JOHN BUCHANAN
6341 Pisgah Rd.   •  Austell, GA 30168  •  (678) 665-5573  • 
john_buchanan@yahoo.com


PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
To utilize my information technology experience and training to assist an
organization in accomplishing its overall goals and objectives.

Offering a diverse background of 10+ years experience, training, and
achievements in the following areas:
•	Programming
•	Information Technology
•	Project Management	•	Report Design
•	Quality Control
•	Database Development	•	Test Scripts
•	Technical Support
•	Customer Service

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE:
	System Analysis, Design, And Review 
	Application Encoding, Testing, Debugging, And Installation
	Database Design, Evaluation, And Implementation
	Market Research To Identify Product And Service Innovations
	Customer/User Consultation To Identify Current Operating Procedures And
Program Objectives
	Documentation Of Program Development, Logic, Coding and User Manuals
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
	Progressive experience involving full lifecycle development of
applications including analysis, design, development, testing, rollout,
documentation and user support.
	Consistently received outstanding performance evaluations in all
positions held.
	Strengths include excellent leadership, organizational, interpersonal
and problem solving skills.
	Relates well to persons from multicultural backgrounds, all levels and
all ages.
	Highly computer proficient:
	Hardware Platforms: Personal Computer and Unisys Mainframe.
	Languages: Visual Basic, ASP, HTML, Flash, Action Script, C#, C, C++,
Visual C++, FoxPro, Delphi, SQL, Fortran, Pascal, and Java.
	Applications / Software: Visual Studio.NET, MS Office, MS SQL Server
and SQL Reporting Services, Crystal Reports, Oracle, COGNOS, Macromedia Studio
MX,  and Borland Jbuilder
	Open Source Technologies: J2SE/J2EE, Eclipse, Jakarta Struts, Tomcat,
and Hibernate
	Protocols: FTP and HTTP
  		Operating Systems: MS Windows
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
HCC LIFE – Database Programmer/Analyst, (3/2008– Present)
•	Visual Studio 2008 (C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, HTML, XML, Java Script), DevExpress,
SQL Server Reporting Services
•	Primary duties are UI design, database design,  developing and maintaining WCF
services, stored procedures, and reports

COALITION AMERICA INC. – Report Designer, (2/2008 – 3/2008)
•	Coalition America reprices medical claims for most of the insurance companies
in America
•	My primary duties are writing complex stored procedures against a  series of
databases that house medical claim data, and then designing a new report or
mimicking a report provided by one of our clients
•	Report Design is done with Data Dynamics Active Reports

DIGICON CORPORATION – Database Programmer/Analyst, (3/98 – 1/2008)
•	Visual Studio.Net Web Development using VB, VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, HTML, XML,
Java Script, SQL Server, and SQL Reporting Services
 	Personnel Positioning and Evaluation Scheduling
This project was developed using the Microsoft Pet Shop architecture. It was
made up of a DAC Factory, a SQL Server DAC, an object model component, a service
component, a function interface, and a website using Active Server Pages. VB.Net
was used for code behind. Java Script was used for client side validation,
populating drop down list on the fly, and inserting dynamically built HTML
tables. Reports were developed using SQL Server Reporting Services.

•	VB 6.0 and VB.Net Win Form Development for SQL Server and Oracle Databases
 	Organizational Inspection
This project used the traditional 3 tier architecture: Win Forms for the
interface, a business logic and service object, and the database. It was
developed using VB. Net, SQL Server, and SQL Server Reporting Services. 
 	Mobilization and Readiness Assessment
This project used the client server architecture. It was developed using VB6,
Crystal Reports, and SQL Server. It was used to measure the readiness of units
before the left on a mission. The user could build a list of things needed for a
mission or a certain arena and then use to software as a checklist.
 	Base Realignment and Closure
This project also was developed in VB6 and made use of the client server
architecture.  It was used to track and schedule base realignments and closures.
 	Budgeting and Analysis
This was a VB6 client server project that used Oracle as a back end.  This
system just primarily imported files from other government systems into an Oracle
database.  The user would use a program we developed to query the database for
different codes and amounts. They would then perform what ever editing they
needed to do and save the record. 

COMPUTING SOLUTIONS – Database Programmer/Analyst, (9/97 -7/98)
•	Completed diverse programming assignments including database development With
SQL Server, FrontPage97, Access and Visual Basic.

DYNTEL – Database Programmer/Analyst, (4/97 - 3/98)
•	Applied knowledge of FoxPro and Visual Basic to perform various projects
including database development.

SOFTTEC., INC. – Database Programmer/Analyst, (11/95 - 3/97)
•	Major duties and responsibilities were same as the Dyntel position listed
above
•	Performed database development projects involving FoxPro and Visual Basic.

SECURITY CLEARANCE
U.S. ARMY – Secret, (3/98 – 1/2008)
CDC (CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL) – Departmental / Local, (4/97 – 3/98)

EDUCATION
MARYVILLE COLLEGE – Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science/Mathematics, (1993)

SALARY
Negotiable

REFERENCES 
Available Upon Request