THOMAS ADKINS
Dallas, TX
Phone: (910) 308-7415
ThomasF.Adkins@gmail.com
SUMMARY:
• 18 years Professional Work Experience in Software Development Life Cycle
(SDLC).
• 17 years experience with Visual Basic
• 7 years experience with Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access and Object Oriented
Programming (OOP)
• 6 years of expertise with Visual Source Safe, Photo Finish, Hijaak Pro.
• 5 years of experience with Oracle, COM/COM+, DCOM, ADO, ODBC, OLEDB, MS Sequel
Server-Stored Procedures and Triggers, Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Packaging, Microsoft Visio, MS Front Page, MS Project, Adobe Illustrator
• Over 2 years of experience with Visual Studio C#, Visual Interdev, Crystal
Reports, Oracle, e.Power Workflow Software, Adobe PhotoShop, Math Programming,
Smart Draw 6, Corel Draw. RS232 Communications Methodology, Symantec VPN, HTML VB
Script.
• Working experience with ASP .NET, VS.NET, VB.NET, .Net Framework, VC++,
BizFlow (workflow), OCR for Forms, Data Transformation Services (DTS), Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI), Great Plains Accounting integration, Peregrine Service
Center.
• Hands on Projects: Equipment Ordering System (EOS) – PepsiCo, Single Carrier
High Speed Modem (SCM) – MRC – Serial Communications; Automated Prescription
System (APS) – McKesson APS, Project Management Reporting System (SBC), Work
Distribution, Data Capture – Warehouse Operations (DLA), Aviation Engineering
Support Application (NAVAIR), General Motors Vehicle Distribution/Auto Auction,
US Army Personnel Data Capture and Distribution (Fort McPherson, GA), US Army
Tactical Mapping/Graphics Application (TacMaps), Interactive/Multimedia
presentation, Application modification and maintenance, Help Desk Standard
Operating Procedures (SOP) establishment, Great Plains Accounting integration –
Rocky Mountain Technology Group.
• Effective Communication with team members and team training/leadership.
• Excellent Ability of Problem Solving and SDLC conceptualization/product
development
EDUCATION:
• MA-Master of Management Information Systems - 1991
• BS-Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Minor: Math, Data Processing - 1981
• US Army Command & General Staff College Graduate - 1998
• US Army Operations Research/Systems Analysis (ORSA) Graduate – 1992
CERTIFICATION:
• Operation Research Systems And Systems Analysis - US Army School of Logistics
Management
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND:
GUI: Visual Basic 3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0/. Net. Visual Studio 2003-8, C#
RDBMS: Microsoft SQL Server 6.0/7.0/2000-2005, Oracle 7, 8.0, 8i, MS Access
95/97/7.0/00/02 Oterro Database Engine, RBase.
Web Technology: ASP 2.0/3.0/.NET, HTML, VB Script, Java Script, Front Page
97/00, Visual Interdev 1.0/6.0
ActiveX Technology: COM, COM+, DCOM.
Web Server: Internet Information Server 2.0/3.04.0/5.0, Personnel Web Server
Web Browser: Internet Explorer 2.0/3.0/4.0/5.0
Operating system: Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/00/02, MS-DOS 3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0, Vista
Languages: Visual Basic 2-6.0, VC++, C#, Java, COBOL, FORTRAN IV, RPG,
Assembler, Math Programming, Visual Studio 2005-2008
Version Control: Visual Source Safe 6.0, Veritas 8.0, Perforce
Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports 3.0/8.0, Word 95/97/98/00/5.0/6.0, Excel
95/97/4.0/5.0. MS Project 98/00, Lotus Notes 6.0, MS Office 2003, 2005
Case Tools: Microsoft Visio, Smart Draw 6.
Others: Outlook 97/98/00, WinZip 8.0, PowerPoint 97/98/00, Adobe Acrobat
4.0/5.0. XML
VARIOUS CLIENTS AND POSITIONS:
PepsiCo (Pepsi Cola), 5600 Headquarters Dr, Plano, TX 75024
29 September 2008 – Present
IT Consultant (Senior Analyst/Programmer)
Equipment Ordering System (EOS) Project: Primary responsibility to develop and
support Web based EOS services across the PepsiCo Application Environment.
Responsibilities:
• Perform development and support of EOS services used to assemble, compile and
transmit financial and equipment data
• Work directly with users, manages and developers to understand requirements
and determine appropriate analysis techniques
• Analyze, design, code and test efficient and highly scalable data solutions
• Prepare, maintain and publish documentation including application user guides
and support instructions
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert for EOS with full accountability for ensuring
operational continuity and supportability.
• Maintenance of architecture, documentation and reports
• Participate in peer code reviews.
• Performance and status reports to management.
• Develop and analyze product reports
• Provide integration with Change Management Board
• SAP data integration with data feeds – R5 Integration.
• Data feeds for Oracle accounting – Financial Asset Management Teams
• Perform requirements analysis and design documentation
• Remote VPN maintenance.
• Complete monthly close procedures
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ensure application compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
Environment: Windows XP, Visual Studio 2005-2008, Visual C#, ASP, Visual Basic,
MS Access, Microsoft Excel, MS Sequel Server, Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views,
Microsoft Query Analyzer, Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS), Oracle,
SAP, VPN remote work, OOP, XML, FTP, Microsoft Outlook.
Microwave Radio Communications - Bldg. 6, North Billerica, MA 01862-1256
15 December 2005 – 27 June 2008
IT Consultant (Software Engineer)
Radio Transmitter/Receiver Serial Communications Projects: The position is
responsible for managing, developing and maintaining the User: Customer/Factory
Radio Interfaces (GUI) s plus develop new communications middleware. The
interface supports multiple radio transmitter/receiver systems. Maintain the
software and the production environments. Provide support for the engineering
users of the system. Primary technical lead/consultant between Engineering and
Applications support for the User Interface applications. Supervise User
Interface testing. Remote development work: Manila Philippines.
Responsibilities:
• Project plan development and construction.
• Preparation of project architecture, planning and documentation
• Participate in peer code reviews.
• Performance and status reports to management.
• Develop and analyze product specifications; develops documentation
• Develop software architecture for software design with special attention given
to integration of all interface applications – universal Configurator
• Ensure that the applications are consistent in look and feel, underlying
architecture where applicable.
• Perform requirements analysis and design documentation
• Analyzes technical product problems and makes recommendations
• Interface and work with product documentation and product certification
groups
• Perform software builds using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, and provide first
line of product integration testing
• Provide all necessary information to the manufacturing for using setups of the
applications
• Integrate, store and manage software source code
• Monitor product defect reports and interface between development leads and the
certification group
• Accomplish seamless integration into new development with existing projects
• RS232 Communications Methodology
• Develop and supervise product testing and test plans to include automated
testing, script testing.
• Remote VPN troubleshooting and programming maintenance
Environment: Windows XP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office,
Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio: Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++,
Microsoft Windows HyperTerminal, Perforce Source Code Storage, C#, VPN remote
work, OOP, XML, FTP.
Amrerigroup, Inc., 4425 Corporation Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
10 November 2005 – 8 December 2005
IT Consultant (Assistant Project Manager/Business Analyst)
CaseTracker: The project focus is on customer management controlling workflow
and customer data throughout the agency.
Responsibilities:
• Project plan modification using Microsoft Project.
• Analysis and modifying resource requirements and allocation.
• Time/Task planning and adjustments.
• Preparation of systems documentation
• Provide documentation for successful plan reviews.
• Perform daily reports to management.
• Gather and prepare requirements for proposed software architectural changes.
• Prepare Change and Risk Assessment documentation.
Environment: Windows XP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office,
Microsoft Project, Microsoft Sequel Server, Microsoft Query Analyzer, FTP.
McKesson APS, Inc., 4333 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, LA 71360
12 April 2005 – 8 October 2005
IT Consultant (Software Engineer)
Automated Prescription System Software (APS): The project focus is on pharmacy
management software controlling pharmacy workflow throughout the entire pharmacy.
The APS software offers customizable solutions options for the entire pharmacy.
The software consists of station-by-station process for filling prescriptions,
imaging and data entry plus Bar code verification. The APS software provides a
customizable interface with hardware components.
Responsibilities:
• Programming (primarily in Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft SQL Server) and
replacing the DCOM portion of the driver component (AccuMed) with TCP
capabilities.
• Model construction for proposed replacement system.
• Determine and document user requirements
• Preparation of systems documentation consisting of current system architecture
with proposed replacement modules.
• Develop and implement intense component testing methodology and validation
process.
• Phased integration of system changes with the removal of DCOM components.
• Provide module documentation for successful code reviews.
• Phased configuration testing for product performance and load balancing.
• Perform daily reports to management.
Environment: Visual Studio 2003, Visual Basic 6.0, XML, OOP, Microsoft File
Scripting, Windows XP, Visual Source Safe, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook,
Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Performance Manager, Microsoft Office, Microsoft
Project, Microsoft Sequel Server, Microsoft Query Analyzer, McKesson Pharmacy
2000©, Pharmacy 2000® Workflow Software and AccuMed™ Dispensing Technology
EMPATH Consulting, Inc., 1430 Regatta Blvd. Richmond, CA 94804
3 January 2005 – 11 March 2005
IT Consultant (Hospital Optimization Engineer)
Hospital Services Software: Medical Software for emergency department and
inpatient hospital process management. Provide software for patient and
departmental ability to manage people and resources.
Responsibilities:
• Programming (primarily in Microsoft ACCESS 2000, Microsoft Access 2002, Visual
Basic for Applications and Microsoft SQL Server) of EMPATH’s Dashboard Systems.
• Installation and support for Dashboard System modifications at the client
site, and resolution of problems with already- installed modules.
• Preparation of Dashboard Systems documentation consisting of User Help Screens
and User Support documentation in support of Pharmacy and Operating Room
departments.
• Coordinated with project manager to identify requirements for maintaining
application tables, dictionaries, and parameters for system operation and
configuration.
• Manipulate file input for data validation, manipulation and updating sequel
server tables.
• Installed patches/fixes provided by the EMPATH in accordance with change
control procedures.
• Creating ad hoc reports and data extracts as required by business customers
• Provided module documentation for successful code reviews.
• Perform data daily reports to management.
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, VBA, OOP, Windows XP, MS Access, Microsoft Excel,
MS Project, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat 5.0.
Coram Health Care, Inc, 1471 Business Center Dr, #500, Mt Prospect, IL 60056
1 November 2004 – 19 November 2004
IT Consultant (Project Manager/ Project Lead Developer)
Clinical Services Software: Medical Software for home infusion service and
support system. Provide capability to update specific product costing from legacy
system to production environment.
Responsibilities:
• Analyze, design and develop processes for updating master product cost from
legacy system.
• Developed automated tool for packaging, transmitting and updating sequel
server master tables
• Developed 2 products – stand-alone exe for manual launching pricing updates
and program serving as a windows service module for monitoring automated file
transfers.
• Created modified existing Sequel Server tables and fields
• Legacy system FTP CSV files as data input. Manipulated file input for data
validation, manipulation and updating sequel server tables.
• Modified existing ASP scripts for GUI user interface.
• Provided module documentation for successful code reviews.
• Perform data daily reports to management.
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, ASP, COM/COM, HTML, OOP, Windows XP, Microsoft
Sequel Server, Microsoft Query Analyzer, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office,
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS), Adobe Acrobat
5.0. FTP.
SBC (now AT&T), Inc., 2000 W. Ameritech Center Dr, Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
March 2004 – November 2004
IT Consultant (Project Management Software Development)
Integrated Tracking System (ITS): The Integrated Tracking System (ITS) is a
Network organization, mechanized management tool which tracks project initiative
development. ITS input provides managers and users within Network Services
Integration Management and the New Technology Introductions organizations crucial
project management environment and reporting tools. ITS provides a multitude of
status and performance metrics reports. ITS initiative information provides
Network Organizations, Product Marketing, Finance and Regulatory services the
ability to monitor, organize and report project status and problem areas
immediately to senior management.
Responsibilities:
• Analyze, design and develop processes for maintaining ITS for SBC
• Install/configure development and reporting tools as required for product
improvement, maintenance and coverage.
• Conduct new ITS development and enhancements as directed.
• Perform and document ITS data transactions to fulfill business requirements to
satisfy customer data reporting needs using VSView OCX. Modify and create new
user ITS interfaces to capture data. Provide reporting functionality and
capability on SBC organization with drag and drop modification capacity.
• Created customizable Presentation Reporting system to permit user to auto
generate MS Power Point Presentation/ briefing slides with embedded real time
data plus exporting into individual HTML files.
• Support reporting requirements to determine best methodology for system/user
interface
• Prepare system documentation and interface with leadership and assist in
migrating new system versions into the production environment.
• Perform data daily, weekly backups on system and user information using
Veritas Version 8.0
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, COM/COM, HTML, IIS, Oterro, RBase, OOP, Windows
2000, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and
VS View Enterprise Studio, Veritas Version 8.0, Q Messaging, Microsoft Net
Meeting
Corridor Consulting, 20 Mall Rd, Suite 261, Burlington, MA 0183
August 2003 – December 2003
IT Consultant
Army Central Clearance Facility Adjudication System: The Army Adjudication
system processes thousands of security clearances daily. This multi-user system,
supporting hundreds of simultaneous users, is designed with menu and windowing
features that provide a consistent, easy to use interface. The system enhances
the productivity of the adjudication staff through increased accuracy of record
keeping, updated individual case files, and interface with other systems.
Responsibilities:
• Analyze, design and develop workflow processes for conversion of intelligent
agents (COM/DLL Objects) to support paper/electronic document conversion, email
operations, and work distribution with Bizflow workflow system for the Army
Central Clearance Facility.
• Describe/document data requirements and transactions needed for defining
business requirements and ensuring data model meets stated requirements
• Installation and configuration SQL Server 2000, Apache TomCat and Bizflow
Process Designer, BizFlow Forms Developer and BizFlow System Manager.
• Prepare system documentation and interface with senior leadership and assist
in integrating the project into operation.
Environment: Visual Source Safe 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, JavaScript, OOP, COM/COM,
HTML, IIS, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Windows 2000, Microsoft Visio 4.0,
Microsoft Sequel Server, Microsoft Query Analyzer, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, SSL, VB Script, Handy Soft BizFlow,
BizFlow Forms, Adobe Acrobat 5.0.
OTHER INFORMATION
Salary: Negotiable
Willing to Relocate: Yes
Availability: Immediate
Languages: Spanish (Military Rating - 2, 2); Russian: (Military Rating - 1, 1);
Korean (Military Rating - 1, 0), Tagalog, Basic
Other qualifications: Qualified as Environmental Chemist (2 Years experience)
and Toxicologist (2 Years Experience) using GC, Mass Spec, Flame Ionization, RIA,
Chromatography, UV and other techniques plus wet analysis methodologies and data
reporting.
Retired US Army Major, 26.5 Years with Worldwide assignments.
Over 25 years personnel management experience responsible for organizations of
400+ personnel
REFERENCES
Available on Request
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