Resume of Actuate Expert

Title
Actuate Expert

Primary Skills
Actuate, Actuate/Clarity, Acuate/Siebel, SQL, Project Management

Location
US-AR-Bentonville (will consider relocating)

Posted
Jan-27-07

Certifications: ACTUATE Certified Consultant, Clarity 8 Certified Functional Consultant, Fundamentals of Project Management

Software: ACTUATE, SIEBEL/ACTUATE, MAXIMO/ACTUATE, CLARITY/ACTUATE, DATABEACON, MS Project, SEAGATE CRYSTAL REPORTS


EDUCATION

Texas Wesleyan School of Law, Fort Worth TX
Completed half of J.D. program 2005

El Centro College, Dallas, TX
Basic Mediation Training 09/2004

LeTourneau University, Dallas, TX
Bachelor's of Business Management, summa cum laude 2003

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Completed two years of BS in Computer Science program 1998


EXPERIENCE: Lofton Consulting
Dates: 01/05 to Present
Title: Independent Actuate Consultant
• Wal-Mart (02/06 -- Present)
- Develop ACTUATE reports in Clarity
- Provide user support for reports and Clarity
- Act as subject matter expert on Clarity database
- Configure Queries, NSQL, Portlets, Objects and Resources within Clarity Studio
- Gather reporting requirements
- Assist with project management activities
- Provide technical guidance regarding report capabilities in ACTUATE
- Mentor Wal-Mart Information Systems Division (ISD) employees on ACTUATE
• Range Resources (01/05 -- Present)
- Acted as broker for Range Resources to purchase product from Actuate Corporation
- Provide off-site report development services
- Sole ACTUATE developer
- Installed Actuate 8 report server
- Provide Actuate report server administration and configuration
- Developed 17 ACTUATE financial and operational reports to date
- Perform ACTUATE report conversion from Artesia to Horizon
- Provide technical guidance regarding report capabilities in ACTUATE
• Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) (10/05 -- 05/06)
- Develop ACTUATE 7 reports for Maximo 5.2
- Develop Crystal 9 and Crystal XI reports for TLS and TSMO application
- Received a National Agency Check (NAC) for government background check
• Schlumberger CSFC (03/05 -- 11/05)
- Provided off-site report development services
- Acted as sole ACTUATE developer for complex reporting
- Provided technical guidance regarding report capabilities in ACTUATE
• BillMatrix (03/05, 09/05 -- 10/05)
- Developed 13 ACTUATE reports in version 8 using SQL Sever 2000
- Developed 2 report templates, 2 report libraries and configuration file
- Established ACTUATE report development environment
- Provided technical guidance regarding report capabilities in ACTUATE
• Perkins & Will (07/05 -- 08/05)
- Worked with DeltekVision v3 and ACTUATE 8
- Worked on 100% telecommute basis, client in Chicago, IL while I am in Dallas, TX
- Developed custom Actuate reports and modified existing DeltekVision reports
• McAfee, Inc. (07/05)
- Worked with Siebel 7.5.3 and ACTUATE 6
- Fixed 7 report defects in 3 days
- Provide after-production support for reports
• Newgistics (03/05)
- Provide off-site ACTUATE report development services
- Develop 26 ACTUATE reports in version 8 using SQL Server 2000
- Provide technical guidance regarding report capabilities in ACTUATE

UniFocus
09/04 to 01/05
Report Development Manager
• Responsible for Design and Development of corporate reports for client applications using ACTUATE and DATABEACON
- Created design of 4 new corporate level reports
- Mentored employee team members on best practices for creating ACTUATE reports
- Responsible for identifying new report designs to be developed in ACTUATE or DATABEACON
- Participated in weekly management meeting to communicate existing and/or future issues
- Performed ACTUATE server administration to maintain performance
- Utilized SQL Server 2000 as the query source for reporting

McAfee, Inc.
12/02 to 08/04
Lead Report Developer
• Responsible for Project Management of ACTUATE reports company-wide within the CRM product SIEBEL
- Created and managed tasking and resource allocation for multiple projects using MS PROJECT 2004.
- Mentored employee team members on best practices for creating ACTUATE reports within SIEBEL
- Estimated development and delivery effort on multiple projects.
- Performed resource allocation between employees and consultants to ensure on-time delivery of tasks in project plan.
- Designed, developed and delivered ACTUATE 6 reports within project timeline 100% of the time.
- Modified ACTUATE Web templates using JAVASCRIPT to meet user requirements
- Participated in weekly management meeting to communicate existing and/or future issues
- Provided weekly status report to senior management on status, progress and risk of development
- Performed ACTUATE server administration to maintain performance
- Modified Siebel 7.5.3 tools to create parameter applets and report objects
- Attended Creating Siebel 7 Reports training
- Assisted in CRYSTAL REPORTS 8 & 9 development

Independent Consultant
• President/Founder, ERM Services, LLC (03/02 - 12/03)
- Manage small to large IT projects on a short-term to long-term basis
- Provide resources for IT projects nationwide using third-party and independent consultants
- Build strategic alliances with other IT consulting and government contractor firms
- Provided mentoring and development services for Centex Construction Group using Actuate 6 and Deltek Vision
- Architect of Actuate integration for multi-project solution at major government contractor DynCorp
• Actuate Consultant, CitiGroup (08/02 - 08/02)
- Mentored in-house resources on Actuate best practices
- Built Actuate reporting infrastructure for CitiGroup's entire enterprise
• Actuate/Siebel Report Expert, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (02/02 - 05/02)
- Utilized Siebel 6.2 tools for configuration and maintenance.
- Published template documents used for documenting Siebel system
- Mentored BNSF developer resources on Actuate configuration and development in Siebel environment
- Provided system review of Actuate/Siebel and Business Objects environments to determine effective use of software
- Researched issues regarding upgrade from Actuate 4.1/Siebel 6.3 to Actuate 5/Siebel 7

One Inc.
12/00 to 01/02
Enterprise Reporting Practice Manager
• Responsible for Enterprise Reporting Practice Business Development within One, Inc. Duties included:
- Acted as contact for consulting partnerships with ACTUATE, COGNOS, and MICROSTRATEGY.
- Worked closely with internal sales representatives to locate new leads for consulting engagements.
- Acted as a primary technical interface between clients and One, Inc. for Enterprise Reporting consulting engagements.
- Managed 6 consulting practice resources.
- Acted as technical lead for long term SIEBEL/ACTUATE project for XO Communications (formerly NextLink) with 4 report developers.
- Developed reusable code for ACTUATE reports using ACTUATE BASIC.
- Developed VBA and maintained database in MS ACCESS 2000 for Ionex Communications

Aces International
07/00 to 12/00
ACTUATE Practice Manager
• Developed and managed ACTUATE consulting practice within Aces International. Duties included:
- Consultant Resource Management of ten consultants.
- Modified SIEBEL/ACTUATE reports and SIEBEL reporting libraries at Xircom for KPMG.

ACTUATE Corporation
04/99 to 07/00
Project Manager
• Project Manager of report development and system integration project, lasting 3 months and managing up to 11 developers, for Chase Manhattan Bank. Duties included:
- Acted as architect for designing OO ACTUATE frameworks custom to clients needs.
- Prototyped ACTUATE's single sign-on security DLL on NT using MS VC++ 6.0, and security SO on SOLARIS using gcc.
- Provided system integration and ACTUATE report development Proof-of-Concepts to many clients.
- Developed custom reports per clients specifications for the nation's largest financial and telecommunication institutions.
- Created reusable code for ACTUATE reports using the ACTUATE BASIC language.
- Utilized ORACLE, SYBASE, MS ACCESS, and flat files for reporting data sources.
- Provided custom training on ACTUATE products according to clients' needs.
- Developed utilities using ACTUATE APIs and C++ for administrating ACTUATE report servers.
- Utilized SQL*PLUS 3.3 to test SQL statements used in ACTUATE reports.

SAIC
12/98 to 02/99
ACTUATE Reporting Contractor
• Responsible for providing lead consulting to benchmark report development utilizing ACTUATE's Object-Oriented reporting software and Personal ORACLE 8 software. Duties included:
- Created nested, cross-tab, and other custom reports for benchmark reporting purposes with ACTUATE's DEVELOPER WORKBENCH.

MCI WorldCom
07/98 to 04/99
Analyst Applied Developer
• Involved in gathering business requirements from multiple internal departments for new wholesale billing system. Was one of two primary report developers for creating reports using ACTUATE for new wholesale billing system. Duties included:
- Utilized flat file access to create reports for wholesale invoicing project with DWB.
- Provided architecture design, development, and review for OO ACTUATE reporting architecture.
- Demonstrated use of ACTUATE's VIEWER and NETSCAPE LRX plug-in to MCI WorldCom chain-of-command, peers, and users.
- Coordinated the mass distribution, involving over 100 users, of ACTUATE software throughout WorldCom in Tulsa, OK.
- Provided C++ and JAVA code review on SUNOS 5.2 for manual QA and troubleshooting purposes.
- Utilized SUNOS 5.2 for ACTUATE development report server administration and file maintenance.
- Trained in Web Authoring & Publishing and Advanced Web Authoring & Publishing (NOVELL).
- Trained in UNIX Systems Administration.
- Trained in Introduction, Intermediate, and Advanced C++ (Utilized BORLAND 4.0).
- Trained in Introduction and Advanced JAVA.
- Trained in Object-Oriented Analysis & Design and Object-Oriented Programming.
- Trained in Introduction, and Advanced ACTUATE DEVELOPERS WORKBENCH.
- Trained in Introduction to ACTUATE's Administrative Server.


TMS Sequoia
01/98 to 07/98
Software Engineer Apprentice
• Gathered technical requirements between multiple teams for conformity of source code utilized in user logon box. Duties included:
- Utilized VC++ v5.0 and MFC v4.21 to develop user logon box to SQL SERVER v6.5 using ODBC.
- Utilized VC++ v5.0 to place GUI controls on client scan and data entry application.
- Utilized SQL statements to add, delete, and modify records in SQL SERVER v6.5 database.
- Utilized VC++ v5.0 to add ACTIVEX controls to GUI in client scan and data entry application to view and manipulate images.
- Utilized VC++ v5.0 to add ACTIVEX controls for GUI in client scan and data entry application to implement masked edit boxes.
- Utilized VISUAL BASIC in EXCEL to develop automated method to track history of pay periods.
- Developed stored procedures on SQL SERVER v6.5.
- Utilized SEAGATE CRYSTAL REPORTS V6.0 accessing a SQL SERVER database for report testing.

Oklahoma State University
09/97 to 01/98
Web Designer/Administrator
• Developed and updated web pages for Arts & Sciences Extension utilizing HTML 3.0 and JAVA applets.


MILITARY EXPERIENCE:

US Army
2/90 to 3/93
• Completed Infantry training at Ft. Benning, GA.
• Honor Graduate of Artillery's Multiple Launch Rocket System training at Ft. Sill, OK.
• Provided leadership for 30 soldiers during 3 months of training at Ft. Sill, OK.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIENCE:

• Developed sales representative tracker application utilizing JAVA v1.1 on UNIX for a school project.
• Utilized MS ACCESS, developed a RDMS for a small assisted living facility for an OSU Business Management Course.

Certifications
Actuate Certified Consultant
Clarity 8 Certified Functional Consultant


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