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Jeffrey P. Silverstone (Résumé)

Takoma Park, MD 20912-4330 / mailto:jwp@margreta.com * http://www.margreta.com/jps/resume

I am an ASP.NET WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPER with 30 years full life cycle experience delivering multi-tier applications that serve end users. At this time, I am only considering Washington DC and nearby MD locations for ASP.net projects. I wish to work 4 days/32 hrs. per week. Please check http://www.margreta.com/jps/resume for my current status.

EDUCATION: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH -- 1987-90.

MBA and BS in Management Science (High Honors), May 1990.
Concentrations: Information Systems, Health Systems Management.
GPA: Undergraduate 3.9 (9th of 580), Graduate 3.8 (19th of 137).

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL -- 1977-78 and 1986-87. Dean's List.

EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

SENIOR ASP.NET E-COMMERCE DEVELOPER - Sep 2002-Jun 2009.

Apt Services, Inc. (contractor to FAA's National Aeronautical Charting Group), Glenn Dale MD.
L-3 Communications. (acquired FAA contract from Apt in Mar 07).

Designed, built and maintained ASP.net ecommerce application ( naco.faa.gov/ecomp ) that sells aeronautical and nautical charts. Included separate intranet component for catalog and user maintenance that communicates through SOAP web service. Incorporated Sales Office-maintained catalog for over 10000 products available through individual sales, subscriptions, shipments and digital downloads. One of the first to tightly integrate a high volume application with US Treasury for credit card processing. App. interfaces with pre-existing back-end system for order fulfillment and telephone customer service. Nightly batch process contacts Treasury server to verify payment status. System grosses millions of dollars per year (increasing revenue and allowing phone staff attrition). System allowed introduction of downloadable aeronautical charts. Was never hacked (to our knowledge). Was converting from Sybase to Oracle database tier.

Designed, built and maintained Classic ASP ecommerce application that sold charts to resellers. Merged that into the application for the general public, converting ASP to ASP.net, retiring pre-existing technology application, increasing reseller satisfaction. DOT Level 5 Clearance.

MASTER SYSTEMS ANALYST - Jun 1996-Jun 2002.

Research Analysis and Maintenance, Inc. (contractor to US Army National Guard), Arlington VA.

Supported Army National Guard recruiting internet (www.1800goguard.com) and intranet web sites. Wrote web application to ping web service (JScript.NET) every 15 minutes to insure uptime. Converted recruiting information request pages from Netscape Web Server / iPlanet / Oracle to MS IIS / MS SQL and supervised conversion of rest of web site. Unfortunately, it was over-stressed in the weeks after 9-11 with demand ten times normal. Authored ASP.net app. to report recruiter contact information downloaded from Active Army system. Coded ASP conference registration system. Tuned and maintained SQL Server. Performed web site analysis. Demonstrated Section 508 compliance techniques, including captioning videos. Composed privacy policy.

Directly accountable for development and maintenance of Army Training Ammunition Management System (ATAMS) and the Staff Management Application (SMA) utilizing client / server CASE tool (Computer Associates' COOL:Gen). Devised and deployed intranet app. to allow National Guard members to view SMA contact information. Analyzed and released Military Order creation program using embedded web browser. Developed Issue Tracking app. to manage and control development efforts. Implemented automated ftp and automated scripted telnet system for data transfer with legacy mainframe. Directed system testing. Governed COOL:Gen Encyclopedia. DISCO SC: Secret, Nov 96-Jun 02.

VOLUNTEER WORK -- 1994 to Jul 2008.

Administered church web site (http://www.seekerschurch.org) with 1500+ web pages, static and ASP.net 2.0. Tutored workfare recipients in computer fundamentals. Designed MS Access app. to support charity with 20,000 magazine recipients. 

SYSTEMS ANALYST / PROGRAMMER -- (after MBA) Aug 1990-Mar 96.

National Association of Securities Dealers (Now FINRA), Rockville MD.

Technical lead for project team converting reports of stock brokers' and agents' misdeeds from stored text to codified and structured Oracle database.

Opened proprietary Tandem database to TCP/IP WAN access through programmatic gateway written in 'C'. Designed system to accept electronic ISO-OSI ASN.1 filings from brokers' mainframes. Developed rule base of qualifications (exams and other positions) required for agents to practice. Constructed Artificial Intelligence methodology to suggest easiest way for deficient agents to qualify. First point of contact for users problems.

SYSTEM MANAGER / SENIOR PROGRAMMER -- Mar 1979-Jun 86.

Jurgovan and Blair, Inc., Potomac, MD (Now DST).

Created and managed claims and membership modules of online system for HMOs on HP3000 computers used by over 100 clients. Planned database and developed switches allowing programs to work with clients' differing requirements (especially deductible adjudication). CIGNA cloned system for IBM mainframes.

Enforced programming standards. Assisted 15 programmers in debugging. Led teams. Prepared hardware configurations in proposals. Sold HP equipment as OEM. Improved performance at "problem" clients' sites.

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