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Russ P. - VB.NET, C#, SSIS, SSRS, TSQL, WF, WCF, WPF part timer - Freelance Programmer / Developer, United States

MS SQL Server 2005, TSQL, SSIS, SSRS, ASP.NET, VB.NET, and C# are my top skills currently. My day job is performing as a senior software developer for Merrill Corporation within their Legal and Financial Transaction Solutions division.  While at Merrill I have helped fix bugs and make enhancements to applications that transfer data between financial systems, handle cluster provisioning, analyze and act upon terabyte size client document collections, and integrate with CRM and...
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oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 08/16/2008 27 min
Dot Net Fundamentals Test 3.75 95% TOP 10% 08/16/2008 37 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.40 63% 08/16/2008 13 min
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Software Development

Networking & Information Systems
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08/2005 Present Merrill Corporation Senior Software Developer / Team Lead Merrill Corporation is a services company targeting the legal and financial industries.  

I participate in design meetings, interview business owners, write functional and technical specifications, create data models, review and write code, coordinate off shore development, and mentor developers.  I help identify and solve difficult problems as prioritized by business owners, utilizing all resources available.
12/2000 08/2005 AC Cellar Owner / Executive AC Cellar was a company I ran that sold virtual and non-virtual goods on eBay.

I wrote software that automated ad posting, order processing, payment processing, and inventory management.
07/2000 11/2000 Digital River Perl Programmer / Independent Contributor While at Digital River I implemented an ETL process where a vendor would transmit an XML file containing orders to be fulfilled and the process would load them into Digital River's Oracle based database.
05/2000 07/2000 eBody.com Perl Programmer / Independent Contributor While at eBody, I created a web based interface into their accounting system that tracked doctor referrals.
09/1999 01/2000 BridgeCom Perl Programmer / Independent Contributor Prototyped the integration of a pre-existing voice mail system with a web based application.
01/1999 08/1999 Target Unix Systems Engineer / Independent Contributor I was involved with writing shell scripts to manage SCO OpenServer installations across the country in Target Pharmacies.
08/1996 12/1998 Digital Advantage Unix Systems Engineer / Independent Contributor Designed, developed, and supported back end systems for a startup ISP.
12/1994 08/1996 Pillsbury System Administrator / Independent Contributor Provided 1st - 3rd level network and OS support for software such as Novell Netware 3.11, PC AnyWhere, Windows 3.11, cc:Mail, and AIX.
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oDesk Tests Taken
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oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 08/16/2008 27 min
Dot Net Fundamentals Test 3.75 95% TOP 10% 08/16/2008 37 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.40 63% 08/16/2008 13 min