Working knowledge of many other Content Management Systems, such as Drupal, Textpattern, Concrete5, Joomla, CMS Made Simple, Tiki, etc.
Customization of Easy Realtor Pro, Easy Auto Trader, and PHPList.
Fluent in: PHP, MySQL, CSS (stylesheets), Smarty Template Engine, XHTML, VBA for Word and Excel, Javascript, HTML Editing, Website Design, Banner and Logo Design
Creates XHTML and CSS templates from PSD or other image formats.
Working knowledge of: JQuery, Mootools, XML, Linux, Unix
Web Development (6/96 – present) Please see Portfolio for details
Programmer Analyst Consultant AXA/Mutual of New York (Several projects during the period 5/04 – 1/07)
Developed and implemented four systems which allowed legacy mainframe applications to be invoked from the web. Took a leadership role in facilitating parts of the testing which required cooperation and communication between multiple departments. Made extensive modifications to a special program, the purpose of which is to feed mainframe data to various web applications
Implemented procedures and methods for incorporating an additional data source for quarterly mailings. AXA merged with MONY, resulting in customer data for mailings being located on two completely separate systems. Determined how this could be accomplished, and wrote programs and batch jobs to do so. Helped other programmers to build similar processes
Organized and implemented version updates for large online and batch systems
Tech Support Syrasoft, LLC (6/03 – 5/04)
Provided telephone support for storage management software users all over the US and Canada
Created and modified client reports using Crystal Reports
Updated program documentation and help system using RoboHTML
Programmer Analyst Consultant Information Systems Staffing, Inc. (4/00 – 1/02)
Developed and implemented a system which consolidated information from three mainframe data sources into a single Access database, increasing efficiency of Death Benefit servicing procedures by 100 percent or more in many cases
Enhanced a critical mainframe report system to add fax and email report delivery via MQSeries and Lotus Notes
Created a procedure for converting a huge year-end mainframe report to Word format, and added enhanced searching, updating, and printing capabilities using VBA
Documented three new systems and three legacy systems, became the de facto Subject Matter Expert for several of them, and instructed several programmers in their functions
Programmer Analyst Consultant Comforce I. T., Inc. (12/97 – 2/00)
Developed systems used to detect fraudulent Medicare practitioners, resulting in many thousands of dollars in cost savings to taxpayers
Learned three new languages with no training and implemented systems using them, including translation of mainframe data to more user-friendly Excel data with bar charts and graphs created with VBA
Programmer Analyst, Helpdesk Analyst Mutual of New York (6/90 – 11/97)
Provided technical support to nationwide clients for a large variety of PC, LAN, UNIX network, telecommunication, and mainframe software applications and applicable hardware
Demonstrated Windows 95 and other technologies to the helpdesk team
Developed programs for helpdesk problem resolution, database and file maintenance, system analysis, and reporting
Responsible for maintenance, enhancements, support, and debugging of a large variety of online and batch mainframe systems * Real Estate Self-employed (7/01 – present)
Purchased, oversaw rehabilitation of, and managed several rental properties
Professional Musician Self-employed (6/90 – present)
Performed, arranged, and composed music in a wide variety of musical styles and ensembles
Featured as a Guitar Soloist
Instructed students of all ages
Education
Bryant & Stratton Business Institute A. S. Degree, Data Processing 3.8 GPA North Syracuse, NY
State University College at Oswego B. A. Degree, Music Theory Spanish Minor Dean’s List all semesters Oswego, NY
Resume
David Chu
Syracuse, NY
Summary of Qualifications
Skills
Experience
AXA/Mutual of New York (Several projects during the period 5/04 – 1/07)
Education