Larry James West, MCSD, MCPD, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MOS, MCP, FLMI, ACS, CIW

• Multiple years experience using and teaching with Microsoft Visual Basic [2.0 to .Net] and Access [1.1 to 2007] (Microsoft Certified: Access 2003 and Access 97 Expert), including all versions of Visual Basic .NET [have taught college-level Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 6 courses]

• Multiple years experience using and teaching with Microsoft Visual C# .NET, Microsoft C, DEC VAX C, Pro-C (Oracle) and other versions of C [have taught college-level courses in C++]

• Multiple years experience with Delphi [1.0 - 7.0], including Delphi SIG group leader for regional users' group

• Microsoft Registered Partner and Microsoft Small Business Specialist (these designations can be transferred to your organization)

• United States citizen; held Interim Active Top Secret Security Clearance [July 2009]

Technical Skills:

Programming Languages:   • Visual Studio .NET 2.0/3.5 (C#, Visual Basic .NET, ASP .Net, Silverlight, AJAX)

                                            • Visual Studio .NET 1.0/1.1 (C#, C++, Visual Basic .Net, ASP .Net)

                                            • Visual Studio 6 (C++, Visual Basic) [and previous versions]

                                            • Borland Delphi (Versions 1.0 to 7.0), Borland C++ Builder

                                            • FORTRAN 77 (VAX FORTRAN); VAX Pascal; Ada; SPSS; Z-80 and 8080 Assembly Languages; and others

Database Applications:       • Microsoft SQL Server [T-SQL] (Versions 4.2 to 2005)

                                            • Oracle 7.3, 8.0, 9i, 10g, 11g [PL/SQL]

                                            • dBase II, III, and IV; Clipper (several versions); FoxPro; Lotus Approach; and others

Report Programs:                • Crystal Reports (several versions, including XI); ReportSmith; Monarch; and others

Other Applications:              • Microsoft SharePoint Services 2003

                                            • Microsoft Visio 2002 and 2003

                                            • Microsoft Office (versions 1.1 to 2007) [including Visual Basic for Applications]

                                            • Microsoft Project 2002 and 2007

                                            • Visual Source Safe and Team Foundation Server

                                            • XML, SAML, HTML, JavaScript

Career Experience:

Adjunct Instructor of Information Systems  June – Aug. 2009, Sept. 2011 – Nov. 2011  National College, Louisville, KY

• Currently teaching two Windows Server 2008 courses on Mondays and Wednesday evenings.

• Previously taught college courses in Designing Network Security, User Desktop Support, and Implementing and Troubleshooting OS Technology.

Short-term Contract Developer Positions      June 2010 – Present         Various organizations

• Contract C# Developer [independent] modifying C# software for Catalyst Learning (Aug. 2011 – Sept. 2011).

• Contract C# Developer through Vertek Solutions Inc. modifying C# software for Payment Alliance International (July 2011 – Aug. 2011).

• Contract C# Windows Developer developing C# graphics power plant design software for power plant manufacturer (Mar. 2011 – May 2011).

• Contract C#/JavaScript Developer through TekSystems designing and developing C#/JavaScript inventory management system for North American Stainless Steel, Ghent, KY (Nov. 2010 – Jan. 2011).

• Contract C#/ASP.NET Developer through Aspect Software designing and developing C# software for satellite television service provider.  Project involved SQL Server 2005 table and stored procedure creation (June 2010 – Oct. 2010).

Instructor of Computer Science       2000 – 2005, Jan. 2010 – May 2010       Indiana University – Southeast, New Albany, IN

• Taught Visual Studio .NET 2008 [WinForms] Programming course; Also taught university-level courses in “Computers and their Use” (which included teaching Office products such as Access) and Visual Basic 6 Programming.  Have also taught at ITT Tech-Louisville (including C++), and mathematics courses (including Calculus) at Jefferson Community College – Southwest (Valley Station, KY) and Tarrant County Community College – Northwest (Fort Worth, TX).

Contract Senior Software Developer                  Sept. 2009 – Dec. 2009             TALX Corporation/Equifax, St. Louis, MO

• Short-term contract through Quilogy, Inc. developing data conversion software using Visual C# 2008, ASP.NET, Silverlight, and Oracle 11g; Used Test Driven Development / Agile Programming; Also worked on finding and testing bugs in various applications, working with Team Foundation Server for source control, developing scripts, modifying documentation, et al.

Data Enumerator                                                                March 2009 – May 2009             United States Census Bureau, Louisville, KY

• Short-term temporary position gathering and analyzing housing data for the 2010 United States census.

Business Analyst and Developer                             Oct. 2008 – Jan. 2009             UnitedHealthCare Benefit Services, Louisville, KY

• Short-term contract designing and developing new application to process COBRA renewals; Created functional specifications and test-cases, as well as assisting in the project development using Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2005 [WinForms] and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 [T-SQL]. Process involved data modeling (defining and analyzing data requirements).

Larry J. West, MCSD, MCPD, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MOUS, FLMI, ACS, CIW

9105 Danby Court, Louisville, KY    40291-1370                                                                                page 2 of 3

Phone: 1(502) 303-2775           E-mail: LarryWest@hotmail.com

Career Experience [Continued]:

Senior Reports Developer                                              Oct. 2007 – Sept. 2008      MMC Global Technology Infrastructure, Louisville, KY

• Designed and developed mostly reports for upper management of Marsh and McLennan Companies (MMC) regarding help desk call center statistics and other database applications.  Most projects involved using Crystal Reports XI, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and/or SQL Server; developed and/or improved numerous T-SQL Stored Procedures.

Short-term Contract Developer Positions      June 2006 – Oct. 2007         Various organizations

• Contract Developer at Fort Knox National Corporation, Louisville, KY, designing, developing, and testing various web programs and console applications involving credit card chargeback processing. Most work done in Microsoft C# 2.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005, including developing SQL Server stored procedures. [July-Oct. 2007]

• Senior Programmer Analyst at Heartland Payment Systems, Jeffersonville, IN, developing and testing improvements to existing web system involving calculating commissions for sales managers and relationship managers, as well as customer service improvement, using Microsoft C# 2.0, ASP, ASP .NET, SharePoint Services 3.0, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005, including modifying HTML code and developing SQL Server stored procedures. Discovered and corrected mathematical errors involving sales goals settings. [May-July 2007]

• Senior Programmer/Developer for Solectron Global Systems, Louisville, KY, developing and testing improvements to existing warehouse parts tracking system in Louisville, KY and Memphis, TN. Most work done in Access 2002 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000, including converting portions of the Access code to SQL Server stored procedures. [March-Apr. 2007]

• Contract Technical Specialist for United Parcel Service, Louisville, KY, designing, developing, debugging, and testing software dealing with Distributed Weights and Balancing [determining where to place containers on aircraft so they won’t tip]; Most projects done in Visual Basic and Oracle 10g. [November 2006-March 2007]

• Senior Contract Software Developer at WellPoint, Inc., Louisville, KY, designing and developing various applications automating file transfers (Electronic Document Interfacing), mostly using Visual Basic and C# interfacing with an Oracle 9i database. [August-November 2006]

• Contract Software Developer for Gallatin Steel, Ghent, KY, designing and developing various applications involving factory automation, using Microsoft Visual C++ interfacing with an Oracle 9i database. [June-August 2006]

Senior IT Developer                                                                                       2005 – 2006                   aNETOrder Inc./American Mailers, Louisville, KY

• Designed and developed mostly database applications for fulfillment and bulk package distributor.  Most projects involved Microsoft Access and/or SQL Server.  Highlights include speeding up a daily task by 95% (from 4 hours to 12 minutes) and seamlessly implementing the postal rate increases of January 2006 in all 50+ databases.

Systems Analyst / Delphi Developer / Database Administrator    Feb.-Aug. 2005    Evansville State Hospital, Evansville, IN

• Six month contract through Analysts International of Indianapolis designing and developing numerous applications and databases, including conversions from various platforms, for the Evansville State Hospital (State of Indiana) in Evansville, Indiana.  Most projects involved Microsoft SQL Server 2000 as the back-end and Microsoft Access 2003 or Delphi 7 as the front-end.  Programs developed to meet HIPAA requirements included a mammogram scheduling system and a Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) tracking system.

Contract Instructor of Computer Science                                 2004 – 2005                    Accent Training Services, Jeffersonville, IN

• Taught Microsoft Official Curriculum courses, including Visual Basic 6 and .NET, COM+, ASP.NET, C#, and Solution Architecture.

Independent Consultant and Contract Programmer       2002 – 2005                    Expert Computer Consulting, Louisville, KY

Independently and through various contracting agencies, designed and developed programs for clients, including:

• Automated data processes at Indco Corp., New Albany, IN, allowing them to use legacy (DOS) databases within Microsoft Access and Word 2003.

• Developed and modified Visual Basic 6.0 software for SHPS Inc. of Louisville through Manpower, speeding up execution time of software.

• Several database manipulation programs for various political candidates and non-profit organizations in various languages, including Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Delphi 7, and Access 97 to 2002.  One Access database contained over five million records.

• ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants, Louisville, KY, greatly improved Access 2000 database program – reduced database accessing time by 90%.

• Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky of Georgetown, KY, designed and developed improvements to an extensive multi-user parts management system in Microsoft Access.

• Presbyterian Church–USA National Headquarters, developed five Delphi programs, including conversions from Quattro Pro & Paradox.

Senior Systems Analyst                                                                           1999 – 2002                    National Processing Corporation, Louisville, KY

• Analyzed, designed, and developed several programs involving various financial transactions, including credit card reconciliation, as well as troubleshoot and repair existing programs. Development was done in Visual C++, Delphi, and Visual Basic 6.0 (including COM development). Report generation done with Crystal Reports and QuickReports, with databases in Oracle 7.3, 8.0i and Microsoft SQL Server 7.

Contract Software Engineer                                                                  1997 – 1999                    L. G. & E. Power Marketing, Inc., Louisville, KY

• Developed two related Client/Server programs using Delphi with an Oracle database. One program obtains energy transmission information from the Internet (OASIS), and normalizes the data, the other uses statistical algorithms to determine least cost path for desired energy transmissions.

Software Developer                                                                                       1995 – 1997                    Micro Computer Solutions, Louisville, KY

• Designed and developed software in various languages and platforms for various clients, including an automated documentation program for a major trucking firm, a complete system rewrite for an Evansville, IN utility company (from dBase III to Delphi with Paradox databases), and a pollution control monitoring system for a chemical company.

Larry J. West, MCSD, MCPD, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MOUS, FLMI, ACS, CIW

9105 Danby Court, Louisville, KY    40291-1370                                                                                page 3 of 3

Phone: 1(502) 303-2775           E-mail: LarryWest@hotmail.com

Career Experience [Continued]:

Independent Consultant and Contract Programmer       1994 – 1995                    Louisville, Kentucky

• Independently and through various contracting agencies, designed and developed programs for clients, including an HMO headquarters in Indianapolis developing programs that reconcile information between the HMO’s databases and various companies’ databases, with additional programming involving reports for various medical research needs, working at McDonald’s Corporation, Oak Brook, IL, developing Visual Basic programs that queried their extensive transaction database, and General Electric Corporation, Louisville, KY, developing programs for to track and report on energy information to U.S. and Canadian governments.

Application Engineer - Marketing Support Systems       1987 – 1994                    Providian Corporation, Louisville, KY

• Worked with holding company of several insurance companies researching, designing, and developing various software used by agents to illustrate financial products; Project leader for a wide variety of projects, including property and casualty sales illustrations and Homearnings Reverse Mortgage.  Most programming done in Microsoft C, with some done in Access and Delphi; Designed and developed various databases and tables.

Software Engineer                                                                1983 – 1987                  General Dynamics Corp.-Data Systems Div., Fort Worth, TX

• Designed and developed classified software, including an artificial intelligence expert system used to diagnose F-16 malfunctions, a real-time intelligence data gathering and analysis system, and a system embedded on the F-16. Held a Security Clearance.

Systems Software Engineer                                           1981 – 1983                  Tandy Systems Design / Radio Shack, Fort Worth, TX

• Helped develop TRSDOS operating system and related programs, including last system software ever written for the TRS-80 Model I Computer.

Education and Credentials:

• Coursework in Organizational Management – Campbellsville University-Louisville.  Coursework in Management Decision Making.

• Several Microsoft Certifications, including Microsoft Small Business Specialist  [MCP ID: 421991]:

     • Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)

     • Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional: Enterprise Support Technician (MCITP)

     • Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Windows Development (MCPD)

     • Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator in Windows 2000 (MCSA)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007 (MCTS)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance (MCTS)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2005 (MCTS)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Vista Configuring (MCTS)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 2.0 Windows Applications (MCTS)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications (MCTS)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring (MCTS)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring (MCTS)

     • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring (MCTS)
Passed Exams 70-100, 70-152, 70-175, 70-176, 71-210, 71-215, 70-218, 70-300, 70-431, 70-432, 70-526, 70-528, 70-536, 71-548, 70-620, 70-622, 70-630, 70-631, 70-632, and 70-643.

• Microsoft Office [User] Specialist: Microsoft Access 2003 and Access 97 Expert (MOUS).

• Certified Internet Web Professional (CIW) Certifications [Certification ID#: 279413]

     • CIW Web Design Professional     • CIW Web Design Specialist     • CIW E-Commerce Specialist

• Life Office Management Association Certifications  [Insurance education program; Past President of Derby City FLMI Society]

     • Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) - Courses in Law, Marketing, Financial Management, Human Resource Administration, Accounting, Management Science, et al.

     • Associate, Customer Service (ACS)

• Began work on Master of Science / Ph. D. in Computer Science - University of North Texas, Denton, TX. 
Emphasis in Artificial Intelligence.

• Master of Divinity Degree with [in] Languages - Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC. 
Emphasis in Urban Studies.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Statistics - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. 
Emphasis in Survey Design and Actuarial Science.

• Courses in Statistical Quality Control and Accounting - De Anza College (Cupertino, CA)

• Courses in Supervision & Management - Mission College (Santa Clara, CA).

• Passed first Society of Actuaries examination (Mathematics). 

• Recipient of Mathematics Association of America Award.

• Achieved 800 (maximum possible) on Graduate Record Exam Quantitative section and 790 on Analytical section, as well as 800 on SAT test Mathematics section.