Carl Martin

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY	Programmer with nearly three decades of experience, with emphasis on data, design, documentation, and testing. Technical expertise includes VISUAL BASIC, HTML, and ACCESS. Proven ability to specify and implement intuitive user interfaces, to manage the testing of complex, data-sensitive code, and to document code for high maintainability and extensibility. Strong interpersonal skills to keep all informed of ongoing project status, plus outstanding writing skills for technical writing of training materials, and step-by-step procedures. Highly motivated, with a strong set of supporting skills in writing and graphics, with a keen awareness of the entire software development cycle. Project experience includes: • Design and development of graphic-based, data-driven software. • Website design and development. • Data applications — cleansing, validation, conversion, querying, and reports.
TECHNICAL SKILLS	Databases:	Microsoft Access, VBA, SQL, Btrieve, dBase III
	Internet Development:	HTML, JavaScript
	Languages:	Visual Basic 6, VB.Net 2005, C with inline Assembly, C++, Java, FoxPro, C#, Turbo C++, Turbo Pascal
	Operating Systems:	Windows 2000 / NT 4.0, Windows 95 – 98, Windows XP, MS DOS, Windows 3.x, CP/M, Unix
	Graphics:	JASC Paintshop Pro, Animation Shop, Carrara Studio 3D Animation, Grasp Multimedia
	Miscellaneous:	Windows API, Monarch Data Tools; CICS, Cobol, BAL, JCL
	Currently Adding:	ASP.Net, PHP, MySQL, Flash MX
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	e-Systems and Services.Com Corp., Cebu, Philippines 7/2009 – Present President / CEO • Helped manage the start and initial growth of this IT company. • Led the launch of the company's initial product offering, Texcited, overseeing the building of the corporation's website, the hiring of key personnel and setting the tone of corporate presence in the marketplace.
	Smart Minds Software Development Co., Cebu, Philippines 3/2009 – 6/2009 R&D Manager / Project Lead • Created business plan for IT educational venture. • Managed a team of nearly a dozen programmers and testers for a telecommunications project.
	Freelance, Cebu, Philippines 9/2007 – 2/2009 Programmer, Consultant • Designed and programmed a full-featured Internet Café management application and timer. Allowed the setting of specific times or open sessions, logging of events, and calculating of fees. Security features included on-top when session done, timer restore with accidental shutdown, password protected functions, and thwarting guest ending task with Windows Task Manager. • Set-up Internet Café and wrote procedures for managing the pc's.
	IPRO Tech, Phoenix, AZ 8/2005 – 9/2007 Software Engineer • Designed / programmed IPRO Tech's full-featured IConvert+ electronic discovery tool for the legal services industry (VB.Net 2005). Features included: • Folder survey for verification of image and PDF files prior to litigation discovery processing. • Multi-threaded reporting of document counts and types, including emails and email attachments. Single emails and email stores for Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes, and GroupWise. • Wizard interface conversion of litigation support discovery database files including thirteen leading data formats, as well as a customizable text output. • Created numerous data conversion tools for special needs clients.
	Freelance, Peoria, AZ 11/2000 – 8/2005 Programmer, Consultant • Designed / programmed websites with HTML and JavaScript, including graphic content, mouseovers, purchase links to PayPal, and more. • Designed / programmed 3D astronomy software with zoom features, data query, point-and-click graphical data access, and rich user interface. Assisted in the analysis of a project to port government agency software from Foxpro to C#. Assisted in the design of user interface specs and research in field validation techniques.
	Global Database Marketing, Scottsdale, AZ 8/1997 – 8/2002 Assisted in the 1100% growth of this marketing company catering to automotive dealerships and dealer groups. Originated numerous process improvements, including a better than 60% reduction in manual data review. Joined their data cleansing team, quickly moving up to department manager, and later moving to programming when a position became available. Programmer 3 years 6 months • Tested and debugged mission critical code, scripts, and reports in FileMaker Pro • Designed / programmed data preparation tool for bulk NCOA processing — Visual Basic. • Designed / programmed client data cleansers to handle multiple file types, stripping out unwanted high and low ASCII characters, and conversion of flat files and reports into usable data tables — Visual Basic, Access, SQL. • Designed / programmed tool to assist data cleansing team in validating individual and batch vehicle identification numbers (VIN's), plus decoding the VIN's for make, model, and year field validation — Visual Basic. • Documentation of programming logic in marketing database for conversion to Visual Basic and Access. Supervised two contract programmers on this conversion project. Database Department Manager 1 year 2 months • Managed department of six data cleansing specialists. • Handled the hiring and training of department employees. • Worked closely with Programming Department to implement process improvements to aid in the workflow efficiency. • Held brief, weekly meetings to discuss problems and ideas for department improvements.
	Lynx Media, North Hollywood, CA 9/1996 – 6/1997 Programmer 10 months Maintained legacy code for this subscription fulfillment software firm. Also, programmed in a compiled version of Basic and Btrieve, custom modules for new clients, performed data conversion for new clients and programmed in Visual Basic 5 a module for converting data from international fulfillment clients to the company's proprietary software.
	Freelance, Los Angeles, CA 8/1995 – 8/1996 Programmer, Consultant 1 year 1 month Trained individuals on application software, performed troubleshooting on hardware and network issues, plus programmed additional features in an existing Access database.
	Ceridian (formerly Control Data), Gardena, CA 5/1991 – 7/1995 Programmer, PC Specialist 4 years 3 months Hired into the administrative department, quickly proved to be a valuable asset for work ethic and technical expertise, earning the President's "Great Performer" award. This HR and Payroll Services division of Ceridian soon had me using my skills in programming, systems analysis, plus hardware and software troubleshooting. Developed and wrote training materials for Microsoft Word, holding training sessions with sales staff. Also trained in the programming and use of their proprietary HR and payroll system. • Designed and programmed in Visual Basic 3 group presentation, multimedia software for sales department. • Designed, illustrated, programmed in Grasp Multimedia and Turbo C++, and professionally packaged a 6-minute, multimedia, electronic brochure, educating prospective clients on salient benefits and features of Ceridian HR and Payroll services. Developed for several district offices. • Programmed a data management and report generation tool in dBase III for sales district vice president.
EDUCATION	American InterContinental University 11/2003 – 12/2004 Bachelor's Degree Summa Cum Laude in Information Technology. Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ 1/2001 – 5/2001 Java Object Oriented Programming (3 units). New Horizons Computer Learning Center, Tempe, AZ 9/1999 – 11/1999 Multiple certificates for application development in Access and VBA. Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA 1/1993 – 5/1995 Work toward BS in Computer Science. GPA 3.7 with 51 units. Computer Learning Center, Los Angeles, CA 11/1990 – 10/1991 Diploma Cum Laude with Honors, Computer Systems and Programming.