QA Automation |
March 2021 - Present |
Programmer / Legacy Systems Analyst & Integration
Intranet Web Application Developer
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September 2000 - Present |
Web Applications Programmer
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April 2014 - March 2015 |
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Built intranet projects from disassembled .Net projects with Jet Brains dotPeek because a consultant kept / lost the source code.
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C# 7, 8 & 10 - Visual Studio 2019 & Selenium Webdriver 3.0 / Google Chrome
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Writing scripts to simulate user interactions with new internal POS system
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Catch bugs
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Enforce specifications
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C# 7/8 Visual Studio 2015, 2019 & 2022 and MS Dynamics E-Connect
- Wrote intranet pages which fed both the legacy system and the incoming GP system
- Insert / Update inventory items
- Insert / Update customer master list
- Insert / Update financial accounts / records
- Reduced learning curve for office personnel
- Reduced / eliminated redundant work loads
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C# Visual Studio 2019
- Point Of Sale & Warehouse Log File Parsers
- Point Of Sale - send information to the stores in a semi-compressed custom format
- File Archiving
- T(resury) Express - Feed bank information into company financial system
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Tibol
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Auto ordering & warehouse stocking
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Truck scheduling & routing
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Wholesale pricing
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Payroll Bonuses & Commissions
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Rewrote the Tibol assembler in Delphi 7
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Stronger data typing
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Improved cross reference table
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Created Data File Reference Tables
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Visual Basic 6
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Data warehousing application - PTFind
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Connects the office with live store data
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Customer experience survey
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Recall notice module
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Data extract module / CSV file data extract files,
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Users select data to create ad hoc "reports" usually in Excel.
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ARDeposit - Based on check cleared report from the bank, credit customer accounts automatically
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Child support systems in CT, MA, NH, ME and RI
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Planet Press 5 & 7 at the retail and warehouse
locations reducing the company's use of expensive pre-printed
forms.
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Improved company's web site's store locator
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PHP
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JavaScript
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Google Maps API
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VB.Net 2008
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Integrated vendor electronic billing (EDI) with our back end legacy accounting system
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Peach Tree 5 & 2012 and Crystal Reports -
Database Specialist / Programmer |
June 1999 - September 2000 |
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Franchise Management system for multiple business locations
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VB 6.0
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Sybase SQL Adaptive Server 6
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Crystal Reports 8
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Assisted in the creation of a Computer Register for Subway Store management which was
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Fully configurable
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User friendly
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Supervised multiple locations
Database Specialist / Programmer |
November 1997 - May 1999 |
Latex Foam Products, Inc. Ansonia, CT |
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Wrote a custom "point and click" user interface for the Great
Plains Manufacturing & Order Tracking database.
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Bill of Materials
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Color coded work order prioritization
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Visual Basic 5 & 6
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SQL
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Bar Coding
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For Inventory
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Automated sorting & warehousing
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Office Support
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Crystal Reports
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Spreadsheets
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Word Processors
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GE Fanuc PLC - factory automation
PC Trouble Shooter |
August 1997 - November 1997 |
Web Page Designer / Network Specialist |
June 1997 - October 1997 |
Unibiz (Defunct) / Computer Hospital (Sold), Inc West Haven, CT |
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Set up NT networks with the Vinca Standby Server system.
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Researched Web / Database connectivity Borland IntraBuilder
and Netscape Web Server
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Edited and rewrote HTML code by hand generated by Microsoft
Front Page.
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On client site work for The Computer Hospital included
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Diagnosing hardware
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Network cabling
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Trouble shooting software installations
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System upgrades
Database Programmer / Customer Support / Technical
Writer |
September 1994 - June 1997 |
Cosmic Computers, Inc. Norwalk, CT |
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Developed custom software packages for utility and locator
companies to manage One Call Center work orders
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User documentation
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On line technical support using PC Anywhere.
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LARK Locator Activity Record Keeper
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Locator
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BTR Background Ticket Receiver
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Wrote a "pack in place" utility for FoxPro's memo files.
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Clients had run out of disk space
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Standard pack utility copied "non deleted" records to a
second file then deleted the first file
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Packing in place involved moving in-use blocks together,
updating pointers and finally clipping the file.
Analyzed a situation
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Bank of Boston bought up Multi-Bank.
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Worsened when the Pittsfield based client had 4th party custom
changes made to the Real World Corporate Accounting Package and
the 4th party refused to continue supporting the modifications.
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Explored a variety of options and their costs as to arrive at
a temporary cost effective solution.
Associate Analyst |
November 1991 - April 1994 |
Coop Student / Part Time Programmer |
June 1986 - November 1991 |
Bay State Gas Dispatch Center and L.N.G. Plant, Ludlow, MA. |
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SCADA Systems
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Natural gas system
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LDC Springfield, Northampton, Brockton & Lawrence MA
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Interstate Granite State Gas - Maine & New Hampshire
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Moved reporting to a SCO Unix Spreadsheet front end
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Data General Nova running RDOS
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Custom made graphical front end for Dispatch Dept
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LNG Plant
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Windows 3.11 based front end SCADA System
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PLC's integrated into a pneumatic control system
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Verified integrity of the system
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Integration
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SCADA data dump to GS-IPS (In-house spread sheet based reporting system)
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Wrote a calculation analyzer of the GS-IPS
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Reporting
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SCADA accumulators to corporate
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Spot Gas purchasing and contractual obligations as a result of deregulation
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Marginal Pricing
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Moved many manual tasks to PCs
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Wiring
User Assistant |
September 1987 - December 1990 |
Computer Resource Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. & Dedham, MA
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Assisted a variety computer users in defining and understanding
computer related issues and arriving at solutions by the selection
of appropriate documentation.
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Supported applications / languages included
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Minitab
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SAS
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WriteNow
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Xywrite
- VMS
- UNIX
- MacIntosh System 6.0.X
- MUMPS
- COBOL
- FORTRAN
- Pascal
- BASIC
Database Programmer (Co-op Assignment & Part Time
Position)
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January 1990 - August 1990 |
Massachusetts Electric Company, Worcester, MA. |
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- dBaseIII
- Budget forecasting
- Storm Impact Expenses
- Electric LDC System Maintenance
- Forms Generator
- Data Export
Programmer (Co-op Assignment)
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April 1989 - June 1989 |
Digital Equipment Corporation, Littleton, MA. |
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Updated a VAX / VMS 4.7 based debugger, XDS (Generic
Development / Debugging System) for network devices using the
68000 and 68020 processors.
- Created user interface similar to the VAX Debugger.
- Documentation using VAX Document.
- Added logging capabilities
- Test scripts generated from session logs
Relational Database Programmer (Co-op Assignment &
Part Time Position)
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July 1988 - February 1989 |
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Enhanced a forms based interface for a marketing information
database written in Dataflex.
Updated a group of departmental
standard screen based procedures to a "pop-up" forms based system.
Systems Conversion Consultant (Co-op Position)
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Jan. 1988 - Mar. 1988 |
State of CT. Correctional Industries, Enfield, CT. |
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- Investigated the discrepancies between two parallel systems
- NCR system being phased out
- IBM MAPICS phased in.
- I concluded the IBM / Mapics system was the accurate,
resulting in a manual re billing effort as to collect money
due the department.
Student Assistant |
October 1984 - June 1985 |
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Supervised the terminal room after hours during my senior
year.
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Assisted / Tutored
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BASIC
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Pascal
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EDT (DEC Text Editor)
Hardlines Sales Associate |
July 1995 - October 1995 |
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Assisted club members with purchasing
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Computer hardware & software
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Stereos
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TVs
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Videos
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Power tools.
Electronic Sales Associate |
April 1995 - July 1995 |
Office Max, Orange, CT |
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Sold
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Computer equipment
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Software
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Fax machines
Cashier |
July 1994- September 1994 |
Grossman's, Indian Orchard, MA |
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Windows 3.11 based cash register / inventory management system
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Customer service
Temporary Employee |
April 1994- September 1994 |
Career Group / United Personnel, Springfield, MA |
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Manual labor jobs
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Truck unloading
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Food intersecting & processing
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Print shop tasks.
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Office jobs
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Routing interoffice mail and faxes
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Actuarial support.
Class Note Taker |
September 1990 - December 1990 |
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Took notes for deaf students at the Burlington Campus night school C
class.
Jewelry Sales |
November 1987 - December 1991 |
The Silver Cart / Hart of Gold, Holyoke Mall Holyoke. MA |
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Sold jewelry at a small cart in the cafe section of The Holyoke Mall at Ingleside.
Game Attendant |
May 1987 - June 1987 |
Riverside Park, Agawam, MA |
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Assisted patrons of a shooting gallery.
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Make change
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Showed people how the amusement operated
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Attracted passers by
Cashier |
Schwartz Parking, Bay State West Shops (Now Tower Square), Springfield, MA
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July 1985 - December 1986
July 1989 - December 1989 |
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Collected parking fees based time
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Deducted validations.
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Security
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Insuring that patrons had a legal right to be taking the car
out of the garage
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Dispatching security guards in the evening hours.
Performed building maintenance tasks such as painting and garden
care. Also assisted in serving snacks and meals to terminal cancer
patients.