Brian Crowley, mrc Consultant

Summary

With 15 years of experience in IT and most of those spent consulting, Brian is a seasoned technology professional. He still thoroughly enjoys the satisfaction that comes from a well-executed project and a happy client.

• 15 years in IT, including 12 in consulting.
• Solid experience delivering new business applications on-time and on-budget.
• Strong understanding of business procedures.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Experience

1997-current: michaels, ross & cole, ltd. (Consultant, Developer, Software Development Manager)

Designed and delivered new technologies to the mrc flagship product, m-Power, including Web-based architectures like Java Servlets. Experience with numerous OS including Windows, Linux, and OS/400. Experience with several DB such as MS SQL, IBM DB2, MySQL, and Oracle. Managed and/or developed on 60+ consulting projects for 40+ mrc customers, including:

• 10+ Business Intelligence solutions
• 5+ e-Commerce solutions
• 5+ replacements for MS Excel-based applications
• 15+ reporting solutions

1994-1997: Chicago Consulting Firm (Consultant)

• Performed RPG programming on the IBM AS/400 for 3 clients.
• Made custom modifications to major ERP packages including PRMS and JDE.

Education

1989-1993: BS Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences from Northwestern University.
Coursework included:

• Computer Programming
• Database Design
• Materials Resource Planning
• Project Management
• Systems Simulation

Skills Assessment

Brian has the soft and hard skills required for successful technology consulting. Brian's hard technical skills:

• RPG Programming, 13 years, expert
• HTML, 9 years, expert
• Web-based application development with m-Power, 8 years, expert
• SQL, 6 years, intermediate
• Java Programming, 2 years, intermediate