John Weiss is a software designer and developer with over 15 years of experience. He has skills in C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Excel VBA, and other technologies. His experience includes developing custom applications, websites, and databases for various clients across different industries. He has a degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Microsoft certifications.

1. John A. Weiss
Software Designer & Developer
MCAD, MCP
johnaweiss@gmail.com
San Francisco, Bay Area, California
818-919-0824
Skills
Experienced and effective Technical Trainer. Complete solutions from needs-assessment through specifications,
programming, documentation, and user-training: Windows NT/2000/XP, SQL Server, Exchange Server, CDO, C#, XML,
Visual Basic/VBA/VBScript, MS Office ADO, HTML, PHP, MySql, Perl.
Solution Development:
· needs-assessment
· analysis and specifications
· programming
· documentation
· user-training
· Product research and RFP process
Technical Skills:
· Windows/Mac/Linux/Unix
· Advanced SQL, SQL Server Admin, MySql
· Exchange Server and Outlook programming, CDO, MAPI
· C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET
· Visual Basic, Excel VBA, VBScript
· Windows Powershell
· MS Office
· HTML, PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, XML
· ArcGis Online
· WordPress
Accomplishments
· Coordinated RFP Processes.
· Built C# ASP.NET data-collection wizard

2. · Extensive advanced T-SQL programming for Wall Street clients. Installed and configured MS SQL Server.
· 15+ years advanced Excel/VBA programming, including Fortune 50 clients. Built complete custom applications,
including financial reporting, live stock-market data, custom pivot-tables, and database integration. Rolled out to
international users, in-production for years.
· Programmed PHP and ColdFusion pages.
· Developed ASP/VBScript emulation of Crystal Reports, including parameters and subreports.
· Programmed synchronous Exchange Server event sinks, using ExOLEDB, VB.NET, Exchange SDK, and ADODB.
· Developed VBA utility to transfer contacts between Exchange Server 2000 and MS SQL.
· Debugged and reprogrammed existing VBA applications.
· Developed a custom language-translation plugin for MS Outlook in Visual Basic.
· Implemented batch WAV-MP3 converter in Visual Basic.
· Designed, wrote, and produced glossy bound reports.
· Configured Macintosh network server.
· Programmed UNIX awk! and lex to consolidate UNIX, PC, and Macintosh databases.
Consulting Experience
Note: Overlapping dates indicate simultaneous contracts; gaps indicate non-computer assignments.
Excel VBA Custom Application Developer, Summer 2010 – Present
AHRI Federal Health Standards Compliance, Valencia, CA
Architected the core product for a successful compliance-auditing organization, to gather federal compliance
information from multiple hospitals. Developed a data-collection and analysis platform, based on MS Excel,
Access, and VBA. Managed two major releases and many product updates. Created numerous innovative VBA
methods, with emphasis on ease-of-use for non-technical users. Developed user-friendly product-update
automation. Massaged ill-structured data from a prior system into a useable form. Developed a custom Windows
Powershell script, with Windows right-click option.
Outlook VBA Custom Data Import Developer, August 2012
Intero Real Estate Services, Valencia, CA
Integrated and scrubbed contact data from Outlook, Android, Spreadsheets, and AOL, using Scrubly, Funambol,
and other 3
rd
-party tools. Developed custom Outlook VBA to import custom fields. Trained user in Outlook
contact-management.
Modx, CSS, JavaScript, ArcGis Online Mapping, RSS Developer, June 2011 – June 2012
Bayview Footprints, San Francisco, CA
Designed and implemented three websites. Implemented and configured a Modx back-end. Developed HTML,
CSS, and JavaScript. Hired and managed several technical subcontractors. Built and integrated an ArcGis online
map, with Google Fusion Table and Google MyMaps KML feeds. Integrated a customized web-based
commenting system, based on Protonotes. Created a webform with a MySql backend.
WordPress Developer, 2009
Alexandra More Productions, Los Angeles, CA

3. Developed a self-hosted WordPress website. Enabled non-technical owner with tools to update the site without
accessing WordPress backend. Site included sharing tools, Google calendar integration, image gallery, and
secure contact form.
CRM Product Evaluator, May 2009 - June 2009
College Planning Experts, Valencia, CA
Compared and evaluated approximately 20 CRM products, across about 75 feature points, and recommended the
most professional and effective products, based on this client's business needs. I assessed and prioritized the
client's business needs, developed an RFP, and coordinated product demonstrations and discussions. Products
included SalesForce, InfusionSoft, ACT, Microsoft Dynamics, Sales Nexus, SugarCRM, and more.
C# ASP.NET Developer, SQL Server 2005 Developer, February 2008 – May 2008
Copia Creative/Applied Materials Inc., Worldwide, Santa Monica, CA
Designed and developed an asp.net intranet data-collection wizard, intended for worldwide usage. Features
included session-persistence, custom-built combobox controls which provided more robust functionality than
standard controls, field and page validations, color and font consistency, and SQL stored procedures. Tasks
included migrating data between SQL 2005 and SQL 2000 databases.
Microsoft MCSD Certification Program, Full Time Student, 2006
Integrated Digital Technology, Pasadena, CA
Attended courses for MCSD preparation in full range of topics, including C# programming, SQL Server
development and administration, and XML web-services.
Residential Computer Tech Support, 2005 - present
Residential Clients, Los Angeles Vicinity
Provided home-based technical support for several clients. Tasks included virus removal, software installation,
complete security, replacing faulty disk drives, upgrading operating systems, corrupt and deleted file-recovery,
and tutoring in computer skills.
SQL Server Database Administrator, Database Developer, April 2005 – July 2005
CAST Management Consultants
(1) Transferred data objects and queries from Microsoft Access to SQL Server. (2) Scripted custom SQL DTS
Packages and queries to transfer data from Access to SQL Server. (3) Converted a manual Access process to an
automated SQL Server process. (4) Gathered specifications on two projects. (5) Installed SQL Server. (6)
Configured SQL security, SQL Agent jobs, backup, and restore. (7) Converted Access database into a SQL
relational database, and transformed Access denormalized schema into a normalized SQL schema. (8) Scripted
Access macros to auto-generate multiple Excel workbooks loaded with SQL Server data, convert Field datatypes,
and extract data from Excel books into Access. (9) Developed Access reports, queries, and tables. (10)

4. Developed Excel data-entry forms and macros for automatic rounding and data-validation. (11) Developed
complex sequential SQL queries and stored procedures to generate statistics, and developed Excel pivot tables to
report the results.
Excel/VBA Programmer, SQL Database Developer, DBA, September 2004 – December 2004
Infospring LLC, Diamond Bar, CA
Programmed Macola, SQL Server, Excel/VBA, and Access: (1) Developed an Excel application, integrating SQL
Server and Access. Wrote multi-step complex stored procedures, including in-memory table-type variable.
Programmed extensive Pivot Table manipulation, including a unique editable Pivot Table. (2) Developed an ADP-
to-SQL interface in Excel. Emulated Excel 2003’s ListObject with VBA in Excel XP, built on-sheet data-validation,
and exported to an ASCII data file. (3) Created DTS packages and ad-hoc inline OLEDB queries to import Excel
and other data, wrote data-verification queries, and scripted updates and inserts. (4) Scripted SQL login rights.
Converted SQL logins into Trusted logins.
Pivot Table Programmer, Database Developer, March 2004 – May 2004
DDB-LA, Venice, CA
(1) Programmed an automated a feature-rich Excel Pivot Table reporting system. Completed, in 3 days, a project
which had previously taken 3 workers 3 weeks to produce. Expanded the Pivot Table functionality to provide
presentation capabilities not possible with standard Excel Pivot Tables, such as Subgrouping within DataItems.
(2) Designed a custom Pivot Table object class to facilitate plug-and-play code-reuse of the expanded feature-set.
(3) Programmed an online help system, based on "Clippy", the Microsoft Assistant.
Database Developer, Programmer, December 2003 - Present
Ramp^Rate Inc, Santa Monica, CA
(1) Designed and programmed a Windows Service in Visual Basic to send email-alerts via SMTP and execute
database commands on a daily schedule. (2) Designed and developed an Access database including custom
queries, forms, macros, and Visual Basic modules, to maintain contract information. (3) Built database-driven
Excel spreadsheets and custom VBA spreadsheet functions to report statistics.
Programmer of PHP/MySql Dynamic Web-Page, November 2003
WFMU Radio Station, Jersey City, NJ
Programmed a MySql-driven PHP page, to enable the client to easily update the contents of the webpage by
editing the backend data-tables. Installed and configured MySql and PHP. Designed and built database.
Programmer of ColdFusion Website, October 2003
Breakthrough Technologies, Jersey City, NJ
Coded ColdFusion on a website with a SQL Server backend.

5. Programmer of ASP/VB Script Reporting System, January 2003 – April 2003
Wyckoff Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Designed and developed a flexible data-driven website, replacing Crystal Reports. Installed and configured IIS
and SQL Server. Designed and built the SQL Server back-end which drives the site. Developed reuseable VB
Script ASP code, to easily accommodate additional future reports. Developed CSS to format the reports.
Exchange Server/VB.NET Programmer, October – November 2002
Logicom, Inc., New York, NY
Programmed synchronous WebStore event sinks using ExOLEDB, VB.NET, Exchange SDK, and ADODB.
Developed custom code which captured new OnSyncSave events and copied the new email message to a public
folder. Programmed and registered a custom Object Oriented ActiveX DLL with inheritance and WSS file-urls,
configured Exchange Server, and registered my custom Windows COM+ components to run out-of-process.
Analyst/Developer of Automated Data-Collection & Reporting System, November 2001 – July
2002
Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ
Gathered specification, designed, developed, tested, and documented an automated data-entry and reporting
system with Excel VBA and Visual Basic. The system is currently in use in approximately 15 countries in Asia
Pacific. Implemented complete product-cycle through two international product rollouts.
Developer of Excel/VBA, SQL Server, and IIS Scheduling System, August 2001- December 2001
Tiger Information Systems, New York NY
Designed and developed several Excel/VBA systems to process, report, and restructure internet web-data, SQL
Server data, and Excel data, to facilitate workforce scheduling and analysis.
Programmer of Data Systems, November 1996 - 2002
W.P. Stewart and Logicom, Inc., New York, NY
Analyzed, designed, and coded an Excel-VBA financial reporting and editing interface and engine integrated with
MS-SQL database. Developed SQL 7.0 database, stored procedures, tables, views, and security. Realized
statistical models in highly optimized T-SQL system. Performance surpassed the installed base by a factor of 60.
Installed SQL Server 7.0 and 6.5, Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. Scripted BCP, Visual
Basic, ADO, DAO, OLE, and ODBC. Configured NT and Windows 2000 RAS networking.
Developer of Exchange Server 2000/SQL 7.0 Data Transfer Utility, April 2001 - August 2001
S.F. Digital/New York Press Newspaper, New York, NY
Designed and programmed heterogeneous Data Transfer utility between Exchange Server 2000 WebStore and
SQL 7.0 to migrate mail contacts and messages from a legacy mail system, using Transact-SQL, Excel-VBA,
Access 2000, Exchange-CDO, OLEDB, ADO, and Microsoft Script Control.

6. Developer of Visual Basic 6.0 Internet Download Component, May 2001
Mode 11, New York, NY
Designed and programmed VB component slave to C master program, to download and programmatically
decompress files from an internet server. Component responds to and sends Windows Messages via the
Windows 32 bit API.
Developer of Access/VBA Credit Approval System, April 2001
Bankia Norway, Norway
Developed Access ‘97 VBA procedures, Access forms and subforms for data-editing, data-file import and export,
and manual processing of credit card applications.
Developer of Visual Basic 6.0, MS Office COM Add-in & IIS/COM+ Server, January 2001 – April
2001
TextVoice, New York, NY
Designed and developed Internet and LAN COM+ Client/Server and MS Outlook COM Add-in, based on Lernout
& Hauspie Translation engine. Constructed Visual Basic 6.0 DLL’s and configured secure IIS COM+. Currently
under development.
Visual Basic 6.0 Audio Utility Programmer, December 2000
Breakthrough Technologies
Implemented asynchronous WAV-MP3 conversion process in a system integrating Nirvis Systems CDJ, SQL
Server, and Blade audio.
Analyst/Programmer/Database Developer, August 1997 - July 1998
Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter, New York, NY
(1) Proposed, designed, coded, and trained users on an Excel-VBA data entry tool incorporating advanced on-
sheet controls, validation code, and safe user-executed data-loading. Wrote detailed system documentation, inline
documentation, and online help system. (2) Overhauled Access 2.0/VBA application featuring data-bound
controls. (3) Developed Perl-driven HTML web form. (4) Researched and proposed enterprise-wide, cross-
application, cross-platform business-process management system. (5) Designed, wrote, and produced glossy
bound reports featuring Excel charts and pivot tables.
Analyst/Programmer, January 1997 - May 1997
Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter, New York, NY
Overhauled real-time trading application in Excel-VBA, DDE, and OLE on NT. System displays real-time market
data, and is used daily by entire trading floor.

7. Analyst/Programmer, February 1997 - April 1997
Marketing Strategies and Planning, New York, NY
Constructed system using Excel-VBA, MS Access, T-SQL, and Crystal Reports Professional for automated data
download, scrubbing, conversion, and loading. Designed and programmed user interface for enterprise
application.
Analyst/Programmer, February 1996 - August 1996
Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ
Proposed and constructed Excel-VBA add-in comprising 3,000 lines of code and logic-driven on-sheet GUI.
Software was integral to Merck's worldwide Financial Reengineering, was designed for use by over 20 companies
worldwide reporting to Merck, and yields 47% memory savings, 53% speed improvement, improved stability,
reliability, and flexibility over previous system.
Visual Basic Programmer & Corporate Purchasing Team Member, May 1994 - February 1996
Citibank N.A., Long Island City, NY
Proposed and developed software in Excel-VBA for Global Purchasing totaling approx. $150 million. Software
saved Citibank est. $50,000 in the first year, and accelerated process from approx. two months to two days.
Worked closely with project managers, streamlined project schedule, and overhauled coordination details. Over
40 projects ranged from regional medical services to global mail services to global copier equipment, from
$150,000 to $30 million.
Analyst/Prototyper, September 1996 - November 1996
Q - M Consulting Group, New York, NY
Prototyped financial reporting solution using Excel-VBA and ODBC.
Macintosh Network Manager, 1987
LandUse, Inc., Hadley, MA
Configured Macintosh network server, organized Server volumes, and produced glossy bound government
proposals with Quark Express.
UNIX Data Base Programmer, Administrative Assistant, 1986
The La Jolla Civic/University Symphony & Chorus, La Jolla, CA
Programmed UNIX awk! and lex to consolidate UNIX, PC, and Macintosh databases. Handled conversion of data
from mainframe tape reels, disk, and network sources.
Education & Training

8. Microsoft MCSD Certification Preparation, 2006
Integrated Digital Technology, Pasadena, CA
Attended courses for MCSD preparation in full range of topics, including C# programming, SQL Server
development and administration, and XML web-services.
Bachelor's Degree, 1993
University of Massachusetts At Amherst
Self-Designed Major: Human Development and Interdisciplinary Music.