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.
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
