Scott Nelson

portal.dude@yahoo.com

(Address and Phone Number provided to qualified email responses only)

Greetings,

My experience for the last several years in professional services is in the full life-cycle technical leadership and implementation of complex portals and other high-risk, mission-critical web-based applications where the system client is a browser and people’s jobs depend on it working right the first time.

The type of position I am interested in is where I can make a difference by improving the quality of the both the experience of both users and developers, reduce maintenance effort and improve the ROI of web-accessible software.

I have a passion for building and expanding portal-based systems. Regardless of my role on a given project I always drive forward with the strong belief that the most important part of any software system is the user. I think that the requirements should be driven by how the user will interact with the data (as opposed to what is easier or cooler for the IT department to do with the data) and that the project is only complete when the user is satisfied. This approach is now termed as “user-centric”. Before it had its own buzzword I used to call it “building something useful that can and will be used”. I also believe in adding value to any company I work for beyond the job description.

If you find that my experience, interests, and beliefs fit your needs, please contact me at portal.dude@yahoo.com.

Sincerely,

Scott Nelson

It is no use saying "We are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. - Winston Churchill

 

Skill Keywords

Languages and APIs

Java, J2EE, JSP, JDBC, .NET, C#, ASP, XML, XSLT, HTML, Javascript

Commercial Portal Products

WebLogic Portal, Epicentric (now Vignette), Plumtree, Sharepoint 2.0

Open Source Products

Struts, Tiles, Tomcat, Liefray, POI, Eclipse

Technologies and Methodologies

Web Services, SOA, UML, RAD, XP, Agile, RUP, Waterfall, DHTML, AJAX

Summary of Experience

Fifteen years of solution delivery experience

• Specializing in team leadership, requirements analysis, architecture, design, implementation, leadership development and to deliver high-risk, high-visibility portals and other web-based applications
• 4 years managing architects and developers
• Over 7 years as a professional services consultant and development team lead
• Over 7 years as an independent software and systems consultant, with clients ranging from mom-and-pop operations to Fortune 100ä companies
• Designing, developing, deploying and supporting web-based solutions since 1995

Details of Experience

Senior Principal Consultant Charlotte, NC

Undisclosed – Professional Services (North American Consulting)

June 2007 to Present

Duties currently include:

• Lead on-site portal consultant involved in strategy, architecture, design, and implementation
• Provide leadership to client companies’ technical teams to achieve maximum productivity and meet timeline objectives
• Work with client technical management teams to determine appropriate technologies to support business goals
• Advise client business management on practical approaches to achieve desired ROI on portal technologies

Principal Consultant Charlotte, NC

BEA Systems – Professional Services (America’s South Region)

September 2006 to June 2007

Duties currently include:

• Consult with major clients for Portal strategy, architecture, design, and implementation
• Provide leadership to client companies’ technical teams to achieve maximum productivity and meet timeline objectives
• Work with client technical management teams to determine appropriate technologies to support business goals
• Advise client business management on practical approaches to achieve desired ROI on portal technologies

 

BEA Professional Services Project Engagements

Architectural Strategy and Development Leadership for Cross-Line of Business Client Portal for Major US Financial Services Company

Role: Client Architect and Principal Consultant

Provide architectural direction and technical mentoring in the design and implementation of a new portal with a multi-generational plan to migrate all commercial banking services to a single point of entry for global banking clients

Coordinate efforts of consultants, employees and management distributed across multiple locations, disciplines and departments

Develop production-grade proof-of-concept implementations of new and/or highly complex portal technologies such as WSRP, Java Server Faces (JSF), and Ajax

Conduct code reviews to improve quality, reliability and scalability

Architectural Strategy and Reference Application Development for Major US Telecommunications Company

Role: Principal Consultant

Provided architectural direction and technical mentoring to act as a starting point in the migration of the company’s eBusiness site from Microsoft SharePoint to BEA WebLogic Portal

Worked with IT leadership to prioritize architectural decisions necessary to create an accurate Level of Effort estimate for the project

Conducted workshops with development leads to facilitate understanding of personalization technologies available in WLP and map these solutions to business requirements

Led discussion with key IT decision makers to determine the advantages of building the first release with WLP 9.2.0 rather than 8.1.5

Collaborated with client CMS subject matter experts to determine the most efficient integration path with their highly customized content management processes

Assisted development leads in creating naming conventions and processes to facilitate a distributed development effort

Met with IT security team to design a practical SSO architecture supporting all current customer-facing applications

Developed a reference application providing examples of many of the features under consideration as a “toolbox” for fulfilling known and anticipated business requirements

Documented the discussion points, decisions drivers, options, recommendations and risks discovered through the course of the engagement

 

Regional Consultant Manger, North East Cambridge, MA

Keane Architecture Services – Global Sourcing

January¹ 2000 to September 2006

Prior to merging with Keane, Keane Architecture Services (formerly netNumina) was listed in Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies for 2002, CRN Rising Star for 25 Fastest Growing Companies, Software Magazine 500 Fastest Growing Companies. Keane Architecture Services specializes in high-end, high-risk, bleeding-edge projects for Fortune 500 clients under NDA. Some of BEAs “showcase” portal implementations are projects where I had a key role.

Duties included:

• Management, mentoring, performance appraisal and career development of 20+ technical consultants and architects across projects
• Technical leadership of client engagements, providing extensive experience and expertise in creative solutions to highly complex presentation layer designs; analysis, design and implementation of middle-tier requirements; architecture and development within multiple frameworks; assessments of existing architecture, implementation, and risk
• Design, document, develop and implement web accessible solutions using Java and .NET technologies
• Participate in proposal, pricing, design, and code reviews
• Screen technical and technical management applicant resumes for appropriate experience
• Technical Management of non-billable (bench time) on-shore and off-shore (India) engineering projects and resources.

Keane Architecture Services/netNumina Project Engagements

Rapid Technology Assessment for Federal Government Agency

Role: Technical Architect

Lead a team of eight senior engineers and architects to review the viability of a SOA pilot system for national deployment. Final deliverable of an assessment document with findings and recommendations, followed by presenting to an executive briefing to top officials affiliated with the project.

Also responsible for training most of the team in creative, strategic approaches to completing high-visibility, high-risk projects within a very short time frame during the project.

Prototype of Porting Web-Based Application to Desktop Application

Role: Technical Architect

Provide technical direction to two developers to rapidly (four days) create a viable prototype of a .NET, web service enabled desktop application for monitoring patient health maintenance. Requirements are based on a browser-accessible application written in Java. This prototype was developed in response to two other consulting firms claiming that it could not be done.

Expense Management Dashboard Maintenance Transition

Role: Technical Architect

The project is to provide training and knowledge transfer to client vendor personal on site and off shore who will take over the application maintenance that was temporarily handled by members of the development team.

This is the final transition of maintenance projects for this client. The client sent a comment to the Project Manager that this was “the smoothest transition ever”.

City of Boston Site Refresh

Role: Technical Architect

Project Size: 1 Information Architect, 1 developer, 4 months

Provide technical review of site design and architecture updates for ability to implement a content management solution for next stage updates.

Review tools and techniques for ADA compliance.

Review existing architecture and provide oversight of site template development to minimize the required effort.

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Key Performance Portlets

Role: Technical Architect

Project Size: 7 developers, 2 months

A new section to an existing portal to allow high-level executives to analyze the performance of supply chain performance data. Metrics are presented and accessible from top level global areas to individual markets through drill-down selections.

Worked with Information Architect, System Architect, Data Architect, Project Manager and client sponsor to finalize requirements.

Coordinate with systems management vendors for deployments.

Responsible for creating and documenting the detailed system and component designs.

Design included a flexible framework for extending to metrics for other performance areas, such as employee retention and product development expenses.

Developed several key components.

• Environment: BEA Weblogic, Portal version 8.1, Service Pack 1, and Oracle

Pharmaceutical Project Management Expense Portal

Role: Technical Architect

Project Size: 7 developers, 4 months

A portal for facilitating the ability of project managers and budget coordinators to review and manage project costs. When the completed application was presented to the end users, they gave a standing ovation.

Worked with data vendors for cross-functional interfaces.

Customized portal framework for improved usability and reuse.

Designed and implemented custom navigation functionality.

Developed majority of pageflows and portlet integration to framework.

Designed and developed runtime spreadsheet creation using POI.

Fix majority of bugs during QA cycle.

Monitor junior Team Lead.

• Environment: BEA Weblogic, Portal version 8.1, Service Pack 4
• Tools: Eclipse, BEA Workshop

Pharmaceutical Major Customer Evaluation Portlet

Role: Senior portal developer

Project Size: 3 developers, 2 months

Leveraged existing infrastructure to create dynamic chart views of targeted vs. achieved sales goal of major product lines to major customers.

Refactored code for the entire portal to allow for automated building of the deployment package as an EAR for more consistent enterprise deployment methodology.

Monitor junior Team Lead.

• Environment: BEA Weblogic, Portal version 8.1, Service Pack 2

Pharmaceutical Corporate Environment BI Portal

Role: Technical Architect

Project Size: 2 developers, 2 months

Custom designed and built (by me) portal based on the Struts Tiles framework to allow for an easy migration in the future to other platforms (such as BEA).

Documentum Web Publisher workflows and templates developed for content management. 

Integrated managed content with functionality for a “self-healing” system in the event of content publication errors.

• Environment: Documentum Web Publisher 5.2, BEA Express Server 7.1 and 8.1
• Tools: Eclipse

Pharmaceutical Project Management Collaboration Portal

Role: Senior Developer

Project Size: 5 developers, 2 months

Develop custom Web Parts for extended navigation and configuration. Due to the innovation applied to the navigation, Microsoft plans to incorporate these improvements into future Sharepoint Portal releases.

Develop web service provider for Sharepoint and web service consumer demo for BEA Portal server accessing portal Areas, Sites and users.

Provide training curriculum for follow-on developers.

• Environment: Microsoft Sharepoint, IIS, BEA Portal Server 8.1
• Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio, BEA Workshop

Team Management Portal

Role: Senior portal developer

Project Size: 4 developers, 4 months

Application for managing dynamic team memberships. Functionality for creating and joining teams. Searchable by team or person. Ability to manage team membership requests. Super user utilities for managing how teams are managed overall, such as notifications and process times.

Responsible for team management web service calls to external data application, all approval flow web service calls and user interface development.

Customized portal framework for entire application.

Developed all generic portal functions related to work flow.

Monitor junior Team Lead.

• Environment: BEA Weblogic, Portal version 8.1, Service Pack 3
• Tools: BEA Workshop

Pharmaceutical Sales Leadership BI Portal

Role: Senior portal developer

Project Size: 6 developers, 3 months

Stepped in at the end of the project following requirements changes to update portal framework and XSLT previously developed by a contractor whose contract was over.

• Environment: BEA Weblogic, Portal version 8.1, Service Pack 2
• Tools: Eclipse, BEA Workshop

 

Portable Portal POC with Dynamic Data Source

Roles: Technical Lead, Developer

Business Need: A portal application that can be run by business users on a personal laptop to demonstrate proof-of-concept prototypes where the data can be updated easily during the demonstration. The ability to have current data in a non-enterprise application is key to winning support from end users and management approval for project funding.

Solution: 1) Configured a Tomcat server to use an imbedded JRE to allow for a fully portable environment that requires no technical knowledge to maintain. 2) Developed a flexible, dynamic and light-weight portal framework by extending Struts and Struts Tiles to mimic the full functionality of a BEA Portal. 3) Extended the POI project functionality to provide dynamic data from an Excel spreadsheet that can be updated at runtime.

• Environment: Tomcat 5, Struts, Struts Tiles, POI
• Tools: Eclipse, Homesite

Pharmaceutical Portal Functionality Prototype Framework

Roles: Technical Lead, Project Evangelist, Developer

Create a flexible “portal lite” architecture based on Struts Tiles to provide a portable application framework for deploying and demonstrating prototype functionality that has been used successfully to win new business.

Design and develop Java middle-ware that extends POI HSSF to extract data from Excel for real-time data updates in the prototype application.

Package prototype application with Tomcat and Java to allow non-technical users to install and run the application from an non-networked laptop.

This prototype was built out for two paid engagements.

• Environment: Tomcat, Struts, POI, Eclipse

Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Prototypes

Project Size: 1 developers, 1 month

Overview: Prototype for porting multiple dashboards from BEA to Microsoft.

Role: Principle developer

Contribution: Determine methodologies and level of effort for complex integrations and presentation of WSRP portlets in a Sharepoint environment.  Develop prototypes as guides for other developers.

• Environment: MS Sharepoint, C#, ASP.NET, BEA Weblogic 8.1 application suite.
• Tools: Visual Studio 2003, BEA Workshop

Pharmaceutical R&D Executive “Dashboard” Portal

Project Size: 3 developers, 2 months

Overview: Prototype for R&D Executive Dashboard.

Role: Senior developer

Contribution: Responsible for all portal-based technology with a focus on leveraging built-in functionality to create a portal template for future applications. 

Create domain framework and coordinate source files for project team use.

Monitor junior Team Lead.

• Environment: BEA Weblogic 8.1 application suite.
• Tools: BEA Workshop, Eclipse, Poseidon UML, Homesite, TopStyle Lite

 

Open Source Portal Evaluation

Role: Principle

Research availability of Java-based open source portal systems that are JSR-168 compliant

Attempt source builds, deployment, and customization of candidate projects

Create “Quick Start” guides for each portal under consideration

Develop a proof-of-concept portal with the most promising product

Document results for use by developers, architects and project managers

• Environment: Liferay, Jetspeed2, Exo, JBoss Portal 2.0

International Franchisee Portal

Project Size: 4 developers, 2 months

Overview: Portal system for multiple brand international food services corporation.

Role: Senior developer

Contribution: Customize standard templates and Visual Basic Scripting to visual design specifications and create custom content templates.

• Environment: Plumtree Portal and Content servers, BEA Weblogic 6.1
• Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio, HomeSite 5.0

Web Based Knowledge Management System

Project Evangelist, Architect, and Senior Developer. Combination database and file system for inputting, searching and retrieving information and artifacts to encourage reuse of artifacts and reduce research time.

• Environment: J2EE/Struts, Tomcat 4, MySQL, JDBC, Windows 2000

Pharmaceutical Executive “Dashboard” Portal Release 2.0

Project Size: 4 developers, 5 months

Overview: Completely new build of the executive portal to provide for organizational changes, updates based on user input, and additional planned functionality while taking full advantage of the new Weblogic 8.1 platform. The resulting portal application so impressed BEA that they asked us to help define the next release of their portal platform.

Role: Senior developer

Contribution: Responsible for all portal-based technology including adding a flexible secondary navigation that allows for additional portal pages within visual design standards. Replace all existing JSPs with fully optimized pages. Design a single navigational include for hierarchical data queries based on user selection. Standardized use of portal UI framework for fine-grained control of UI. 

Code and implement session bean to maintain shared criteria between portlets

Build application scope bean to improve portlet performance

Design and customize Weblogic 8.1 portal layout, skeletons, skins and themes to take full advantage of out-of-the-box features for ease of maintenance

Extending framework navigation elements for multi-level navigation crossing the boundaries between books, sub-books, hidden pages and vertical navigation elements

Design and develop a single reusable form that generates user options from LDAP data and links to the session bean and layouts to replace 7.1 templates.

Migrate skins and customize Weblogic 8.1 CSS to accommodate upgraded portal.

Create domain framework and coordinate source files for project team use.

• Environment: BEA Weblogic 8.1 application suite.
• Tools: BEA Workshop, Eclipse, Homesite, TopStyle Lite

Content Management Template Development

Project Size: 1 developers, 3 months

Role: The developer

Contribution: Develop XML and XSL templates for existing pharmaceutical portal for use in Documentum WebPublisher. Create iterative design patterns for adaptation of hard coded web pages into a dynamic content management solution

• Environment: Documentum Administrator, WebPublisher
• Tools: XML Spy, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, HomeSite 5.0

Upgrade Pharmaceutical Executive & Oncology Division “Dashboard” Portals from Weblogic 7.1 to Weblogic 8.1

Project Size: 2 developers, 3 months

Role: Senior developer/ Team Lead.

Contribution: Rewrite 7.1 Web Flow processors to 8.1 Page Flow language (Struts-based). Develop Weblogic 8.1 portal skeletons and layouts to replace 7.1 templates. Migrate skins. Coordinate source files for team project use.

Identified key structural elements used in the two versions in order to isolate their behaviors and merge them into a new, fully functional portal application. Took original paths to solving problems from incorrect documentation significantly reducing upgrade effort.

• Environment: BEA Weblogic 8.1 and 7.1 application suites.
• Tools: BEA Workshop, Eclipse, Homesite, TopStyle Lite

Pharmaceutical Executive Dashboard

Project Size: 8 developers, 5 months (first iteration)

Role: Senior developer

Overview: BI Portal system for pharmaceutical executives to monitor company financial, research, development, marketing and planning information.

Contribution: Design system administration portal Web Flows. Train team in use of Eclipse for J2EE development (I was the evangelist for adopting Eclipse, which has since become the company standard Java IDE).

• Environment: BEA Weblogic 7.0 server, Weblogic Portal, Weblogic LiquidData
• Tools: BEA eCommerce Component Builder, Eclipse, HomeSite 5.0

Customer Record Management and Reporting Portal

Role: Senior developer

Project Size: 4 developers, 3 months

Overview: A portal for the largest record management company to provide employees and customers a centralized location for accessing and updating records and reports

Contribution: Develop Java Server Pages, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Javascripts based on Photoshop files from Visual Designer and wire frame demo from Information Architect. Deployed to Epicentric and administer style elements.

Key accomplishment: Designed a DHTML framework that provided custom functionality and presentation (such as extended navigation icons and rounded corners for chromes) which could still be managed through Epicentric look-and-feel administration tools.

• Environment: Epicentric 4.0, BEA Weblogic
• Tools: Homesite, TopStyle Lite, Photoshop

 

Web Services Strategic Research & Prototyping

Investigate current state of technology in web services. Identify potential benefits and drawbacks. Document results for senior management. Build prototypes.

• Coordinate and lead a focus group of people with experience in web services technologies
• Evaluate commercial RAD software for web services
• Write “Quick Start” manual for Apache Axis
• Demo 1: .NET and J2EE consumers of publicly available web services (current weather)
• Demo 2: J2EE producer and .NET consumer of dynamically retrieved strings based on date
• Demo 3: .NET producer and J2EE consumer of key-word based document search system
• Environment: J2EE, Apache Axis, Tomcat 4, Soap, C#, .NET, IIS, ASP.NET. MySQL
• Tools: Eclipse 2.1, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

Drug Evaluation Human Resources Portal

Role: Senior developer

Project Size: 4 developers, 3 months

Senior Web Component Developer. HR information portal for a major pharmaceutical company’s drug evaluation team members to access relevant news, events, biographies and files.

• Working from image file mock-ups, build functional DHTML solutions
• Scripting of folder trees that communicate between portlets
• Consult with Information Architect on practical approaches to fulfilling requirements
• Environment: Epicentric, Tomcat 4, Windows 2000
• Tools: Eclipse 2.0, Homesite 5

Management Team Status Reporting System

Roles: Architect, Technical Lead, Senior developer

Provides role-based access to employee status and issue reports entered by middle managers and summarized by team/manager for senior management. Enforces meeting report deadlines, provides access to historical data.

• Design, code and implement custom JSP tags for handling page states for Form Entry, Form Validation and Form Confirmation
• Created secure access to documents and reports
• Build web-based admin functions
• Environment: J2EE/Struts, Tomcat 4, MySQL, JDBC, Windows 2000
• Tools: Eclipse 2.0, Homesite 5

401k End-to-End Contribution Processing System

Role: Senior developer

Project Size: 22 developers, 8 months

Sub-Systems Architect/Senior Developer. Rewrite of existing Plan Sponsor Workstation application allowing all activities to be completed online, both manually and through batched file uploads. Also allowed for the correction of individual entries from batch uploads and contextual online help, greatly reducing customer support costs.

• Design and code sub system for taking 401K data manually entered through a browser
• Develop methodology for dynamically setting content values using Struts templates
• Design, code and implement custom JSP tags for rendering system-wide common visual components based on context
• Document methodologies for rapidly incorporating UI designs into JSP
• Environment: J2EE, Struts, Websphere, DB2Languages: Java, Javascript, XML, JSP, DHTML

 

Financial Services IIS to Websphere Migration Strategy

Role: Senior Developer/Analyst. Consult on merits of various architectures.

• Prototype use of JSP for View components
• Write templates for other developers to use as a guideline to move existing ASP into JSP
• Built proof-of-concept examples to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of various architectures
• Wrote JSP coding standards for each of the possible architectures
• Contributed to ASP coding standards document
• Tools: Microsoft J++, Jbuilder4, Homesite

Financial Services Account Opening Fraud Prevention Integration

Roles: Architect, Senior Developer, Analyst. Design, document, develop and deploy integration of the Equifax eIdentifier system into the existing retail account opening system.

• Code Java interfaces to COM components for 64-bit TripleDES encryption/ decryption
• Analyze business requirements to create technical requirements for analyzing real-time data from Equifax. Used properties files to update criteria for approval
• Build a web-based application for management extraction and analysis of Equifax eIdentifier reconciliation files in relation to database records of customer applications
• Train business sponsors in use of the new analysis functionality
• Update existing components managing XML data structures to incorporate evaluation of identity verification
• Code ASP to self-post to and external server and handle connections errors if they occur
• Environment: IIS, COM, MTS
• Languages: Java, ASP, VBScript, DHTML, Javascript, XML
• Tools: Microsoft J++, Homesite, Clearcase

Financial Services Paperless Account Opening / One Click 401k Rollover

Role: Senior developer

Project Size: 6 developers, 6 months

This was the first completely paperless web-based new retail account opening system anywhere.

• Develop ASP pages in VBScipt from static, conceptual HTML
• Rewrite existing DHTML to provide cross-browser compatibility
• Design and implement cross-browser Javascript for stateless session management, data validation, and dynamic UI elements
• Conduct effort analysis of UI design options
• Involved with upgrade efforts for 9 months following the initial release
• Was brought back later to update DHTML for Netscape 6 and increase performance
• Environment: IIS, COM, MTS, Windows NT4, DOS
• Languages: Java, ASP, VBScript, DHTML, Javascript, CSS, DOS Batch
• Tools: Microsoft J++,  Homesite, Clearcase

 

CholesterolCare.com

Roles: Technical Team Co-Lead , Senior developer

Project Size: 12 developers, 10 months

System provided a means of gathering patient care data for analysis of medication recommendations, availability and effects. A web-based interface provide the ability for any physician with account access to enter information, create reports and receive automated updates on patient treatment and conditions. Also provided corporate level analysis of drug application, use and insurance support. Built on a custom-developed framework similar to Struts (prior to Struts being created).

I began this project as a contractor, and what put in a lead position when hired as an employee.

• Assist in system requirements gathering and documentation
• Design, develop and deploy UI
• Assist in database design
• Environment: Weblogic 4.5, Oracle 8i, NT4
• Languages: JSP, Javascript, Java, HTML

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Systems Consultant Gloucester, MA

FYW Enterprises (Owner)

April 1998– Present

FYW Enterprises provided technical services primarily in support of marketing and brokerage companies.

Key Clients and Services:

Carol Sullivan Real Estate, Inc.

Web and Database solutions provider

• Customized the open source Open-Realty PHP/MySQL application to meet clients needs
• Added a flexible navigation component to the system for single-point-of-update
• Developed functionality to acquire MLS data via HTTP and re-format for inclusion on properties pages

O’Neil Used Equipment

Web and Database solutions provider

• J2EE/Struts web site providing catalog browsing, querying, shopping cart and form-based communication deployed on a remote ISP with a MySQL database using JDBC

The Jones Company

Web Master Services, Software Training

• Design, develop, deploy and maintain original real estate/financial services web site
• Created PHP/MySQL content management system for updating real estate listings
• Design, develop and maintain custom back up system
• Integrate multiple CRM programs to generate marketing form letters

Rockwood Machinery

Web Master, Microsoft Access Developer

• Design, develop, deploy and maintain Access program handling invoicing, inventory, contact management, and online searchable catalog integration.
• Web Environment: ISP provided SQL server and ASP

 

Whirlpool Corporation

Microsoft Access Developer

• Develop project-specific employee time entry program to integrate with Primavera
• Develop assembly line Quality Control reporting program

STMicroelectronics

Microsoft Access Developer

• Upgrade and enhance Access95 press corps reporting/analysis application to Access97
• Design Internet synchronization capabilities

McCarthy Telemarketing

Web Developer, Microsoft Access Developer and Consultant.

• Ported Access telemarketing application to PHP\MySQL for home-based employees
• Multi-user telemarketing system providing lead distribution, call reporting, follow up scheduling, performance reporting and order processing based on project assignment, shift hours, call frequency, time zone differences, and client/project specific product focus
• Payroll and billing system where computer based calls are automatically analyzed for itemization by client project to calculate client statements, campaign results, marketing analysis, and sales person commissions (which are project based)
• Design, development, deployment and support of secure asynchronous data exchanges between separate network locations over DSL

Scleroderma Foundation of New England

Web Master Services

Redesign navigation for usability, update DHTML for cross browser and multi-resolution compatibility, and design HTML forms for print-and-mail processing

First Parish Church of Manchester

Install and maintain network hardware and software systems

VP Information Services/Marketing Communications Essex, MA

O’Neil International, Inc.

April 1994– December 1999

Used converting equipment brokerage. I was credited with “bringing the company into the 20^th century”.

Information Services

• Designed, developed and maintained web site (second company in it’s industry to be on the web) with searchable catalog, product slide shows, and context-based email forms
• Developed MS Word 2 macro for one-click web site update from database (in 1995)
• Developed fax marketing automation in VBA based on CRM records in FoxBase 2.0
• Developed Access program handling invoicing, inventory, and contact management
• Work performed in 1999 as FYW Enterprises

 

Director Information Services/MarComm Van Nuys, CA

Dekker Healthcare, Inc.

January 1991– April 1994

Discount supplier of disposable dental/medical supplies. Through custom-designed contact-management systems and training I tripled annual sales. I also devised a method for shipping that reduced costs by 40%.

Information Services

• Installed and maintained computers and network
• Developed contact management databases on Mac 512 and in Microsoft Works
• Installed, set up and trained users in shipping automation software
• Redesigned shipping process resulting in 35% savings

Publications

• Articles
• Reusable Syndicated Media Portlets: An Example of Simplified Content Presentation
• The Two Faces of JSF on WLP
• Top 10 Portal Projects Killers
• Integrate Legacy Web Applications as Full Page IFrames in WebLogic Portal
• Portal Federation with WebLogic Portal WRSP: The Basics
• Portal Federation with WebLogic Portal WRSP: Advanced Techniques
• Portal Federation with WebLogic Portal WRSP: Advanced IPC Techniques
• BEA Weblogic Portal 8.x Tips & Tricks
• How to Customize the Color Scheme for the BEA WebLogic Server 9.x Administration Console
• Propagating Weblogic 8.x Portals for Developer.com
• Open Source-Based Portal-Lite
• Hacking the Weblogic Portal UI
• Apache Axis Quick Start Guide
• E-Signature and Polish
• What is eGenera and Why You Should Care
• 5 Keys to Parallel Development
• Open Source Eclipse Outshines Commercial IDEs (2001)
• Niche Portal Marketing Strategy (1998)
• It's A Small Web After All
• How to Win Friends and Boost Site Traffic
• Back to Business Basics on the World Wide Web
• To Increase Sales Now, Press "Reply"
• I Found Your Web Site…So Now What?
• Blog: Frequently Unasked Questions (mostly humor)

Courses Completed

• Microsoft 2349: Programming the Microsoft .NET Framework with Visual C#
• Sharpoint 2003 Portal and Services
• Corexcel: Customer focused consulting, Leadership and Management

 

Certifications

• Keane Trainer Skills
• Egenera BladeFrame System Administration
• Corexcel: Understanding Behavioral Styles for Teams
• Corexcel: Understanding Behavioral Styles for Managers

From Brain bench²

Role Certifications:  Java Programmer, .NET Programmer, Client & Server-side Web Developer, Web Designer, Database Administrator, IT Manager (and one test short of Architect)

Microsoft: .NET Framework, ASP, C# & ASP.NET

Java: J2EE, Java 1 & 2, JSP 1.1 & 1.2

Web: Javascript, DHTML, XML

Architecture: Customer Requirements Analysis, OO Designs & Concepts, UML, Web Services Application Engineering

¹ From January to April as a contractor

Scott Nelson portal.dude@yahoo.com   Portal/Web Leadership