Kim Anthony Gentes
5526 E Emelita Ave
Mesa, AZ 85206
kgentes@praise.net
Daytime Phone:602-316-8994


Software Developer with Internet Experience Resume #486869

TARGET JOB Desired Job Type: Employee, Contract
Desired Status: Full-Time
Salary: 50 USD Per Hour
Site Location: No Preference

TARGET COMPANY CompanySize: No Preference
Category: Internet/E-Commerce
Description of my ideal company:

TARGET LOCATIONS US-AZ-Phoenix

WORK STATUS US I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

EXPERIENCE 2/1999 - Present Intel Corporation (through ACS Tech) Chandler/AZ
Consultant
* Development of packaging delivery software using InstallShield 5.5, including Internationalization in 22 languages for the Intel 810 Graphics chipset driver software. Extremely visible product, with 14 million delivered graphics drivers sold.
* Extensive Perl application for database collection, loading, monitoring and administration interface to back-end Oracle 8 (NT) database server. Also included Visual Basic 6.0 front end application tool, which controlled background database loading and monitored and notified users of out of control situations (process control).
* Additional development of packaging delivery software using InstallShield 6.0, and Installshield for Windows Installer (Windows 2000). Also including development of COM object (DLL) software (written C++ 6.0) that used driver API calls.

2/1998 - 2/1999 Gentek Solutions Inc Phoenix/AZ
Senior Consultant
* Worked on various short term projects as independent consultant. This included developing an e-commerce site on the WWW utilizing database and internet expertise (http://www.worshipmusic.com/ ), providing internet marketing expertise to new site launches for EMI Music web sites (http://www.delirious.net/ & http://www.worshiptogether.com/ ).
* Development in Pascal, C, 68k ASM on a Macintosh software development project. Developed many installation packages for a client, using Installshield 5.5, including localization and multi-OS platform implementations along with Visual Basic UI modules and a DB2 database back-end. Clients have included large companies such as EMI Music (one of the largest music companies in the world), and smaller local companies like Computer Guidance and Helix Technologies.

10/1988 - 1/1998 Honeywell Phoenix/AZ
Senior Software Engineer
* WindowsNT development using the Microsoft Developer Studio with Visual C++. Developing process control products on the WindowsNT platform. Includes use of Microsoft Access, and imbedded SQL. Developed database tools in Visual Basic 5.0 and MS Jet/DAO and SQL functions. Developed Installation packages for Honeywell TPS Builder using InstallShield 5.0 and 5.1.
* Led development of an X-Windows program (MS110) which is the run-time execution environment for a new real time process control system. This major project includes extensive real-time development in "C", X-Windows, with some development in Motif, C++, and OOP.
* Led development of the Man/Machine Interface (MMI) module for the world's leading real time process control system. Responsibilities include oversight of graphical primitives library; device drivers; remote user communications application; build-time graphical application generator (Picture Editor) with a run-time kernel. Major projects include:
o- Project Leader for the Remote User LCN Access (http://www.iac.honeywell.com/News/1995/n9501rula.html) system for Honeywell (more info on RULA http://www.iac.honeywell.com/Pub/Journal/a9507solution.html ). This graphics/communications package (running on IEEE 802.3 Ethernet and TCP/IP) allows a process control system to be viewed/controlled from a remote site over any communications media using a client/server model. Project and technical leadership to a 4-7 member team developing this product over 2.5 years.
o- Led design and implementation of proprietary "International Language Support Standard" (a system for developing all foreign font definitions).
o- Developed proprietary graphical color palette system with a hardware engineer.

EDUCATION 2/1998 DeVry Institute of Technology/ Bachelor of Science Computer Information Systems US-AZ-Phoenix
Bachelors Degree
Graduated with Honors from the B.Sc. CIS program. Completed with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.81 / 4.00. Received placement on the Presidential Honor Society. Graduated top 5 percent of my class.

Bachelors Degree

Continuing Education US-AZ-Phoenix
Certification
Advanced Installshield Development; Using Installshield; Visual Basic 5.0; MFC; Win32 Programming; Booch Object Oriented Methodology; Object-Oriented Analysis and Design; "C++" Programming; "Xlib":X-Window System Library Programming; Aegis Shell Programming; DSEE; Motorola MC680x0 Microprocessor; Interleaf; "C" Programming; Level 1 Japanese.

SKILLS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience
C Expert 1 year ago 4 years
C++ Intermediate Currently used 4 years
Visual Basic Intermediate Currently used 3 years
Perl Expert Currently used 2 years
SQL Intermediate Currently used 2 years
ADO Intermediate Currently used 2 years
Unix Intermediate 3 years ago 4 years
InstallShield Expert Currently used 3 years
HTML Intermediate Currently used 3 years
Oracle 8 Intermediate Currently used 1 years

REFERENCES Laurie Corles Honeywell Manager
Phone Number: (602)313-5941
Reference Type: Professional

Bill Palacio Sequencia Inc. Principal Software Engineer
Phone Number: (602) 678-1202
Reference Type: Professional

Jim Adams Honeywell Principal Software Engineer
Phone Number: (602)313-5827
Reference Type: Professional

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Awards received * Honeywell IAC Departmental Award for work to save $15 million order with a major customer. * Honeywell IAC Technical Excellence from President for work on RULA. * Honeywell Awards for Aegis shell programming tool. * Honeywell Awards from Vice President for work on Release 400 & color palettes. * Award from Intel for development work on 810 Graphics Driver package & delivery software.