Computer Science
A career in technology
Created by Richard Reis / rreis@drtel.com
Personal Intro
Grew up in Motley, MN
Graduated school from Staples/Motley High School
Went to college @ St. John's University in Collegeville, MN
what was I doing when I was in 8th grade?
took advanced placement courses in High School.
give a perspective of gaming and computer systems at the time.
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I didn't really know what I would do with my life after graduating High School.
I took the ACT
Visit schools and research programs of interest
Work with your counsellor to help discern.
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Universal Pensions - 1999 - Brainerd, MN
Started out as a Programmer working on supporting a website: IRA Service Center
Learned how to work on visual basic scripting
Worked on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database
Helped work through Y2K bug issues
Created Java code
Micronet - 2001 - Brainerd, MN
Small start-up software company - developing software for Chambers of Commerce
Worked on chambermaster: www.chambermaster.com
Built a component called Hot Deals: www.explorebrainerdlakes.com
Helped design and create the concept of member master
Converted data for Chambers of Commerce
I worked on a small team of two developers
We worked through a lot of ideas through meetings and brainstorming
The company did not have enough funding to continue and I was laid off just after 9/11
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BISYS - 2002 - Brainerd, MN
Started working on a standalone application installer
Converted the IRA Service Center web application that I worked on with Unversal Pensions
Titles changed from a Programmer/Analyst to Web Architect
Helped lead a major payroll processing software development project with consulting firms
BISYS bought Universal Pensions - returning to my old company
As a Programmer/Analyst - perform assigned tasks and basic analysis from project to project
As a Web Architect - determine technology direction and architecture for all applications
- provide direction for software developers
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DRN - 2005 - Ellendale, ND
Internet Service Provider (ISP) - what does that mean?
Working at a small shop again - four person team
Built internal administrative applications: Tickets, IUM
Helped rewrite the DRN website in 2007
Worked with my co-worker and converted 3 racks of physical servers into 3 virtual servers
We moved to ND. My family and I lived in Jamestown for almost 5 months.
DNS - Anyone know what it stands for, what it does?
Email - how it works - Envelope - From, To, Body
Learned about the hardware side of things
- virtualization, describe the concept
- SAN - storage area network
- ISP servers - describe
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Ascensus - 2011 - Ellendale, ND
Supported applications within Oracle product
Working almost 100% remote from my home
Developed Java and .NET components
Responsible for Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)
Lead full-time/contract developers and provide guidance/oversight on projects
Performance tuner
Started working remotely
Was part of the Ascensus leadership team
Learned Oracle Business Process Management (BPM)
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DRN - 2013 - Ellendale, ND
Mine Data
Provide technical direction
Upgrade Software Development Tools
Implemented Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Branded drtel.net webmail: https://mail.drtel.net
Partner liaison
Providing technical oversight in many areas of the company.
Build applications and websites for organizations
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Education
I attended college @ St. John's University in Collegeville, MN which is a 4-year liberal arts school in central Minnesota well known for their NCAA Division 3 football program.
As a freshman in College i started into Physics - I liked math and science
Internship - Junior year of College
