Larry Bergman's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Graduate Research Assistant @ Los Alamos National Laboratory • Designed control systems and data acquisition software for research teams conducting experiments on low-level mixed waste remediation; developed systems using LabView From August 1994 to August 1995 (1 year 1 month) Los Alamos, NMSenior .NET Developer @ Reyes Holdings • Designed, architected, and developed a new application (“Merlin”) for managing merchandising resources and scheduling merchandiser routes and stops; this was done by reverse engineering the previous application, forming focus groups, identifying key requirements, building the tool in C# and WPF, and then enhancing the application over time and as usage ramped up• Designed, architected, and developed a new application (“Maestro”) for managing Market Development Manager resources and scheduling store visits; this was done by analysis of the existing workflow consisting of manual steps and third party tools, and building the unified application in C# and WPF• Performed analysis and documented requirements for various other key business processes, including equipment inventory management, sales order reporting and metrics, sales and logistics route planning, and distribution planning• Managed all aspects of the software life-cycle, including requirements capture, estimation, development, QA/UAT management, feature/defect management, and reporting project status to stakeholders Rosemont, ILSenior .NET Developer @ ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago LLC • Designed and developed back-end programs for transferring data between booking systems and internal data stores and vendor systems• Led Embedded IT program, where IT resources became integral team members of the various business areas, providing rapid turnaround, focused solutions for high-priority projects• Analyzed, documented, and supported mission critical clearing system based on legacy technologies• Used C#, Entity Framework, LINQ, Lambda Expressions, and stored procedures to build robust, maintainable programs• Implementing solutions for scheduling batch processes using $Universe• Interfaced with business development, tech support, QA, and SQL Admin teams• Injected best-practices for requirements management and system/process documentation From April 2015 to May 2016 (1 year 2 months) Chicago, ILSenior .NET Developer @ FTD • Designed, architected, and developed solution for migrating point-of-sale application from MapPoint to Bing Maps• Implemented WPF user controls and forms, and integrated these components with existing WinForms applications• Optimized existing code and SQL Server stored procedures and database tables for performance• Created technical design documentation and facilitated requirements gathering and refinement• Prepared and presented multiple iteration demos for business users, support staff, and management• Performed team-lead activities (meeting facilitation, estimation, project coordination, defect assignment, mentoring) as needed to support project team• Facilitated defect management and interfaced with QA, creative, and tech support teams From October 2014 to March 2015 (6 months) Downers Grove, ILSenior Developer/Analyst/Architect @ Wheels, Inc. • Developed multi-tier applications using C#, ExtJS, ASP.NET, ASP, SQL Server, Oracle, VB6, C++• Created Technical Designs for User Interface applications as well as for asynchronous and batch components• Created technical and impact analysis documentation for my own development as well as for unifying the development effort for the project team• Designed systems for optimum performance, including appropriate techniques (caching, indexed data structures, etc.) to avoid bottlenecks• Facilitated large scale meetings and prototyping process towards requirements and process definition• Pioneered methodology for creating effective artifacts for capturing and communicating scope for all levels of project stakeholders, including developers, QA, project management, project sponsors, and senior and executive management• Extracted business requirements from existing codebase and translated these business rules into current-state documentation• Gathered and documented requirements for, designed and developed dozens of small-to-medium sized projects, delivering client-facing and operational benefits across all areas of the fleet leasing business, including acquisitions, maintenance and repair, license and titling, resale, billing, insurance, tax compliance, accounts payable and receivable, and account transitions From April 2005 to September 2014 (9 years 6 months) Des Plaines, ILManaging Consultant @ Risetime • Sears Carpet: Responsible for gathering and managing requirements for application used for scheduling and management of trucks and crews in the field; developed applications in ASP.NET, VB.NET and SQL Server• Cook County Assessors Office: Responsible for gathering and managing requirements for applications used for assessing and valuing 1.4 million properties and parcels in Cook County, IL; utilized ORM tools and ASP.NET, VB.NET and SQL Server to rapidly prototype and develop system spanning 100+ screens• Central Illinois Bank: Responsible for gathering and managing requirements for application for integrating with 3rd-party mortgage management platform and for displaying mortgage information to clients; developed applications in ASP.NET and VB.NET; wrote interface logic for workflow tool (OnBase) in the context of mortgage processing• McDonalds: Responsible for gathering and maintaining requirements for application used for managing relocation policies and procedures; developed applications in ASP and SQL Server From June 2002 to September 2014 (12 years 4 months) Developer/Analyst @ The Nimblestar Group, Incorporated • Foote Cone Belding: Responsible for gathering and maintaining requirements for Direct Marketing platform for John Deere’s dealer network, providing direct marketing materials for existing and new dealers; developed applications in ASP, ASP.NET and SQL Server; managed and developed solutions for technical implementation of direct marketing campaigns for Gatorade• American Bar Association: Documented requirements for server migration project, converting existing Novell-based file system to Windows NT• Siemens Medical Systems: Documented requirements cutting-edge medical imaging system; integrated with multi-national team to extract and capture requirements for existing code and documents and store them in a single unified repository (QSS Doors)• Refco Commodities: Responsible for gathering and maintaining requirements for telecom-management used to support teams of traders and support staff; developed applications in VB6 and SQL Server• Crawford RSG: Documented requirements for risk management software, gathering business rules from team members via interviews and extracting requirements from existing source code; utilized resulting requirements documentation to convert a time-consuming, error-prone software release process into a repeatable, streamlined procedure From August 1998 to September 2002 (4 years 2 months) Consultant @ Metamor Technologies • As part of a large team (100+), documented requirements and developed multiple enterprise systems to support conversion and integration of two separate Health Maintenance Organizations• Developed front-end screens using Uniface, and back-end business logic using C on a VAX/VMS server platform running Ingres databases• Developed standalone provider-credentialing system in Access to support a department of 5-10 users From August 1995 to August 1998 (3 years 1 month)