Mike Linde Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

SQL and HQL tuning for an Oracle to Hadoop migration. Java programming support for legacy applications using JSON and Web Services. Process automation using Opswise and various programming languages - Perl, SQL, HQL, Oracle stored procedures.Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies used: Agile (using Jira to track progress), Waterfall, and RAD.

Greater Chicago Area

Worked on Allant's largest accounts. Created applications using Perl, SQL, PL/SQL, HQL (Hortonworks/Impala, etc.), ASP.NET, Java, Javascript, C++, VBA for Excel, Unix shell - whatever language was needed.Directly managed 5 consultants hired to assist in creating a custom marketing database system for Comcast known as COMET (Comcast Online Marketing Execution Tool)

Naperville, Il

Built a database for Charter (a Cable provider) to support an ETL application written for them using an Allant proprietary system called Prevalence. Wrote numerous SQL queries, stored procedures, Perl modules and Perl scripts to support the new ETL system.

Greater Chicago Area

Provided programming services as an independent contractor using various programming languages and databases. Client list in approximate chronological order: * Allant Group (June 2007 to Jan. 2008 - 7 months) * WW Grainger Inc. (Many 90-day contracts from May 2003 to June 2007 including 13 consecutive months) * Good News Community Kitchen (Donated my time to create a web site - March 2007) * WMS Gaming Inc. (August 2006 to November 2006 - 4 months) * Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (M & I Bank) - 7 months Time & Materials contract to create a database app * Exelon Nuclear – Nuclear Support Applications Dept. (60-day contract Nov./Dec. 2004) * United Rentals (Dec. 2003 to Feb. 2004 - Time & Materials) * Sears Roebuck & Co. (Multiple Contracts from May 2002 to March 2004) * Sprint/Discover Financial Services (Oct 2001 to April 2002 - 7 months)

Greater Chicago Area

Provided on-site staff augmentation and custom programming services for TUSC clients and wrote applications sold as TUSC products. Wrote the wireless components for the TUSC RDBA (Remote Database Administration) application and the wireless components for TRS (Time Reporting System). The wireless components were written using WML for early models of web-enabled cell phones.Wrote a chapter on Wireless Application Development for a book titled “Oracle 9i Web Development” published by Osborne Publishing.Onsite and Contract Services provided for: * Argonne National Laboratory * Datawealth * Verizon * M&M Mars * FTD

Greater Chicago Area

Provided contract programming services for Equifax to continue support and development of database marketing software I wrote for Equifax / Market Knowledge Inc.

Greater Chicago Area

Company was originally named Market Knowledge Inc. We were purchased by Equifax in February 1996.Was responsible for a major rewrite of proprietary database marketing software called The XPRT Suite. Software was originally written in C++ to run on a Solaris server using Open Windows. I used RAD (Rapid Application Development) methodology and Microsoft Visual Basic to convert to the client / server model using Windows to run the front end software (user interface) and used Windows sockets and custom Unix software to run Oracle OCI programs or launch Oracle SQL queries.Clients that purchased The XPRT Suite and where I provided installation, training and ongoing support: * Ameritech (Hoffman Estates IL) * Nations Bank (Charlotte NC) * Associates Bank (Dallas TX) * FirstCard (Chicago Suburbs) * JC Penney (Dallas TX) * Citibank Latin America (Tampa FL and Sao Paulo Brazil) * Equifax UK (London and Manchester UK) * Norwest Bank (Des Moines IA) * Norwest Card Services (Colorado Springs CO)