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Nathan Vonada |
Home: 740-362-2246 |
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Summary |
A proven manager and software developer with over ten years experience seeking a challenging development leadership role. |
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Experience |
6/2003-Present
Dynalab Test Systems Software Engineer § Sole developer of the NX Editor for the NX Series of Wiring Harness Analyzers. Designed and implemented a highly object-oriented design featuring a sophisticated UI and XML-based file structures. § Designed and developed networking solutions for the NX Series using ASP.NET, SQL Server 2005, C#, and JScript. 2000-6/2003
Macola Software/Exact Software NA Manager of Systems Engineering § Charted the development of the system enhancements for the next-generation Macola ES product. With minimal impact on the application development teams my team and I were able to integrate our SQL and user-interface layers with our parent company’s accounting software. § Managed migration of the Macola ES product to a new compiler and a custom UI layer. This saved the company at least $500,000 in annual runtime royalties § Managed the design and development of the Macola SQL Layer (MSL). MSL allowed identical application code to target BTRIEVE and MS-SQL database engines. This system replaced a similar product licensed from another company. Our MSL system was three times faster, much easier to deploy, and is saving the company more than $100,000 in royalties annually. § Conceived and directed development of a set of services for the Macola ES system layer. This system replaced a licensed package and is saving the company $70,000 in annual royalties. § Streamlined the process flow of files from the developer’s desktop to an installable product. The process improvements resulted in consistent and timely product releases. § Improved performance and capability of the Macola ES VBA support. § Implemented a Windows NT service for SalesLogix CRM integration. § Managed team that developed a full-featured e-commerce integration product with the FourthChannel e-commerce system. |
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1998-2000 Macola Software Marion, OH Executive Manager, Research Engineering § Managed a 6-8-person development department with multiple teams and projects. § Unified corporate-wide installation efforts into a single development team standardized on InstallShield. § Conceived and implemented a SQL query based search engine for the Macola Progression SQL 7.5 ERP system. § Supervised and developed technology components for Progression 7.5. § Designed and directed development of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) COM-based integration with Progression 7.5. § Released the Flexibility Suite consisting of ERS 5.1, Progression VBA, and various development tools. This product is the third highest volume product ever at Macola with over 4500 installed sites. § Conducted various training and information seminars for resellers and end users. |
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1996-1998 Macola Software Marion, OH Lead Research Engineer § Led a 4-person development team. § Salvaged a flawed corporate bug tracking system by re-architecting the system in Borland Delphi. § Supervised the final development, testing, installation, documentation, and release of Enterprise Reporting System (ERS) 4.0 and 4.1. § Produced training materials for ERS 4.x. § Achieved Microsoft MCSE professional certification. § Designed the Enterprise Reporting System 5.0. § Prototyped web-based reporting tools in Active Server Pages (ASP). § Implemented major subsystems of ERS 5.0 including: § Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications integration. § High-performance multithreaded SQL query engine. § User-friendly, high performance visual query builder. |
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1994–1996 Macola Software Marion, OH Research Engineer § Developed an object-oriented application development environment with integrated BASIC language. § Trained other developers in MFC, C++, and object principles. |
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1992–1994 Virtual Prototypes USA Inc. Dayton, OH Programmer/Software Designer § Migrated Silicon Graphics Graphic Language applications to Windows. § Implemented a portable C++ class library for avionics prototyping for Unix and Windows. |
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Key Code Skills |
C++, MFC, VB, VBA, MS-SQL, Win32 API, InstallShield, Delphi, ODBC, ADO, COM, SAX and DOM XML |
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Education |
University of Dayton Dayton, OH § B.S., Computer Science § Microsoft Certified Professional (SQL Server, Windows NT, Networking) |
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