John A.

Weiss
Software Designer & Developer
MCAD, MCP
johnaweiss@gmail.com, 818-919-0824

Skills
Complete solutions from needs-assessment through specifications, programming, documentation, and user-
training: Windows NT/2000/XP, SQL Server, Exchange Server, CDO, C#, XML, Visual Basic/VBA/VBScript, MS
Office ADO, HTML, PHP, MySql, Perl.

Consulting Experience
Note: Overlapping dates indicate simultaneous contracts; gaps indicate non-computer assignments.

CRM Product Evaluator, May 2009 - June 2009

College Planning Experts, Valencia, CA
Compared and evaluated approximately 20 CRM products, across about 75 feature points, and
recommended the most professional and effective products, based on this client's business needs. I
assessed and prioritized the client's business needs, developed an RFP, and coordinated product
demonstrations and discussions. Products included SalesForce, InfusionSoft, ACT, Microsoft
Dynamics, Sales Nexus, SugarCRM, and more.

C# ASP.NET Developer, SQL Server 2005 Developer, February 2008 – May 2008
Copia Creative/Applied Materials Inc., Worldwide, Santa Monica, CA
Designed and developed an asp.net intranet data-collection wizard, intended for worldwide usage.
Features included session-persistence, custom-built combobox controls which provided more robust
functionality than standard controls, field and page validations, color and font consistency, and SQL
stored procedures. Tasks included migrating data between SQL 2005 and SQL 2000 databases.

Microsoft MCSD Certification Program, Full Time Student, 2006

Integrated Digital Technology, Pasadena, CA
Attended courses for MCSD preparation in full range of topics, including C# programming, SQL
Server development and administration, and XML web-services.

Residential Computer Tech Support, 2005 - present

Residential Clients, Los Angeles Vicinity
Provided home-based technical support for several clients. Tasks included virus removal, software
installation, complete security, replacing faulty disk drives, upgrading operating systems, corrupt
and deleted file-recovery, and tutoring in computer skills.

SQL Server Database Administrator, Database Developer, April 2005 – July 2005
CAST Management Consultants
(1) Transferred data objects and queries from Microsoft Access to SQL Server. (2) Scripted custom
SQL DTS Packages and queries to transfer data from Access to SQL Server. (3) Converted a manual
Access process to an automated SQL Server process. (4) Gathered specifications on two projects.
(5) Installed SQL Server. (6) Configured SQL security, SQL Agent jobs, backup, and restore. (7)
Converted Access database into a SQL relational database, and transformed Access denormalized
schema into a normalized SQL schema. (8) Scripted Access macros to auto-generate multiple Excel
workbooks loaded with SQL Server data, convert Field datatypes, and extract data from Excel books
into Access. (9) Developed Access reports, queries, and tables. (10) Developed Excel data-entry
forms and macros for automatic rounding and data-validation. (11) Developed complex sequential
SQL queries and stored procedures to generate statistics, and developed Excel pivot tables to
report the results.

Excel/VBA Programmer, SQL Database Developer, DBA, September 2004 – December

2004
Infospring LLC, Diamond Bar, CA
Programmed Macola, SQL Server, Excel/VBA, and Access: (1) Developed an Excel application,
integrating SQL Server and Access. Wrote multi-step complex stored procedures, including in-
memory table-type variable. Programmed extensive Pivot Table manipulation, including a unique
editable Pivot Table. (2) Developed an ADP-to-SQL interface in Excel. Emulated Excel 2003’s
ListObject with VBA in Excel XP, built on-sheet data-validation, and exported to an ASCII data file.
(3) Created DTS packages and ad-hoc inline OLEDB queries to import Excel and other data, wrote
data-verification queries, and scripted updates and inserts. (4) Scripted SQL login rights. Converted
SQL logins into Trusted logins.

Pivot Table Programmer, Database Developer, March 2004 – May 2004

DDB-LA, Venice, CA
(1) Programmed an automated a feature-rich Excel Pivot Table reporting system. Completed, in 3
days, a project which had previously taken 3 workers 3 weeks to produce. Expanded the Pivot Table
functionality to provide presentation capabilities not possible with standard Excel Pivot Tables, such
as Subgrouping within DataItems. (2) Designed a custom Pivot Table object class to facilitate plug-
and-play code-reuse of the expanded feature-set. (3) Programmed an online help system, based on
"Clippy", the Microsoft Assistant.

Database Developer, Programmer, December 2003 - Present

Ramp^Rate Inc, Santa Monica, CA
(1) Designed and programmed a Windows Service in Visual Basic to send email-alerts via SMTP and
execute database commands on a daily schedule. (2) Designed and developed an Access database
including custom queries, forms, macros, and Visual Basic modules, to maintain contract
information. (3) Built database-driven Excel spreadsheets and custom VBA spreadsheet functions to
report statistics.

Programmer of PHP/MySql Dynamic Web-Page, November 2003

WFMU Radio Station, Jersey City, NJ
Programmed a MySql-driven PHP page, to enable the client to easily update the contents of the
webpage by editing the backend data-tables. Installed and configured MySql and PHP. Designed and
built database.

Programmer of ColdFusion Website, October 2003

Breakthrough Technologies, Jersey City, NJ
Coded ColdFusion on a website with a SQL Server backend.

Programmer of ASP/VB Script Reporting System, January 2003 – April 2003

Wyckoff Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Designed and developed a flexible data-driven website, replacing Crystal Reports. Installed and
configured IIS and SQL Server. Designed and built the SQL Server back-end which drives the site.
Developed reuseable VB Script ASP code, to easily accommodate additional future reports.
Developed CSS to format the reports.
Exchange Server/VB.NET Programmer, October – November 2002
Logicom, Inc., New York, NY
Programmed synchronous WebStore event sinks using ExOLEDB, VB.NET, Exchange SDK, and
ADODB. Developed custom code which captured new OnSyncSave events and copied the new email
message to a public folder. Programmed and registered a custom Object Oriented ActiveX DLL with
inheritance and WSS file-urls, configured Exchange Server, and registered my custom Windows
COM+ components to run out-of-process.

Analyst/Developer of Automated Data-Collection & Reporting System, November 2001 –

July 2002
Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ
Gathered specification, designed, developed, tested, and documented an automated data-
entry and reporting system with Excel VBA and Visual Basic. The system is currently in use in
approximately 15 countries in Asia Pacific. Implemented complete product-cycle through two
international product rollouts.

Developer of Excel/VBA, SQL Server, and IIS Scheduling System, August 2001- December
2001
Tiger Information Systems, New York NY
Designed and developed several Excel/VBA systems to process, report, and restructure internet
web-data, SQL Server data, and Excel data, to facilitate workforce scheduling and analysis.

Programmer of Data Systems, November 1996 - 2002

W.P. Stewart and Logicom, Inc., New York, NY
Analyzed, designed, and coded an Excel-VBA financial reporting and editing interface and engine
integrated with MS-SQL database. Developed SQL 7.0 database, stored procedures, tables, views,
and security. Realized statistical models in highly optimized T-SQL system. Performance surpassed
the installed base by a factor of 60. Installed SQL Server 7.0 and 6.5, Windows NT and Windows
2000 operating systems. Scripted BCP, Visual Basic, ADO, DAO, OLE, and ODBC. Configured NT and
Windows 2000 RAS networking.

Developer of Exchange Server 2000/SQL 7.0 Data Transfer Utility, April 2001 - August
2001
S.F. Digital/New York Press Newspaper, New York, NY
Designed and programmed heterogeneous Data Transfer utility between Exchange Server 2000
WebStore and SQL 7.0 to migrate mail contacts and messages from a legacy mail system, using
Transact-SQL, Excel-VBA, Access 2000, Exchange-CDO, OLEDB, ADO, and Microsoft Script Control.

Developer of Visual Basic 6.0 Internet Download Component, May 2001

Mode 11, New York, NY
Designed and programmed VB component slave to C master program, to download and
programmatically decompress files from an internet server. Component responds to and sends
Windows Messages via the Windows 32 bit API.

Developer of Access/VBA Credit Approval System, April 2001

Bankia Norway, Norway
Developed Access ‘97 VBA procedures, Access forms and subforms for data-editing, data-file import
and export, and manual processing of credit card applications.

Developer of Visual Basic 6.0, MS Office COM Add-in & IIS/COM+ Server, January 2001 –
April 2001
TextVoice, New York, NY
Designed and developed Internet and LAN COM+ Client/Server and MS Outlook COM Add-in, based
on Lernout & Hauspie Translation engine. Constructed Visual Basic 6.0 DLL’s and configured secure
IIS COM+. Currently under development.

Visual Basic 6.0 Audio Utility Programmer, December 2000

Breakthrough Technologies
Implemented asynchronous WAV-MP3 conversion process in a system integrating Nirvis Systems
CDJ, SQL Server, and Blade audio.

Analyst/Programmer/Database Developer, August 1997 - July 1998

Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter, New York, NY
(1) Proposed, designed, coded, and trained users on an Excel-VBA data entry tool incorporating
advanced on-sheet controls, validation code, and safe user-executed data-loading. Wrote detailed
system documentation, inline documentation, and online help system. (2) Overhauled Access
2.0/VBA application featuring data-bound controls. (3) Developed Perl-driven HTML web form. (4)
Researched and proposed enterprise-wide, cross-application, cross-platform business-process
management system. (5) Designed, wrote, and produced glossy bound reports featuring Excel
charts and pivot tables.

Analyst/Programmer, January 1997 - May 1997

Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter, New York, NY
Overhauled real-time trading application in Excel-VBA, DDE, and OLE on NT. System displays real-
time market data, and is used daily by entire trading floor.

Analyst/Programmer, February 1997 - April 1997

Marketing Strategies and Planning, New York, NY
Constructed system using Excel-VBA, MS Access, T-SQL, and Crystal Reports Professional for
automated data download, scrubbing, conversion, and loading. Designed and programmed user
interface for enterprise application.

Analyst/Programmer, February 1996 - August 1996

Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ
Proposed and constructed Excel-VBA add-in comprising 3,000 lines of code and logic-driven on-
sheet GUI. Software was integral to Merck's worldwide Financial Reengineering, was designed for
use by over 20 companies worldwide reporting to Merck, and yields 47% memory savings, 53%
speed improvement, improved stability, reliability, and flexibility over previous system.

Visual Basic Programmer & Corporate Purchasing Team Member, May 1994 - February
1996
Citibank N.A., Long Island City, NY
Proposed and developed software in Excel-VBA for Global Purchasing totaling approx. $150 million.
Software saved Citibank est. $50,000 in the first year, and accelerated process from approx. two
months to two days. Worked closely with project managers, streamlined project schedule, and
overhauled coordination details. Over 40 projects ranged from regional medical services to global
mail services to global copier equipment, from $150,000 to $30 million.

Analyst/Prototyper, September 1996 - November 1996

Q - M Consulting Group, New York, NY
Prototyped financial reporting solution using Excel-VBA and ODBC.

* Macintosh Network Manager, 1987

LandUse, Inc., Hadley, MA
Configured Macintosh network server, organized Server volumes, and produced glossy bound
government proposals with Quark Express.
UNIX Data Base Programmer, Administrative Assistant, 1986
The La Jolla Civic/University Symphony & Chorus, La Jolla, CA
Programmed UNIX awk! and lex to consolidate UNIX, PC, and Macintosh databases. Handled
conversion of data from mainframe tape reels, disk, and network sources.

Education
Microsoft MCSD Certification Preparation, 2006
Integrated Digital Technology, Pasadena, CA
Attended courses for MCSD preparation in full range of topics, including C# programming, SQL
Server development and administration, and XML web-services.

Bachelor's Degree, 1993

University of Massachusetts At Amherst
Self-Designed Major: Human Development and Interdisciplinary Music.