DOD standards and infrastructure to serve as a systems monitor or operations trouble-shooter. Devise recovery plans for system failure situations and implement database strategies and planning needed to create Enterprise database and web solutions. In-depth knowledge of DOD, DA, Army Knowledge Online (AKO), and Knowledge Management (KM) regulations, technical bulletins and web development standards. Develop and maintain SOAP based WSDL .NET Web Services responsible for Web Guard authentication and daily news feeds from CNN, Google, Yahoo, Reuters and other news reporting agencies. Serve as the Lead Programmer to provide structural plans and organize development strategies for developing, implementing and supporting applications for the Knowledge Management organization. Advise management on operational methods and software changes. Coordinate end user testing and evaluate graphical user interface standards. Develop and design customized look and feel templates for deployment within Windows and web-based applications.
    Technologies Used: VB.NET, C#, ASP, ASP.NET, HTML, PHP, XML, MS SQL, MS Access, Oracle, VB 6, MS SharePoint

  • Jul 2000 - Jan 2003 - Daymon Associates - San Antonio , TX
    Lead Web Application Programmer (Senior Business Analyst)
    Involved the development, maintenance, administration and project management of a large Intranet site available to both Daymon Associates and H-E-B. Responsible for effective performance of multiple applications systems operating in a multiprocessing/multiprogramming environment. Develop and maintain documentation required to enable application and functional users to more fully utilize the contents and capabilities of the database and it's, associated systems. Conduct training on file organization, graphic user interfaces, structure and composition, updating and retrieval techniques, and display capabilities available for files within the Daymon database. Broad knowledge of system design and programming techniques, local operating system software and database concepts in order to obtain optimum utilization of the computer's capabilities via a database management system (DBMS).
    Technologies Used: VB.NET, C#, ASP, ASP.NET, HTML, XML, COM, MS SQL, MS Access, VB 6

  • Nov 1998 - Jul 2000 - U.S.A.A. - San Antonio , TX
    Web Application Programmer (IT Systems Analyst)
    Managed the development, maintenance and administration of corporate Intranet sites available to the Information Technology Company (ITCO), the Customer Support Center (CSC) Helpdesk and other Military customers. Skilled at system software design, graphic user interfaces and knowledge of computer Language characteristics sufficient to develop and/or monitor development of schema to interface with vendor software. Experience to include troubleshooting internetworking protocols and web-based applications as well as graphical development, design and presentation experience with web-based content. Familiar with security tools and methods associated with internetworking, web-based computing and electronic commerce. Expertise to build and design web sites that fulfill customers Intranet, Extranet and Internet as well as meet established goals and objectives. Specifically, provides Internet technology / web-based computing development, implementation and administration for customer in a Windows environment with full domain services including web servers, DNS, Proxy servers, Exchange email servers, and IIS Servers.
    Technologies Used: VB 6, ASP, HTML, Oracle, MS SQL, MS Access

  • Sept 1996 - Aug 1998 - Netserv, Inc. - San Antonio , TX
    Web Application Programmer
    Involved the development and maintenance of corporate Internet site and purchasing of hardware and software for network integration clients. Responsibilities to include: fulfillment of purchase orders, tracking of shipments through the Internet, maintain and develop new tracking pages and databases in HTML, ASP, PHP, administration of corporate web site and web applications in Access and MS SQL server.
    Technologies Used: HTML, ASP, MS SQL, MS Access

 

Technical Skills:

  • Software - MS Visual Studio/.NET, IIS 4-6, Adobe PhotoShop 4-7, Flash MX, MS Office Suite 97-2003, Crystal Reports 7-10, Visual Basic 5-6, SQL 6.5-2005 DBA, ORACLE 7-9I, Apache 1.3, MySQL 3.2, Fireworks MX, Dreamweaver MX, MS SharePoint, MS Project 2003
  • Operating Systems - WIN Vista, WIN XP, WIN 2003, WIN 2000, WIN NT 4, WIN 95/98, WIN 3.X, DOS
  • Code Languages - HTML, Active Server Pages (ASP), ASP.NET, VB.NET, DHTML, XHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, PHP 4, C#, XML, XSL, VBA (Visual Basic), COM, ADO2-2.7/ADO.NET, VB.NET, T-SQL, SQL/PL, SOAP, WSDL, .NET Web Services, AJAX

 

Education/Certifications:

  • 1987 Martin High School - Arlington , Texas
  • 1989 TC College - Ft. Worth , TX
  • 1998 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
  • 2001 WWW Concepts Certification (Brain Bench)
  • 2005 HTML 3.2 Certification (Brain Bench)
  • 2005 Active Server Page Certification (Brain Bench)
  • 2005 Operating Systems and TCP/IP (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 TCP/IP (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 Windows XP Fundamentals (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 Encryption Technologies (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 Planning and Implementing Active Directory (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 US Army Information Assurance Awareness (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure & Active Directory Physical Design (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 Implementing Active Directory Users & Groups (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 IP Addressing and Routing (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 Firewalls and VPNs (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2005 Intrusion Detection and Risk Management (US Army SkillPort)
  • 2008 ASP.NET Certification (Brain Bench)
  • 2009 Project Management Professional (PMP)

 

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