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Integrating Multiple College Databases into Central Web Database

2001-2006: Lead Application Architect, DBA for system integrating multiple universities' and colleges’ admissions databases into a centralized "Sports Recruiting Management System." Led a team which built the web service used by NCAA schools across the country so that coaches and recruiters could adhere to strict NCAA recruiting and reporting requirements.

HIPAA Security Upgrades

Contracted by private regional hospital for assisting with security issues fpr network of several hundred windows 2000 client computers. Network ran with a central PDC running RedHat linux and Samba. Client was required to implement additional security as part of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).

Electronic Data Exchange between 4 commercial systems for one Real Estate Office

A local real estate agency purchased a Perl-based commercial real-estate listing management package and purchased a commercial realty office management software that used Microsoft Access with a Visual Basic back end. Agency wanted to integrate those two products and expand on functionality of online version. Met with principles of agency, and setup deliverables, timeline and budget. Lead DBA and programmer for project able to exceed client expectations and setup a new data-driven website that agency claimed was responsible for becoming the dominant agency in the region.

UNI talent database: 2-tier system, Perl/DBI-DBD

1997 was before PHP, JSP, MySQL or ASP.  The web consisted of static pages and dynamic via CGI. The University of Northern Iowa asked if I could create a “talent database” where individuals could login via a web interface and volunteer as local experts in various fields and keep in contact via email. 

Written entirely in Perl via CGI using DBD/DBI libraries with a mSQL back-end (the precursor of MySQL). In order to make the system completely automated I created a Perl to sendmail to database interface.

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