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Louisville, Colorado, United States

Louisville, Co

Company overviewCrew Management and Timekeeping Solutions provide highly configurable crew dispatching and time-keeping functions, automate contract rules, manage FRA compliance and increase transparency within the rail system. These products currently manage the day-to-day operations of more than 100,000 employees with an annual payroll of $4 billion.Asset Management Solutions improve power utilization, reducing fuel consumption and train schedule variability. A Class I railroad reported these products, which power the largest railroads in North America led to a savings of $17 million during one year.Simulation Training Solutions offer simulation and training systems for conductors, RCOs and locomotive engineers, increasing their Train Yard & Engineering skills and eliminating the need for training. These solutions are deployed at multiple Class I and Class II railroads throughout the United States.Human Resources/Safety Solutions track completion and compliance of essential HR functions, reducing costs, improving validity and simplifying report generation for FRA compliance. A Class I railroad reported these products annually reduced data processing management hours by more than 800, field manager hours by more than 1,000 and its FRA fine risk by $7.2 million.

Boulder, Co

Led a team of off-shore resources which provided system support and enhancements to a mission-critical, high availability database system for IBM. I Provided 24x7 on-call support for batch and online applications. I organized monthly code releases, led code reviews and coordinated testing of new functionality.Successfully planned and installed a new application which provided enhanced access to the RETAIN database using MQ series. This entailed coordinating efforts across multiple teams, working through complex technical issues, and ensuring end-user satisfaction.Data quality analyst for nightly feeds and unload processes. I owned process for receiving and loading daily feeds from 100+ sources worldwide. I was responsible for cleansing and loading the data into our local database. I supported and maintained the process which provided nightly unloads to downstream data warehouse supporting key client functions.

Boulder, Co

Designed and developed financial data warehouse for IBM. Supported extract, transformation and load (ETL) function for data feeds from multiple external sources. I led an effort to apply new project standards for software development and design documents using MS Visio, which led to increased re-use and reduced defect rate.

Boulder, Co

Designed and developed a data repository for holding software entitlement data. I Led team of developers in construction of application for loading and querying repository, utilizing On-shore/Off-shore development model. Scheduled and tracked developer’s tasks, keeping the project on time and within budget. I Led code and design reviews, ensuring requirements specifications were met. Developed and executed test cases, supporting unit and system Integration test phases.

Boulder, Co

Software developer on Child Welfare system for commercial government account. Served as Lead developer on External Interface team and Developer on Local Reports team. I Led development effort, redesigning and enhancing court reporting application, required accuracy and attention to detail. Provided customer support and user training for new local reports, which led to improved customer satisfaction.

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer And Information Sciences, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mathematics And Computer Science

Certificate, Data Mining

The Data Mining certificate is providing me with the skills and knowledge necessary to design, build, verify and test predictive data.