Miles B. Potter 4417 Lakeway Dr. Bellingham, WA 98229 (619) 733-7729 milesp@prometheusconsulting.com www.prometheusconsulting.com SUMMARY Information Systems Professional with extensive experience in database application design and development in Windows 95/98/NT, Internet, Novell, and AS/400 environments. EDUCATION University of Arizona: Management Information Systems, B.S. Novell Certified Netware Engineer (C.N.E.) #6456796 EXPERTISE * VISUAL BASIC * ACTIVE SERVER PAGES * MS SQL SERVER * MS OFFICE SUITE * MS ACCESS * AS/400 * MS WINDOWS NT * VISUAL INTERDEV * NETWORK INTEGRATION * HTML * MANAGEMENT CONSULTING * JAVASCRIPT/VBSCRIPT * PROJECT MANAGEMENT * INTERNET/INTRANET WORK EXPERIENCE 1/1/98-Present: Owner/Consultant; Prometheus Consulting Independent consultant and contractor for custom application development, web and network integration projects. Specialties include Visual Basic, SQL Server, ASP, Windows NT, and Internet development. On- or off-site development, full or part time projects. See: www.prometheusconsulting.com 12/93 - 3/31/98: Vice President Information Technology; Shea Homes-Phoenix, Az. Technically oriented "hands on" manager, supervised a staff of ten. Responsible for network application development in a multi-server/multi-state environment. Wrote Client/Server applications and GUIs in Visual Basic to link an AS/400 running J.D. Edward's Accounting to PC applications. Installed/configured Novell and Windows NT servers. Developed several large scale distributed systems in VB with SQL Server and Access backends that linked remote sales offices and construction sites to the main office. Maintained and enhanced J.D. Edward's accounting modules in RPG/400. Managed beta testing and rollout of custom systems. Directed projects and programming by external consultants and mentored regular employees in VB/SQL Server development. Served as SQL Server DBA with strong application development background. Extensive experience with Total Quality Management principles and their application. 1/92 - 12/93: Director of MIS; Scottsdale Plaza Resort - Scottsdale, Arizona. Managed campus-wide network including: Novell 3.11 and 2.15 servers, PCs, Wang, and various Mini computers. Analyzed business needs, planned, and implemented expansions including new file servers, workstations and software. Programming in C, FoxPro, Dbase, Visual Basic, and Btrieve to maintain existing systems and create new ones. Supervised a Programmer and Hardware Tech. Setup Wide Area Network linking 3 sites. Installed American Airlines SABRE Reservations System. Directed troubleshooting and hardware/software maintenance on WAN. Responsible for support of all applications in a complex 24hrs a day/7 days a week environment. Managed transition from Lotus and Word Perfect to server based Windows and Microsoft Office Suite. 9/91 - 1/92 (Contract): Programmer/Analyst; American Founders Life Ins. - Phoenix, Arizona. Experience in PC to AS/400 integration using PC Support and 5250 emulation cards. Upgraded Novell Network to 3.11 NetWare. Wrote programs using Advanced Revelation (4GL) to interface with outside agencies. Supported Lotus 123, Word Perfect 5.1, Windows, Harvard Graphics, Page Maker, and other software packages. Experience with Novell N.A.C.S. for network based shared modem pools. 8/90 - 9/91: Systems Programmer; Equifax - Tempe, Arizona. Wrote commercial applications in C to interface to major Credit Bureau databases on Mainframes. These applications allowed users to extract credit reports and run credit checks from a user friendly front end on a PC which formatted their requests, submitted them to the Mainframe and returned the results in real time over dial up modem lines. Managed Novell Network and Customer Service database in Dbase IV. SELECTED PROJECTS Internet website to be used as a "home base" for public access terminals. After swiping a charge card the user is allowed to surf the web through this "home base" interface. Internet website for online conference registration. Allows conference attendees to register for programs and select hotels to stay at from a real time SQL Server database through Active Server Pages. Uses SSL to secure transmissions of credit card information for reservations. Confirmations are automatically sent via SMTP mail. Internet enabled application to recommend vitamins/herbal remedies based on user responses to questionnaires and test results. Application to allow school districts to administer multiple choice standards performance tests over Internet/Intranet. System to allow interior designers to select floor coverings for homes under construction. The application allows dynamic selection of carpet and other products on a mini floor plan of the house. When the user finishes purchase orders and sales contracts can be printed. System to transmit medical test reports from Doctors to Life Insurance Companies PC network. This system allowed results from required medical exams to reach the Insurance Company in minutes rather than days. Sales presentation and contract generation system on PCs that uploads information to production/operations system on a J.D. Edward's AS/400. This system allows real estate agents to show homes to prospective homebuyers. The system handles floor plans, construction options, mortgage qualification, sales contracts and prospect tracking. Information is transferred from the PCs located at each subdivision to the main AS/400-based Contracts system in the main office. System to link major National Homebuilder's PC based construction scheduling system to Accounts Payable on a J.D. Edward's AS/400. System allows construction superintendents to schedule the activities required to build a house from their construction trailer. As each activity is completed the corresponding pay point is released in the Accounts Payable system located in the main office within 15 minutes. Information on completion times can be analyzed to spot trends and problems. System to store 1000+ page reports from Hotel reservation mainframe onto Laser Disk for access by a PC application. Guest charge records are stored on networked laser disk to allow easy retrieval of information, prior to this system, disputes had to be resolved by sifting through huge paper reports. Extensive custom modifications to J.D. Edward's AS/400 accounting package to provide users with needed functionality. Also troubleshooting and resolving J.D. Edward's database problems and integrity issues. System to extract information from Hotel Reservation system for demographic research and Marketing. Guest and Group information is downloaded from a legacy minicomputer reservation system to a PC application which provides analysis and creation of form letters. User friendly P.C. application for Utility companies to pull credit reports from major Credit Bureau mainframes over dial up. Windows based GUI front end allows customer service reps to easily pull credit reports from complex mainframe database. Users of this $300,000 project include Pacific Bell. Application running on a Palm Pilot that allows Construction Superintendents to reschedule their crews as they walk around. The application synchronizes with a larger PC based scheduling system to update work schedules. Commercial application developed for Software/Education Consulting Company. The application allows schools to track and score "fill in the dot" type tests electronically using OMR scanners. Provides reports on student progress graphically.