RESUME OF EDWARD S. FINK

Edward S. Fink
932 Cobb Rd
Shoreview, MN 55126
Phone:(651)415-1280
Email: edfink@new-eden.com
Home Page: http://www.new-eden.com
Current Resume at: http://www.new-eden.com/ed/resume.htm

OVERVIEW

16 years programming experience
10 years Visual Basic experience
8 years Adobe Photoshop experience
7 years as a  Microsoft Certified Professional in VB
6 years HTML web development experience
5 years ASP, IIS web development experience

LANGUAGES / DATABASES / TOOLS

VB.NET, ASP.NET, ASP.NET, Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual Basic (VB), Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, ADO, COM, DCOM, DB2, Visual Basic Script (VBS), Java, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, Internet Information Server, Visual Interdev, Microsoft Front Page, Crystal Reports, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Premiere

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP):
        Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0
        Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
        Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Novell Certified NetWare Engineer (CNE)

EXPERIENCE

1999 to 2001
Contractor Maxim Group, at Wells Fargo Trust Operations.  Application programmer and web developer.  Most recent project was a web application for tracking and scheduling foreign tax reclaims, using ASP, SQL Server 7.0, Data Transformations Services (DTS), VBScript, JavaScript, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), Windows 2000, and IIS 5.0. A unique feature was the application's "proactive" use of Email to notify tax specialists of pending reclaims, rather than requiring that they remember to run their reports on time.  Used VB, SQL Server, Access, ADO, COM, and DB2 to develop several other applications, including "screen scrapers", a DB for tracking class action lawsuits involving client securities, and automatic management trend report distribution using Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects to distribute daily reports via Email.

1994 to 1999
Contractor Many short term RAD projects, including developing a wireless prescription entry system for doctors at a major HMO, using Visual Basic to quickly enter, validate, and transmit MS Access records from the doctors' notebook computers over a wireless LAN to the in-clinic pharmacy.  Also developed a records management system for a major bank using Visual Basic and Microsoft Access 
Created several Intranet and Internet web sites utilizing the following: MS Internet Information Server, Active Server Pages, ADO,  SQL Server, Microsoft Access, HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, Microsoft Agent, etc.
Websites include the PBS Business Channel's Y2K site, featuring several interactive Y2K preparedness exams developed with JavaScript; and FantaSuite Hotels ( www.fantasuite.com ) - a data driven dynamic website using Microsoft Access and Active Server Pages.

1991 to 1996
Independent Software Developer Developed commercial MS Windows multimedia applications in Visual Basic, MS Access, and C, including complete SETUP programs, HELP files, and manuals. One program, SoundWAV PRO, has been reviewed twice in PC Magazine. Products include Animal Fun, an educational program with extensive audio narration and sound effects, and the KTEL All Music Guide: BLUES EDITION CD-ROM. This was a hybrid CD containing CD Audio of 13 classic blues songs, a player program, videos (AVI files) of musician interviews, and a MS Access database with over 25,000 song titles, all accessible from the program's “living room” social interface.

1988 to 1991
LAN Installer/Administrator Consultant at CSC Partners, assigned to a Fortune 500 company. Responsible for all file server installation, maintenance, and administration on a 25 server, 700 user Novell network. Added/maintained user accounts, installed applications, wrote menus, developed C utilities using Novell's NetWare C Library for DOS. Created standards for all PC LANS at company headquarters and at the company's worldwide locations. Primary or secondary support person for WordPerfect, Lotus 123, Harvard Graphics, Windows, Excel, dBase, PC Anywhere, and others. Lead a major conversion to Microsoft Windows. Developed training courses, manuals, and taught "Introduction To NetWare", "Supervisor's Guide To NetWare", "Introduction To Carbon Copy", and "Introduction To NETREMOTE".

1985 to 1988
Programmer/Operator for Kelly Enterprises, on an IBM SYS/36. Developed, maintained, and modified RPG II programs. Supervised data entry for GL, AR, AP, and PAYROLL for parent company and several subsidiaries. Total responsibility for installing and operating DMAS (a SYS/36 integrated accounting system). Installed PC systems at remote sites and wrote communication scripts for automated transfer of data between locations.