Joshua Guttman E-mail JoshuaGuttman@mindspring.com
1329 South Ponce de Leon Avenue Phone (404)295-9607
Atlanta, GA 30306  
Summary Highly motivated software engineer/team leader with a broad range of experience in client/server database development. Strong personal and organizational skills; proven ability to lead and empower developers.
Major Technical Skills Extensive Microsoft SQL Server 6.0/6.5 development, administration and tuning. Strong Visual Basic 3.0 and 4.0 development. Three years experience developing client/server applications with Windows NT. Microsoft SQL Server/IIS WWW development. Windows NT Remote Access programming. Sybase development. Data and process modeling with ER-Win.
Other Technical Skills JavaScript, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Access, FoxPro, Watcom SQL, Internet Connectivity (TCP/IP), HTML, UNIX.
02/95-Present ClientLink Corporation - A wholly owned subsidiary of CompuCom Systems specializing in process re-engineering and technology consulting. Title: Senior Software Engineer - Database Specialist
  Projects (Grouped by Client):

MCI Telecommunications Corporation
  ApetureWeb
An intranet-based, enterprise-wide workspace/occupant management system using HTML, CGI, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, Internet Information Server 3.0 and JavaScript.
  Survey Builder 2.0
Developed a VB 4.0/ActiveX application to automate internal information distribution and surveying. The system communicated with UNIX mail servers over POP3/SMTP to distribute survey and information broadcast and parsed any responses back for reporting.
  BUCS$ for Windows - a sales auditing/commission tracking system.
Assisted core development team with database-design issues. Developed VB/Access/Paradox/ODBC API application to convert all BUCS$ 1.0 data to the new BUCS$ for Windows platform. Assisted in the nationwide deployment of the product.
  BUCS$ - a sales auditing/commission tracking system.
Ported the BUCS$ sales auditing software from Paradox to Microsoft SQL Server. Developed a framework for further development of the BUCS$ system. Designed a distributed contract generation system with WAN and dial-up connectivity. Provided SQL Server/NT support.
  DSR - Nationwide daily sales reporting and analysis system.
Converted existing application to handle national BUCS$ for Windows for company-wide sales analysis and reporting.
  SMCS
Served as a consultant the core development team. Periodically assisted/reviewed database/warehousing technology.
  National Data Corp.
Technical lead for the National Data Corp. (NDC) development team consisting of eight developers and two Quality Assurance specialists. Conducted customer meetings, developed high-level SQL Server designs, oversaw NDC-related development and managed resource allocation between the following projects:
  ADR - Automated Debit Reconciliation
Visual Basic/C++/Watcom SQL application for monitoring and reconciling credit card transaction data between Mastercard, American Express and various other NDC financial networks.
  CAS - Customer Access System
Sybase data warehousing application for delivering financial activity and reporting information to NDC customers at a rate of 20,000 new records per minutes..
  Dynamic Download
Sybase/C++-based application for dynamically reprogramming remote credit card terminals using AT&T’s X.25 network.
  ExecuTrain
Developed a corporate data replication system using MS SQL Server 6.5 and custom replication algorithms to reconcile batch data uploads from Executrain's worldwide franchises with the HQ database. Assisted in the development of MIS and scheduling software using Microsoft SQL Server and Visual Basic. Performed extensive data modeling. Evaluated ExecuTrain's proposed SQL Server hardware platforms. Provided Microsoft SQL Server/NT support.
  Robinson-Humphrey
Audited trading systems (Sybase 10 and C/C++) and produced complete technical documentation for the system, including software safety ratings, growth/performance estimates and ER diagrams.
 

Additional Accomplishments

  • Implemented a database development infrastructure consisting of a highly available and robust server environment, flexible server development tools and team-oriented version control facilities.

  • Rebuilt a SQL Server (Version 6.0) by hand after a corruption of all system and user databases when no backups were available. Recovered 100% of the data.

  • Created a set of applications to automate routine database administration and maintenance of SQL Servers, including real-time database backups, consistency checking and log space management.

11/93-02/95 BenefitWare, Inc - A Georgia-based software company specializing in the insurance industry. Title: Project Leader - Chief Technologist
  Developed Cobra/SQL, a high-volume COBRA insurance administration application using Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Basic, Windows NT and Windows Remote Access. Managed all aspects of the project, including design, implementation, project management and client interaction. The system deployment was so successful that Cobra/SQL has become the sole focus of the company.
  Some of the more interesting features included:
  • A data warehousing application permitting clients to access reporting information over Windows NT Remote Access.
  • A retroactive billing engine allowing information for any period of time to be changed without disrupting existing billing cycles.
  • A formula- and grammar-based rating language to describe provider billing methods. This allows users to add insurance providers with arbitrarily complex rating schemes without requiring the system software to be modified.
03/93-10/93 PSI Systems
  Developed accounting software for SBT Pro in FoxPro.
01/92-02/93 Medical Technology Corporation
  Audited the development of commercial medical software package. Identified grave problems with the existing development effort; was contracted to re-implement the project. Software was completed in record time and under budget.
1991 Data Design Consulting Group - A member of the Georgia Tech ATDC
  FoxPro 2.0 Developer
1989-1990 Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Company
  One of three Client Service Specialists on a five-plant research facility. Responsible for all aspects of computing at the facility, including hardware installation, hardware purchasing, software development and system administration.
Other Activities Regular speaker at the Atlanta Software Development Tools User Group. Previous Topics:

November 96

 Windows NT Security and Physical Access
http://www.mindspring.com/~brain/ntsecurity.html

February 96

 Software Development with Microsoft SQL Server

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