Ballard, Robert E. 526 Decatur Avenue Peekskill, New York 10566-2112 914.737.5684

Ballard, Robert E.
526 Decatur Avenue
Peekskill, New York 10566-2112
914.737.5684

Summary

Exceptionally creative I.T. Professional developing quality business applications for client-server, networked, and mainframe business environments for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. Expertise in Visual Basic, SQL, C, as well as numerous executables, libraries, ActiveX objects, VBX's, OCX's, COM and DCOM, CASE tools and assorted debugging, testing and support software. Internet skills include HTML, CGI, Perl, VBScript, JavaScript, COM, DCOM, DHTML, eXtensible Markup Language (XML), eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), Cascading StyleSheets (CSS), and ActiveX objects.

Experience

EFT, Inc. -- Valhalla, NY 2002-present. Senior Visual Basic consultant for this fast growing financial services company. Responsible for developing MICR and image scanner software for the RDM5000 and Magtek MICRImage check scanners, upgrading dial-up server processes, and upgrading client software to support Windows ME, 2000 and XP. Tools and technologies include Visual Basic 6.0, SQL 7.0, Visual SourceSafe, SaxComm, Pegasus’ ImagXpress, Active Reports, ActiveX (COM/DCOM), ADO and DAO.

MCI Worldcom -- Rye Brook, NY 1998-2002. Senior System Analyst and Visual Basic consultant for this major long-distance telecommunications company. Responsible for providing User Interface (UI) design, 32-bit development and support including architecture and code, installation, distribution, version control and client-side SQL stored procedures. Tools include Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition, SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000, Visual C++ 6.0 tools, SpreadOCX, Spyworks, VideoSoft controls, Crystal Reports 7.0, and Visual Source Safe.

Bell Atlantic -- White Plains, NY 1997-1998. Senior Visual Basic consultant for this major 'baby-Bell' telecommunications company. Provided 32-bit development, support, and conversion for internal and external software for telecom network engineers that included Lucent and other major telecommunications vendors. Tools included Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition, Visual C++ 5.0, True Grid Pro 5.0, Spyworks, Sheridan Designer controls, Crescent's PDQComm, Crystal Reports, and Visual Source Safe.

Chase Manhattan Bank -- New York, NY 7/96-7/97. Senior Visual Basic consultant for this major U.S. bank providing internal development and support of in-house Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT software that facilitates Relationship Banking for Chase, New York and Texas Commerce Bank, Texas. Development tools included Visual Basic 4.0 Enterprise Edition, Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition, Spyworks, Spread OCX/VBX and Sheridan controls. Responsible for VB 16-bit to 32-bit code conversion. Also responsible for researching conversion and planning of existing applications to 'thin-client' intranet/Internet environments including the use of Java applets, ActiveX controls, ActiveX Documents, JavaScript, VBScript supporting Microsoft's IIS server and O'Reilly's WebSite server.

Merck-Medco -- Montvale, NJ 1993-1996. Lead consultant to a major pharmaceutical/managed care firm developing commercial quality (external and internal release) Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT software packages using Visual Basic (Professional Edition), SQL Server, and Visual C++. In addition to the above I deploy or use these technologies: Rumba for the Mainframe, Rumba Remote, RLN, MS Access, DDE data servers, and APPC. Development tools include the MS Windows SDK, Cresent Software's Netpak Professional, TrueGrid Pro from APEX Software, Cresent Software's PDQComm, MS VBSQL, Spyworks, Custom Control Factory (CCF), CCF Cursors, Version Stamper, VSVBX, and Sheridan Designer 3D Controls.

Holmes and Meier Publishers, Inc. -- New York, NY 1992-1993. Developed a Windows 3.1 client application to manage their book backlist and current publications using Visual Basic and custom controls that provided access to dBase compatible files. This software has been migrated through several Windows versions, currently ME, and is still in production with no bugs, no rewrites and no requirements changes.

Language/Tools Experience

Extensive BASIC experience (13 years) including Visual Basic (since its release) and QuickBASIC (since its release). I have experience writing assembly language libraries for BASIC. I have 9 years experience with C including commercial quality applications. Extensive experience with the Windows API and SDK since Windows 2.0 and experience with Gupta SQL for Windows.

Backwards Compatibility

· Desktop Publishing Consultant and Advisor to Project Manager, World Institute of Computer Aided Training, Inc., 1987-88.

· CAD Systems hardware specialist for Summit Computers Inc., 1986-87.

· Author/publisher of DeskHelp software and manual, 1986-1988 (commercial software).

· Featured columnist and hardware/software reviewer for HOT CoCo Magazine covering data communications (RS232) and computers, 1984-86.

Education

· University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 1978. Graduate -- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications and Theater.

· NYU Graduate School of Design, 1979. No degree taken.

· UNC-G Graduate School of Communications and Theater, 1980-81. No degree taken.