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Résumé of

MICHAEL V. SMITH

Client/Server Architect

[ SUMMARY ][ SKILLS ][ EXPERIENCE ][ EDUCATION ]
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KEYWORD SUMMARY

Principal Consultant. Systems Engineer. Software Engineer. Systems Analyst. Client-Server Architecture. Client Server Design. Computer Networking. TCP/IP. OSI. GOSIP. Microsoft Exchange. DDN. MILNET. DMS. Visual C++/MFC. Visual Basic. OLE Automation. OLE Controls. SQL Server. Sybase. Oracle. Windows NT. Windows 95. WFW. UNIX. MCSE. Certified Trainer. Certified Systems Engineer. Certified Product Specialist. Troubleshooting. Designing. Installing. Problem Solving. Microsoft Corporation. MCS. SAIC. BoozAllen & Hamilton. DISA. AFCEA. BS, Mathematics & Computer Science. UCLA. Ten Years Experience.

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROGRAMMING: C, Visual C++/MFC, Visual Basic, FORTRAN, Pascal, 80X86 Assembler, OLE Automation, OLE Controls, SQL (SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle), DB-Library, ESQL, OSF/Motif, UNIX Shell Script (sh, ksh, csh), BASIC, Clipper, dBase. Academic: Ada, Algol 60, Algol 68, Ingres, and DEC Macro-11 Assembler.

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows NT, Win 95, WFW, Win 3.1, UNIX (bsd & SVr3/r4), MS DOS, SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, Ultrix, AIX, AT&T System V, POSIX, SCO Open Desktop, X.Desktop, and Macintosh System 7. Academic: VAX/VMS, IBM/MVS.

NETWORKING: TCP/IP, OSI (GOSIP), Windows NT, WFW, Win 95, Win 3.1, NWLink, DDN, MILNET, DSNET, Internet, Defense Message System (DMS), AUTODIN, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3 - 10base5, 10base2, 10baseT, Fiber Optic), Token Ring, X.25, LAN-WAN interconnection, Cisco AGS+ router, and X.400 messaging systems.

APPLICATIONS: Microsoft Office Pro, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Project, Publisher, (Visual) SourceSafe, Lotus 123, Lotus Freelance, WordPerfect, WordStar, Turbo Pascal, Enable, Quicken, dBase IV, dBase 3+, Select OMT, ERWin, System Architect, WindowsMAKER, and others.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

[ Principal Consultant | Systems Engineer | Systems Analyst | Message Systems Network Engineer ]
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Automated Data Processing Officer ]

Principal Consultant

Assist client management and technical staffs of large organizations in understanding, designing, and constructing client-server applications. Specialize in software and systems development, messaging, and relational database development.

  • Worked as program manager in a development team of a major athletic shoe and apparel manufacturer to develop a business application based on a 3-tier client-server architecture. Lead the team on a very ambitious delivery schedule; met all of the project's objectives on-time and under budget.
  • Assisted in the design and construction of a maintenance work order and job tracking system for a major truck manufacturer. In troubleshooting the database conversion process, designed and implemented complex analysis queries for the application database. These analysis queries generate queries on a relational database that identify inconsistencies in referential integrity based on the state of the foreign keys of the database. These analysis queries can generally be applied to any relational database.
  • Designed and implemented a batch data redistribution process for the budget analysis department of a regional Bell Telephone operating company. This process provided rudimentary automatic data replication over a wide geographic area prior to this feature's availability in SQL Server 6.0.
  • Previous Microsoft Corporation MCS assignments included the Mid-Atlantic Practice, Washington D.C., and PacWest Practice, Portland, Oregon.

 

Systems Engineer

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), McLean, VA 1993-1994

Provide systems engineering, software engineering, technical consulting, and marketing services as a member of the Software and Systems Integration Group of a scientific consulting company.

  • Selected as the Systems Engineering Lead on the FBI's Interstate Identification Index (III) database modernization project. This project centers on a migration from mainframe to client/server technology.
  • Designed an enterprise level, high performance, mission-critical, client/server database system incorporating symmetric multiprocessing computers (SMP), Oracle7's Parallel Server, Tuxedo's on-line transaction processing (OLTP) monitor, and redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) technology. This design was submitted to FBI acquisitions as part of a competitive bid and was selected over several other bids for a significant $180 million development contract win.
  • Designed and managed the development of an enterprise-level client/server automated auditing application for the cost management division of a major long-distance telephone service provider (migrating from mainframe computers, db2, and FOCUS to a workgroup oriented, client/server architecture involving Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT Advanced Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle7, and UNIX).
  • Conducted extensive trade studies of a large number of vendors that offer leading-edge technologies; these studies identified proven (low-risk) implementations of SMP and RDBMS systems that met stringent performance and availability criteria.

 

Systems Analyst

BoozAllen & Hamilton, Inc., Washington, D.C. 1992-1993

Provided technical consulting services to the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWARSYSCOM), the Law Enforcement Agency/DoD Anti-Drug Network (ADNET), and internal research and development initiatives. Possessed a TS/SBI security clearance.

  • Consolidated and documented the SPAWAR OSS Laboratory's Testing, Demonstration, and Training databases onto a single server, maximizing the use of the laboratory's computing resources.
  • Successfully integrated and delivered (to the USCG on time) an $80,000 HP 9000/750 Server consisting of 8 Gigabytes of disk space and 12 software systems that required extensive porting work and documentation. The software systems included: Emerald (1.02 & 1.03), Unified Build (JOTSII), Sybase, Oracle, VPE, Rapport, Z-Mail, elm, Oilstock, ELT-2 (imaging), and Pixel!FX. This configuration was used as the standard for assembly line implementations of many such servers on HP-UX, Ultrix, AIX, and Solaris.
  • Conducted an arduous port of a large software system (Emerald 1.03) from DEC platforms to the HP 9000 for the Defense Intelligence Agency and the ADNET.

 

Message Systems Network Engineer

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Washington, D.C. 1990-1992

Developed procedures and requirements for the Defense Message System (DMS). Configured military messaging solutions that involved open systems. Member of an international standards and protocols development task force (ACP-123). Possessed a TS/SBI (SCI) security clearance.

  • Implemented and managed the DMS Central Projects Beta Test Facility; integrated over $117,000 in hardware and software.
  • Proposed and obtained approval of a $1.6 million budget to develop the DMS Beta Testbed Network.
  • Conducted a feasibility study on a development project that resulted in a $172,000 cost savings on planned equipment acquisitions.

 

Automated Data Processing Officer

US Army Field Artillery, West Germany 1986-1990

As an Army Captain (Operations Officer), analyzed Automated Data Processing (ADP) problems and processes; designed, tested, and implemented software and hardware systems for an organizational operations (command) center. Supervised the maintenance, deployment, installation, and operation of a battalion's TACFIRE tactical fire control computer and digital communications system that monitored and controlled up to 12 nuclear capable artillery firing batteries in a fast-paced, technically demanding environment.

  • Designed a maintenance reporting program that converted the labor intensive task of producing weekly status reports from a 4-day to a 2-hour process.
  • Developed a departmental computer literacy training program, teaching classes on microcomputer operating systems, office automation software, and introductory programming.
  • Taught the "Structured Programming and Problem Solving" course for the City Colleges of Chicago after work hours.

 

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EDUCATION

  • Computer Systems Technology Program, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Graduate Courses in Software Engineering and Computer Communications (24 quarter units); GPA: 3.43
  • BS, Mathematics/Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), GPA: 3.57; Major GPA: 3.62

 

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

  • Designing Component Solutions, MCS, Microsoft Corporation.
  • Microsoft Solutions Development Discipline, MCS, Microsoft Corporation.
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Beta 2 First Look Train-the-Trainer Course, Microsoft Corporation.
  • MCS Essentials, MCS, Microsoft Corporation.
  • OLE 2.0 Under the Hood, Rolling Thunder Computing, Inc.
  • Windows Programming with the MFC Library 2.0, Step Technology.
  • Database Administration, Performance Tuning, and Benchmarking with Oracle7; Oracle Corporation.
  • Software Requirements Engineering and Management Course; Science Applications International Corporation.
  • X.400 Messaging and the Allied Communications Procedures-123 Profile; Protocols, Standards, and Technologies, Inc.
  • GOSIP LAN Operating System Network Administration; EDS, Inc.
  • Interactive UNIX System V r4 (POSIX) System Administration; EDS, Inc.
  • Effective Briefing Techniques and Technical Presentations; Donald Swenholt and Associates, Inc.
  • Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP); Information Systems Institute.
  • LAN Interconnection Using Bridges, Routers, and Gateways; Information Systems Institute.
  • OSI X.400/X.500 Messaging and Directory Service Protocols; Protocols, Standards, and Technologies, Inc.
  • US Army Signal Officer Advanced Course, US Army Signal Center, Georgia; Honor Graduate.

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CERTIFICATIONS, HONORS, & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • MCP Trainer, DCS, pending.
  • MCP Trainer, SDD, pending..
  • MCP Certified Systems Engineer.
  • MCP Certified Product Specialist, Networking, MS TCP/IP, and MS Mail 3.2 for PC Networks.
  • Member, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).
  • Recipient, Department of Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

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