Ricardo Saavedra Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Juno Beach, Fl, Us

Hollywood, Florida, Us

* continued from above *Solutions Architecture▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬✔ Work with the IT Operations and BI/Data Warehouse teams to aid in software deployment, maintenance, BI, reporting, and performance/load tuning.✔ Perform hands-on design, development, testing, and support of Web based applications and Windows applications including those built using multiple languages and tools.✔ Design, create, and support new and existing databases based on SQL Server and Oracle platforms including development and administration of the databases.✔ Serve as advisor and subject matter expert on project teams.Select Projects▬▬▬▬▬▬▬✔ Migrated data center from corporate facility to Equinix Data Center to facilitate disaster recovery plan resulting in cost savings and better corporate wide infrastructure uptime.✔ Championed the deployment to AWS for company disaster recovery plan using services including VPC, VPN, Direct Connect, EC2, S3, Netapp AltaVault, and Netapp OTANP Cloud.✔ Migrated the website from One Cloud Provider to AWS.✔ Consolidated storage platforms to one Vendor (Netapp) allowing for more efficiencies and tools/software for backups as well as helping with our disaster recovery implementation.✔ Acquired new Cisco UCS equipment to allow almost XXX% virtualization. Achieved an ROI of $XXXK over a X-year period.✔ Spearheaded a SIP rollout that allowed for a reduction of $XXK per month in telecom expenses and allowing for redundancy with voice calls.✔ Architected and developed a multi-tier application to facilitate the automation of receiving of purchase orders at warehouse and the labeling of products. This system reduced receiving time by XX% and dramatically reduced errors by using handheld devices for scanning of products and printing of labels for products.

Hollywood, Florida, Us

A leading travel retailer with XX locations in airports and on/at the borders with XXXX employees and $X.XB in global revenues. Promoted to manage systems infrastructure and software development functions for enterprise applications. Oversee a staff of XX developers, project managers and support personnel. Key member of the executive team highly involved in talent management, future planning and product line growth initiatives. Report directly to the CIO.IT Leadership▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ✔ Set the technical direction for the team, work with the solutions architecture team to evolve the technical platform, and make appropriate technical choices. ✔ Lead the software development team to drive successful delivery of all projects. ✔ As a key member of the technology leadership team, assist in defining and influencing architecture, development, release, and infrastructure decisions. ✔ Manage, coach and mentor developers, serving as a role model for the Technology Division. ✔ Recommend and implement new technologies to improve current systems, as well as develop new ones.✔ Work closely with stakeholders, including management, business analysts, marketing, and development to understand business initiatives and formulate a technical road map for execution. * continued below *

Hollywood, Florida, Us

Accountable for the design and development of new critical business enhancements across the enterprise including analysis, design, work estimates, identifying business requirements, programming, change management, testing, training, and documentation. Designed custom applications in adherence to SDLC best practices.✔ Developed web pages using ASP.NET, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, and AJAX and utilized CSS for styling.✔ Wrote data access layers with C# and ADO.NET.✔ Debugged applications to rectify errors that surfaced during operations.✔ Deployed SQL Server 2005 for backend DB and SSRS for corporate reporting.✔ Utilized SSIS for integrations with legacy systems into SQL and Oracle systems.✔ Designed and developed an intranet timeclock application used by over 130 locations.✔ Created mobile applications for multiple business units using CF.NET for CE/PPC devices.✔ Deployed BizTalk to facilitate integration between store systems and corporate backend systems.✔ Wrote software to allow continued use of legacy POS software on new POS hardware. Used OPOS drivers and POS.NET using C#.✔ Deployed TimeClockPlus software at the corporate office and warehouses.✔ Created integration between TimeClockPlus system and ADP.✔ Developed reports for multiple business units including Merchandising, Inventory Control, Finance, Human Resources, Payroll, and Store Systems.✔ Integral role in the deployment, management, and development of Oracle Retail Software including RMS, ReSA, SIM, RIB, ReIM, and RWMS modules.

Responsible for developing technical specifications from functional business requirements for new enterprise applications, as well as the redevelopment of existing applications to support business capabilities. Active role in architecture, design, and development, as well as troubleshooting test or user issues for 120 employees.✔ Made changes to source code to DebtPlus application purchased from an outside company. These changes included fixes, modifications and additions.✔ Created reports using Crystal Reports 8.5. ✔ Developed and maintained SQL Server 2000 databases for the DebtPlus system, as well as company-wide database.✔ Designed an ASP application for the Sales Department which allowed sales staff to work with leads generated by the website.✔ Created programs that interfaced with Castelle Fax server and allowed sales staff to fax contracts from the ASP web application.✔ Developed custom Outlook forms and integrated them into the DebtPlus program to automatically assign leads to associates electronically.✔ Created SQL Server DTS packages for custom jobs for downloading of leads from a different database located elsewhere. ✔ Setup replication between the company database and co-location to replicate customer data for client login screens. Created stored procedures that would create/update client login info on a “live” basis from the website as well as the DebtPlus program.✔ Key contributor to the decision-making process and purchase of thin clients for company-wide use, as well as the maintenance of Citrix servers and Terminal servers.

Miami, Florida, Us

Wrote mission-critical applications for the organization including conducting analysis, design, work estimates, and all aspects of project management. ✔ Converted a Client Server application using Access/SQL Server to a complete SQL Server 7.0 application with Access 2000 front-end.✔ Converted all DAO code to the newer ADO code.✔ Created views and stored procedure to help offload workload from PCs to the server.✔ Developed new indexes and deleted unnecessary ones. ✔ Made modifications to programming logic to speed up the application and reduce redundant code. ✔ Created lookup screens using ASP to access the SQL Server database through the company intranet.

Served as Lead Developer in the design and implementation of custom software applications and web development, as well as the installation of off-the-shelf software.✔ Created a front-end to the existing POS package to add functionality for managing POS users, report capabilities, inventory management, order management, timeclock functionality and various other features.✔ Developed an intranet site for the company allowing site users to print reports, have access to inquiry screens, prepare for inventory for the stores, and generate sales plans for sales reps.✔ Created a website for the retail silver stores using MS Site Server. This website sells silver items from around the world.✔ Created reports using Crystal Reports 8. These reports were put on the intranet using Crystal Web Server.✔ Maintained SQL Server databases for all applications.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Provided support for the company’s contact center including telecom and voice systems and software for 500 users.✔ Supported the company's Rockwell Spectrum ACD and VRU on an AIX box.✔ Developed and maintained applications for in-house call centers.✔ Created intranet applications in ASP, Java, Visual Basic, and PL/SQL for Oracle Application Server.✔ Developed and maintained extract and load programs written in C and Java for existing applications. The Java programs took advantage of XML to store the data.✔ Created reports using Crystal Reports and Crystal Info for scheduling of the reports.