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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

  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

  Training


Southern Methodist University
Course Name: UNIX and C Programming
Certificate Earned: Completed
Enrollment Status: Graduated

Microsoft
Course Name: Visual Basic 6 Desktop Applications
Certificate Earned: Microsoft Certified Professional
Enrollment Status: Graduated
Date Completed: September 1999

Microsoft
Course Name: Access Application Development I - II - III
Certificate Earned: Completed
Enrollment Status: Graduated
Date Completed: April 1997

Sybase
Course Name: Introduction to SQL
Certificate Earned: Completed
Enrollment Status: Graduated
Date Completed: August 1996

Sybase
Course Name: Fast Track to SQL Server
Certificate Earned: Completed
Enrollment Status: Graduated
Date Completed: August 1996