P O Box 5510
Whitefish, MT 59937-5510
(406)862-6677
(406)471-6647 (mobile)
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Robert P. Kaiser
SUMMARY
Programmer/Analyst with extensive experience in development of client/server,
Internet, online, and desktop applications. Applications include medical
administrations, patient management, clinical data processing, medical image
processing, metal buildings design, software deliverable management, online
services, automated telephone circuit testing, analysis and installation,
cellular telephone statistical analysis, and petroleum retail sales. Team player
as well as an individual contributor. Goal oriented and with attention to
detail.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating Systems
MS Windows XP, 2000, NT 4, 9x, DOS
Sun Solaris 8 / CDE
Red Hat Linux 7, Fedora 12
IBM OS/2 2.0
HP-UX 9.0, SCO UNIX 3.2.4, AT&T SYS V Release 3.2.3 UNIX
DEC VMS 4.1, RSX-11M
Languages
Borland Delphi 2006, C++ Builder 5
MS Visual Studio 2003: Visual C++/ MFC, Interdev 6, VB 6
HTML, ASP, ADO, XML, XSLT
HP C++ 3.0, SCO UNIX “C”
Applications
Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest
InstallShield DevStudio 9
JAWS 10
MySQL 4.0, MS SQL Server 2000, Interbase SQL, Informix SQL, ESQL/C
Samba, SunScreen, Veritas Netbackup, Santricity
Leadtools Medical Imaging Suite 14.5
ERWin 4.0,
Frontpage 2000
Rational Rose 98 Enterprise Edition
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teksystems/SAIC 10/2007-11/2009
Delphi Developer Contractor to Veterans' Health Administration
October, 2008 – November, 2009: Maintained and enhanced Bar Code Medication
Administration (BCMA) Delphi client. Projects included Managing Scanning
Failures (MSF), Allergies and Alerts, Special Instructions and Other Print Info,
Section 508 Compliance for Accessibility, Parameterization for Indian Health
Services (IHS), and Remedy trouble report tickets. All of these projects used
Delphi 2006 and RPC Broker. Used the VA section 508 component software and JAWS
to develop the accessibility enhancements. As part of the BCMA projects worked
with several groups including BCMA Workgroup, Clinical Product Support (CPS),
Patient Safety Program Office (PSPO), Vista Maintenance Project (VMP), Section
508 Workgroup, and Indian Health Services (IHS).
March, 2008 – October, 2008, worked simultaneously on an additional project
Event Capture. Maintained and enhanced client GUI based on requirements. Served
as lead coordinator for other developers. Used Delphi 5, VA RPC Broker, FileMan,
and CPRS components. Also used TMS components. Worked with MUMPS developer who
maintained server-side code.
2007 – 2008: Maintained and enhanced the Primary Care Management Module (PCMM)
Delphi client GUI based on requirements. Added functionality including patient /
team assignments enhancements and a report which retrieved information on patient
inactivations. Used Delphi 6, VA RPC Broker, Fileman, and CPRS components.
Also used TurboPower Orpheus and TMS components. Worked with MUMPS developers
who maintained server-side code.
Escalon Medical / MRP Group 9/2006-4/2007
Programmer / Analyst
Developed application in Delphi 2006 to communicate with DICOM servers at the
Veterans Administration. Functionality included Modality Worklist queries for
broad-based patient search and detailed patient information, conversion of images
from TIF to DICOM format, and send of images to storage server. Developed
application to scan TIF images and extract patient information using OCR SDK.
Used Leadtools Medical Imaging Suite 14.5 for DICOM and image functionality.
University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston - Medical School– Houston,
TX 5/2005 – 5/2006
Systems Analyst III
Maintained and developed a database application in Visual Basic and MySQL which
is used to collect information on patients, centers, and MRI’s used in clinical
studies and to report results.
Maintained a Sun server including Solaris 8, a RAID storage system, and an
automated tape library under Veritas Netbackup which provide storage and backups
for clinical study data.
Provided hardware and software support for PC users.
Maintained documentation for software and hardware used in support of clinical
studies.
Maintained software and hardware licenses. Purchase PC’s, Sun server hardware
and software.
Biotechnology Consulting and Research, Irvine, CA (UTHSC-Houston,
TX) 2/2003-5/2005
Visual C++ Programmer/Analyst
Converted and enhanced the MRIAP (Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis Package)
program. It was originally written on Sun XView, C/UNIX and converted to MS
Windows using Visual C++ 7 / MFC. Features included image display, manual
editing, seven segmentation modes, AIR registration, header editing, and file
conversion from GE or DICOM to MRIAP proprietary format. Wrote user guide and
programmer’s guide for MRIAP.
Used Solaris 8 / CDE in testing of MRIAP.
NCI Building Systems, L.P., Houston, Texas 7/2002-9/2002
Delphi Programmer/Analyst
Completed development and testing of a GUI which interfaced with another program
used to design metal buildings. Features included edit of rafter, column, girt,
purlin, and load information. GUI converted files from an old to a new data
format.
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, Texas, 7/1995-11/2001
Programmer/Analyst Delphi, C++, Consumer Division, Software Tools Dept.
Built a system to manage software installed on factory-produced computers
designed with a SQL backend and a Delphi client used by all regions of the
consumer division in real-time. Designed database used by this application and
other related applications. Converted and enhanced parts of the system as web
pages using Interdev, ASP, ADO, XML, and XSLT. Wrote CMC mail interface DLL
using C++.
Wrote a set of SQL stored procedures to import data from related systems.
Developed a web application to allow users to queue data import tasks. Wrote SQL
code to import data from an Oracle database. Managed database servers using MS
SQL Server 7.0 including database creation, backup, and restore.
Wrote a Delphi client to view and update software bills of material stored on
factory databases.
Led project to convert all database-related applications in group from SQL
Server 6.5 to 7.0.
Brandon Systems Corp., Consultant at Ranger Insurance Co., Houston, Texas
10/1994-6/1995 “C” Programmer/Analyst
Developed and maintained applications used to enter and update information in a
set of ISAM files and sent as batches to a mainframe database.
Influence International, Inc., Houston, Texas 7/1994-9/1994
"C++" Programmer/Analyst
Developed email server application in C++ on HP-UX for use with a graphical user
interface client running in MS Windows and Macintosh. Used Interbase for SQL
backend.
U.S. Videotel, Houston, Texas 1/1992-6/1994
"C" Programmer/Analyst
Maintained and enhanced an Email program which operated in Teletel graphics
mode. Entirely rewrote it as an ASCII version and enhanced it to support
attachments and Internet access. Used Interbase for SQL server.
Installed and adapted Internet client/server applications to an X.25 network on
both SCO UNIX and HP-UX. These applications included Telnet, Gopher client and
server, Lynx World Wide Web, and Internet Relay Chat clients.
Administered UNIX systems for development and production applications. Used
Korn shell and AWK for scripts.
Quantum Access, Houston, Texas 8/1991-10/1991
“C” and Pascal Programmer/Analyst
Converted CD-ROM database publishing software from Metaware Pascal to Borland
“C”.
CAP Gemini America, Houston, Texas, Consultant at Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co. 11/1988-8/1991
“C” Programmer / Analyst
Enhanced and maintained a system of programs (ATAS) used to test, analyze
trouble, and dispatch on new and existing telephone voice/data circuits for the
state of Texas.
Used Informix SQL, and ESQL for control, maintenance and statistics of system.
Developed load manager program which automatically tuned system performance via
database.
Prior Experience
Developed business and engineering projects using “C” and Pascal in retail
petroleum, laboratory billing, and CAD.
TRAINING
Web Page Design I and II, Java Programming, C++ Object-oriented Programming,
Object-oriented Analysis and Design, Web Development with Active Server Pages,
XML Introduction, Introduction to Rational Rose, and Planning and Managing
Projects.
EDUCATION
B.S. Psychology, minor Physics and Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana,
Illinois.
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