Chris Van Cleve Email & Phone Number

Des Moines Metropolitan Area

Servant leader role with the Content Management team in the Specialty and Back Office Applications space.

Des Moines, Iowa

Altoona, Ia

Responsible for all staffing, legal filing and bookkeeping tasks. Responsible for marketing, promotions, requirements gathering and estimations. Lead architecture and interface design discussions and decisions. Lead web developer. Obj-C development.Accomplishments:• Designed and developed more than 10 websites, including Intranets and Extranets• Designed business forms and marketing materials for 5 clients• Documented Best Practices, SOPs, and Standards• Designed and developed 2 shareware programs for Mac OS• Architected and designed 2 iOS apps published in the App Store

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Developed iPad App in native code, increasing performance and defining standard templates for interface elementsDeveloped several microsites and web sites for agency client promotionsDeveloped numerous emails for agency client promotions and reseller awareness

Urbandale, Ia

Specialist role on the Agency Interface Team providing support, maintenance and development of AgencyPort web applications using Java, XHTML, CSS, XML and XSLT. Technical Lead directing consultants and staff developers for break-fix and feature development. On-Call responsibilities.Accomplishments:• Wrote 3 Java programs to cleanse, correct and migrate data.• Documented processes and procedures including new hire setup.

Des Moines, Ia

Lead role on the Content Management Team providing support and maintenance of Common Store, OnDemand, Records Manager, Content Manager and CMS systems. Development of migration, extraction and services offerings using Java, C and Unix shell scripts. Support, maintenance and development of DB2 databases and ETL workflows using Quest Central, Spotlight and Informatica. Consulting for business units to develop content management solutions. On-Call responsibilities.Accomplishments:• Wrote 2 Java programs to extract value objects from Active Directory and generate valid XML documents used to determine and set security privileges and hierarchical management trees.• Wrote 1 Java program to retrieve data objects via Content Manager APIs, perform date validation and data cleansing then insert the valid data into a new database table.• Wrote 1 C program on a mainframe to encrypt data and generate a CRC hash written to files to ensure data export and transfer completed successfully during a migration.• Coordinated and maintained team presence on corporate Intranet and corporate support forums• Mentored team members• Wrote 3 white papers and coordinated production support manual concatenation from severalsource documents into one organized document.• Coordinated IBM WebSphere Application Server upgrade from 5.1.11 to 6.0.2.21.

Marshalltown, Ia

Install and maintain a Java application used for storing and retrieving important documents for each manufactured product. Upgrade PHP pages to make use of modern coding techniques. Manage IIS and Oracle servers remotely.Accomplishments:• Developed an Object Oriented PHP 5 framework that interfaced with a series of Java applications using AJAX and web standards methodologies.• Migrated old PHP 4 code to new framework and design.

Altoona, Ia

Developed 4 web sites and oversaw team of 3 developers using object-oriented PHP and web standardsDocumented and established numerous processes, procedures, and SDLCCoordinated migration from Novell Groupware to Microsoft ExchangeDirected upgrade and maintenance of casino management systemDeveloped client/server database solution using FileMaker ProIncreased efficiency of all business units by creating automated workflows to replace manual processes and replacing handwritten documents with electronic storage and ad hoc reporting

Des Moines, Ia

Personnel Management (Hiring, Terminations, Scheduling, Payroll)Inventory Management (Ordering, researching, status, etc.)Maintenance of equipment and facilities