Rupert, Senior Programmer

 

Techback, LLC

 

Salt Lake City, UT

 

Career Summary

·         Over 18 years experience in the Software and Systems Integration industries encompassing Consulting, Software Development, Project and Team Management, Marketing, Technical Sales, Public, Press and Investor Relations, Training, and Technology Strategy formulation.

·         Extensive experience as a Sales and Delivery Consultant specializing in eCommerce and Portal solutions across multiple industry sectors, including Manufacturing, Banking, Energy, Utilities, Education and Government.

·         Excellent technical and functional knowledge in Portal Solutions, Security, Identity Management, Directory Services and Web Services.

·         Extensive experience with Microsoft Desktop, Server and Network products and development tools.

 

Professional Experience

Vidi Security LLC - Owner and Operator of Vidi Security LLC

November 2005 - Present

·         Providing full-service Video Security installations to commercial customers

·         Designed, developed and selling PTZ Pro, a program to allow remote network control of PTZ Security cameras. PTZ Pro is a multi-user, network enabled, configuration and control program built on .NET 2.0 in VB, C++ and C#, using a Windows Client program, a separate server application and web services for communication.

 

Trader LLC - Private Trader & Chief Developer of Equities Trading System

November 2002 – Present

·         Trading a private equities account for income and capital growth

·         Principal Developer, Owner and Operator of TS Trader (www.tstrader.com) an online subscription-based Web application providing intraday and end-of-day technical analysis for equities traders.

·         System is comprised of a scalable server application processing real-time intraday stock data, and both a browser-based interface and a more functional thick-client Windows Desktop application.

·         Developing TS Trader required highly developed skills in Microsoft VB .Net, C#, C++ and SQL Server 2000

 

Novell, Inc.

Solutions Partner - Portal Solutions, Strategic Services Group

September 2001 – October 2002

·         Led proposal developments for a variety of Portal and Identity Management opportunities.

·         Assisted Account Managers in developing messaging, content and presentations for potential and existing customers.

·         Worked as part of a small team of Portal Solutions specialists providing National Sales support.

·         Participated in the development of new solutions combining Novell and third-party products.

·         Provided internal Sales training to regional Account Managers and Inside Sales representatives.

·         Provided strategic and architectural input on planned and existing Customer Portal initiatives.

·         Evangelized new Novell products, solutions and delivery capabilities to numerous audiences, both internal and external.

Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc.

BroadVision Practice Manager

July 2000 – July 2001

·         Managed all aspects of the Cambridge BroadVision Practice.

·         Participated in selling and delivering Cambridge Portal services engagements.

·         Directed a 20 strong team of technical and business consultants specializing in BroadVision.

·         Promoted all aspects of Cambridge BroadVision capabilities, both internally and externally.

·         Supported the sales and delivery process from first contact through production rollout.

·         Maintained strategic alliances with BroadVision and other related Portal vendors.

·         Provided Senior Architect level input on eCommerce and Portal engagements.

 

Solutions Architect - BroadVision

July 1999 – July 2000

·         Walmart Inc. - Provided technical assistance and design guidelines for development of the Walmart Business-to-Consumer site.

·         Grainger Inc.- Participated in Product Definition Workshop to determine the scope and feasibility of a BroadVision Business-to-Business implementation.

·         Rockwell Automation Power Systems Inc. – Provided high-level technical and architectural assistance to the project, including facilitating communications between BroadVision, Rockwell Automation and other Rockwell divisions.

 

Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc. (UK)

Technical Team Leader

Azlan PLC - BroadVision B-to-B E-Commerce Site

October 1998 – June 1999

·         Azlan is a leading UK-based Network products distributor. This project delivered a full Business-to-Business E-Commerce System based around BroadVision 4.1 Commerce. Provided guidance to the customer on the functional and technical capabilities of BroadVision. Managed overall development of technical and functional aspects of the site.

·          BroadVision 3.0, 4.0, 4.1 One-to-One Enterprise and Business Commerce

·         Oracle 7.x, 8.x, SQL Server 6.5

·         Microsoft Project 98, Rational Purify, Rational ClearCase, Rogue Wave Libaries, Sun Visual Workshop, CORBA, Iona Orbix 2.2

·         Digital Unix, Sun Solaris, Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation

 

Technical Team Leader – Banco Santander - ASP, SQL Server, Global Intranet Application

August 1998 – October 1998

·         This was a short, quick delivery of a global compliance system to be used by the compliance officers in the major trading locations of investment bank division of Banco Santander. The project was successfully delivered on time despite significant scope issues.

·         Active Server Pages, MS Visual Interdev,  MS Frontpage, IIS 4.0, ODBC

·         SQL Server 6.5

·         Microsoft Project 98

·         Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation

 

Technical Specialist – Object Modeling - Airmiles UK

January 1998 – July 1998

·         The Airmiles Booking and Reservation system was a large and complex design for an intranet-based system to enable sales agents to book flights, hotels, car hire and other items against loyalty-based airmiles accounts. As the object modeler I worked closely with the DBA in designing a model and system that reflected the UI requirements and used the Weblogic Application Server functionality.

·         Weblogic T3 Server, Symantec Visual Café 2.1, JDK 1.2

·         Object and Data Modeling using Rational Rose 98 for Java, Rational SODA, Select OMT, Snakemaster

·         ERWin

 

Independent Consultant

1997

·         Provided consulting services and technology solutions using NT Server 4.0, Internet Information Server 3.0 and SQL Server 6.5 and MS Access.

·         Multimedia project development using a variety of Authoring and Media tools to create and enhance Computer Based Training systems.

·         Web Site Construction and Maintenance using MS Frontpage 97, Java (Visual J++), Visual C++, Visual Basic, PERL, CGI and Active X technologies.

·         Providing Sales and Training Support by scripting and producing both live and recorded Software Demonstrations for a variety of retail software products.

 

Innovus Multimedia, Salt Lake City, UT

1995-1997

Technology Officer

·         Participated in the development, strategic planning and direction of the company, products and market opportunities.

·         Monitored technology advances and changes in the marketplace to identify and develop new opportunities for the company.

·         Communicated Innovus technology, market issues and company vision to all segments of the computer software industry including the Investment Community, Trade Press, Retail and Distribution organizations.

·         Conceived, implemented and delivered all competitive analysis, product scripts, and technical sales collateral materials.

·         Trained and supervised staff on all product demonstrations for tradeshows, Trade Press interviews, Investment tours and industry events.

 

Innovus Multimedia, Salt Lake City, UT

Lead Software Developer

1992-1995

·         Responsible for the initial design and development of the Innovus technology and products.

·         Assembled and managed a team of 10 developers requiring scheduling and designating of assignments, leading status and brainstorm meetings, approving technical changes, monitoring progress and reporting to senior management.

·         Technical Highlights: Visual C++, MFC, ODBC, OLE, OOA/OOD (Booch/Rumbaugh), LEX/YACC, Visual Basic.

·         DOS Protected mode, OO CASE Tools, OLE,  Metrics and Performance Analysis

 

Option Technologies Inc., Bountiful, UT

Software Developer

1990-1992

·         Designed and developed a PC based software solution for an Interactive Audience Response System.

·         Led a team of two programmers, assigned tasks and monitored progress.

·         Technical Highlights: DOS Protected Mode programming, C++ Design and Coding, Object-Relational Database design and implementation, Statistical Analysis, UI Design.

·         Programmed User Interface, Database, Statistical Logic and graphic charting features, in C, C++ and Intel Assembly.

 

Education

1985-1987         Kingston University, London, England  Two year degree in Business Studies

1988-1991         Weber State University, Ogden, Utah   Bachelor of Science, Computer Science