| Brian Salmon 935 Eldridge Rd Houston, TX 77478 661-816-0896 info@Employor.com TEAM LEADER MISSION STATEMENT A Team Leader who pays attention to saving His Client Money by applying the KISS (keep-it-simple-stupid method) to Large Numbers of Programmers working on a Project(s). Not allowing costs to get out of hand, by dumbing down costly and complicated tools, which oftentimes are oversold by Vendors, and avoiding these tools if able to achieve the Project's goals without a loss of Quality or Time. With the Economy and dollars being squeezed, a Special Emphasis on Cost-Savings Overall by applying and simplifying coding standards across the board to all Programming Members in the Team by enforcing SIMPLE VB.NET coding, and SQL rules amoung many programmers in remote locations, and verifying the Projects code and goals. Conducting Many Meetings between Department Heads and different Division Managers to ensure Project(s) on Target and Schedule. Keeping Specifications up-to-date. Documenting and streamlining Meetings by capturing key points held in those meetings, and applying them to the Project, and to revised specifications. Preventing the "endless meeting" by performing discovery and original research. Often meetings are entangled due to Government regulations and special data requirements of Institutions, Vendors, Clients, and Government. Quick studies and original research often can break up these problems into visionable milestones which can then be accomplished on a schedule until being completed. Telecommute and Live Meetings Around the USA to meet Project Goals. Able to Communicate and Quickly Learn needs of Clients from Many Disciplines.in Live Meetings. Special Goal of Reducing Costs on large Projects without Borders (Programmers Geographically spread over the Globe), by using code non obfucating methods, code exposure methods, non-encapsulation methods for both VB.Net and SQL using ADODB, so all code in the Project is EXPOSED, for TOTAL REUSE using cut and paste among all coding members in a Project(s). Heavy focus on easy-to-read, easy-to-use easy-to-DEBUG (inline debugging), with all variables shown and exposed for simplified debugging. Enforcement of strict "ClassLESS" programming standards, and cutting down on Event Driven programming wherever possible, so all source code is easier to follow and more logical, and increasing code reuse by making all code visible. Insisting that Subroutines and Functions BE SIMPLE-and never allow more then one method per function/sub. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Software Designer, Technical Specification Writer, Report Designer and Consulting Professional with significant experience in both the military. and civilian sectors. Areas of major focus in the tax & royalty reporting & payment regulatory and title/abstract lease acquisition, for the oil & gas industries. Primary areas of knowledge are integrating strategy, performance improvement, and implimenting strategies and initiatives. Able to challenge difficult and involved tactical problems with investigative Analysis and to resolve and achieve measurable milestones. Displayed exceptional proficiency operating within large organizations in a diverse range of industries, to hit the ground running in challenging project environments. An Ability to adapt and learn quickly in situations where Client's Needs are rapidly changing. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Company: Sirius Solutions (Client
Site: Sunoco Logistics Inc.) 2008
– Present Software, Technical Specification, Report Designer - Energy Industry Consulting Task Summary & Responsibilty Programming, which
aids the creation of “Revenue Taxation and Royalty Collection for
Oil & Gas Industry” specifications, and Reports. q Using Various Tools mentioned in this Document, Extracted data from the existing information systems supporting the Lease Acquisition and Marketing business, and convert them into an instance of the Allegro system. q Attend daily meetings with the client to analyze, document, and extract Taxation and Royalty Business Rules. q EDI/Other Electronic Transmission Types, Translations where needed to meet State Agencies needs. q Create and link SQL views, queries to Crystal Reports and install those reports in the Allegro System. q Royalty Remittance & Regulatory Reporting
Rules and Definitions. Business Rules from Source Agencies, Data
Analysis, Database, and Original Coding to assist Creating Specifications
for Louisiana Oil Severance Tax Return Monthly & Quarterly, Texas
Oil & Gas Report (EDI) & Texas GLO 3 Royalty Payment, IRS 1099
Misc, Corrections, INT & 1042 (FIRE), Oklahoma PS Oil Tax Final
Report, MMS Royalty Remittance Form MMS-2014, New Mexico Oil & Gas
Royalty OGR-1,OGR-2, New Mexico Oil & Gas Tax OGT1 & OGT2, New
Mexico withholding for Non residents Crystal Report. Company: PhotoToPaint.com, Inc.
2006 – 2008 .Net Architect – Developer/Webservices early-stage Internet Retail Startup Task Summary & Responsibilty Team Leader in Charge
of MIS. Negotiated between other Department Heads and Coordinated MIS
Vision smoothly with Marketing & Art Department Heads and Company
Owners. q Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, & Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 – Assigned Projects, Deadline Creation, Meetings With Clients, Code creation and Test Plans. q Web Services processing from the client site. q Wrote, enhanced, and maintained numerous SQL Reports. q Design, Develop and implement T-SQL, SQL 2000 applications q Online marketing, Website management and Email Marketing. q Business Objects's CRYSTAL REPORTS 11, Embarcadero's
DBArtisan and SQL Debugger Tools Company : SKI.COM, ASPEN COLORADO 2005 – 2006 SQL / VB.NET Database Programmer Task Summary & Responsibilty VB.NET Application
is Company’s main Ski Vacation Customer Online Reservation system.
q Database conversion from VB6 (Visual Basic 6) into VB.NET. q Special Projects using SQL/VB/HTML/Access including Research. q VB.NET, Microsoft Access 2003 & 2000, Visual
Basic 6 programming, Active X, DLL Library, and Class Module Programming.
Access Reports, SQL, ODBC, ADODB, DAO development Windows NT, WIN2K
(Windows 2000), XP Professional Service Pack 2. Company: Texhoma Land Consultants, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 2005 – 2005 Task Summary & Responsibilty MIS Manager Team Leader In Charge
of developing and supporting a title/abstract lease acquisition software
project for 12 oil and gas "landman" use. q Custom programming in VBA (Visual basic for applications) within Microsoft Access 2003/2000 and SQL query solution to Databases. q Database/Table password protection. q Automated repair solutions for corrupt "Jet" Database q Custom reports engine including graphic "Blob" method which reduced overall database size 50 percent q Wrote custom programs which derived various Government County and State websites data filtered into custom databases for clients use q Microsoft Access 2003 & 2000, Visual Basic
6 programming, Active X, DLL Library, and Class Module Programming.
Access Reports, SQL, ODBC, ADODB, DAO development Windows NT, WIN2K
(Windows 2000), XP Professional Service Pack 2, VBA Scripting inside
of Microsoft Word & Excel. Company: DOD (Department of Defense
Contracts) 1985 – 2005 Performed as a Computer
Programmer and Consultant on a wide range of Department of Defense projects
and contracts. A
detailed resume of projects with contract details is available upon
request. Built and maintained a 20 million record NSN (DOD National
Stock Number) database using VB6, VBA and embedded SQL Commands. Used
DOM Automation techniques to expand database directly from various websites
in order to locate available inventory items. Assisted client in bidding
at auction on Government surplus auction using DOM technology, controlled
using ADODB/SQL database commands embedded in VB6/VBA EDUCATION q Los Angeles City College - 30 Units - General Ed. q Santa Monica City College - 60 Units - Accounting q US Navy - Electronic Warfare - 2 years - Graduated |