Neil Cresswell
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Resume Last Updated:
15th. September, 2005.
© Neil Cresswell, 2001.
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Summary: Over twenty years experience as a software developer and systems architect, including thirteen years contracting. Twelve years of Visual Basic hands-on development and mentoring, including .Net. Large-scale web development since 1997. Project management including hiring/removal, resource allocation, team supervision and time/cost estimation.
Platforms: MS Windows including Windows 2003 Server (.Net), Windows 2000 Server, NT v4.0 & v3.51, XP Pro, MS Windows 98, MS Windows 95, Citrix WinFrame/WinCenter, MS Windows v1.x to v3.x, MS DOS (all versions), OSF Motif, NeXTStep, HP-UX, System V.4, SunOS, Novell 2.14 to 4.12, Banyan Vines, AS/400, Sequent, ICL, Wang. Includes domain and network administration plus UNIX scripting.
Languages: Visual Basic (VB) including .Net Enterprise (VB.Net), v6 Enterprise, v5 Enterprise, v4 Enterprise (32 bit & 16 bit) and v3 Professional, VBA (all versions including coding Microsoft Access, Excel Word, Outlook and MapPoint applications,) Active Server Pages v3.0, v2.0 & v1.0, VBScript, JavaScript, PHP, HTML, Transact-SQL, Assembler (68000 series).
Connectivity: ADSI, LDAP, CDOEX (Exchange), ADO.Net, ADO, RDO2, RDO, RDS, OLE-DB, ODBCDirect, DAO, Jet, VBSQL, OMA, COM, DCOM, COM+, MTS, OLE, DDE, CDONTS, MAPI, SMTP, XML, UDP, EHLAPPI and Rumba APIs.
Databases: Active Directory Server, MS SQL Server 2000, v7 & v6.5 including DTS, T-SQL, stored procedures and triggers, Oracle v8 & v7.3, Informix v7.2, MySQL v4, MS Access 2002 and 2000 and MS Access versions 8, 7, 2 & 1, ANSI SQL, legacy RDBMS and flat-file DBMS such as Archive, dBase, Clipper, FoxPro, DataEase and BTrieve. Equally familiar with relational schemas and hierarchical databases, including shape trees.
Internet: Active Server Pages (ASP v3, v2 & v1 & ASP.Net), VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, XML, Visual InterDev, MS Internet Information Server (IIS), Netscape Enterprise Server, WebQ, Crystal Web Reports. Microsoft, Oracle and Informix RDBMS connectivity to ASP pages both direct and through MTS/COM+ as well as LDAP HDBMS and development of UDP components.
VB Tools: Crystal Reports (all professional and enterprise versions to v9), Crystal Web Reports, Infragistics UltraSuite, Sheridan Widgets, TrueGrid/DBGrid, RoseGUI, MS Code Profiler.
Other Tools: ERWin (database schemas), Rational Rose (UML object modeling), XMLSpy (XML Editing), Visio and ABC Flowcharter, CustomerQ, MS SourceSafe and Intersolv PVCS version control software, bug tracking packages, ADSIEdit, MS Project, MS Office, Visual Studio 6 Enterprise and VS.Net.
Markets: Banking and Credit Card Systems, Biotechnology, Dot-Coms, Education, Human Resources, Insurance, International Finance, Internet Hosting, Investment, Localization, Payroll, Professional (Legal), Public Utilities, Retail (including POS. and stock control), Shipping and Shrink Wrapped (developing off the shelf software).
Speciality: Stepping in to rescue failing projects that are too far behind schedule or do not meet user expectations.

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