The job title name has been changed occasionally but essentially, I'm a software engineer here.

At HONDA David Alkire supported, repaired, designed and enhanced a number of enterprise-connected Lotus Notes/Domino applications. Inventions and accomplishments include:Money-saving improvements: For DCMS, which is a large multi-application system used in numerous manufacturing plants by nearly 1,000 assigned users, the customer estimated that the candidate's enhancements saved HONDA almost $250,000, much more than the cost of the project. Some of the following were included.Extension to Notes Client capability: In order to provide a dynamic switchboard-style controller to the users, he created a multi-threaded process with a Swing front-end, a Java agent with a GUI. This is a new ability that could not readily be achieved with native Lotus Notes controls alone.Browser-based feature sets that listen: For a data-heavy web front-end requirement, he created an AJAX MVC framework and maintained an orderly ECMAScript (JavaScript) code base. Here he successfully implemented the model-view-controller pattern, to provide web GUI controls that could listen for data coming in from the server asynchronously. Helper application for server-to-mainframe communication: He created a Java-based MQ-trigger-to-Agent Interface, which is used very frequently, very reliably, helping the application consume messages from the mainframe sometimes a thousand times per day.Newsletter Salvage: Inheriting a very long-running, memory-leaking, server-crashing process that produced hard-to-read output for end-users, the candidate re-wrote the Java agent to run in a few minutes and send attractive newsletters to its readers around the globe.Cleaning Agents: He invented a fast, centralized way to control and execute purging and archiving activities across multiple Notes applications on a nightly basis, via a Java agent.Notes/Domino 6.5 Upgrade: Participated in testing essential applications for the upgrade from 5 to 6.5; took corrective action for some incompatibilities.

At AES, David Alkire was involved in a wide variety of development projects and support activities, including:Compass Production Inquiry (CPI): He designed, built and supported a Notes Client application for guiding and tracking inquiries.Here he designed a workflow engine and a document locker before document locking was already built into Notes.Completion of Change Management System: By refining some techniques he had originally developed for CPI, he created a way in which different departments could have different work flows and yet share the same application source.Also for this, he provided a nightly rich-text-table reporting agent mixing LotusScript with Java using LS2J.Remote Client Issues: The candidate built a high-volume, web-based workflow/collaboration application that served as the primary means of communication between remote clients and in-house staff. Here he employed XML, XSL-FO and JavaScript to provide dynamic features. For example, users could run a report then sort the results by different columns without re-loading data. The Application Portfolio: He designed this tool to accommodate sweeping organization-related name changes, to help all of the other notes applications continue to function even where Domino's Administration Process could not be applied. This resulted in a special inventory of all of the applications and their name-related dependencies. It integrated with the Teamstudio Configurator API in order to do find-replace tasks within “mixed text” and generate a Configurator Report when necessary.Assistance to WebSphere developers: Provided advice for Enterprise Java developers who needed to access Lotus Notes data via CORBA.Project called “Opportunities”: Was involved in a planning and requirements-gathering effort to upgrade, implement and support SalesLogix 6.2, an MS-based CRM solution. Created a VBScript framework to use Lotus Notes emailing functionality from within SalesLogix.

July 2001 – February 2002: American Education Services, Harrisburg, PA – This was a half-year contract-to-hire development position, in which David enhanced, supported, and completed development on several inherited applications, and did new software construction. Highlights include a workflow/tracking system for stand-by time, and a web interface to the company's help desk application, so that employees can submit their own tickets via the browser instead of calling the help desk. This was all standard Lotus Domino technology; client and web. Afterwards he became a direct employee of AES; see entry above.July 2000 – June 2001: Verizon, Baltimore, MD – Production support, maintenance and ongoing development of Buildnet, which was a large Web-based Domino workflow and tracking system used to manage installation of high-capacity lines and equipment. Used HTML, Javascript, Notes design elements, LotusScript.

March – July 2000: Michelin North American Headquarters, Greenville, SC. Sales Force Automation: development, enhancements, maintenance, 3rd-level help desk support for OverQuota systems, LEI (formally NotesPump), and other Notes applications.January – February 2000: Cameron & Barkley Company, Charleston, SC. Integration work, populating Notes databases with mainframe data.December 1999: TechSkills.com, Milwaukee, WI. Assisted spin-off company in migrating a Domino application from parent company’s server to in-house.November 1999: Kellogg Company, MI (worked remotely). Developed test scripts for a web-enabled Domino applicationSeptember – November 1999: Michelin. Developed portable Notes/Excel analysis tools through which data is input and shared using Notes, then Excel spreadsheets and graphs are generated automatically.August 1999: Square D, Cincinnati, OH. Completed a mail-enabled discussion/ workflow application.March 1998 – July 1999: Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, OH. Maintenance, enhancements, and 3rd-level help desk support with a large distributed bill – viewing application for 4000+ users. Also worked within development teams to construct workflow and reporting applications.