James R. Alves
P.O. Box 536
Soap Lake, WA. 98851
 [Send email to request phone number] 04-9864 or  [Send email to request phone number] 46-0548
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Objective
Application architect, Database architect, Business systems
analyst/architect/programmer; telecommuting or in-house, full-time 
 
Skills
Received Top Secret SSBI Security Clearance 10/2009. Systems analysis, software
& database architecture, project management, developer. Programming languages:
ColdFusion, SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, HTML, VB, VBA, Oracle Forms, Pascal, Fortran,
dBase, some JavaScript.  Written and oral communications, problem solving,
organization. Translation of "customer speak" to "developer speak."  Ability to
take an idea from concept through implementation.  Process improvement.
 
Work Habits
Self managed, motivated self-starter.  Successful at leading groups or teams. 
Prefer to work alone, but function well in groups.  Quick learner.  Always at or
near the top of the group's retention list. Successful telecommuter since 1994. 
Working as full-time virtual employee since February 2003. Frequent commendations
for excellence from customers and management.  Quickly build rapport and trust
with peers, management and customers.  Always seek more effective, efficient and
elegant solutions.
 
Experience
November 1990 – present:  The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA.  
* Most recent assignments: System/application/database architect, lead
programmer, and database administrator for 100+ page enterprise-wide order entry
and business management web site written in HTML and ColdFusion using 120+ tables
in SQL 2000 and Oracle 8i databases.  
* Develop back office tool set that allows customer non-programmers to create
and maintain seriously data driven, real time web pages that seamlessly interact
with customer’s menu-data-driven site.
* Previous assignments: Design, development, and implementation of 25+ regional-
and enterprise- level systems in Access, VB6, VBA, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports,
Designer.  Client-server systems development, business systems
analyst/programming.  Database administration of some 15 databases in Access,
SQL2000, and some Oracle 8.1.  Systems integration and interface designer for 5
large authoring system data transfer systems.  Database and application design,
development, and implementation, 10s of systems
.* Designed and implemented system and process improvements netting savings of
3500 man-hours per year, $250,000/year and application complexity reduction
approximating 20%.
* Project manager and lead for several process management/improvement tasks
resulting in typical cost savings of $50-$100 per transaction (about 50%) , and 7
to 10 days in flow-time savings (20% or more)
* Provided analysis for and development of math models for predicting and
evaluating new system behavior.
* Database and data migration from 7 legacy systems to open systems
* Vendor liaison and management, 12 years.
 
September 1984 - November 1990: Provisor Corporation.  
* System architect and lead developer for commercial financial planning software
system in Pascal and dBase.  Designed and built extensive and complex math models
for modeling the consequences of financial planning decisions.
* Designed and implemented streamlined process improvements for delivering
product better than 95% on time and 99% error-free in an environment of
constantly changing requirements.
* Developed tools and processes for simultaneously managing AR/AP/CRM for 17
small businesses. 
* Designed and developed real-time data acquisition programs for industrial
production hardware.
* Developed several printer drivers.
* Designed and developed algorithms for on-line, real-time gaming. 
 
Education
B.S. General Science, 1984, Oregon State University, computer science and finite
mathematics concentrations.