SQL Server Database and Visual Foxpro developer, supporting and developing multiple PC applications in various markets. Excellent troubleshooter and team resource.

1. MARK S. GANCHROW Boca Raton, FL 33433 • 585.520.0269 (cell)
mganchrow@datawaretech.com • http://www.linkedin.com/in/markganchrow
Successful IT Professional/problem-solver with experience in building complex scripts and queries and
supporting applications, seeks position as SQL/BI Developer where I can utilize my MBA and business
background to bring value to various facets of the enterprise
Professional Profile
Experienced SQL developer/analyst and IT Professional, with excellent business sense and
communication skills. Resourceful, reliable, persistent, detail-oriented, and customer-focused, working
well individually or on a team, eager to learn and share knowledge. Diverse, flexible, using
combination of technical and business savvy to improve operations and processes.
Summary of Qualifications
 MBA in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems
 Experienced Database/Software Analyst and Database/Application Developer
 Experience supporting, developing, and enhancing Financial and Accounting systems
o Support Equity and Fixed-Income products
 Work closely with stakeholders and business and application teams to define, create, and implement
technical requirements
 Excellent problem-solving, debugging, diagnostic, and analytical skills
 Proven track record modifying and supporting existing/legacy systems and code
 Extensive experience developing, supporting and enhancing client/server applications
 Ability to translate functional requirements into working application code
 Highly-rated customer and end-user support
Technical Skills
 Database software: Microsoft SQL Server (2000, 2005, 2008r2, 2012)
o T-SQL/SSMS, Database-design, Tables, Views, Stored Procedures, Functions/UDFs, Triggers, Query
Optimization, SSIS, SSRS),
o Microsoft Access/VBA, Visual FoxPro (FoxBase+ through VFP 9)
 Application/Front End automation/VBA: Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Outlook; scripting
 Crystal Reports report writer
 Object-oriented Programming/OOP
 Visual SourceSafe Version Control
 Altiris/Symantec Endpoint Management, Package building and deployment
 Platforms: Windows (all versions)
Work Experience
5/16 – (current) TMS Health, a Xerox company SQL/SSRS Developer (contract)
 Work with Business Analysts (BAs) and internal users to design, develop, and implement reports in
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
 Used T-SQL to design and develop stored procedures, queries and views necessary to support SSRS
reports
 Perform functional and performance QA testing
9/14 – 2/16 AutoNation, Inc.Business Intelligence – Operations, Developer
 Business Intelligence (BI) Development and support using MS SQL tools – TSQL and SSMS, with use
of SSRS and SSIS.

2. MARK S. GANCHROW
(585) 520-0269 (cell)
mganchrow@datawaretech.com
 ETL and Data Migration support and maintenance, using SSIS and BCP
 Testing in Dev environment; work with DBA team to deploy to Production environment
 Create deployment scripts
 Document issues, changes, and resolutions for those issues
 Research and analyze application and data issues, responding to users’ reports
 End-user support – problem-solving/troubleshooting of reports and processes, using SSMS, SSRS;
debug and enhance Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, and data design. ETL using SSIS and BCP.
5/04 – 10/14 Federated Clover Investors/Clover Capital Management, Inc.
Senior Technical Specialist, Client/Server
 Functioned as Technical Architect, Business Analyst, and Developer to design, develop, create, and
implement systems for Clover’s internal use. Acted as liaison between developers and non-technical
users to develop specifications for systems.
In those capacities, worked with stakeholders – end users, other analysts and developers, and
management – to perform systems analysis on existing systems, define functional requirements for new
systems, ensure that the new systems would integrate with Clover’s other systems, test then implement
those new systems, and solicit and successfully incorporate feedback into later iterations of the
applications.
 MS SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008
 Database analysis, design and implementation
 Performance enhancement using Management Studio, Query Analyzer
 Index/query optimization
 Write and test code – Stored Procedures (SP), Functions (UDFs), Jobs
 DTS/SSIS – Import and export (ETL) data from/to other formats
 SSRS – Support custom reports for Portfolio Management System (Indata PMS)
o Function as BA on various projects, gathering requirements from all levels of project
stakeholders
 Design, develop, specify, implement, and support new and legacy financial database applications, using
SQL Server (2000, 2005, and 2008) and related tools and various front ends, including MS Access, MS
Visual FoxPro (VFP), MS Excel
 Automate – using SQL jobs, front-end tools, VBA, scripts, and schedulers – mission-critical processes
that had previously been manual and labor-intensive, improving efficiency and up-time, and reducing
errors.
 Function as the primary support resource for (Federated) Clover Capital’s users
 Ongoing training in new technologies and techniques.
7/10 – 2/12 (part-time/remote) Emergency Technologies, Inc. Software Engineer
SQL Server support and development – coding and debugging of a large Visual FoxPro application
integrating a SQL Server 2008 database back end, Stored procedures, Functions (UDFs), Triggers, and
Replication. Source control using MS Visual SourceSafe. Trained in Agile methodology.

3. MARK S. GANCHROW
(585) 520-0269 (cell)
mganchrow@datawaretech.com
1/96 – 10/04 NetWorks, Inc./Structured Technologies, Inc.
Director, Applications Support and Development
Consultant/Developer: Work with client management and end-users to design, develop and support client
systems, using various power tools and programming languages, including using VFP as front-end, SQL
Server back-end, and ODBC as middle layer, and object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques. Write
and publish user and system documentation. Project Management for my own and other developers’
projects at various levels. Software testing and debugging, and Technical and End-User Documentation.
Create application help files using Doc-to-Help.
Sell, Support, and Customize CRM/Accounting software, using desktop database platforms.
4/91 – (current/ongoing) Dataware Technology Group, Ltd.
President-Owner/Systems Developer/Programmer
Consultant/Developer: Consult with client management and end-users to design, develop, document,
implement, and support client systems, using various tools and programming languages. Write and
publish user and system documentation. Train/tutor FoxPro programmers at various levels. Subcontract
from other developers to complete, support, debug, and streamline existing systems.
Prior experience available on request
EDUCATION
MBA, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Simon School/Graduate School of Management)
Rochester, NY
Concentration in Finance, Accounting, and Information Systems.
Grade Point Average: 3.5
Top 25% of Class
BBA, BARUCH COLLEGE (CUNY) cum laude
New York, NY
Major in Finance and Investments
Grade Point Average: 3.5
ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL
Microsoft Certified Professional, Visual FoxPro
Wrote user-training manual for Quicken V6
Co-wrote Microsoft Visual FoxPro Step by Step Microsoft Press
(book won award from Society for Technical Communication)
Greater Rochester Fox User Group – Founding President, Newsletter Editor
Beta Tester for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 for Windows
Member, Microsoft Developer Network
Article accepted for publication by FoxPro Advisor Magazine (May 1993 Issue)
Beta Tester for Microsoft FoxPro 2.5 (DOS and Windows)
Ongoing education and training and seminars in FoxPro 2.5, 2.6, Visual FoxPro, MS SQL Server
PERSONAL
Greater Rochester Fox User Group – founding President

4. MARK S. GANCHROW
(585) 520-0269 (cell)
mganchrow@datawaretech.com
Rochester Professional Consultants Network
Software Executives Group
Graduate Business Club (UR)
Investment Club (UR)
Finance-Economics Society (Baruch) - Investment Advisory Committee
Financial Management Association (UR)
Baruch College Newspaper, Reporter and Columnist