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kent_williams@innerhome.com
www.innerhome.com
Raleigh, NC USA
Objective
Successful business professional with extensive experience and skills in solving problems that are encountered in today's rapidly changing and increasingly complex business systems and environments. Have consistently proven to be a key person in organizations due to ability to learn quickly, understand interactions between various systems, and applying information systems as tools to cut costs and increase profits for a business (the big picture).
Experience
1999 - 2006 GENWORTH MORTGAGE INSURANCE, Raleigh, NC
Senior Technical Consultant
- Senior programmer and project manager for financial applications.
- Re-engineered a large reinsurance database and completely re-designed the application (all web pages, middle layer and database calls) to make use of improvements in Oracle 9i.
- Made extensive use of XML/XSLT passed through a Visual Basic 6 middle layer to implement web pages for contract and data maintenance.
- On the client side, utilized Javascript for form validation and construction of XML snippets to send back to the database backend where XML is processed by PL/SQL.
- Wrote code to produce Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for the 500 monthly reports and store them in a document manager (Vista Plus).
- Trained and assigned tasks to other programmers to expedite the completion of projects.
- Achieved qualification as Six Sigma Greenbelt.
1999 - 2001 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGIES/GE MORTGAGE INSURANCE, Raleigh/Durham, NC
Software Development Consultant
- Ported client/server applications to n-tier web-based applications.
- Developed web applications using Microsoft Visual Interdev environment and Oracle 8 stored procedures called from server based VB applications.
- Assisted in the requirements definition and implemented financial decision support system/automation application to replace mainframe/spreadsheet/human knowledge based applications.
- Used optimal tools, including ASP, Visual Basic, Java, C++, Javascript, and Oracle (SQL and PL/SQL), to accomplish project tasks.
1991 – 1999 SMART HOUSE, Upper Marlboro, MD and Raleigh, NC
Vice President Systems Development and Chief Technical Officer
- Designed and deployed a scaleable n-tier information infrastructure that could be used to dynamically provide job cost and pricing information in estimating installations for a network of more than 50 home automation custom installers.
- Developed the entire logistics network behind the estimation program, including agreements with manufacturers and vendors for product support and pricing.
- Managed the transition to a Microsoft Windows NT multiple server environment running IIS 4.0 and SQL 6.5.
- Developed estimation applications using Microsoft Visual Interdev, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, Visual Basic and SQL stored procedures. Designed and established company network infrastructure on over 30 workstations.
- Set up and hired staffing to maintain network and provide computer help and training.
- Assisted in development of business plan for transition from a limited partnership structure to a corporation.
- Technical advisor to the CEO on information systems and home systems products.
- Established a distribution network for SMART HOUSE products in the south and southwestern United States.
- Managed the company Novell 3.11 local area network.
- Managed the migration from MSDOS to Windows desktop operating systems.
- Designed embedded software applications in C for use on Intel 8751 family of processors.
1988 – 1991 CENTURY 21 GREAT AMERICAN PROPERTIES (BROKER), Reston, VA
Realtor
- Award winning Realtor with Century 21 franchise in Northern Virginia.
- Designed spreadsheets to aid in qualifying prospective home buyers.
1987 – 1988 GENERAL ELECTRIC AEROSPACE, Reston, VA
Systems Analyst
- Assisted in developing methodology for documenting program requirements definition for systems integration.
1973 - 1987 UNITED STATES NAVY, Worldwide locations
Lieutenant Commander, Surface Warfare Officer
- Department head and division officer responsible for leadership, training, management, care, and discipline of over 200.
- Responsible for planning maintenance, repair, and operation of shipboard engineering systems on over 17 ships.
- Concurrently held positions as Tactical Action Officer (directing fleet air defense in confrontations Soviet air forces), ballasting officer of a 45,000 ton amphibious assault ship, damage control officer (fire chief) responsible for fire fighting, training and equipping of 20 fire fighting teams, and fire fighting/chemical warfare defense training of over 900 men.
Education
Master of Science, Information Systems Management, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
Emphasis Area – Telecommunications/Decision Support Systems
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD Emphasis Areas: Far Eastern Political Systems, Marine Systems Engineering
Complete coursework in Accounting/Finance, The Citadel, Charleston, SC |