dave@mrbecker.com
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Chief Technology Officer – Chief Systems Architect/Designer – Project Leader seeking leadership role in a dynamic startup environment, leveraging advanced computer science degree and 16 years of diverse, progressive experience.

• Outstanding results in designing, implementing, and integrating technology infrastructure and technology solutions for e-commerce companies, including evaluation, selection, negotiation/procurement, design, development, configuration, and implementation of appropriate hardware, software, and technology services.

• Strong leadership ability, with key strength in recruiting, motivating, and mentoring multi-disciplinary technical teams, architecting solutions and empowering staff throughout the project development lifecycle, building consensus, accountability, and teamwork in demanding, fast-paced, rapidly changing environments.

• Recognized by managers, colleagues, and clients as a versatile, talented, business-savvy leader who readily tackles complex challenges and exceeds expectations in challenging roles.

Technical Proficiencies

Software Languages, Development Tools, Development Methodologies

• Expert-level programming in C/C++, Perl, UNIX, ksh/csh/sh (10 years); MS Windows development experience using C/C++, Win32 API, Visual Studio, and MFC, as well as Perl for Win32 (four years).

• Additional experience in development of Perl and Perl/CGI applications, including Web-enabled bug-tracking database applications, Perl/CGI e-commerce applications using SQL Server, Microsoft IIS, Netscape Enterprise Server, ASP, CyberCash, and public-key encryption tools (7 years), as well as custom Web servers.

• Well-versed in development of intra/Internet applications/distributed systems using remote procedure calls (RPC's) and sockets, ASP, Web Services, XML, Java, and a near-real-time control/data acquisition system using Tcl network protocols.

• Development methodologies utilized: Waterfall, Iterative, XP, Object-oriented Development (OOD), incorporating TQM principles.

Relational databases

• Oracle, Ingres, mySQL, SQL Server; SQL, Embedded SQL (PL/SQL). Trained in relational database theory (foundations, design, normalization, etc.), SQL, and Oracle internal architecture. OLTP DB Design, Data Warehousing, RDBMS Administration, tuning, and query optimization.

Experience

Founded consulting practice to significantly enhance e-commerce success of small to mid-sized companies. Provided expertise in search engine optimization, Internet marketing, and Website ROI Calculation tools.

Recruited, developed, mentored, motivated, and managed virtual teams of 15+, including developers, designers, graphic artists, UNIX administrators, and customer support staff. Established corporate technology infrastructure and managed ongoing operations. Negotiated procurement of all hardware, software, and IT services.

Planned, scheduled, and managed multiple projects during a period of rapid corporate growth. Led requirements gathering, project architecting, staffing, and scheduling. Created and implemented custom tools to manage deployment and updating of applications in the production environment.

Directed design, development, deployment, and support of interactive Internet lottery applications like TreeLoot.com, a multi-million-dollar MediaMatrix Top-50 Internet site; developed custom Web servers and application servers to support this application. Concurrently managed development of other e-marketing promotions, including CarHunt.com, MemberPrize.com, Virtumundo.com, and SpeedyReward.com.

Designed and implemented server farm of 100+ Sun servers to ensure availability of multiple high-traffic web sites.  Managed requirements gathering, hardware and software specifications, planning, purchasing, deployment and management of Windows-based networks for a staff of 50.

Additional Experience

Designed, developed, tested, and deployed Internet/intranet applications and other software systems for technology clients worldwide, including ActiveState (developers of Perl for Windows), Qualix (Web-based trouble ticketing application), and Virtumundo.

Member of a small team developing a Windows-based Test Executive (HP TestExec SL) for HP's Manufacturing Test Division on Windows 3.1, and, later, Windows 95 and Windows NT using Microsoft Visual C++ and MFC 2.x and 4.x. Ported TestExec to HP-UX. Designed and implemented major functional and user-interface enhancements.

Designed the graphical user interface, network protocols, and programming interface for an X-Window-, client/server-based system administration product (PerfMon). Also led integration and testing effort for the product and assisted in its implementation using the Object Interface (OI) toolkit, C++, and Tcl on UNIX (OS/MP, Solbourne's port of SunOS). Conceived, evaluated, and developed software tools and processes. Automated and enhanced the integration, building, packaging, and installation of Solbourne's operating system products (ports of SunOS and Solaris).

Designed, implemented, and maintained a client/server software system for system resource accounting on the network using C, embedded SQL, an Ingres relational database, and remote procedure calls. Managed system and network administration for a network of Sun workstations and servers. Supervised and coordinated the efforts of student programmers.

Education

Master of Science, Computer Science (MS-CS), New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology.

Dissertation: "Reliable Distributed Database Systems," a survey of the state-of-the-art in algorithms for implementing robust distributed database management systems. Served as Teaching Assistant, instructing courses in UNIX and C.

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (BS-CS), New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology