Richard E. Barone

2409 Bristers Spring Way
Apex, NC– 27523 / Phone:(919)303-3896 (H)
Phone:(919)623-2011(M)
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Education / 1980 - 1984 University of DaytonDayton, Ohio
B.S.B.A, Major in Marketing
Additional training and Awards
1995: Graduate of Cannon Trust Operations training
2005: SASPeak Performer Award for Excellence
2007: Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Professional (OCP)
Professional experience / Senior Application Developer/Application DBA/R & D Project Manager
August, 1999 - Present: SAS Institute, Cary, NC
  • Lead developer on internal worldwide corporate Customer Relationship Management, (CRM), Application, which allows a Sales Team to track a customer through the entire sales cycle from leads generation to close of the sale, as well as post-sale interactions with the customer. Responsibilities include:
  • Managing and Mentoring other developers
  • Assist Business unit with problem analysis, gathering requirements, and designing solutions.
  • Project management - Estimate and schedule projects, allocate and monitor resources.
  • Data Modeling and ORM mapping using Oracle and Hibernate.
  • Java and .NET development
  • Oracle "Server" and "Application" Administration in W2K3, Linux(RHEL), and Unix (HP) - Demonstrated presentation and communications skills by presenting a paper at the International Oracle Users Group (IOUG) on Row-level security in 2005
  • Application Server administration in W2K3, and Linux
  • Application architecture includes:
  • J2EE Application uses Hibernate, Spring Framework, and JSF, (MyFaces), including Tiles, JSTL, Servlets, JSP/Struts, Ajax, (A4J), Java 5 Web Services, JMS Messaging, and RSS for error notification.
  • JBoss application server running on Linux
  • Oracle 10g database. Extensive use of advanced Oracle features, including Row-level security via FGAC, Oracle JSP’s, PL/SQL, Workspace Manager to provide unlimited history and user interface customization, Oracle Text for advanced searching, packages, functions, procedures, triggers, and more. Oracle 10g OCP certified.
  • Testing suite include JUnit, e-Tester, Performasure, TestNG, and Selenium.
  • Improved data integrity through use of Dataflux.
  • IIS Server and ASP .NET using CDO to synchronize Activities between Microsoft Exchange Server and Oracle.
  • Contact and Note integration with Microsoft Outlook via VB .NET and web services.
  • Design SOA solutions to provide data access for other SAS applications via web services and views.
  • Developer Wiki to document Standards, Best Practices, new Developer setup, project tracking, and more.
  • Development environment includes Red Hat Linux, GNOME, and Eclipse IDE.
  • Previous experience at SAS includes:
  • Use of application servers JRun, Resin, and Weblogic.
  • Database design and programming with SQL Server 2000, PHP, and MySQL
  • Worked on the Oracle Financial Applications Implementation team.
  • Research and develop API to perform real-time integration between existing Legacy systems with Oracle Financials 11i AR Customers using Java Servlets, JDBC, Java Stored Procedures, PL/SQL Procedures and functions, Views, Triggers, Java Server Pages, Swing Applets, and SAS SCL applications.
  • Consolidate SAS International General Ledger Activity using NT server scheduling, Windows Script Host, WinZip, FTP, Robocopy, and messaging using both CDO/MAPI and CDONTS/SMTP.

Lead Analyst/Programmer, IT Officer
1994 - 1999: Wachovia Bank, Retirement Services, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Responsible for the Installation, Integration, and Support of outside vender 401(k) recordkeeping system, (OmniPlus), on a Unix platform with Windows NT clients. Supervise and direct eight programmers/systems administrators working in Unix, Xwindows, C, C++ 6.0, COBOL, DB2, VB 5.0 & 6.0, SAS, Crystal Reports, and programming in office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Integration of multi-platform application.
  • Assist Business unit with problem analysis and resolution. Estimate and schedule projects, allocate and monitor resources.
  • Before installation of Unix system in 1996/97, I led a team of IT people in maintenance of Legacy 401(k) system written in COBOL, CICS, and VSAM.
  • Experience with multiple PC operating systems and PC applications such as Project monitoring tools, Outlook/Exchange, Extra, Telnet, FTP, Lotus Notes, Maestro, Chameleon, OmniPlus, Microfocus products, and more.
  • Intranet development using Netscape Suitespot FastTrack, FrontPage 98, ASP, J++, Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, CGI, ActiveX, COM, IIS, MTS, RDO, ADO, DB2, Actuate, Winsock, and more. Intranet Projects include:
  • Batch updates to DB2 mainframe Database, Participant Super-statements made available to CallCenter through ASP, RDO.
  • Searchable Knowledge Base created for Systems Development/Business Unit using MS Access, ASP, ADO. Available remotely for nighttime support.
  • Systems Support site developed for Business Unit to streamline processes and simplify cross-platform issues. Built with Netscape on Unix server, with CGI.

Senior Systems Engineer
1989 - 1994: EDS, Large Financial Institutions/GMAC, Dayton, Ohio
  • On-line and Off-line experience in both Development and Maintenance environments, mostly TPF. Support multiple applications, including General Ledger, Banking, and Accounting.
  • TPF experience includes use of multiple tools, including SST Trace, VPARS, and PANVALET. Experience with Database Macros, Mapping, Functional message processing.
  • Coding experience in COBOL, PL1, ALC, Sabretalk, PASCAL, C, C++, BASIC, REXX, KEDIT, JCL, TPF, CICS, VM, TSO, PACBASE, MVS, PROFS, CMS, CA7/11, DB2/SQL, and more.
  • Graduated from EDS Phase II at top of class in 1989.

Computer Operator
1987 - 1989: NCR, Software Development, Dayton, Ohio
  • Worked second shift while attending post-graduate IT courses.
Self-employed
1984 - 1987
  • Non-IT related

Objective / Full-time only.
Acceptable Locations:
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Wilmington, North Carolina