Steven C. Howes
Web - AJAX CGI DBI HTML5 CSS3 Java(JAR,JSP) .NET(ASP,C#,VB) Perl PHP RSS SEO Unix W3C WSDL 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. Web Programming
strengths lie in the areas of .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), Python, PL/SQL, SQL, AJAX /
Javascript / Jquery / KnockoutJS / AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3, Flash / Actionscript / Flex / Yii, XML, XSLT, WML, WSDL. Wrote
several multi platform applications consuming HTML/WSDL/RSS/XML and integrating Scripts, Programming Languages, Operating
Systems and Frameworks. Created intricate online real time web page interfaces and services for various database cursors, reports,
views and hashref data lists displays and utility programs. Expert at Search Engine Optimization(SEO) Evaluations applications
development. Certified ‘White Hat’ Ethical Code Hacker - who is Proficient at Programming, Scripting, Automation, Penetration
Testing, and Quality Control.
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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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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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,
Developed and Implemented dynamic ActionScript, Flash .SWF, FLEX driven website content web pieces and interfaces.
(06/06 to Present)
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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)
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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)
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
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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 – LAMP, Java. (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)
Online Home Improvement Store E-Commerce and CSM web pieces written in LAMP, Java, Flash/Flex / Yii and XML.
(10/09 to 12/09)
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)
Reverse Engineered proprietary intranet software package for Auto Parts Design System. Independently Uncompiled and
Unobfuscated Zend Framework PHP web pages and javascripts from executables restoring all source code pieces, which were
maliciously implemented by disgruntled former employee. (04/11 to 06/11)
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 ERL 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).
Designed Free and Premium(marketed/sold) W3C Compliant Valid HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, JQuery Responsive Desktop and
Mobile Friendly Website Templates and Smart Phone, Tablet and Wireless Device Emulators. (07/13 to Present)
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 Data Transformations, Displays and messaging, SOAP, DOAP, SMTP. Uniform Resource Identifiers and Locators - URIs URLs
end to end triples data comparisons, merging and detailed data reports auto generated dynamically with W3C valid HTML5,
CSS3 presentation layers for multiple internet and semantic/ontology browsers: Google Chrome, Firefox, I.E., Opera, Safari.
(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: Web – AJAX, CGI, DBI, HTML5, CSS3, Java(JAR,JSP), .NET(ASP,C#,VB), Perl, PHP, RSS, SEO,
Unix, W3C, WSDL, XML. (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
Web - AJAX CGI DBI HTML5 CSS3 Java(JAR,JSP) .NET(ASP,C#,VB) Perl PHP RSS SEO Unix W3C WSDL 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