| Michael Bell 10723 Preston Road #220 Dallas, TX 75230 214-213-3155 mbell@skilltek.com |
Eligible to work in the US: Yes Willingness to travel: Up to 25% Willing to relocate: No Current position: Application Developer Current employment type: Contractor |
| Career Objective |
| Interested in opportunities in development or maintenance particularly in Visual Basic, SQL Server 6.5/7.0, Active Server Pages or Access. Microsoft Certified Professional in Visual Basic. |
| Experience |
| Genpass Technologies Dallas, TX June 2000 - February 2001 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Developing multi-tiered client-server application using Visual Basic 6, SQL Server 7, MTS and Windows NT 4.0. Application deals with Medical Savings Accounts which are processed using special-purpose credit cards. Rebuilt an ASP 2 web site which allows customers to access account information, report stolen cards and request assistance using a server-side ActiveX DLL developed in Visual Basic 6. |
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| Presby Corporation Dallas, TX March 1999 - January 2001 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Developed automated system to collect FDA clinical trial data via ftp and consolidate and report in Access 97 database. |
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| JustTheRightThing.COM Dallas, TX October 1998 - December 2000 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Designing a website for a gift and collectibles company, including extensive graphics work for online catalog and HTML web page design. Set up a bulletin board for visitor interaction on the site. Using Visual Basic 6 to develop custom applications for data collection, database maintenance and order entry. |
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| SemperCare Dallas, TX May 1999 - October 2000 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Access 97 database redesign and reporting system to be used by marketing team for this hospital management company. |
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| Feedback Plus Dallas, TX April 1999 - February 2000 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Designed and coded a complete system for a "mystery shopping" company. This system was written using Visual Basic 6 and SQL Server 7 to replace a system that was written in Access 2.0. Also created a very robust website using Active Server Pages, Adobe GoLive 4 and Microsoft SQL Server 7. |
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| ProMor Electronics Dallas, TX November 1998 - December 1998 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Designed and coded an Access 97 application to cross-source electronic components, leveraging product knowledge of most experienced principals in the firm. |
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| Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Dallas, TX January 1997 - October 1998 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Developed programs dealing with rating and billing long distance calls for Bell Atlantic Communications, using COBOL II and VS/COBOL in a CICS VSAM environment. Developed and taught COBOL/370 course. Designed and developed systems using Microsoft Access 7.0 for time reporting and change management. This system is being used by 250 300 employees at sites nationwide. |
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| Conversion Technology Corporation Dallas, TX May 1997 - September 1997 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Participated in design and development of products for Year 2000 conversions, including a Time Warping package which has been purchased by Platinum Technology. Designed and developed a Visual Basic 5 application for another Year 2000 product called Data Analysis, used to establish points of failure for date fields. |
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| Innovative Medical Concepts Dallas, TX December 1996 - February 1997 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Using Microsoft Access 7.0 , SQL Server 6.5, Windows 95 and Windows NT to create a data warehouse for medical practices which are forming Independent Practice Associations, thus alleviating the need to give up their individual software packages. |
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| Excel Communications Dallas, TX March 1996 - November 1996 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Converted Representative Acquisition and Servicing systems from Realia COBOL and Btrieve to a UNIX environment using Micro Focus COBOL and Sybase. Also participated in the conversion of the same system to run on Windows NT 4.0. Designed and developed a point-of-sale application using Microsoft Access and bar coding. |
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| Boulder Valley IPA (via Internet) Boulder, CO January 1996 - March 1996 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Converted the records of one of the largest IPAs in the country from a FoxPro medical practice package to a new one using Visual Basic and MS Access. |
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| Town North National Bank Dallas, TX February 1993 - November 1995 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Project manager developing a Windows-based CLIENT/SERVER application to allow TNB customers to manage credit card information including download, batch update and file distribution. Using MS SQL Server, Gupta SQL Base, and MS Access. |
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| Simulated Environments, Inc. Dallas, TX July 1991 - January 1993 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Developed a CLIENT/SERVER application to administer retirement plans using MicroFocus COBOL II, OS/2, Presentation Manager, Database Manager on PS/2s and CICS on an IBM 3090. . Worked with automated voice response system from InterVoice, setting up scripts to enable retirement plan members to inquire about plan balances, etc. Developed APPC communications between PCs and the mainframe. |
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| Lomas Mortgage, USA Dallas, TX December 1986 - July 1991 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Installed and heavily enhanced a Customer Information System purchased from UCCEL. This IMS-based online system was written in assembler, with COBOL batch programs. Took part in the development of state-of-the-art Mortgage Loan Servicing system. |
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| Apple Computer, Inc. Cupertino, CA March 1986 - December 1986 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Designed and wrote an MRP-like analysis of OEM purchasing business, combining data from Cullinet MPS, Purchasing and Inventory modules. Used IDMS, ADS/O, and OLQ in maintenance and development of these programs. Worked with OEM Purchasing group to define requirements, test and train on new closed-loop manufacturing system being developed by outside vendors to run on TANDEM hardware. Designed and coded links between their MPS and MRP subsystems. Devised PC/mainframe connection which had not been used previously at Apple. |
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| InterFirst Bank Dallas, TX November 1985 - January 1986 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Designed and wrote a Controlled Disbursements Reporting system. Two mainframe-to-PC downloads used to create reports on an IBM PC using BASIC and DOS. |
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| Apple Computer, Inc. Dallas, TX February 1985 - October 1985 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Modified and enhanced completely integrated manufacturing and financial information system (CAS) from Cullinet. Used IDMS, ADS/O, and OLQ in maintenance and development of these systems. |
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| RepublicBank Corporation Dallas, TX September 1984 - January 1985 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Analyzed and modified a batch system which supports the Security Safekeeping Service for the Bank to conform with federal TEFRA regulation changes. Also researched the IRS reporting system. |
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| Texas Instruments Dallas, TX March 1984 - August 1984 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Worked on IMS DB/DC Material Requirements Planning system, including heavy development and some maintenance. Worked closely with Inventory and Bill of Material teams on design, coding and implementation. |
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| Kendavis Industries, Inc. Fort Worth, TX December 1983 - February 1984 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Participated in development and maintenance of batch and on-line CICS Warehouse and Distribution system. Also worked on inventory analysis of drill-pipe and casing and General Ledger system. |
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| Rockwell International Dallas, TX April 1982 - December 1983 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Participated in design, programming and heavy maintenance of an IMS DB/DC Accounts Payable system. Also worked on the Engineering Data System which is an IMS system used to support the design and manufacturing teams at Rockwell. |
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| Skills |
| SKILL | EXPERIENCE | LEVEL |
| Programming Languages | ||
| Assembler (Mainframe) | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Basic | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| CICS | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| COBOL | 3 - 5 years | Expert |
| COBOL II | 3 - 5 years | Expert |
| DHTML | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| HTML | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| JCL | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| MICROFOCUS Cobol | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| SQL | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| VB Script | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| VBA (Microsoft Access / Office) | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Operating Systems | ||
| DOS | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| MVS | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| OS/2 | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| OS/2 Warp | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| OS/390 | 0 - 1 years | |
| TSO | 5 - 7 years | Expert |
| UNIX | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| UNIX (HP-UX) | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| VSE | 0 - 1 years | |
| Windows 3.x | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Windows 95 | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Windows 98 | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| Windows NT 4 | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| Hardware | ||
| DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| IBM 3xxx | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| IBM Mainframe | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Macintosh | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| Power PC | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| RAID | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| Certifications | ||
| Microsoft MCP (Certified Professional) | 1 - 3 years | Expert |
| Computing Environment | ||
| Desktop Computing | 7 - 9 years | Advanced |
| Internet Computing | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| Mainframe Computing | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Data Management Abilities | ||
| Clinical Trials | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Data Access and User Administration | ||
| Database Backup and Recovery | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Database Design | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Database Implementation | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Database Testing | ||
| Database Technologies | ||
| Access | 3 - 5 years | Expert |
| Btrieve | ||
| Crystal Reports | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| DL/1 | 7 - 9 years | Expert |
| FILE-AID | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| FileMaker PRO | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| FoxPro | 0 - 1 years | |
| IDMS | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| IMS | 7 - 9 years | Advanced |
| SQL Server | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| SYBASE | 0 - 1 years | Intermediate |
| VSAM | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Desktop Application Packages | ||
| Adobe PageMaker | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| HYPERCARD | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| Microsoft Excel | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| Microsoft Office | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| Microsoft Word | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| Netscape Communicator / Navigator | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| Quickbooks | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| VISIO | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| Developer & Case Tools | ||
| ABC Flowcharter | 0 - 1 years | Intermediate |
| Codewarrior | 1 - 3 years | Novice |
| ISPF | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Realia | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| Visual Basic | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| Development Abilities | ||
| Develop Design Specifications | 7 - 9 years | Advanced |
| Develop Functional Specifications | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Develop Technical Specifications | 7 - 9 years | Advanced |
| Developed Enhancements To Packaged Software | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Developer User Interface Design (GUI) | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| Development Code Debugging and Bug Fixing | 9 + years | Expert |
| Development Code Review and Checking | 9 + years | Advanced |
| Development Programming Code to Specification | 9 + years | Expert |
| Development Requirements Definition | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Development Software Documentation | 7 - 9 years | Advanced |
| Development Software Unit Testing | 9 + years | Expert |
| Development System Analysis | 7 - 9 years | Advanced |
| Enterprise Applications | ||
| CA-CAS | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Media & Graphics Technologies | ||
| Adobe Acrobat | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Adobe Photoshop | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Macromedia Flash/Freehand | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| Industry Knowledge | ||
| Advertising and Marketing | ||
| Banking and Finance | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| Computer and Information Technology | ||
| Healthcare | ||
| Manufacturing | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Methods, Standards, & API | ||
| Active X | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| ASP (Active Server Pages) | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| DAO (Data Access Object) | 1 - 3 years | Expert |
| ODBC | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| OLE | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Network Protocols & Standards | ||
| Ethernet | 3 - 5 years | Intermediate |
| LU6.2 | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| TCP/IP | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Token Ring | 1 - 3 years | Novice |
| Network Technologies | ||
| LAN Manager | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| NFS (Network File System) | 0 - 1 years | |
| OS/2 Network Manager | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| PC Anywhere | 1 - 3 years | Intermediate |
| Business Application Packages | ||
| VERTEX | 0 - 1 years | |
| Systems Management Utilities | ||
| JES / JES2 / JES3 | 5 - 7 years | Advanced |
| Syncsort | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| vi Editor | 0 - 1 years | Novice |
| Web, Application & Messaging Servers | ||
| Lotus cc:Mail | 0 - 1 years | |
| Microsoft Mail | 0 - 1 years | |
| Microsoft Outlook | 3 - 5 years | Advanced |
| Web Design & Development | ||
| Adobe GoLive | 1 - 3 years | Advanced |
| Education |
| Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA GPA: 3 Degree: B.S. Major: Computer Science Enrollment Status: Graduated |
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| Training |
| Southern Methodist University Course Name: UNIX and C Programming Certificate Earned: Completed Enrollment Status: Graduated |
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| Microsoft Course Name: Visual Basic 6 Desktop Applications Certificate Earned: Microsoft Certified Professional Enrollment Status: Graduated Date Completed: September 1999 |
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| Microsoft Course Name: Access Application Development I - II - III Certificate Earned: Completed Enrollment Status: Graduated Date Completed: April 1997 |
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| Sybase Course Name: Introduction to SQL Certificate Earned: Completed Enrollment Status: Graduated Date Completed: August 1996 |
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| Sybase Course Name: Fast Track to SQL Server Certificate Earned: Completed Enrollment Status: Graduated Date Completed: August 1996 |
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