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Frank S. - Software Development Lead / Solution Architect - A.P. Braintree Project Manager, Czech Republic

Now a .NET focused developer and manager, I started my career in the early nineties as a bit-twiddling video games programmer writing assembly in 80x86 and 68000. Over time I moved further away from the hardware and have spent the last eight or nine years working with business stakeholders to identify requirements and create solutions. I remain hands-on, preferring the .NET platform, creating sofware architectures and coding in C#. I see myself as an expert in Object Orientation, applying...
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Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 08/04/2008 35 min
Dot Net Fundamentals Test 3.90 97% TOP 10% 08/05/2008 33 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.60 83% TOP 20% 08/04/2008 11 min
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
Application Design 15 yrs 5.0 2008
ASP.NET+ADO 6 yrs 5.0 2008
C#/.Net 6 yrs 5.0 2008
MS-SQL 9 yrs 3.0 2008
Project Management 7 yrs 4.0 2008
Recruiting 3 yrs 4.0 2008
UML 9 yrs 4.0 2008
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
2008 Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET and...     Microsoft Please verify at the following URL 

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Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
07/2008 Present A.P. Braintree Systems s.r.o. IT Contractor / Independent Contributor
  • I am a contractor mainly working on .NET development, architecture and surrounding requirements analysis. I am also the co-owner of A.P.Braintree Systems s.r.o., and we are constantly on the lookout for new additions to our team.
05/2007 07/2008 ammado.com Team Lead / Team Lead
  • Social networking for "e-Philanthropy" at http://www.ammado.com
  • Established on behalf of ammado their Prague branch, organised the set-up, hired and supervised staff.
  • Software development, .NET 3.5, LLBLGEN, ASP.NET, C# 2.0, R#, NUnit, TypeMock, YUI, HTML, CSS, Ajax, SQL Server 2k5, Sparx Systems EA, .VS 2k8, Mono.Cecil, UML, MSF Agile, TFS
01/2006 05/2007 Monster Team Lead / Team Lead
  •  Set up and supervised Monster’s R&D branch based in Prague, organizing software and hardware infrastructure.
  •  Investigated new and existing business models in the area of recruitment advertising. This involved both product research and software development.
  •  Carried out a number of speculative software development projects in a startup style – we were involved in formulation of the vision, product development and software development.
    .NET 2.0, NET 3.0, Atlas.NET, SQL 2k5 (+ SSAS, Reporting Services), Visual Studio Team System, MSF Agile (Vision, Personas, Scenarios).
  •   Investigated a wide range of web related trends and technologies – including “AJAX”, “Web 2.0”, rich media web apps, artificial intelligence, map control and geography focused apps, mash-ups, mobile and many others. The scope of activities was very broad so we gained a wide variety of insights into different areas. Examples would range from researching and developing new recommender system algorithms, to analyzing specific Asian markets to propose new disruptive business models.
  •  Supervision included timesheet management, performance reviews, employee ratings, training and other managerial/administrative activities.
08/2004 12/2005 Empire s.r.o. Software Architect / Independent Contributor
  • Document Flow System (VS.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, ADO.NET, Design Patterns, UML)  Design and some development of a web application for a state funded education portal. The application managed documents through arbitrary workflows.

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  • CSOB Web 2005 (ASP.NET, Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS), ADO.NET, Web Services, SparxSystems Enterprise Architect, UML, SQL Server)  
    Requirements analysis and design of CSOB’s new web portal. CSOB is a major Czech bank.

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  • OMS (VS.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Design Patterns, SparxSystems Enterprise Architect, SQL Server)
    Refactoring and redesign of an existing application for the trading of securities at KB, a major Czech bank.

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  • Eurotel RMS and eShop (SparxSystems Enterprise Architect, UML) 
    Business analysis and software architecture internally at Eurotel as an external consultant to help with their overall IT restructure towards SOA.

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  • Process Reengineering – (SparxSystems Enterprise Architect, UML) Internal project at Empire to define software development process and norms.
09/2001 09/2003 Tower Managed Funds Senior Developer / Independent Contributor
  • AIA Pension Fund and Life Insurance System   (CSC Graphtalk CASE, AIA, Oracle 8, UML, Object Prolog). 
    OO design and development. A great deal of business process modeling involved.
  • Business analysis (life insurance and pension saving schemes).
  • Orchestrated sub-projects, involving both IT and the business. Mentored staff members in various areas, including improving testing and development techniques and tools.
06/2000 09/2001 Europa Capital Management (ECM) IT Consultant / Independent Contributor
  • Advised the fund managers on technology trends and evaluated businesses for potential acquisition.
  • Business analysis across a wide range of industries.
  • Brought improved process and tools to financial analysts in the company by introducing business intelligence techniques such as OLAP analysis and data mining. Also designed and developed an internal collaborative system using Visual Basic & Outlook/Exchange Server for tracking documents and costs related to investment projects.
  • Specified, outsourced and supervised website development.
02/1998 07/1999 Tesco Stores BI/MIS Analyst Programmer / Independent Contributor
  • Tesco Data Warehouse (Oracle Express, Oracle Sales Analyser, Visual C++, AIX shell scripts, Oracle stored procedures PL/SQL, Pro-C)
    Designed and developed a regional (Central European) retail sales analysis data warehouse for Tesco’s European venture. Significant liaison with many end-users throughout the whole enterprise as part of requirements analysis.

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  • Ad-hoc Reporting (PL/SQL, Oracle Pro C, and SQL) 
    Identification of reporting needs and realization of reports.

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  • Temporary PDCU Project (Visual C++, Windows serial communications, Oracle, ODBC and SQL)
    Designed and developed a PDCU alternative from laptops and hand-held scanners

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  • Tesco Data Collection Project (Oracle 7.3, SQL and PL/SQL, VB) Developed as part of a small team the main data collection project for Tesco’s expansion from the UK into Central Europe. Collected data from several hundred local suppliers on both themselves and their product catalogues.
01/1997 02/1998 Science Systems (CR) Software Engineer / Independent Contributor
  •  Meteosat Second Gneration (Visual C++, MFC, ERWin, Rational Rose, SQL, Oracle, ODBC, Gensym G2, UML, ISO norms)Module development for Eumetsat second generation weather satellite ground control.
  • Brewery Link (Visual C++, MFC)
    Application for a local brewery. RS485 physical link to a remote facility with hazardous chemicals. Local monitoring of facility with graphic UI.
  • Various Presales Projects (Gensym G2)  
    Pre-sales prototypes including a Command & Control system for the Czech military and a petroleum pipeline MMI. Research and development. Presentations and marketing materials.
01/1992 01/1997 (Freelance) Video Games Programmer / Independent Contributor
  • Video Games (hex machine code, assembly language, C, 6502, 68000, 80x86, SEGA, Amiga, Nintendo, Atari ST, C64)
    Various video games on various hardware, including the later pipelined pentium x86 architectures.
  • Lead programmer on a number of projects.
  • Published products to worldwide audience.
  • Innovated new algorithms in many different areas of game programming, including 3d graphics rendering, still image and audio compression, artificial intelligence. Many different fields and technologies covered as part of constant R&D.
Other Experience
Acura Integra Tuning
I aim to squeeze about 400hp out of my little 1.8 LS Integra, and give it handling that makes it feel like it's on rails. My next step is to get the Quaife LSD and turbo kit installed.
Digital Signal Processng
I developed in spare time a simple application to modify the pitch of voices and other formant-based sounds. This was able to adjust the pitch or timbre of a sound independently. This allowed you to create melodies from your voice without the altered tones sounding unnatural. My next step was to make this a real time application, but spare time ran out
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
09/1990 01/1992 UEA Other Computer Science
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 08/04/2008 35 min
Dot Net Fundamentals Test 3.90 97% TOP 10% 08/05/2008 33 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.60 83% TOP 20% 08/04/2008 11 min