Computer Science – A career in technology – Universal Pensions - 1999 - Brainerd, MN

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Computer Science

A career in technology

Created by Richard Reis / rreis@drtel.com

Personal Intro

  • Grew up in Motley, MN
  • Graduated school from Staples/Motley High School
  • Went to college @ St. John's University in Collegeville, MN

what was I doing when I was in 8th grade? took advanced placement courses in High School. give a perspective of gaming and computer systems at the time. http://www.trailingedge.com/comphave.html?theKey=laser128ex&byCompany=0 I didn't really know what I would do with my life after graduating High School. I took the ACT Visit schools and research programs of interest Work with your counsellor to help discern. Oh hey, these are some notes. They'll be hidden in your presentation, but you can see them if you open the speaker notes window (hit 's' on your keyboard).

Universal Pensions - 1999 - Brainerd, MN

  • Started out as a Programmer working on supporting a website: IRA Service Center
  • Learned how to work on visual basic scripting
  • Worked on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database
  • Helped work through Y2K bug issues
  • Created Java code

Micronet - 2001 - Brainerd, MN

  • Small start-up software company - developing software for Chambers of Commerce
  • Worked on chambermaster: www.chambermaster.com
  • Built a component called Hot Deals: www.explorebrainerdlakes.com
  • Helped design and create the concept of member master
  • Converted data for Chambers of Commerce

I worked on a small team of two developers We worked through a lot of ideas through meetings and brainstorming The company did not have enough funding to continue and I was laid off just after 9/11 Oh hey, these are some notes. They'll be hidden in your presentation, but you can see them if you open the speaker notes window (hit 's' on your keyboard).

BISYS - 2002 - Brainerd, MN

  • Started working on a standalone application installer
  • Converted the IRA Service Center web application that I worked on with Unversal Pensions
  • Titles changed from a Programmer/Analyst to Web Architect
  • Helped lead a major payroll processing software development project with consulting firms
My oldest son, Isaiah, was born on March 16, 2002

BISYS bought Universal Pensions - returning to my old company As a Programmer/Analyst - perform assigned tasks and basic analysis from project to project As a Web Architect - determine technology direction and architecture for all applications - provide direction for software developers Oh hey, these are some notes. They'll be hidden in your presentation, but you can see them if you open the speaker notes window (hit 's' on your keyboard).

DRN - 2005 - Ellendale, ND

  • Internet Service Provider (ISP) - what does that mean?
  • Working at a small shop again - four person team
  • Built internal administrative applications: Tickets, IUM
  • Helped rewrite the DRN website in 2007
  • Worked with my co-worker and converted 3 racks of physical servers into 3 virtual servers

We moved to ND. My family and I lived in Jamestown for almost 5 months. DNS - Anyone know what it stands for, what it does? Email - how it works - Envelope - From, To, Body Learned about the hardware side of things - virtualization, describe the concept - SAN - storage area network - ISP servers - describe Oh hey, these are some notes. They'll be hidden in your presentation, but you can see them if you open the speaker notes window (hit 's' on your keyboard).

Ascensus - 2011 - Ellendale, ND

  • Supported applications within Oracle product
  • Working almost 100% remote from my home
  • Developed Java and .NET components
  • Responsible for Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)
  • Lead full-time/contract developers and provide guidance/oversight on projects
  • Performance tuner

Started working remotely Was part of the Ascensus leadership team Learned Oracle Business Process Management (BPM) Oh hey, these are some notes. They'll be hidden in your presentation, but you can see them if you open the speaker notes window (hit 's' on your keyboard).

DRN - 2013 - Ellendale, ND

  • Mine Data
  • Provide technical direction
  • Upgrade Software Development Tools
  • Implemented Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
  • Branded drtel.net webmail: https://mail.drtel.net
  • Partner liaison

Providing technical oversight in many areas of the company. Build applications and websites for organizations Oh hey, these are some notes. They'll be hidden in your presentation, but you can see them if you open the speaker notes window (hit 's' on your keyboard).

Education

I attended college @ St. John's University in Collegeville, MN which is a 4-year liberal arts school in central Minnesota well known for their NCAA Division 3 football program.

As a freshman in College i started into Physics - I liked math and science Internship - Junior year of College

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