Leszek Resume
Leszek (Les) Blach
Summary
A Senior Developer / Architect with comprehensive strategic planning and large-scale implementation experience seeks position in a creative environment, fusing a passion for development and strong communication skills with the demonstrated ability to successfully complete projects on time and under budget.
I am local to Charlotte, available for relocation (maybe on my own), and a face-to-face interview, and can start contributing to your Company immediately.
Technical experience:
• Hardware: IBM Series I, IBM PC
• Software: Windows (95, 2000, XP), n-tiers, Visual Studio 6.0 (ASP, JavaScript, VB Script, InterDev, VB). Visual Studio .NET (VB, C#, ASP, ADO), SQL (2000, 2005), HTML, DHTML, XML, IIS (5.1, 6.0), Crystal Reports (8.5, 10), SSRS, SSIS, VSS, MySql (4.1, 5.0), Oracle (8i)
• Legendary software: PASCAL, Pascal 7.0 with Objects, FORTRAN, DOS (1.2 to 6.22), Windows 3.0/3.1/3.11.
Project Management:
• Prepared project documentation (proposals etc.) and data deliverable s.
• Performed resource leveling and schedule crashing to expedite project deliverable s.
• Generated ongoing earned value analysis of programs.
• Ran risk assessment and mitigation strategies for projects.
• Generated demonstration/presentation materials and delivered presentations at client site
• Worked with Product Management team to improve products and streamline production in accordance with client requirements.
Career Overview
May 08 to May 10
AbitibiBowater, Rock Hill, SC
Senior Software Developer
• Extract user's physical requirements and convert them to software.
Work with development and application support team to identify and document database requirements. Develop data flow and process flow diagrams. Work with peer database programmer to generate database and back-end components (Stored Procedures, SSIS).
• Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems, including encoding, testing, debugging, and installing to support client server software applications to ensure compliance with current development standards.
• MS SQL Server 2005 with Business Intelligence in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
• Writing new reports (Accounting/ Production)
• Transforming Excel reports (Pivot tables, Trend book etc.)
• Maintain existing Business Object and Crystal reports.
• Create new and maintain existing SSIS and DTS packages.
• Using existing VB6 (CMS – Customer Management System, Chemicals Maintenance and more) created new VB.NET applications with same look and functionality.
• Wrote VB.NET application to maintain Chemicals used in production (very complex)
• Wrote “Hercules’ – Sales Prospect application – VB.NET and ADO.NET
• Wrote a new, database (SQL 2005) driven Company wide Intranet, containing more than 800 pages. Create Menu Maintenance and User Access to Intranet (Pages with “Login required” are listed in Intranet Menu only for selected users) using VB.NET and ADO.NET.
• Wrote Company Blog for unlimited number of topic (United Way, Shift highlights, Car-pooling etc).
• Utilizing web services wrote VB.NET application to convert Excel spreadsheet into XML and send them on daily basis to headquarter in Montreal, Canada.
• Create Web Application – to send Emergency messages over Network
• Mentor other developers in design and development, Advised BA and business owners about software needed for projects.
• Technologies Used: Visual Studio 2005 (VB.NET, Web Services, ADO, ADO.NET, SSRS, SSIS), VB6, JavaScript, VB Script, ASP, SQL(2000/2005), IIS, InterDev, ADO and more
Apr 05 to Feb 08
Senior Software Developer/Contract Wachovia Bank, Charlotte, NC
• Engineers, tests and implements financial applications software of moderate to significant complexity. Creates applications utilizing the appropriate tools, methods, and technologies (data base platforms: Access, Sql 2000 and programming tools: Visual Studio 2005 (C#, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, VB.NET), VB, and ADO).
• Extract user's physical requirements and convert them to software.
Work with development and application support team to identify and document database requirements. Develop data flow and process flow diagrams. Work with peer database programmer to generate database and back-end components.
• Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems, including encoding, testing, debugging, and installing to support client server software applications to ensure compliance with current development standards.
• Mentor other developers in design and development, Advised BA and business owners about software needed for projects.
• QA testing using Test Director.
• Wrote coding standards.
• Produce user documentation for current critical applications and all
significant new tactical developments supporting installation and documentation.
• Advised business owners about hardware and software needed for projects (making projects plans).
Aug 00 to Apr 05 Philip Morris, Concord, NC
Senior Software Developer/Architect
• Engineered, tested and implemented applications software of moderate to
significant complexity. Created applications utilizing the appropriate
tools, methods, and technologies (data base platforms: SQL, RSSql and programming languages: ASP, ASP.NET, VB, VB.NET, and ADO). Ensured optimal performance, maintainability, and adherence to Full Life-Cycle approach to software engineering.
• Extracted user's physical requirements and converted them to software.
Worked with development and application support team to identify and document database requirements. Developed data flow and process flow diagrams. Worked with peer database programmer to generate database and back-end components.
• Reviewed, analyzed, and modified programming systems, including encoding, testing, debugging, and installing to support client/server applications to ensure compliance with current development standards.
• Mentored other developers in design and development (ASP, ASP.NET, VB, VB.NET, ADO, and ADO.NET), Advised BA and business owners about hardware and software needed for projects (making projects plans).
• Designed, developed and implemented projects: Equipment Cleaning Matrix (Intranet), Event detection system (Intranet), SQL Database design, stored procedures, triggers, Reusable Tobacco Label system (Intranet), Shift highlights system (Intranet), Natural Work Team success system (Intranet), Tobacco
Formula Maintenance System (Intranet), Production Reports (Intranet), Production Reports (Web), Security System (Web), SQL Database Updates (Web), Process Verification System (VB), Minute Average (VB), Tobacco Formula Maintenance System (VB)
• Defined the tools (InterDev, Crystal Reports, VB etc) for use in development
• Utilized Industrial SQL, Wonder-Ware, RSSql and Fisher system, SQL, VB and ASP working with Production Engineers to design and develop many productions applications.
• Set the test server to perform testing
• Mentored others developers in design and development
• Advised BA and business owners about hardware and software needed for projects (making projects plans etc).
• Environment: PC, Windows 2000, n-tier, InterDev 6.0, Visual Basic (.NET, 6.0, 5.0), SQL (2000 – table design, stored procedure, data modeling), ADO, HTML, ASP, XSL, COM+, IIS 5.0, Visual InterDev 6.0, VB script, XML (DOM, Data Islands), JavaScript, VSS, Quality Assurance (testing), HTTP requests, Microsoft.NET (Framework, VB, ASP, ADO, Web Services), RSSQL, Wonder Ware, PLC and Fisher system, RDS, IIS (4.0, 5.0) ), VSS, HTML Help, Crystal Reports and Crystal Info (Web publishing)
Jul 96 to Aug 00 Fidelity Company, Charlotte, NC
Senior Software Engineer
• Responsible for gathering technical specifications
• Used with business analysis and business owners to define application scope
• Architecture and design of VB/C++ applications
• Made modifications, as requested by the QA team
• Defined the tools (Crystal Reports, VB, Install-shield etc) for use in development
• Designed, developed and implemented application
• Responsible for Installation of software (Install-shield)
• Created installation CD s
• Used Erwin for data modeling
• Developed and implemented AM Horizon (Asset Management)
• Design and developed SQL databases for AM Horizon
• Environment: IBM PC, Windows 95, NT, Visual Basic, SQL, Access, Sheridan Controls, OLE Automation, MS Visual Source Safe, MS Front Page, Install-shield installation software, Crystal Reports
• Architecture and design of internet/intranet online applications
• Defines the tools (InterDev, Crystal Reports, VB etc) for use in development
• Web Server configuration for best performance and stability – using Web caching to improve the efficiency with which information on the WWW can be accessed by keeping copies of frequently-requested information close to the information user; the set of copies of information is known as the cache (Caching in Browser-based Clients and in Server Applications)
• Designed, developed and implemented AM Trust (Trust Management) using:
IBM PC, Windows 2000, NT, DNA, MSMQ, n-tiers, SNA, COMTI, MTS, InterDev 6.0, Visual Basic (6.0), SQL (7.0 – stored procedure, data modeling), ASP, JavaScript, VB Script, HTML, DHTML, ADO, XML, COM, Crystal Reports, Rational Rose (data modeling), VSS
Sept 86 to Mar 96 Atlas Electric Devices Company, Chicago, IL
Senior Programmer/ Network Administrator
• Designed, developed and implemented of over 600 programs for payroll, accounting, inventory,
sales, production controls, ordering, billing
• Environment: IBM Series I, IBM PC, Novel 3.12, FORTRAN, Visual Basic, MS Pascal, MS Office, DOS, Windows(3.x. 95, NT)
Education
University Of Wroclaw
Wroclaw, Poland
Master Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics
Køn: Mand
Fødselsår: 1955
Følgende arbejdstid søges: Fuldtid, deltid og freelance.
Arbejdssted: Alle lande i Europa.
CV'et er sidst ændret: 26-07-2010.
