Chris Howard Email & Phone Number

United States

Remote

Hired gun of the Salesforce development team. I perform some Salesforce development and any non-Salesforce development needed for our Salesforce projects. Primarily diving into their existing system(s) to migrate data to Salesforce and creating interfaces between Salesforce and 3rd party applications.

Bowling Green, Ky

Systems integration lead software engineer using Oracle Fusion Middleware, PL/SQL, Java, Python, XSLT, XQuery, Git, MQ, C#, Azure, and DataStage to transfer critical real-time and batch data between all internal and external systems.● Designed and implemented services for orders, items, inventory, EDI, and others.● Trained eleven support personnel and five team members on support and development of services. ● Implemented solutions balancing performance, resource constraints, reliability, and data priority.● Quickly became familiar with Oracle ERP, PKMS, Salsify, Salesforce, Demandware, Erply, DAX, EDI, and many other applications.● Collaborated heavily with other teams optimize the transfer of data.● Created Java, Python, and C# applications for 3rd party tool administration and testing automation.● Established a standardized toolset and converted all legacy applications to the standard, significantly reducing our support, hardware, and software license costs by almost a million dollars per year.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Performed compatibility updates to AccuPost Assistant for upgrades needed ASAP. Using PHP, C#, Oracle, MySQL, JQuery, KendoUI, AJAX, and JSON.● Finished the project within the needed time frame with time to spare and stretch goals completed.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Website developer and PostgreSQL DBA for Betacell Biology Consortium, dkCOIN, and Labnodes. Used PHP, Zend, Java, SQL, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, CSS, PostgreSQL, Oracle DB, REST, and SOAP. ● Responsible for the NIDDK Interconnectivity Network's (dkCOIN) development, technical design, and technical instruction of associated consortia.● Awarded second authorship for dkCOIN publication; reserved for primary researcher.● Conducted feasibility research and implemented the dkCOIN project onto the Amazon cloud.● Lead migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL and assisted in planning migration from an in-house framework to Zend Framework.● Assisted in the design and development of Vanderbilt Labnodes (labnodes.vanderbilt.edu).● Created high resolution image viewer using Google Maps API to enable magnification and annotation.● Created APIs in dkCOIN to import large amounts of data submitted by research groups.● Contributed PostgreSQL support to Ontology Lookup Service, a Java based OSS ontology tool.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

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Jacksonville, Florida Area

Primary developer responsible for NetOxygen loan origination system (LOS). Used JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, SQL Server, C#, .Net, J2EE, Photoshop, ASP, and PHP.● Engineered system optimizations including database adjustments, code revisions, and revised network configuration to reduce latency resulting in a strong performance increase.● Designed, planned, and implemented integration interfaces between Product and Pricing Engine (PPE) and the LOS. This included disabling pricing from the LOS and integrating the data from the PPE seamlessly. ● Assisted in the technical documentation of all systems resulting in a strong productivity increase for the support team.● Organized and implemented LOS upgrade with zero issues and 75% faster than vendor expectation.● Entrusted as the “last man standing” in the IT department when the company pulled out of US Mortgages.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Served as lead web developer, database administrator, Linux systems administrator, and project manager. Responsible for entire lifecycle of eDistribution application including specifications gathering, development, and client support. Technologies used included PHP, ASP, HTML, Javascript, Photoshop, MySQL, VC++, MFC, Perl, and Flash.● Supported 30+ eDistribution clients keeping them extremely satisfied; never losing a single client.● Provided phone and on-site technical support for over 50 additional well satisfied clients.● Quickly learned to manage teams of people and delegate tasks.● Administered FreeBSD, RedHat, and Windows servers including Sendmail, Apache, Spam Assassin, IIS, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Worked as one of the lead developers for the NetOxygen mortgage application. Responsible primarily for JavaScript library and user interface. Used JavaScript, XML, HTML, SQL Server, Oracle, and VC++.● Responsible for all AJAX communication with server and replicating the UI functionality existing in the desktop application.● Created a JavaScript framework of tools, similar to what is now in modern JavaScript frameworks.● Managed development of a beta demo site to secure a new large customer.

Bowling Green, Ky

Maintained databases for various specimen collections for the WKU biology department. Created web site for the Biodiversity Center which included the ability to search through the collection databases. Provided basic technical support for professors.

Bowling Green, Ky

Maintained various technologies running from Compaq VMS server. Technologies included DNS, Email, and student personal websites.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: WKU-LUG, ACAStudied computer graphics, web development, database development, systems administration.

Computer Science