## BIO
Christopher Habbershaw Microsoft Certified Solution Developer 108 S. 50th Avenue, Omaha, NE 68132 [login to view URL] STRENGTHS Application development with a focus on Microsoft technologies using Visual Basic, SQL Server, and ASP. Exceptional combination of technical and communication skills. Experience in consulting, requirements gathering, database schema design, application design and development, implementation, training, and documentation. SKILLSETS • Microsoft Visual Basic • COM/COM+/DCOM/ActiveX • VBScript and JavaScript • Microsoft Advanced Server Pages(ASP) • SQL Server/SQL Anywhere/Oracle • Life-Cycle development/UML • DAO/RDO/ADO • Install Shield • HTML and DHTML WORK HISTORY January 02 – Now Bass and Associates 2027 Dodge Street Suite 500, Omaha, NE 68102 (402) 346-1505 Orizon Investment Council Developed a billing system to accurately assess and collect fees from customers on a timely basis. Built entirely in Microsoft Access, the application utilizes Visual Basic for Applications to interface with two existing systems and automate billing procedures previously done by paper. Hickman-Kenyon Systems, Inc. (HKS) HKS develops and implements an enterprise-level software package for tracking organ transplant patients known as Organ Transplant Tracking Record (OTTR). Converted an entire hospital's organ transplant data-set for use within OTTR. The data-set consisted of over a thousand fields and was converted into more than 200 tables within the OTTR system. Used exclusively Visual Basic to develop objects to insert/update into the Oracle transplant database with full constraint and relationship awareness. August 00 – January 02 Cap Gemini, Inc. 11837 Miracle Hills Drive, Omaha, NE [login to view URL] Watkins Motor Line Validated prototype application architecture against industry standards, and ensured the architecture utilized object-oriented methodologies and n-tier application guidelines. Identified bottlenecks in the application architecture and provided alternatives for implementing the objects within the system. Provided detailed code reviews for all objects already created within the architecture. Jefferson Pilot Financial Designed and developed a Microsoft ASP application that included a Visual Basic COM object for dynamically creating custom-tailored insurance applications available to users nationally through Jefferson Pilot’s intranet. MemberWorks Created, optimized, and enhanced intranet reports using Microsoft ASP and SQL Server. Developed an ASP-based Trouble Ticket System to ensure the completion and tracking of current issues. Troubleshot existing issues with stored procedures and data retrieval techniques. Direct Tech Finalized and enhanced code for production. Formalized coding standards and package/deployment procedures. Developed Install Shield applications for two of their existing Visual Basic applications for ease of installation, licensing issues, and un-installations. October 98 – August 00 Interlink Group, Inc. 10828 Old Mill Road, Omaha, NE [login to view URL] American Agrisurance Responsible for maintaining one of the Visual Basic ActiveX objects used to add or edit crops on an insurance policy for an existing enterprise-level software application. Worked with a development team at Interlink to re-write the current application and maintain existing functionality to the current software. Sustain Technologies, Inc. Developed a data-loader object in Visual Basic that was used to load data from an existing legacy Btrieve database into SQL Server 7.0 for ASP access on the web. Interlink’s object-oriented methodology, Visual Basic coding standards, and documentation requirements (UML, Unit Development Folders, and complete Unit Testing documentation) were implemented during the development of this project. March 95 – October 98 CSK Auto, Inc. 645 E. Missouri, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85012 (602) 631-7363 Real Estate Systems Coordinator and Application Developer Provided system and document coordination for committee presentation. Developed role into a more technical and development position as skill-set improved. Designed and developed a real estate tracking system for monitoring and aggressive reporting of new store development. Trained over sixty employees in more than five locations throughout the west-coast in using the application. Additional skills obtained: -Designed and deployed custom applications using Visual Basic -Developed and integrated various database systems for department-wide deployment -Maintained data integrity among numerous database systems -Provided hardware and software technical support -Multi-tasking and system coordination October 93 – August 94 State Savings Bank. 7350 E. Evans Road, Scottsdale, AZ Post-Closing Assistant -Retrieved and completed required documents for mortgage post closing -Programming mortgage forms in Mortgage Ware (personal mortgage database and form designer) -Limited database design and support -Microsoft Access and Wordperfect integration EDUCATION Glendale Community College. 6000 W. Olive Avenue, Glendale, AZ Pursuing Bachelor's degree in computer science. Current Status: Junior Level Independence High School. 6602 N. 75th Avenue, Glendale, AZ Graduated in top ten percent of the class. -National Honor Society -Future Business Leaders of America CERTIFICATIONS Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD). Obtained certification from Microsoft as a solution developer with a focus on Visual Basic and web technologies. TRAINING Microsoft Visual Studio .Net Successfully completed classroom-training for Microsoft Visual [login to view URL] and ASP.Net through Advanced Network Technologies (ANT). SPECIAL INTERESTS Tae Kwon Do Achieved black belt from Master Torres in a Tae Kwon Do school located in Arizona. Instructed children and adults in martial arts and developed extraordinary leadership skills from these experiences. C# Programming Developed multiple client-server applications using C# and SQL Server. Studied applied object-oriented methodologies, namespaces, assemblies and manifests, reflection, and COM interoperability.
## Area of Expertise
Visual Basic, ASP, SQL Server, COM/COM+/DCOM/ActiveX, VBScript, JavaScript, Oracle, HTML/DHTML, Micorosft Access, Microsoft Office Automation, Object-Oriented Methodologies, and Full Life-Cycle Development
