Malachi Brown
Nashville, TN
malachus+spencerandbrown@gmail.com
http://www.spencerandbrown.com/mbb/
Technical Skills
- Programming Languages: C#, Visual Basic.NET, Visual Basic 6, Forté, COBOL, C
- Third Party Controls: Sheridan Data Widgets and Data Grid, Infragistics UltraGrid, Tidestone Formula1 Control
- Database Environments: MS SQL Server 2000/2005, Oracle, Ingres (QUEL)
- Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, Windows 9x, Windows Terminal Server, UNIX/LINUX, MS-DOS, VAX/VMS
- Other Tools: Microsoft Office, TFS, Visio, Rational ClearQuest, NUnit, TSQLUnit, Mercury TestDirector/QualityCenter, Cisco VPN Client, Select Enterprise
Work Experience
Programmer/Analyst, Aug. 2003 - June 2006
Investment Scorecard, Inc., Nashville TN
- Participated in the software development life cycle including:
- Working with business analysts to identify and refine functional requirements
- Creation of technical designs and documentation
- Development of code to meet the functional and technical requirements on both single developer projects and team efforts
- Development of automated unit tests to ensure that requirements are met
- Supporting Quality Assurance throughout the testing process
- Supporting end users including researching and fixing bugs found in the production environment
- Maintaining and supporting the existing code base
- Developed and maintained modules of a complex application including the user interface and the supporting database infrastructure using VB.NET, VB6, and MS SQL Server
- Developed and maintained report generation system using VB.NET, VB6, and MS SQL Server
- Developed addins for Visual Studio.NET and Visual Source Safe in VB.NET to facilitate software development tasks for a team of developers
Application Developer, Mar. 1999 - Aug. 2003
Willis, Nashville TN
- Designed and developed a series of middle tier components in VB.NET and MS SQL Server 2000 hosted via HTTP binary remoting and running in COM+
- Led a team of six developers in creating a marketing and placing application in VB6 and MS SQL Server
- Created a schedule maintenance GUI for a Forté application with an Oracle database
- Developed a Visual Basic program to integrate legacy data in an Ingres database with Word documents
- Maintained and enhanced a legacy COBOL/Ingres program on VAX/VMS
Computer Technician, May 1998 - Mar. 1999
City of Cookeville, Tennessee
- Provided end-user software support
- Windows 9x/NT, MS Office, Outlook, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator
- Provided end-user hardware support and troubleshooting
- Performed hardware and software installation
- Component upgrades and installations
- New system configuration and deployment
- Performed network troubleshooting
- Developed and taught software training classes
Helpdesk Consultant, Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1998
D.W. Mattson Computer Center, Tennessee Technological University
- Supported students, faculty, and staff of TTU in the computer labs and over the phone
- Windows, MS Office, WordPerfect, Netscape, VMS Mail, Lynx, WS_FTP, QVT Term
Assistant Lab Manager, May 1996 - Dec. 1998
D.W. Mattson Computer Center, Tennessee Technological University
- Supervised TTU campus computer labs and Helpdesk workers
- Developed computer lab policy statements
Professional Education
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505
Business Administration Degree with concentration in MIS
December 1998; QPA: 3.27
References available upon request.