STEVE GAINES, MCSD, MCAD
System Architect
9030 Markville Dr., #4011
Dallas, Texas 75243
[Send email to request phone number] 84-9654
www.SteveGaines.us
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EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
BBA, Accounting
CERTIFICATION Microsoft Certified Solution Developer 1997, 1999, 2006
Visual C# .NET
Visual Basic .NET
Visual Basic 6.0
Microsoft Certified Applications Developer 2006
Former CPA, State of Texas, license voluntarily resigned, 1996
TECHNOLOGIES C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Basic 6.0, 5.0, 4.0
VbScript, JavaScript, AJAX, ActiveX, COM, DCOM, MTS,
HTML, Active Server Pages (ASP), XML, Web Services
Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, ADO, DAO, ODBC
LDAP, ADSI, Site Server, Index Server, Crystal Reports
LANGUAGES English (native language) and Spanish, fluently
EXPERIENCE
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD - Richardson, Texas
C# .NET DEVELOPER, 04/06 to Present
Created a website with C# in ASP.NET 2.0 which displays the corporate financial
results by region including comparison to budget and the ability to drill-down by
category of operations. Added graphing ability to that website using the
ChartSpace object. Created a database in SQL Server 2000 which maintains
departmental tasks and application bugs assigned to team members. Created a
website with C# in ASP.NET 2.0 which displays those tasks and bugs and allows
management and other team members to enter comments and update the status of
those items. The website also generates notification emails from SQL Server.
Created a dynamic report generator that builds custom reports in Microsoft Excel.
Made revisions to an existing reporting system built with VB 6, Excel, and
stored procedures in SQL Server 2000. Added enhancements to a call center support
system also built with VB6 and using Crystal Reports for reporting.
STEVE GAINES - Dallas, Texas
C# .NET ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPER, 1/06 to Present
Created a stock/forex trading program named GainesTrader in Visual Basic 6. The
program uses the web browser control to download current stock prices off the
Internet and sends trading signals via email based on trading systems designed by
the user. Upgraded the program to Visual Basic.NET. Created a website
GainesTrader.com in ASP.NET 2.0 with C# to market and sell GainesTrader. The
website uses PayPal to automatically collect payments from customers. Created
the website SteveGaines.us in ASP.NET 2.0 with C# to present my professional and
personal records on the Internet. Used an ASP.NET 2.0 Master Page to provide a
standard interface for pages on the website. Used the GridView control to
organize lists of records presented on the website. Used .NET forms
authentication to maintain security. Created a website named NewCarQuery.com in
ASP.NET 2.0 with C# to provide detailed queries of new automobile data through a
subscription service.
TRINITY INDUSTRIES - Dallas, Texas
VB.NET DEVELOPER, 8/05 to 2/06
Maintained web-based and Windows-based applications written in ASP.NET and VB 6.
The applications were originally written in VB 6 with SQL Server on the back end
and using Crystal Reports for reporting services. New features added included
user interfaces for tracking railcar audit history and a web-based interface
written in ASP.NET for accessing railcar repair shop manuals online. A system of
email notifications for the users of those manuals was also created using
CDONTS.
RENT-A-CENTER - Plano, Texas
VISUAL BASIC DEVELOPER, 12/04 to 7/05 and 2/06 to 3/06
Created an on-line information system for the company intranet written in
VbScript/ASP with both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases on the
back-end. Designed new tables and queries in SQL Server to store corporate memos
and web-based messages. Used CDONTS to transmit memos by email to designated
recipients. Created an online suggestion box which automatically assigns
suggestions to handlers based on suggestion topic. Created an online IT project
testing system which allowed users to load test cases and their results. Created
an online organizational hierarchy using a treeview written entirely in HTML.
INTELLINEX - Irving, Texas
VISUAL BASIC DEVELOPER, 3/04 to 10/04
Maintained web-based Aspen learning system written in JavaScript/ASP with Visual
Basic components and Microsoft SQL Server database. Created, debugged, and
tested ASP web pages written in JavaScript. Created, debugged, and tested DLL
components written in Visual Basic. Created, debugged, and tested stored
procedures written in Transact-SQL.
CITIGROUP - Irving, Texas
VISUAL BASIC DEVELOPER, 11/03 to 3/04
Converted an existing Visual Basic application and SQL Server database to a
Microsoft Access 2000 application in order to archive the old data which is being
replaced by a new system. That application was used by Citigroup to manage its
property rental billing system.
MATRIX REHABILITATION - Plano, Texas
VISUAL BASIC DEVELOPER, 12/01 to 9/03
Maintained web pages and supporting VB components for corporate intranet.
Developed and maintained DTS packages in Microsoft SQL Server. Used Microsoft
Site Server to validate user identity and permissions. Used Microsoft Index
Server to store and retrieve company reports. Created and maintained COM and
DCOM components running in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. Created a COM
component in Visual Basic to display images of corporate documents on the
Internet using the Kodak Imaging OCX control. Wrote ASP pages which use ADSI to
administer user NT, Terminal Server, and Exchange accounts.
SOUTHWEST SECURITIES, INC. - Dallas, Texas
VISUAL BASIC DEVELOPER, 4/00 to 8/01
Created a website to conduct surveys of customers via the Internet. Used XML
and XSL to present analyses of the responses to the surveys on the website.
Distributed copies of those results via email using CDONTS. Used XmlHttp to
perform client-side validation against a remote database. Created a generic
shopping cart website written in ASP for use by customers in their e-commerce web
sites. The objects use data stored in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. Deployed the
components and debugged their operation in MTS. Designed and deployed the
database used by the shopping cart component including stored procedures and
triggers. Used hidden form fields to maintain state across the web pages without
the use of cookies or Session objects. Wrote client-side validation scripts
using JavaScript to validate user input. Maintained and created web pages
written in Cold Fusion.
HD VEST - Dallas, Texas
VISUAL BASIC DEVELOPER, 8/98 to 2/00
Wrote a data conversion application for a mutual fund brokerage entirely in
stored procedures in Microsoft SQL Server. Wrote queries to work with data
stored in CSS brokerage industry database. Used Crystal Reports 7.0 ActiveX
report designer component to create reports of the data converted. Created a web
browser interface to those reports using Active Server Pages and VbScript. Also
created reports with the DataReport designer in VB 6 using DataSource classes and
the DataEnvironment designer as their data sources. Output data from SQL Server
to a text file and loaded data from a text file to SQL Server using BCP (bulk
copy process). Created a graphical interface to automate BCP operations using
the DMO object model (Data Management Objects).
EXPEDE - Dallas, Texas
VISUAL BASIC DEVELOPER, 4/98 to 8/98
Participated in the team development of a trading system for forest products.
Developed client and middle-tier components in a three-tiered Visual Basic 5.0
application using object-oriented design principles. Those COM components were
deployed in MTS and displayed in web pages over the Internet. Used ADO to
execute stored procedures in SQL Server 6.5. Developed reports using Crystal
Reports and its ActiveX viewer.
VARIOUS COMPANIES - Dallas, Texas
VISUAL BASIC DEVELOPER, 6/96 to 2/98
Worked on the development of a three-tiered Visual Basic 5.0 application
querying Oracle databases. Developed user interfaces with Visual Basic 4.0 to
maintain data stored in Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 databases. Used Visual Basic 5.0
to subclass the standard edit control using Windows API. Developed applications
in Visual Basic 5.0 to track the construction of antennas for Primeco (a cellular
telephone company). Created an application to load data from field office Access
databases into the corporate Oracle 7 database. Used calls to the ODBC API to
query and load data in the Oracle tables.
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