CHRIS CONN
11391 Belmont
Olathe, KS 66061
 [Send email to request phone number] 97-9144
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TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT
 C / C++ / C#                                                     14 Years
 Java –J2EE, Swing, EJB, JSP, JNI, XML                             7 Years
 Struts                                                            2 Years
 SQL (Oracle, SQL Server, Informix, DB/2, Access)                 10 Years
 Web – Java, ASP.NET, JSP, VB/Java Script, HTML, XML               5 Years
 Windows – Win32 API                                              12 Years
 Unix – SunOS, HP, Linux, Korn shell programming                   5 Years
 COM, Active X, ATL.                                               8 Years
 CORBA – Java, C++, client\server, distributed                     4 Years
 MQSeries, JMS                                                     4 Years
 Microsoft Foundation Classes                                      9 Years
 Visual Basic                                                      8 Years
 Excel, Lotus 123 and Word programming (Macros, VBA)              14 Years

EXPERIENCE
 - Consulting experience in accounting, finance, banking, engineering,
   manufacturing, telecommunications, marketing and insurance.
 - Extensive project management experience over the entire system life cycle.
 - Most consulting experience involves defining and meeting specific needs in
   business.
 - Project summary sheet available upon request.

PRIMARY CLIENTS
 Hill’s Pet Nutrition                                           01/90 – 01/96
 Kansas City Life Insurance                                     09/95 – 01/97
 Informix                                                       01/97 – 03/97
 Black & Veatch                                                 03/97 – 02/98
 Butler Manufacturing                                           02/98 – 11/99
 Sprint (Advanced Technology Development)                       11/99 – 08/00
 Sprint PCS                                                     08/00 – 07/03
 US Central Credit Union                                        09/03 – 12/04

EDUCATION

 KANSAS UNIVERSITY
 Lawrence, KS
 Bachelor of Science – Business
 Minor – Philosophy                                             12/90	

 KANSAS UNIVERSITY
 Lawrence, KS
 Master of Business Administration
 Concentrations in Finance and Marketing                        07/92	

 MCSD certification for .NET.                                   08/03
 
PROJECT SUMMARY
 US Central ACH processing
 - Managed software development for an Automated Clearing House application
   used by the nations credit unions
 - Managed software development for a International Wires application used by
   the nations credit unions
 - Projects are large web based initiatives using J2EE, Struts, JSP and a
   number of third party tag libraries.
 - Team of developers included 8 senior level programmers (5+ years).

 Sprint PCS, Enterprise Integration
 - Responsible for architecting, developing and maintaining the middleware
   layer for Sprint PCS.
 - Architected and developed the C++ and Java frameworks used by 40 other
   developers to provide reusable business objects.
 - Lead developer with extensive architecture, analysis and implementation
   management responsibilities using Rational Rose and RUP methodology.
 - Worked with SPCS.com to link XML/XSL based web pages with business tier
   components over a 1.5 year period.
 - Use of XML configuration, schemas and transformations to assist .COM with
   project overflow.
 - Deployment on HP-UX and Windows, using C++, Java, Oracle, CORBA and
   MQSeries.
 - Challenge of developing a system that handles millions of clients in near
   real time.

 Sprint ION
 - Sprint ION is a large-scale project that represents the next generation of
   telecommunications.
 - Developed architecture using Rational Rose.  Extended Rose’s ability to
   provide bi-directional integrity between the model and the source code
   using COM objects.
 - Extensive use of CORBA, Java and C++.
 - Deployment on SunOS, HP-UX and Windows.
 - Responsible for developing the Third-party API distributed commercially.

 Advantage Next Generation
 - AdvantageNG is an enterprise wide application used for marketing,
   engineering and pricing pre-manufactured buildings.
 - Technical lead over 10 – 15 developers.
 - Extensive use of advanced COM using both MFC and ATL.
 - Some modules written in VB 6.0.
 - System includes a three-dimensional CAD system written in OpenGL.
 - Project life cycle covers a four-year period.

 Physical Data Assembly
 - PDA is a three-dimensional CAD system developed at Black and Veatch to
   model both conventional and nuclear power plants.
 - Responsible for the graphics subsystem
 - Program written in Visual C++ under Windows NT using an Oracle data server
   as a back end.
 - Extensive use of MFC and the Windows API.
 - Project involved sophisticated uses of OpenGL and Open Inventor.

 Relational Object Manager
 - ROM is a graphical data manager developed at Informix for managing 
   object/relational databases.
 - This set of tools provides users with an easy interface for creating and
   editing tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and privileges in
   Informix’s Universal Server.
 - Project required extensive knowledge of relational and object oriented
   database concepts.
 - Extensive use of MFC, COM and Visual C++ under Windows NT and UNIX.
 - Participated in a parallel project with the same functionality using Java
   and JDBC.

 Electronic Application and Client Manager for Life Insurance
 - Application allowed agents at Kansas City Life Insurance Company to collect
   client information and applications for life insurance using a laptop in
   the field.
 - Application provided artificial intelligence to assist clients in selecting
   a policy that best suited their needs while minimizing data entry.
 - Was in charge of developing the application for life insurance and managing
   other consultants and in-house programmers.
 - Application uses Visual Basic for a front-end, various COM servers and 
   Active X controls as middleware, and SQL Server in the back end.
 - Developed all of the COM servers and 6 Active X controls including controls
   to capture a user’s signature and scan credit cards.
	
 International Forecasting and Inventory Management System
 - Application involves a suite of components to assist Hill’s Pet Nutrition
   in forecasting sales and inventories in 43 foreign markets.
 - Managed other consultants and in-house employs in developing this system.
 - Project involved modules written in Excel using VBA, Microsoft Access,
   several DLL’s written in C++ and ODBC links to the AS/400.
	
 Bar-code /Inventory Tracking System
 - Application involves tracking product from the factory floor to the point
   of sale using a bar code system.
 - Managed in-house employs in developing this system.
 - Front end written in Visual Basic.  Intermediate storage in Microsoft
   Access
   and DB/2 databases.Final storage via ODBC links to the AS/400.
 - Project required expertise ranging from low-level systems programming to
   capture bar-code scans to high level training for workers on the factory
   floor.

 Purchasing Management System
 - Application tracks both internal and supplier inventories of raw materials
   required in the manufacturing of pet food for Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
 - Project resulted in significant cost savings for Hills.
 - Managed the design and development of the system.
 - System contained modules written in Visual Basic, Microsoft Access and
   Visual C++.

 Executive Information System
 - Application tracks important regulatory documents for Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
 - Project manager working with a number of representatives from a number of
   disciplines.
 - System involved tracking documents from conception through FDA approval.
 - System formally audited by the government.
	
 Other Projects
 - Accounting Systems.
 - Field sales systems.
 - Several applications with ODBC connections to the AS/400, Oracle, SQL
   Server and DB/2.
 - Several applications written in VBA, Java, JavaScript, Excel, and
   Microsoft Word.
 - Interviewed over 250 candidates for positions in the IT field.