An exploration of the joys and frustrations when programming with Microsoft .NET. Taken with the perspective of working in a faith-based ministry, striving to release children from poverty in Jesus' name.

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Kenneth Scott

8872 Kalmar Drive • Colorado Springs, CO 80920 • 719.359.9967
ken@optikos.net

Professional Experience

Sr. Software Developer, Compassion International (2/02 to Present)

  • Solutions Architect
  • Technical Lead of major project development team
  • Enterprise-wide application support
  • Creation of automated build processes
  • Mentoring of new staff
  • Improvement of software development methodologies

Independent Consultant, Optikos.net (1/01 to Present)

Independent software consulting firm founded in 2001. Clients include:

City of Colorado Springs Sales Tax Division

  • Providing on-going support and enhancement of the department application.
  • Leading effort to replace exiting system with a newly designed application written using Microsoft .NET technologies.

Church Community Builder

  • Provided MySQL and PHP expertise to allow Korean and other Unicode input to be used in web application.
  • Identified inline WYSIWYG HTML editor and created three custom plugins for this editor.
  • Created bulk transaction import capabilities for web application.
  • Implemented source control practices for all developers.
  • Created bulk individual and family import capabilities for web application.

Application Specialist, Greenbrier & Russel (12/98 to 1/02)

This company is a consulting firm that provides technical expertise to clients. Contracted with three clients:

Compassion International

  • Assisted with the completion of an implementation of the enterprise-wide client/server application (COMPASS).
  • Responsible for conversion of VAX data files to SQL Server 7.
  • Acted as configuration manager, responsible for creating and distributing software releases, as well as maintaining the source control systems for the company.
  • Participated as a member of the Enhancement & Support, Infrastructure, Performance, and Windows 2000 Conversion teams.

Colorado Department of Transportation

  • Assisted with the implementation and development of the first phase of a department-wide budgeting program (STIP). Created with PowerBuilder 7.0 using a Sybase 11 database.

City of Colorado Springs Sales Tax Division

  • Completed implementation of a client/server system (STAX) written with PowerBuilder 6.5 and SQL Server 6.5.
  • Worked closely with users to verify system performance and enhance the product.

Lead Developer, Phoenix Retail Systems (5/96 to 10/98)
Developer, Apisys (7/95 to 4/96)

Designed and wrote several applications during the life of this start-up software company. The main focus of the company was the creation of retail pricing systems for grocery and retail businesses.
  • Personally responsible for the creation of the Price Planner, Price Review, Price Modeler and Ad Planner. These applications were written using PowerBuilder (versions 5–6.5) for the client, utilizing an Informix database running on a UNIX- or Windows NT-based server.
  • Created prototype versions of an in-store hosting system and Visual Merchandiser, an application for visualizing a store’s sales. These prototypes were written with Visual Basic 4.0, utilizing RDO and DAO for the database connections. The prototypes were eventually used as the basis for creating applications to perform similar tasks using PowerBuilder.
  • Utilized InstallShield Express to create installation routines for client sites.
  • Guided client sites in the installation of Informix connectivity software.
  • Converted an End-of-day program from Informix 4GL to C, using Informix ESQL/C
  • Created and maintained a small TCP/IP-based network, combining Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95 and UNIX clients.
  • Administered a Windows NT-based mail server for the company.
Details of Work Experience Prior to 1995 Available Upon Request

Education

B.S. Computer Engineering
Colorado Technical College, Colorado Springs, CO
December 1995

B.S. Secondary Education
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
May 1990

Skills Matrix

Skills Matrix
 Skill NameSkill LevelLast UsedExperience
SQLExpertCurrently used11 years
Powerbuilder (6.5, 7)ExpertCurrently used11 years
PerlAdvancedCurrently used9 years
HTMLAdvancedCurrently used13 years
CSSIntermediateCurrently used5 years
Visual Basic (.NET, 5, 6)IntermediateCurrently used10 years
C#AdvancedCurrently used4 years
XMLIntermediateCurrently used5 years
JavaIntermediate20001.5 years
C/C++Intermediate19974 years
AppleScriptBeginnerCurrently used5 years
PHPIntermediateCurrently used2.5 years
 
Borland StarTeamExpertCurrently used6 years
Microsoft SQL Server (2005, 2000, 7, 6.5)IntermediateCurrently used8 years
Microsoft BizTalk ServerIntermediateCurrently used3 years
CAST Application Mining SuiteIntermediateCurrently used3 years
MySQLIntermediateCurrently used5 years
Apache Web ServerIntermediateCurrently used6 years
Microsoft IISIntermediateCurrently used4 years
Subversion Source ControlAdvancedCurrently used3.5 years
 
Mac OS XAdvancedCurrently used7 years
LinuxAdvancedCurrently used13 years
Microsoft Windows XP/2000AdvancedCurrently used7 years
Microsoft Windows NTAdvanced20003 years
Microsoft Windows 95/98Advanced19995 years
Microsoft MS-DOSAdvancedCurrently used18 years
 
TCP/IP NetworkingAdvancedCurrently used13 years
Last updated: Wed May 2 23:55:26 MDT 2007
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This is a collection of the thoughts and ideas of a software developer and solutions architect with Compassion International. Topics of interest include software architecture, design patterns, software factories, team dynamics and the art of computer programming.

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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58)

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