Peter Larsen
2606 Delwood Ave.
Durango, CO 81301
SummaRy
IT Professional with 15 years experience designing and integrating applications and databases. As lead programmer at a startup, I designed a reporting platform with .NET that eventually became a Microsoft product. I understand the needs of customers, co-workers, and supervisors and enjoy making their day better (and more productive).
I have lived in Durango for nine years.
Work history since 2000:
Corporate Radar / FAST Search September 2000 – January 2008: Lead Programmer, Location: Novato, CA
As Lead Programmer for Corporate Radar, I designed and built a web-based reporting platform from the ground up, and saw it through until acquisition by Microsoft.
· Architected (and coded most of) Corporate Radar, a web-based portal reporting environment. Designing reports, dashboards, and their underlying processes from a myriad of sources could be performed through a web front-end. (C#, VB, HTML, JavaScript, many types of databases.)
· Built easy-to-use modules allowing end-users to build search/write-back, workflow, ETL’s, and personal alerts.
· Designed interfaces for databases: MS SQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, Access, Sybase, Informix, FoxPro, Teradata, DataWeld, Cache, Progress, Solomon
· Wrote connectors to other data sources: web services, Lotus Notes. File Maker Pro, SAS, J. D. Edwards. FAST ESP, XML files.
· As a Microsoft Partner, I received personal .NET training from Microsoft before its initial release.
· Customers included Owens Corning, Proctor & Gamble, KBR Halliburton, Bank of America.
FAST Search acquired Corporate Radar in January 2008
· Integrated Corporate Radar’s reporting features into FAST Search platform.
· Trained and supported FAST field consultants on Corporate Radar deployments.
Microsoft January 2008 – January 2012: Sr. Software Engineer, Locations: Novato, CA and Durango, CO
FAST Search became SharePoint Search.
· Integrated FAST Search into SharePoint , using Visual Studio, C#, and JS.
· Built pages in SharePoint in C#.
· Performed complete builds of MS Office.
· Designed automated tests for SharePoint pages, and API’s. Led team that tested SharePoint across multiple browsers, operating systems, and languages.
· Reproduced and analyzed bugs for updates, patches, CU’s, etc. post-release.
SharePoint Search Consulting
· BA-Insight June 2012 – Feb 2013: SharePoint Solutions Consultant. Boston, MA. Built search applications and their front-ends, as well as custom web parts. Most work was with law firms.
· Pfizer June 2013 – February 2014: SharePoint Solutions Consultant, Location: New York, NY. Gathered requirements, built POC’s, and led an offshore engineering team building a web-based search application that promotes the sharing of research across many departments and continents.
ConocoPhillips April 2014 – present: Business Systems Analyst, Location: Farmington, NM
· Worked with databases and many applications to integrate a myriad of sources into our ‘Data Warehouse’.
· Designed ETL’s, views, procedures, and user interfaces.
· Interfaced with engineering and accounting to better understand their tasks to provide better processes and reporting tools.
· Responsible for design and maintenance all IT-Supported web-based Spotfire reports
· Combined well performance with financial data into web-based reports and interfaces allowing various groups make better-informed decisions.
Skills
.NET, ASP, VB, C#, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, TFS, Visual Studio, XML, SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, Spotfire
Education
B.A. Math Education cum laude, June 1989, Seattle University, Seattle WA