Thomas Kirsch Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, TN

Reston, VA, US

• Customer focused, multi-discipline report developer focused on improving often complex business processes. Areas of specialty and technical expertise include: Labor, Leave and Payroll (Time Charging) HR Benefits.
• Diverse toolset to provide reporting solutions: IBM Cognos Report Studio, Oracle Hyperion (EPM), Microsoft SQL Server
• SQL Server DBA over twenty-two (22) production application specific databases with thirty nine (39) specific maintenance and SSIS related jobs
• Custom reporting solution offering on-demand, scheduled recurring (email and export) and burst delivery (pdf and Excel)

• Member of the Executive Board of Directors
• Lead developer and web site master for startup non-profit organization
• Customize, deploy and maintain the foundation’s website using Word Press (Alpha-Gal.org)

San Francisco, CA, US

• Lead developer for US Marine Corps’ Warrior Preservation Status Report (www.USMCSafety.com)
• Developed by URS for the Department of Defense to support world-wide web access and real-time status details for ongoing mission critical initiatives
• Custom visual tool developed to manage the Marine’s safety programs throughout their Command hierarchy
• Complex business logic to measure, consolidate, display and report summary data on a quarterly basis
• Role based membership and notification process manages data visibility and aggregate scoring
• Extensive use of ASP.NET(C#), JavaScript, SQL Server and Telerik AJAX controls

• Built www.takirsch.com from scratch to deliver two distinct SQL Azure enabled applications.
• TAKeHikes is a public on-line photo gallery that showcases Knoxville's nearby natural areas.
• Visitors can retrieve photos using complex searches on various features, seasons and/or locations.
• TAKeHikes uses powerful.NET features to speed server-side image retrieval (including custom paging and data readers).
• TAKeNotes is a secured on-line calendar and journal application.
• Registered users create a FREE on-line account; they have access to a calendar and can enter up to 100 date entries.

Morgantown, Pennsylvania, US

• Designed, engineered and provided team leadership for several generations of automotive air bag inflators
• Managed complex tasks including several international assignments (technology transfer, product launch)
• Conducted proof of concept studies focusing on product reliability, safety, and quality
• Invented prototype water-cooled airbag inflator (patent pending)
• Reduced annual costs up to $2.6 million per year with product design and manufacturing improvements

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Applications responsible for 3.3M units / year of Ford driver inflator (sodium azide)
• Performed ballistic tailoring, DFMEA, drawing package, Ford specific validations and production support
• Provided engineering prototype samples as needed to support Ford airbag applications
• Developed several burst strategies to measure inflator structural capability

Mcts, Web Development

Mba, Technology Management

Bs, Aerospace Engineering