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2984 Glenloch Cir

STEVE CLASSING

info@firstclassconsultant.com

Dublin, OH 43017

 

 

 

Objective:

Work as a software developer to leverage over 8 years of software development expertise, object-oriented design principles, and superior communication skills to design and implement business solutions by adhering to the full product development life-cycle while leveraging the best technology to meet the customer’s needs.

 

                                                                 

 

Skills:

 

·     Excellent knowledge of Product Development Life Cycle, Computer Science, and Object-Oriented Design principles

·     Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP): MCP ID: 2932994

·     Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD)

o       70-315 Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Visual C# and Visual Studio.NET

o       70-316 Developing and Implementing Windows Applications with Visual C# and Visual Studio.NET

o       70-320 Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework

·      Java trained

·     .NET Solution – N-Tier Architecture – Web Service Architecture – Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) – XML – XSLT – XPath – SOAP –  HTML – DHTML – ASP – ASP.NET – Visual Basic 6.0, 5.0, 4.0, 3.0 – Visual Basic.NET – SQL Server 7.0, 2000, 2005 – Oracle – Project Server 2002 – C – C++ – C# – Visual C++ – Java – MS Office programming (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project) – Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) – InstallShield – Wise Installation – SQL – Mobile development (PocketPC / Windows CE) – COM+ – MTS – Visio – IIS 4.0, 5.0 – VB Script – Java Script – JScript – UML – Structural Analysis and Design – Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) – IDEF0 – SmallTalk – Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 Server – COM – ActiveX – Relational Database – Client/Server – ADO –Web Methods – Crystal Reports – Dreamweaver – EDI – EDIFACT – Sterling Commerce’s Gentran map editor – Visual SourceSafe – Visual Studio 6.0, .NET – Microsoft Digital Dashboard – HomeSite 5.0 – DotNetNuke

 

Career Experience:

2/07 – present

First Class Consultant LLC, Dublin OH

Owner – Software Development Consultant

 

WellSpring Counseling, Columbus OH

Led a project to update the business’ website to a portal engine built with DotNetNuke version 4.4.  Performed use case analysis to help determine site functionality and navigation.  Utilized ASP.NET 2.0 with SQL Server 2005 as the backbone for the site, leveraging a custom DotNetNuke skin for marketing and branding purposes.

 

8/06 – 12/06

First Class Consultant LLC, Dublin OH

Owner – Software Development Consultant

 

Ohio Secretary of State (SOS)  - Government Consulting Resources, Columbus OH

Served as technical lead developer for the Secretary of State Knowledge Base (SOSKB) application project.  The system allows customers to submit and pay for Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) applications online, as well as a windows client for maintenance used by internal staff.  Lead a team of 2 developers, and 2 technical writers/quality assurance analysts.  Maintained the development project plan, assigned tasks, tracked progress, and drove technical decisions for the project.  Also responsible for client development using Visual Basic 6.0.

 

12/05 – 7/06

First Class Consultant LLC, Dublin OH

Owner – Software Development Consultant

 

Ohio Department of Education  - Information Control Corporation (ICC), Columbus OH

Served as senior developer on the CORE2 project, an application utilized by education professionals to maintain teaching licensure in the state of Ohio.  Implemented a robust menu navigation module based on XSLT and XML for integration with ASP.NET.  Implemented a durable logging framework by extending Log4Net for MSMQ and database logging.  Assisted in design and implemented the application workflow mechanism utilizing data-driven business rules stored in an Oracle database.  Designed and implemented the web application front-end used by licensure applicants, leveraging a web services business layer in a service oriented architecture (SOA).

 

8/05 – 12/05

First Class Consultant LLC, Dublin OH

Owner – Software Development Consultant

 

Ohio Secretary of State (SOS)  - Government Consulting Resources, Columbus OH

Architected, and implemented a replacement reporting module for the campaign finance reporting system, replacing previous Oracle Forms fat-client.  The N-tier system was built using ASP.NET 1.1 with Oracle 10g as the database, leveraging the Microsoft Enterprise Library Application Blocks.  Designed, and implemented an enterprise re-usable XML business rule engine based on XSLT syntax.  Designed, and implemented a re-usable validating data transfer object (DTO) derived from typed datasets, and a data entry web front end utility to facilitate future Rapid Application Development for the SOS enterprise.  Concluded project with appropriate documentation and knowledge transfer to the SOS development staff.

 

1/05 – 7/05

First Class Consultant LLC, Dublin OH

Owner – Software Development Consultant

 

Ohio Secretary of State (SOS) - GovTech Solutions, Columbus OH

Served as Lead Developer and Business Analyst for the SOS office’s public website (http://www.sos.state.oh.us).  Gathered information, conducted interviews, and produced Requirements Document deliverable.  Performed existing site survey and worked with customer to organize site data.  Implemented and deployed website using existing GovTech product (WebSAT) and custom site navigation development built with ASP.NET 1.1 web tier and Oracle 9i-RAC as the database.  Leveraged the Microsoft Data Acess Application Blocks version 1.1.

 

7/04 – 1/05

First Class Consultant LLC, Dublin OH

Owner – Software Development Consultant

 

Ohio Secretary of State (SOS) - GovTech Solutions, Columbus OH

Served as Developer and Business Analyst for requirements gathering effort for N-tier ASP.NET enterprise application for campaign finance reporting system.  The application utilizes Oracle 9i-RAC as the database, and provides a web-based data-entry frontend.  Developed As-Is and To-Be workflow and process model diagrams of the system using IDEF0 modeling method.  Developed Entity Relationship diagrams of logical data entities utilized throughout the system.  Gathered information, conducted interviews, and produced Requirements Document deliverable.

 

7/03 – 7/04

First Class Consultant, Dublin OH

Owner – Software Development Consultant

 

Ohio Department of Education  - IBM, Columbus OH

Served as Development Lead on 3-tier ASP.NET enterprise application designed to replace existing paper-based system.  The application utilizes Oracle 9i as the database, and provides a web-based data-entry frontend.  The users of the system include both intranet and internet users.  Implemented a deployment process to streamline releases.  Designed and implemented the .NET security framework to leverage existing state security infrastructure.

 

5/02 – 7/03

Park Hill Technologies, LLC, Dayton OH

Senior Consultant

 

PM Solutions, Dayton OH

Designed and partially implemented 3-tier architecture for PM Community of Practice, the company’s primary product offering.  The design utilizes ASP.NET XML-based web service architecture, utilizing SOAP for interoperability.  This effort will allow for easier customization of the product for differing clients by separating content from presentation utilizing DocBook (an XML publication structure based on SGML).  XSLT will be utilized to transform the DocBook content to HTML, Word document, and PDF format.  Designed and implemented a Digital Dashboard web part utilizing DHTML to host the structure of the PM Community of Practice methodology.

 

PM Solutions, Dayton OH

Supported installation, configuration, and customization of Microsoft Project Server 2002 for a broad range of customers.  PM Solutions has embraced Project Server as a Microsoft Premier Partner.  The product is currently an n-tier architecture based on ASP, SQL Server 2000, C++ components, COM+, and a web service PDS.  Designed and implemented a custom prototype Project Guide within MS Project Professional 2002, utilizing XML, JScript, and DHTML for sales demonstration.

 

PJM, Philadelphia PA

Assisted in rollout and initial configuration of Microsoft Project Server 2002.  PJM designed an ASP.NET application that interfaced with Project Server.  Designed and implemented the integration of the two systems, involving writing SQL Server views and stored procedures, as well as custom enterprise fields for data linking.  Further helped troubleshoot performance issues with the two systems, and reconcile data corruption issues.

 

Owens-Illinois, Toledo OH

Assisted in rollout and initial configuration of Microsoft Project Server 2002.  Designed and implemented a Visual Basic 6.0 component to integrate data from their existing Help Desk system into Project Server.

 

Standard and Poors (S&P), Manhattan, NY

Assisted in rollout and initial configuration of Microsoft Project Server 2002.

 

American Axle and Manufacturing (AAM), Troy MI

Assisted in rollout and initial configuration of Microsoft Project Server 2002.  Assisted AAM with their creation of an ASP.NET web application that integrated with Project Server 2002.  Designed and implemented an infrastructure allowing ASP.NET to seamlessly integrate with Project Server (based on ASP).  This architecture involved writing custom web service extensions utilizing COM interoperability with the .NET framework.  Further derived ASP.NET PageContext objects to allow for seamless front-end integration for designing .aspx pages.

 

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), Columbus OH

Involved with requirements gathering for a system to be developed, replacing legacy paper-based system.  Participated in JAD sessions, interviewed key personnel, and documented findings for a final RFP deliverable.  Utilized Visio to model process flow for inclusion in the RFP.

 

10/97 – 5/02

Sterling Commerce, Dublin OH

Software Developer

 

Hardlines Project

Provided maintenance support for a 3-tier Java application based on JSP, and J2EE.  The Hardlines application is designed to facilitate B2B transactions among small, medium, and large sized corporations utilizing EDI, EDIFACT, and XML.

 

Sterling Transaction Protocol (STP) Project

Lead architect and developer for Sterling Commerce’s primary web services offerings.  Responsible for API web-based business document trading engine, Sterling Transaction Protocol (STP) – the backend for five product/service offerings.  STP is a 3-tier application consisting of a set of XML-based SOAP calls utilizing XSLT, ASP, VB 6.0, and SQL Server 2000 to allow send/receive of business documents (EDI, EDIFACT, XML, etc.).  Designed a rapid application development system utilizing XML, XSLT, XPath, and HTML to allow web developers to build HTML-based GUI for viewing and editing business documents via the web.  The development of the system involved custom extensions developed for HomeSite 5.0 to facilitate rapid development.  Trained 7 web developers on XSLT and HTML extension tags for designing GUI business documents.

 

COMMERCE:Office Project

Designed and implemented COMMERCE:Office: a set of MS Office add-ins allowing users to send/receive EDI via Word, and Excel.  The ActiveX add-ins written in Visual Basic seamlessly integrated with Office by leveraging the COM object model of Word and Excel.  Custom menus, toolbars, and dialog boxes were implemented that achieved a web-friendly GUI look and feel within Office.  Designed and implemented a set of custom ActiveX controls written in Visual Basic to achieve the GUI look and feel.

 

COMMERCE:Connection Installation Project

Designed and implemented a Visual Basic application that expedited and automated the installation process for distribution of the COMMERCE:Connection application.  The application was a wizard-style set of forms that allowed the user to automatically build the source code by pulling the latest version from Visual SourceSafe and packaging the final CD deliverable by building an InstallShield CD image.  The code delivered was then automatically archived and labeled in Visual SourceSafe for future retrieval purposes.  This project involved integrating Visual Basic with Visual SourceSafe COM object model, Visual Studio 6.0 COM object model, and InstallShield command-line capabilities.

 

COMMERCE:Connection Project

Performed maintenance, enhancements, and bug fixes to existing COMMERCE:Connection application, written entirely in Visual C++.  COMMERCE:Connection is a mail program, with networking components, that incorporates the ability to send/receive EDI via SMTP protocol.  Enhancements performed involved replacing the front-end custom component with an Outlook bar style component.

 

COMMERCE:Forms for Yellow Freight Project

Designed, implemented, and supported COMMERCE:Forms for Yellow Freight, a complex Visual Basic 6.0 application utilizing ActiveX technology to send/receive EDI data for customers of Yellow Freight.  The client-server application utilized Access as a backend, and Visual Basic 6.0 as the front end.   The application was distributed by Yellow Freight to their customers allowing these customers to send and receive Bills of Lading and Shipment Status Messages as EDI for incoming and outgoing shipments.  Was responsible for entire life cycle development from requirements gathering, implementation to QA and end product support.

 

3/97 – 10/97

BancTec, Columbus OH

Customer Engineer

 

Performed warranty work on Dell, Compaq, Toshiba, AST and other computer systems.  Involved troubleshooting and installing defective computer hardware.

 

Mapping Project

Took the initiative to design and implement an application to plot service calls on Columbus map to expedite/automate engineer dispatching.  This application utilized Visual Basic 4.0 as the front-end, and Access as the back-end and resulted in a significant process improvement for dispatching engineers.

 

8/96 – 3/97

Aerotek, Columbus OH

Consultant

 

Performed hardware and software installations for a variety of customers.  Hardware installed included memory, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, network cards, and motherboards.  Performed some troubleshooting of networking, hardware, and software issues.

 

8/95 – 8/96

South Point High School, South Point OH

Mathematics Teacher

 

Taught 3 classes of Algebra II and 2 classes of Integrated Mathematics to 9-12 grade students.  Served as the local D.A.R.E. chapter sponsor.

 

Education:

 

Liberty University, Lynchburg VA                                          May, 1995

BS, Mathematics with Teacher Certification 7-12

GPA 3.92, Summa Cum Laude Graduate

 

·     Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP): MCP ID: 2932994

·     Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD)

o       70-315 Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Visual C# and Visual Studio.NET

o       70-316 Developing and Implementing Windows Applications with Visual C# and Visual Studio.NET

o       70-320 Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework

 

Honors and Awards:

 

Sterling Commerce Development Award

Sterling Commerce Employee of the Quarter Award

Sterling Commerce Group of the Quarter Award (for CForms for YF)

Kappa Mu Epsilon, Mathematics Honor Society

Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society (Academic)

 

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