1. Richard A Simmons 1803 Pan Road Wilmington, DE 19803-3324 (302) 478-5020Richard.Simmons@setfocus.com SUMMARY Self motivating programming consultant, with over 30 years experience, looking for long and short term assignments in the .NET field. Worked for twenty eight years as a mainframe procedure programmer, in both the financial and insurance industries, before making the switch to object oriented programming in 2004. Has worked previously with VB.NET and ASP.NET, on both desktop and web applications, and has recently added C#.NET skill set. TECHNICAL SKILLS Programming Languages: C#, HTML, XML, CSS, VB, VBA IBM Assembler, Cobol .NET Skill Set:.NET Framework 2.0 and Common Type System, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, .NET Class Libraries, Web Services, .NET Remoting, WSE 3.0 Databases: MS SQL Server 2000/2005, MS Access, IBM DB2 Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista Software: Visual Studio .NET 2005/2008 SetFocus, LLC Parsippany, NJ 10/08 - 1/09.NET Developer Master’s Program Developed solutions for diverse programming scenarios in C#, employing object–oriented programming concepts such as: encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction. Used C# and ADO.NET to define and implement secure middle-tier components using both connected and disconnected environment strategies. Components were consumed by web applications and windows applications utilizing SQL Server and stored procedures to perform logical business transactions. Created and deployed XML Web Services using ASP.NET and Web Services Enhancements (WSE). Consumed Web Services from both Windows forms and ASP.NET web applications. Created complex business components in C# using .NET Class Library assemblies while migrating and implementing them in a multi-tier environment suitable for .NET Remoting, XML Web Services, Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and COM+ to address application infrastructure issues associated with building scalable enterprise level applications used by many clients. Developed a Windows n-tiered “Public Library Management System” application and then ported the application to a dynamic ASP.NET Internet/Intranet model utilizing the same secure middle tier data access components. Non-public web pages were secured using Windows integrated and ASP.NET forms security models. Created Deployment projects for .NET applications using Microsoft’s MSI packages. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Simmons Software Services, Inc Wilmington, DE 1995 - Present Owner/Consultant Eagle Management GroupPaulsboro NJ Built ASP Web pages for EMG’s intranet and Website Wrote Visual Basic and SQL Server applications DuPont IncorporatedWilmington DE Wrote Visual Basic code for PCs attached to chemical analysis equipment.(Agilent ChemStation) AssignByWeb IncorporatedSt. Davids, PA Built ASP Web pages, .Net applications, and Excel and Word macros using VBA for the Sports Officiating business Vanguard Group IncorporatedMalvern PA Built tools for testing, auditing, and conversion from Librarian to Endevor Built tools for testing, auditing, and conversion for the Year 2000 Project North American Life Ins. Co.Chicago IL Installed, tested, and converted from earlier releases of Life Comm to the latest release of Life Comm Providian Direct InsuranceFrazer PA Providian Capital ManagementLouisville KY Maintained the proprietary package Life-70, especially the underwriting and policy cycle suites Ad Hoc Clients: Cyberwolf Software Eco Design & Management North Winds Rental. Computer People, Inc. Wilmington, DE 1990 - 1995 Senior Consultant Colonial PennTrooper, PA Converted Taligen code (a COBOL language generator) into standard COBOL Capital Holding (Providian)Louisville KY Maintained the proprietary package Life Comm National Liberty (Providian)Frazer, PA Maintained the proprietary package Life-70, especially the underwriting and policy cycle suites Vanguard Group IncorporatedChesterbrook, PA Member of the installation team for proprietary package MAS (Multiple Asset System) EDUCATION University of Bath Bath, Somerset, England Bachelors of Science, Mathematics Minor Statistics The Chubb InstituteSpringfield, Pa2004 Certificate in Advanced Web Development And Business Programming. Microsoft Certified Professional(MCP)2009.NET Framework 2.0 Web-Based Client Development.