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George Walkey has over 20 years experience providing a full range of hardware
troubleshooting, repair, software development, networking and help desk IT tasks. He has full life cycle experience
utilizing VB, Foxpro, ADO, ODBC, and SQL Server on Windows platforms. He has excellent interpersonal and communication
skills with both technical and non-technical users.
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| Technical Background |
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Foxpro 2.0-2.6 DOS/Windows |
LAN/WAN/Routing/ACLs |
DBase |
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Visual Foxpro 3-9 |
GroupWise/Exchange/Merak |
Pascal/Delphi |
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PageMaker/InDesign |
LAN/WAN/Routing/ACLs |
Crystal Reports 7-11 |
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LAN/Server Security |
MS C/DOS |
ODBC/ADO Connections |
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COM/ActiveX |
CISCO |
DOS/BASH Scripting |
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DHTML |
CSU/DSU/PBX programming |
AS/400 connectivity |
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ASP/JavaScript/CSS |
TCP/IP/IPX |
ISDN/T1/T3 circuits |
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Java Applets |
PBX/DACS Circuits |
Web Site Design |
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Novell Netware 3/4/5/6 |
AutoCAD 12/13/14/2000 |
MS SQL Server 6.5/2000/2005 DBA |
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Y2K issues in code/databases |
Windows 3.X - 2008 |
MS Office |
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Hardware Break/Fix |
LAN packet analysis |
Routers/PPTP/IPsec/VPNs |
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SQL Database Design |
Performance Evaluation |
Help Desk |
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Linux |
Apache |
MySQL |
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| Employment History |
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INSYNC Consulting of Virginia |
Feb 2003 to present |
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Internet Development (HTML/ASP/SQL), SQL Database development, tuning and maintenance,
Reporting, Networking, Security, Wireless, IT Consulting, Outsourcing
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Database-driven Website Designs
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AutoBody America Inc. |
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I.T. Director |
October 2000 to Feb 2003 |
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Responsible for IT infrastructure, purchasing, setup, install of 15 AutoBody repair shops
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Custom application development - Bank Deposit AR tracking tool – VFP 6/7
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Created a Data-Warehouse, Management-Level Reporting Tool using VFoxPro7 & SQL Server 2000, DTS packages imported data from Sybase Anywhere 5 (Mitchell Shopman).
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Answered ALL Help Desk calls for PC Hardware/Software issues, AutoBody estimating and management system software.
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Used Win2K Server Term Services to interface POS system to accounting system over internet DSL VPN
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Interfaced custom payroll app to ADP PC/Payroll 3.11 software batch import
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Responsible for branch office automation – Hardware, Software, Security, Remote Access, Netopia VPN, DSL setups, configs and maintenance.
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Maintained company servers, nightly Tape Backup.
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Performed DBA and development on SQL2000 with emphasis on Stored Procedures and DTS transformations, Sybase Anywhere 5 for 15 branches.
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Maintained and modified company Web Site.
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Upgraded branch office hardware when needed.
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VIRGINIA POWER |
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Contract Programmer |
February 1999 to September 2000 |
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Project maintenance on Telecom application utilizing Visual FoxPro 3.0 as front end, MS SQL Server 6.5 on backend.
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Project work on Y2K issues related to remediating over 50 FOX DOS/WIN apps used by the Nuclear division.
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Responsible for converting all Clipper, DBASE, FOX-DOS apps to Visual Foxpro 6
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TTFMS Telecom app used ODBC to connect to SQL Server 6.5. FoxPro front end heavily utilized OOP features including visual classes, inheritance, overriding, registry hacks to manually manipulate the ODBC connection.
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TTFMS App used SQL Remote Views, SQL pass-thru and Stored Procedures.
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Required re-writing some of the TTFMS Stored Procedures when SQL base was revved from 6.0 to 6.5.
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Rewrote the TTFMS Circuit Index report to allow multiple user access.
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Responsible for fixing other stored procedure anomalies related to the SQL Database upgrade.
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IN-SYNC CONSULTING OF VIRGINIA |
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Consultant, Programmer, Sales, Lan Manager, Repair Tech |
August 1995 to 2001 |
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Responsible for writing 4 custom Visual Foxpro apps for clients:
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The Bermuda Distributing Inventory Tracking Application recorded the movement of product through a warehouse. Tracked the temporary and long-term storage of various plastics made by Alcoa. Items were sorted and priced based on size, part#, weight, bin, pallet size, etc. The Client was able to fully edit the pricing table to suit their needs.
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The Contributor Tracking Application for a Virginia State Senator. Various reports exposed the 150+ groupings of contributor types. For each group, the Senator would send different form letters, announcements and thank-yous, Word documents stored as OLE objects. The Reports listed contributions to date, per group, per date-range
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Created a WorkOrder Call Tracking Application for a bank security corporation involved in physical bank security. Using VFP 5.0, the app used the grid control: color-coding outstanding orders based on a required response time. When items were within 30 minutes of expiring, they turned color, then again when the items expired unresolved. The reports tracked the time-to-job, time-on-job, repeated calls for the same problem/location within a time period, as well as standard usage tracking details and summaries. Accurate labor reporting now possible.
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Maintained a Sales Quote and Order Entry system for an Engraving shop. This inherited code was originally in VFP 3.0, converted to 6.0 and the ability to choose more than one line item per order added.
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Responsible for Novell Lan/Wan, computer, hardware and software sales, installation, training and repair.
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Experience with Cisco 2500/2600 series, Ascend pipeline series, hubs, nics, packet filtering, NAT, firewall logs
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Web Page Design using hand-coded HTML and JavaScript, Netobjects Fusion and other gif animation tools.
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In-depth hands-on experience with entire Novell product line while gaining Novell dealer authorization.
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Gained over 50 clients in first 23 months of business. Gained Novell CNA certification.
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Tutored clients used self-designed courses on Windows 9x, Groupwise, Email, PageMaker 6, Word97, Excel 97, and two Novell Lan Administration classes.
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DataTechniques Inc. |
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Manager of Technical Services |
1994 to August 1995 |
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Responsible for delivering all tech support, hardware repair, PC Setup, delivery and LAN installations. |
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Daily delivery of all technical services, scheduling of technician’s time, ordering of products, preparing sales quotes, and going on sales calls with the company president.
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Gained Netware 4.1, Netware Connect, DEC pathworks, Digital Unix and TCP/IP experience.
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WHEAT FIRST BUTCHER SINGER(FirstUnion/Wachovia) |
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PC/LAN Specialist |
1993 to 1994 |
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Provided hand-on and telephone helpdesk support for MS Office 4.2, general PC troubleshooting, writing of corporate computing policies,
managed a Novell 3.11 file server and installed and maintained the corporate LAN tape backup system
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POCAHONTAS FOODS USA |
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Programmer |
1993 |
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Responsible for a Sales Order Entry application design, modifications, training and tech support |
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Utilized Foxpro 2.5/DOS for software specific to the foodservice distributor industry. The application ran on Windows 3.1, sending orders by modem to a custom-built receiving module.
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This telecom module was originally in Microsoft C, but was converted to Foxpro with a communications library to enhance performance. The completed orders were sent to an AS/400 via PC Support software. The design goal was to achieve on-line order confirmation within 3 minutes. This goal was achieved by increasing the speed of the AS/400.
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Rewrote the app to accommodate each distributor’s pricing structure by having editable pricing rules. |
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Managed multiple projects simultaneously and all original Clipper code was converted to Foxpro to enhance performance |
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RICHMOND METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY |
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Programmer |
1990-1993 |
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Full life cycle development of a custom employee scheduling-payroll database application in FOXBASE then FOXPRO 2.X/DOS. Eventually requiring 87,000 lines of code, including windowing and mouse handling routines, the application generated work schedules in advance for the RMA’s 24/7/365 expressway toll system.
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The app tracked hours worked and leave reasons (SICK, VACA, JURY etc). |
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Conversion module interfaced with ADP’s payroll software for electronic submittals of hours worked info |
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Wrote 36 reports using both the Fox Report Writer and hand-coded Laserjet PCL code.
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Shift Managers could “drag and drop” shifts onto a spreadsheet-like grid from a “shift palette” (Before Windows existed). The software warned of over-or-under scheduled weeks, based on user-configurable rules |
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The Scheduler was mainly accessed remotely over PCAnywhere and 14.4k modems |
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Trained people on and provided tech support for the Scheduler, MS OFFICE and Windows 3.0
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Administered the Novell LAN and installed all PC hardware, software, workstations. |
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Interfaced the Scheduler to the SBT accounting package for COLA and benefits calculations |
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Made custom modifications to the SBT accounting modules (FOXBASE/FOXPRO). |
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Developed both User and Technical programmer documentation for the Scheduler |
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EDUCATION |
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North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
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Novell CNE 4 - 1995, Novell Admin |
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CONTACT |
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Office: (804)-347-0557 |
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Email: george at insyncva dot com |
