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Mr.
Rockwell is a chief architect / consultant who possesses a good balance
of business and technical skills. He is a practicing member of the
Worldwide Institute of software architects, writing papers, training and
mentoring organization in the discipline of software architecture. He has
a wide range of experience in many industries and technologies. He keeps
up-to-date on emerging technologies and how they relate to IT and
business issues. Key areas of focus are:
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Digital
Marketplaces
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Voice
and data communications
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Application
of Internet technology
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Microsoft
technologies and architecture
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Object
oriented analysis, design, and development
He
is an experienced system and application architect, programmer/analyst
with extensive experience in designing and building Internet and
client/server based business solutions. He has designed and installed
many large communication networks, connecting both mainframes and PCs. He
has installed Novell NetWare, and OS/2 LAN Manager/Server networks, Microsoft
Windows NT Server, and connected these LAN's to mainframes using SQL
Server, OS/2 Communications Manager, Rumba and IRMA packages. Mr.
Rockwell has also worked extensively with the Internet, setting-up
Internet services such as World Wide Web, FTP, Gopher, SMTP/POP3, and
Mailing Lists. Mr. Rockwell is actively involved in architecting,
developing, and deploying Internet/Intranet services for clients. Mr.
Rockwell has also developed many applications with specific attention
towards network/work group needs and knowledge management requirements.
Adgility, scalability, and reliability are key elements in all of his
applications. Mr. Rockwell has a good sense of business needs and
requirements, having both a degree in marketing, having run his own business,
and helping many dot-com’s architect and develop solutions. Besides his
networking experience, he also has extensive experience in database
design and implementation. He has designed databases using SQL Server and
DB2/SQL. He has been trained by IBM as a DB2 DBA and has functioned as a
DBA for a large interactive personal services company. He holds his
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator certification.
In
addition to his data communications experience he also has extensive
telecommunications experience having automated several large call
centers. Mr. Rockwell is recognized as an expert on Computer Telephone
Integration. He has worked with the AT&T Difinity G3, ASAI,
Perception Technologies VOCOM IVR's, and UNIX file servers in order to provide
CTI solutions.
Mr.
Rockwell has extensive experience working with DOS, Windows, NT, and OS/2
internals having worked with all since versions one of these products.
With DOS, Mr. Rockwell has worked at the BIOS and DOS interrupt level
developing over one hundred applications for DOS. With OS/2, Mr. Rockwell
has worked with the operating system for five years developing in excess
of 60 applications. Mr. Rockwell has been recognized by IBM for his
development work under OS/2. He has mentored numerous individuals in
understanding and developing applications for these operating systems.
Under Windows 3.1/9x/NT/2000 he has developed at the console and GUI
levels using API, MFC, COM, COM+, and ATL functionality.
For
over 14 years, Mr. Rockwell has been working with object-oriented
development methodologies and techniques to rapidly build systems. He has
delivered a number of successful projects based upon object-oriented
analysis, design, and programming.
He
is the author of Sam’s Teach Yourself Windows DNA Programming in 21 Days.
The book is based upon his course to teach developers to develop to an
N-tier architecture using the various options available with Microsoft
solution architectures.
Mr.
Rockwell is very knowledgeable of Microsoft technologies holding the
following certifications:
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MCP +
Internet
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MCP +
Site Builder
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Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer + Internet (MCSE + Internet)
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Microsoft
Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
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Microsoft
Ceritied Applications Developer (MCAD)
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Microsoft
Certified Trainer (MCT)
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Certified
Technical Trainer (CTT+)
He
has architected and developed sophisticated Internet, Intranet, and
Extranet web solutions using Microsoft's Distributed interNet
Applications Platform (DNA) and .Net Platform. He has utilized the
following technologies; IIS, ASP, ASP+, ADO, ODBC, ADSI, XML, CDO, COM,
MTS, MSMQ, LDAP, DHTML, VBScript, JavaScript and the .Net Framework;
through the following tools; Visual Studio, Visual InterDev, Visual
Basic, FrontPage, Site Server, SQL Server, Exchange Server, and Windows
NT Server. He is now heavily involved in .NET Platform training,
architecture and development work. He has lead several teams of
developers through process of developing Internet application. He is very
proficient in the use of Microsoft technology and currently mentors and
teaches development teams. He has been recognized by Microsoft as a
Charter Certified Solution Developer.
Project
Experience
Mr.
Rockwell has been consulting extensively with key accounts to help them make
the shift to Internet/Intranet technologies. His involvement ranges from
high level specific technology consulting to project management and
hands-on configuration and application development.
For
several dot-com’s he has helped them architect and deliver digital
marketplace solutions.
For
a healthcare infometrics ISV, Mr. Rockwell developed an Microsoft .Net
print job processing capability that utilizes ASP.Net, .Net Windows
Forms, and a .Net Windows Service.
For
a health care system he developed a web based project office application.
The application allowed all project managers, executives, and other
interested parties to have up-to-the-minute information about project
status of over 60 projects. The system acted as a central repository for
project collateral.
For
a Midwest steel fabricator Mr. Rockwell architected and developed a web
based application that allowed contractors to enter orders for girders,
joists, decking, and fasteners on-line, reducing lead time from six to
two weeks. The application checked the order against engineering
requirements and validated that the ordered parts meet with building
guidelines.
For
a computer services company Mr. Rockwell architected and lead a
development team to build and Internet based knowledge repository. The
site is dynamic and stateless yet allowing very sophisticated interaction
with the user. The site utilizes Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Internet
Information Server 4, SQL Server 6.5, Certificate Server, SMTP, NNTP,
LDAP, Internet Locator Server, NetShow. The site pays special attention
to security by utilizing SSL, Certificates, transaction logging and
monitoring, and dynamic content availability. http://servicepoint.ctg.com/
For
a major forms manufacturer Mr. Rockwell provided data migration services
to replatform DB2/2 1.2 databases to IBM Universal Database running under
Windows NT. This migration occurred in a short over night window so as
not to affect 160 OS/2 based customer service agents. The database was
also tuned and provisioned to allow rapid expansion. The conversion also
prepared the way for a conversion of the center from OS/2 to Windows 95.
For
the state of New York Mr. Rockwell converted a FoxPro based application
to be an Internet based application. The entire conversion was achieved
in less than one week. http://205.232.252.23/adweb/default.asp
For
a major manufacturer Mr. Rockwell architected and directed a team to
convert an OS/2 based E-Business site which accounts for $1.7 billion
annually in sales to run under Windows NT. The conversion simplified the
support requirements such that the support team could be reduced from
three persons to one.
For
the Monroe County PreTrial Service Mr. Rockwell developed a client/server
defendant management system. The project involved reengineering an 8 year
old DOS based small workgroup application to be a Windows 95 based many
user client/server system. The client is very pleased with the intuitive,
high performance, scaleable design of the system.
Mr.
Rockwell automated the call centers for a major semiconductor
manufacturer using state-of-the-art Computer Telephone Integration
technology. This work resulted in cost effective highly efficient call
centers for his client. The system received an unexpected load test when
a flaw was discovered in the clients CPU products. The system handled the
load well.
Mr.
Rockwell architected, designed and managed an object-oriented
client/server development project for a big three long-distance
telecommunications company. The project managed development and
management teams in three separate geographical locations (Arlington, VA; Colorado Springs, CO and Atlanta, GA). Mr. Rockwell facilitated this
by using Lotus Notes as the tool to allow these groups to pass work
between each other. The project utilized the Coad-Yourdon Object-Oriented
Analysis and Design methodology. The application was then built under
OS/2 2.x using C-Set ++, Database Manager, and Communications Manager.
Named Pipes, TCP/IP, and APPC communications were all used for network
communications protocols. The project heavily utilized the WorkPlace
shell (SOM) features of OS/2 2.x. He also helped the client to deploy
Lotus Notes throughout the organization. He identified projects where
Lotus Notes would be good candidates, designed and built Lotus Notes
add-on functions, using the Lotus Notes API toolkit, and also specified
network architecture and configuration needed for a robust Lotus Notes
infrastructure.
For
a major Midwestern bank Mr. Rockwell provided the capability to quickly
process and turn around customer loan applications by architecting and
building a document preparation system with fax back capabilities. The
system is a suite of client-server applications running under IBM OS/2
2.0 over LAN Server 2.0. The system allows branch offices to immediately
fax customer loan applications into a regional direct lending center. The
loan applications are then submitted to a CICS based credit rating
system.
The
loan is rated and an approval or denial, along with all relevant data, is
automatically sent to the document preparation system. The document
preparation system generates all required loan forms and faxes them back
to the branch at 300x300 DPI without human intervention. The branches are
equipped with special fax machines, which accept the high-resolution
transmission and print the document set on plain paper. The system is
capable of processing and faxing up to 8 loans simultaneously. The system
is designed to be easily expanded to handle more fax machines by simply
adding more client computers and fax machines to the system. The system
has allowed the bank to reduce the time it takes to turn around a loan
from 22 days to 2 hours.
For
a large pharmaceutical company, Mr. Rockwell developed implementation
plans to install a number of IBM departmental Token Ring Domains are
interconnected via spanning tree bridging to both AS/400 and 3090 hosts.
He provided strategic planning advice and laid out a growth path for
enterprise-wide LAN's. He developed courses and mentored MIS regarding
LANs and the network architecture. He also developed specialized
client-server applications using OS/2 LAN Server APIs.
For
a large personal information service targeted towards novice users, he
participated in the design and implementation of a graphic-based, object
oriented protocol, for rapid delivery of the service to home PCs. He
developed portions of a 56Kb gateway application that connected to a major
airlines reservation system. He was also a DBA and developer of a series
of TSO applications running under ISPF/PDF, which make dynamic SQL calls
to DB2 to store, update, create, and report on delivery system objects.
He was
also one of the key architects of a LAN that connected all of application
development. Bridges were also installed to other LAN's in the company
and to the mainframe. He then developed several utility and development
tools for use on the LAN.
Mr.
Rockwell also worked on the development of an OS/2 based workstation that
utilized object-oriented programming and most of the OS/2 extended
features. Afterwards he co-developed a CASE tool used in the development
and tracking of over 1000 service screens, each having dozens of screen
elements. Screen information as well as version and dependency
information is kept in a SQL database. The system tracks all changes and
then updates dependent documentation and objects as require. The system
allowed the company to reduce the number of maintenance programmers from
nine to four.
Finally,
Mr. Rockwell developed an Executive Information System (EIS) for the
system and applications testing department. He was selected to do this
because of his knowledge of systems and applications testing. He has
developed and conducted numerous test plans.
For
a major chemical manufacturer, Mr. Rockwell developed a complete
telemarketing service bureau. He designed the center, installed the LAN
and hardware, wrote custom marketing and accounting software, and trained
the staff. The center exceeded all revenue projections and paid for
itself in three months. Before that, he connected a leading envelope
manufacturers plant, administrative office, and home office via LAN and
PC to mainframe technology. Mr. Rockwell developed special software to
track manufacturing and inventory in real time. By using LAN technology,
he was able to reduce the annual data processing cost resulting in a
greater amount of profit sharing being paid to the employees.
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