Steven C. Howes
Databases, Data Conversions, EDI, ETL, Mapping, Monitoring, Queries, Reports, RSS, Scripts, SQL, XML
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior Programmer/Analyst - Front End, GUI, UX, CMS, CDN & Back End Database Applications Web Developer. Successfully
served as Project Manager/Leader, Shift Supervisor and Lead Developer in a variety of business service fields. Programming
strengths lie in the areas of PL/SQL, SQL(stored procs, embedded, injected, instream), BI / BIDS, SSMS, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS,
Powershell, XP Command, Batch Jobs, DTS, DTSX, .NET – ASP, C#, VB, Silverlight, XAML, .NET Framework & IIS, Java – JAR,
JSP, C/C++, Perl, CGI, DBI, PHP / LAMP(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl), WAMP(Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl).
Created intricate online real time web page interfaces and services for various data warehouses, data mines, data marts, dimension,
staging and fact tables, database cursors, reports, views and hashref data lists displays and utility programs. Extensive knowledge
of several Electronic Data Interchange(EDI) and Extract, Transform/Transport and Load(ETL) data conversion software packages,
file formats, standards and methodologies.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Hardware: Desktops, Laptops, MacBook/Pro, Pocket PCs, Smart Phones, Tablet Computers, Wireless
Operating Systems: Android, AIX, Google Chromium, LINUX, SCO-Unix, UNIX, XENIX, DOS, WINDOWS, Apple - MAC - iOS - OS X
File Management: BTAM, ISAM, KSAM, NFS, Pathway, File Stream, Serialized & De-Serialized, RDF / RSS / SOAP / XML / JSON, TAL,
HTTP (S) / TCP / IP / FTP / SFTP, PureFTP, RSYNC, SCP, CVS / Git / PVCS / SVN / Tortoise / TFS / VSS, UUCP
Tools: Active Reports, Adobe Creative Suite: Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Soundbooth, PDF, Android SDK, Anzo Suite
Visualizer, Apache, AutoCAD, AWS, BIDS, Bigdata Triple Store Reasoner, BizTalk, Bootstrap, BrowseRDF(extensions), Browsers: Internet Explorer,
Google: APIs, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Safari, Browser Shots, CamStudio, Coffee Cup, Cognos, Crystal Reports 6-XI, cURL, Data
Integrator XI, DataStage TX, DB Visualizer, Django, Drupal, DTS, DTSX, Ebase Xi, EC2, Eclipse IDE, Hadoop, Java JDK, Jetty/SOLR, Jira, Joomla,
JQuery, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Expression Studio: Design, Blend, Encoder, Sketchflow, MS InfoPath, Microsoft Office Suite, MOSS 2007, SharePoint
Designer, Portal Server, Magento, MindJet MindMapper, MySQL Admin, Navicat Lite, NetBeans, NetMeeting, Nokia SDK, Notepad, nuBuilder,
NuSphere PHP IDE, OpenOffice, OWL, OXID eShop, PHP Admin, PCAnywhere, Powerbuilder 6.5-11.5, PowerBuilder, PowerDesigner, PowerSite,
PuTTY, RDF(S), RDFSharp API, RSS, SAP: CRM Analytics, ERP Financials, Semantic/Ontology, Smarty, SPARQL, SQLyog, SSAS, SSIS, SSMS,
SSRS, Sybase ECMap, TeamViewer, TOAD, Triples, Turtles, UltraEdit 32, Visual FoxPro 6, Visual Studio Interdev/2003/2005/2008/2010, WCF,
WebDev, Web Matrix, WebSphere MQ, WinWap, Wordpad, Workflow, WPF, WSS 3.0, XML Spy, X-Windows, Zabbix, Zen Cart, Zend
Databases: Access, Adabas, ADR-Datacom, BBX, Borland Database Engine, Condor, Dbase3/4/5/FoxPro, DB2, Informix 7.2/9.3/10, Ingres, MS-Jet,
MySQL, Oracle 8i-11g, Paradox, Pervasive, PostgresSQL, Progress, Prolog 6/6.5, SQL Server 7/2000/2005/2008/2012 R2, Sybase 11/12
Languages: ActionScript, C/C++/C#, Flash, Forte, FoxPro, DHTML/HTML/WML/XML, Java, Javascript, Perl/CGI/DBI, PHP, PL/SQL, Powerscript,
Power Shell, Python, Silverlight, SQL, UNIX/Bash/Korn Shell, VB 6.0/.NET/VBA/VBScript, WSDL, XSLT
Methodologies: Agile, Cycle Counting, eXtreme Programming, FIFO / LIFO, Gordon Graham, Iterative, MindJet / MindManager, MRE, PMP, RAD, Real
Time, RUP, SCRUM, SDLC, SDM, Six Sigma DMAIC, TDD, Test First
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – * DETAIL GRAPHIC LINKS *
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* HOWES-IT-GOING, St. Louis, MO – (click graphic)
Oct 02 – Present
W-2 & 1099 Contractor / Project Manager / Senior Programmer/Analyst / Technical Lead / Web Application Developer
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Independently Own and Designed domain/portal www.Howes-IT-Going.com. Personally maintain all Web Pages, Content,
POP3 Email, SMTP & FTP Servers and all Web Site Traffic and Administration. Independent Contracting. (10/02 to Present).
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Developed NCPDPv5.1 Claims Requests, Reversals and Responses handling 1 Million Express Scripts’ D.O.D. Pharmacy
Claims Transactions each day using Mercator/DataStage 5.0 & 6.5 IDE. Designed Unix/C Shell pgms to report failed data
mappings. Also fine tuned and supported complex X12 837 Transaction Sets Super Map Application. (01/04 to 06/04).
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Team Member in the Requirements Gathering, Detail Design and Coding of a Web Based Tasking Collaborative Mechanism in
an VB.NET and C# ASP.NET application. Subcontracted for Northrop Grumman MS at Scott AFB, IL. Wrote/debugged
Oracle 10g Stored Procedure Packages using Toad and OEM; invoked by XML Data Readers and Web Grid Repeaters. All
Web Forms and Services developed in the Visual Studio 2003 IDE. (09/04 to 05/05).
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Sr. Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) Application Developer for a new Sears Portrait Studios Digital Imaging Manufacturing
Data Mart Informix 10 and SQL Server 2000 environment. Used Business Objects Data Integrator XI, SQL Server Enterprise
Manager, Dbaccess and other tools for creating ETL Batch Jobs, Work Flows, Data Flows and Data Stores. Team Member in
the detail design of MFG Data Mart Dimension, Staging and Fact Tables. Maintained SAP CRM Analytics. (07/05 to 02/06).
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C# ASP.NET Web Application Developer for Maritz - American Express Membership Rewards Team. Worked on Rewards
Online Maintenance Tool, Web Catalog, USMR and SQL Server Database Synchronization, Multiple SQL Server DTS Local
Packages and Agent Jobs. Non standard Shopping Cart Web Service Digital Signature Certificates .PFX used with .WSDL,
.DISCO, UTF-8 Encrypted SOAP extensions, web.config files and WebTier Services. (04/06 to 06/06).
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Reserved/Created ICANN Domain Registrations. Designed/Developed Web Sites, Web Services and Content/CDN for
Amazon AWS and Elastic Compute Cloud EC2, E-Bay Sales, SAP HANA, various Small to Large-Sized Companies using
Google App Engine platform, C++, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Perl/CGI/DBI, PHP, Java – JAR, JSP, MySQL, SQL Server,
Oracle, LAMP, AJAX, JavaScript, XML Sitemap and Search Engine Optimization, PayPal Gateway, Authorzied.net. Learned,
PO BOX 274 ST. ANN, MO 63074 - CELL: (314) 341-8885
EMAIL: STEVE.HOWES@HOWES-IT-GOING.COM
WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.HOWES-IT-GOING.COM
Steven C. Howes
Databases, Data Conversions, EDI, ETL, Mapping, Monitoring, Queries, Reports, RSS, Scripts, SQL, XML
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Developed and Implemented dynamic ActionScript, Flash .SWF, FLEX driven website content web pieces and interfaces.
(06/06 to Present)
Comprehensive Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Evaluations perfomed via C++, PHP/Java, C# applications and scripts.
Analyze: DNS, Who Is, ICANN Registrations, HTML, Content, Meta Tags, Robots, Sitemap, Google, Bing, Yahoo Indexes.
(06/06 to Present)
Worked for CPA firm writing C# and VB.NET Windows applications to create Client’s: IRS W-2, 1099 and 2006 Tax Returns.
Used U.S. Federal, Missouri and Illinois State .PDF Document Templates for Input and Output Layouts. (12/06 to 06/07)
Sr. Application Architect creating unix ssh keygen digital certificates and rsync failover processes. Created IBM DataStage TX
7.5 - X12 850, 867 EDI Maps with Email and Attachments utilities. Updated PureFTP application code and PGP Encryption
routines in perl and korn shell scripts for Express Scripts and Curascript. Wrote automated spreadsheet macros and mailbox
rules/alerts. (06/07 to 09/07)
Created a PowerBuilder 10 - 11.5 DataWindow.NET front end application for an Internet Recruiting Firm’s Oracle 10g/11g
database system. Migrated various PowerBuilder 8.0 ODBC, Web.PB, Data Windows, Queries, Global Functions, Structures
and Library Modules. PowerScript Language envoked event driven commands and functions across several User Object
Modules, Controls, Menus & Windows. Performed Insert, Update and Delete of processed Employee/Job Applicant
Information, Job Openings and Bidding Systems. Wrote SAP CRM Automated Customer Support API. (10/07 to 07/08)
Magento E-Commerce Open Source Systems Integration: Admin, Store, Pricing, Shipping in LAMP/Java. UPS Access Point
Extensions to the Magento M-Commerce Shipping software for U.S. AND International Customers. Integrated: UPS, UPS XML
(account rates), FedEx (account rates), USPS and DHL. Interfaced select Pickup Points and Delivery Center points taken from
UPS Delivery Points data records and account rates.(07/08 to Present)
Maintained/Enhanced a Mortgage Processing Portal and Document Management System. A portal for agents of a startup
foreclosure mortgage processing company to view and enter information required to process a mortgage from loan origination
through closing. BizTalk Server 2004, ASP.NET, C#, XML Web Services, SOAP Extensions, SQL Server. (07/08 to 12/08)
Developed LAMP(Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python) and Ajax(asynchronous javascript and xml) programs for
cross browser interface applications servicing Liturgical Bible Publishing and online Christian internet systems. (07/08 to 06/09)
Sr. Programmer Analyst, Objects Model Designer with 4 Team Members in Web Interface Design and Enhancements – LAMP,
Moodle, M.V.C. and Open Source Systems for a Real Estate Education Courses Start Up Company. (08/09 to 10/09)
Converted monthly faxed/printed/database stored Brochures, Catalogs and Magazines’ ads, content, copy and images to a
digitally scanned, web based ‘flip book’ type viewer platform; with ability to print, download and ‘save as’. Application written in
PHP, Flash/Flex, HTML, Javascript, XML, XSLT. (01/10 to 11/10)
Sr. Quality Assurance Developer for Backend Database Support Systems processing Automated Testing and Performance
Monitoring of Search Engine Marketing firm data. Team Member in a fast paced Daily Systems Change Approval Board
meetings format shop; consisting of Development Teams, QA Testers, Marketing, Operations, System Admins and
Installations. Wrote, debugged and maintained linux shell scripts, PHP programs, MySQL queries. Jira and GIT for source
code control CABs and Zabbix for systems Performance Monitoring graphs and error logs. (11/10 to 03/11)
Marketing Research Company - ETL Cube Data - Sr. Programmer Analyst processing: CATI, CfMC Internet/Web Survey
Question & Answers using Microsoft TFS, SQL Server SSIS, SSRS, Sharepoint, C#, VBScript, Textpad, DOS .BAT & .CMD,
Citrix, Remote Desktop Server and Secure FTP connections. Wrote SAP ERP Financials Analytics API. (12/11 to 05/12).
Dept of V.A. Sr. Web Developer Analyst S.C.I. Clearance worked on Employee Education System, VA Knowledge Network and
Content Distribution Network. Supported VB/.NET front end, SQL Server DB backend, Windows Media Server, Web Publishing
Points, Silverlight XAML Video Players, Cisco Routers and Cloud Edge Rendezvous Points via Digital Rapids Multicasting.
Created UX/UI for Online Videos, Upload, Ingest, Metadata, Transcode, Encode, QC, DRM, CDN, Playback(Flash, Silverlight,
HTML5, Native Players), Ad/Message Serving Insertion, Video Analytics, Enforce Licensing, GEO Restrictions(03/13 to 05/13).
Sr. Programmer Analyst for Upgrading a PHP, AJAX, MySQL cookies based Contact Information system to a sessions based
database going from Host For Web servers to Amazon Web Services EC2. Some Linux and Ubuntu system administration also
performed along with data conversions and UTC reformatting. Installed Open Source Data Vision Reporting. (05/13 to 07/13).
Bank/Credit Card Company - Credit Checks against: Equifax, Experian, TransUnion - Credit Bureaus Data Stores in C#, WCF,
Workflows, RDFSharp API calls with SPARQL queries, SQL Server/MySQL, RDF/XML, RDFS, OWL Verbalizer, NTriples,
Turtles, Anzo Suite Visualizer, Bigdata Triple Store Reasoner, BrowseRDF(extensions), AJAX, JSON objects, KnockoutJS
observables & BackboneJS data binds {{data}}, Java/JAR/JSP integrations, SSL/HTTPS, XMLHttpRequests, XML XSLT DTD (08/13 to 04/14)
Loan Origination Software Consulting Company - Supported CRM, ASP and Installed DLL Client Framework and Data via
SQL Server 2012 R2 Databases with Hierarchical Cascade Updates. Wrote dynamic SQL queries, data conversions, extracts:
XML, JSON, SMTP messages with attachments and SSRS reports. Exposure to DocuSign and Constant Contact API SDKs
with C# framework code. (04/14 to 09/14)
Sr. Programmer Analyst, Database Developer – Independently Created SQL Server 2012 Data Warehouse containing Loan
Company’s Proprietary COBOL Vision data from text flat file extracts. Imported, Parsed and Indexed 1 TB sized database in 5
hours! Created Customized PHP: Problem Log Package, MySQL Table Editor and Single Login Session LDAP web tools. Also
developed Java JSP Servlet MySQL JDBC table editor templates with intentions to convert COBOL programs to Java/JSP.
(12/14 to 11/15)
Short Term Contracting: EDI, ETL, Database Conversions, Data Extracts, Reports, SQL, Tools, Training. (12/14 to Present)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – 31 YEARS – * DETAIL GRAPHIC LINKS *
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* TEK SYSTEMS, St. Louis, MO
Senior Programmer / Analyst / Project Leader – (click graphic)
PO BOX 274 ST. ANN, MO 63074 - CELL: (314) 341-8885
EMAIL: STEVE.HOWES@HOWES-IT-GOING.COM
WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.HOWES-IT-GOING.COM
Aug 00 – Aug 03
Steven C. Howes
Databases, Data Conversions, EDI, ETL, Mapping, Monitoring, Queries, Reports, RSS, Scripts, SQL, XML
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* J. NORMAN CONSULTING INC., St. Louis, MO
Senior Programmer / Analyst EDI – (click graphic)
Mar 98 – Aug 00
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* MERCY HEALTH PLANS, Chesterfield, MO
Systems Analyst / Programmer – (click graphic)
Sep 97 – Jan 98
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* LOWERY SYSTEMS INC., Fenton, MO
Systems Engineer – (click graphic)
Oct 96 – Aug 97
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* PROGRAMMING MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Chesterfield, MO
Programmer / Analyst/Team Leader – (click graphic)
Apr 96 – Sep 96
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* HUTTIG SASH & DOOR, Chesterfield, MO
Programmer / Analyst – (click graphic)
Mar 94 – Apr 96
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* MAY COMPANY, St. Louis, MO
Production Control Analyst / Supervisor, Level 3 Programmer – (click graphic)
Apr 92 – Feb 94
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* UNITED VAN LINES, Fenton, MO
Senior Computer Operations Specialist – (click graphic)
Mar 90 – Apr 92
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* MASTERCARD INTL., St. Louis, MO
Main Console Computer Operator – (click graphic)
Feb 89 – Mar 90
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* US ARMY, Alabama, Germany
Computer Machine Operator / Shift Supervisor / Programmer – (click graphic)
Apr 84 – Dec 88
EDUCATION
A.A. General Education - Dec 1985(3.75 G.P.A)
Columbia College / U.S. Army - Redstone Arsenal, AL
B.S. Computer Science / Mathematics - Dec 1988(3.5 G.P.A.)
University of Maryland / U.S. Army - Tompkins Kaserne - Schwetzingen, Germany
Continuing Education Program - Micro Computer Science Programming: Java, App Development in iOS, iPhone App
UMSL Chancellor’s Certificate Program University of Missouri-St. Louis.
CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft Certified: Solution Developer - MCSD VB 6.0 & .NET, Professional, Plus Internet - MCP/+ Internet
Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MOSS2007)
National Computer Science Academy: – CP 400 HTML 4.0, – CP 420 JavaScript
Brain Bench Certified: Internet Technology Fundamentals, Web Dev Concepts, CSS2, Active Server Pages, ASP.NET, C#
EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker CEH 312-50
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PO BOX 274 ST. ANN, MO 63074 - CELL: (314) 341-8885
EMAIL: STEVE.HOWES@HOWES-IT-GOING.COM
WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.HOWES-IT-GOING.COM